AR/VR Weekly Archives - Page 31 of 46

Microsoft unveils Windows Mixed Reality motion controllers, Acer promises VR bundle for $399 ‘this holiday’

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 11, 2017
2 min

At its Build 2017 developer conference today, Microsoft unveiled the first Windows Mixed Reality motion controllers, featuring responsive tracking and six degrees of freedom,...

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Nvidia launches new SDKs to make VR development simpler

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 8, 2017
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Nvidia is expanding the capabilities of its VRworks toolkit to streamline the development process. The tech company revealed its new VRWorks audio and 360-degree...

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VRobot lets you wreck a big city in virtual reality

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 8, 2017
1 min

Wrecking big cities in virtual reality is officially a thing. The latest developers to take their turn is Luden.io, a team of VR developers...

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It’s time to stop doubting virtual reality

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 7, 2017
10 min

Investors, gamers, and game developers who are cold on virtual reality should look to the 2017 Game Developers Conference as confirmation that VR has...

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Facebook shuts down its Oculus Story Studio team

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 4, 2017
2 min

Facebook is getting out of the narrative-based VR experience business. Oculus VR content boss Jason Rubin revealed today that the company is closing its...

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Séance: The Unquiet is a spooky ghost story in virtual reality

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 2, 2017
1 min

Holospark is working on a ghost story for virtual reality, Séance: The Unquiet, and the company has released a 5 minute VR demo for...

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How mixed reality is transforming the TV game show

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 2, 2017
2 min

The quaint TV game show is becoming more exciting, and it has nothing to do with goofy stunts or reality hijinks. Thanks to mixed...

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‘Rogue One’ screenwriter breaks down gaming’s advantage over film

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 1, 2017
2 min

One of the people who came up with the story for the most recent Star Wars movie has written about games and crafted their stories....

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Modern VR is ‘like the dog who catches a car but doesn’t know what to do with it’

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 1, 2017
2 min

The modern virtual reality market is new, but the idea of virtual worlds has existed in fiction for decades. Austin Grossman is a sci-fi...

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Epic’s Tim Sweeney: The tech for the metaverse is about 3 years away

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
May 1, 2017
2 min

We’ve overcome some of the early roadblocks that are preventing us from living every moment in virtual reality, and Epic Games founder thinks we’ll figure...

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