CastAR adds former Sony PlayStation marketing chief as CMO
Mixed-reality startup CastAR continues to beef up its management team with the addition of Peter Dille, the former head of marketing for the Sony...
Pornhub’s 360-degree videos now work on PlayStation VR
Pornography is an inextricable feature of new technologies, and that includes even Sony’s PlayStation VR. Pornhub has revealed to GamesBeat that its VR category...
Indie developer re-creates the Serenity spacecraft from ‘Firefly’ in VR
Burn the land. Boil the sea. I don’t need any of that junk in virtual reality. Fans of the cult-classic sci-fi television program Firefly can...
Pathbreaker Ventures raises $12 million to invest in emerging tech like VR and robotics
Pathbreaker Ventures has closed its first venture capital fund to invest $12.9 million in early stage companies in emerging technologies. Ryan Gembala, general partner...
PlayStation VR is serviceable virtual reality with refined design and finicky tracking
Sony has the most refined design of any virtual reality headset on the market, and it’s the one I would most likely recommend to...
Only 6% of Americans will own a VR headset in 2016
Overhype is the curse of virtual reality. Despite all of the excitement about VR headsets, only 6 percent of Americans will own a VR...
Sony: PlayStation VR’s tracking problems come from sun and shiny surfaces
I’ve encountered a number of frustrating situations in which the PlayStation VR loses its tracking. That either breaks the illusion of virtual reality or, at worst,...
How the creators of the Invasion and Asteroids are pioneering 360-degree VR films
Baobab Studios is a new kind of film studio, making 360-degree interactive cinematic movies in virtual reality. It came up with the hit animated...
Why game design guru Jesse Schell is diving into VR and AR
Jesse Schell is a leader in the game industry, as the author of a book on game design and a professor at the Entertainment...
John Carmack: Mobile can deliver a VR killer app
John Carmack talked to his faithful followers about the technical edge of virtual reality and the technical improvements on the way for the Samsung Gear...