The DeanBeat: How Oculus’ Mike Abrash took my mind off Palmer Luckey
If anyone could take my mind off the missing-in-action Palmer Luckey at the Oculus Connect conference, it was Michael Abrash, chief scientist of Oculus,...
Hands-on with the Oculus Santa Cruz standalone VR prototype
The future of virtual reality is the standalone wireless VR headset. Oculus showed off that future today with a prototype of a standalone version...
VR guru John Carmack offers his candid opinions on virtual reality apps
John Carmack is enough of a rock star in virtual reality circles to fill a room at a conference, even if all he is...
PlayStation VR has a 10-foot problem
Sony is making VR for the masses. To do that, the company has potentially skimped on important technology that could cause problems for a...
Google reveals its Daydream VR headset, which launches in November for $79
Google is all-in on virtual reality. The search giant revealed the Daydream View VR headset for its mobile virtual reality platform today. It ships in...
Limitless lets artists create character animations within virtual reality
Limitless has created a way for artists to create computer animations while inside a virtual reality world. The company has developed a tool that allows...
PlayStation Home developer will launch a game with PlayStation VR
Developer nDreams announced today that its story-based virtual reality game The Assembly will launch on PlayStation 4 with PlayStation VR on October 13. It’ll be available digitally for $30. Sony is the first major console maker to get into the modern VR game.
VCs invest record $500 million in augmented and virtual reality in Q3
Mainstream venture capitalists pumped up startups in virtual and augmented reality in the third quarter, with a record $2.3 billion invested in the last...
Westworld raises uncomfortable questions about A.I., VR, and video games
Techies and gamers should pay attention to HBO’s Westworld, which debuts on Sunday as a major TV show that delves into human artificial intelligence....
The DeanBeat: Westworld finds the frontier between the real and the virtual, between humans and A.I.
HBO’s Westworld debuts on Sunday as a major TV show that delves into enduring sci-fi and morality themes about whether we should create human-like...