Oculus adds Facebook-powered social features and identity verification
Ever since Facebook acquired Oculus, users expected that the social media giant would begin to integrate its services more deeply and conspicuously into the...
Dreamhack celebrates 25th anniversary and announces 2020 schedule
Esports events organizer Dreamhack is celebrating its 25th anniversary today by announcing its schedule for 2020, which includes 11 festivals across the globe. Dreamhack...
Google’s ARCore Depth API enables AR depth maps and occlusion with one camera
Android augmented reality is about to take some nice steps forward today, as Google is adding a major new feature to its ARCore toolkit...
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit underlined the risks of relying on partners
From my perspective, attending this year’s Snapdragon Tech Summit was all but mandatory for a journalist covering 5G: It offered the very first opportunity to...
Niantic and Qualcomm will build AR glasses for world-scale games
Fresh off today’s announcement of the Snapdragon XR2 mobile platform, Qualcomm has revealed an impressively ambitious early partner for its latest mixed reality effort:...
Qualcomm details Snapdragon 865 and 765, promises devices in Q1 2020
After yesterday’s announcement of names and bare concept outlines for its upcoming Snapdragon 865 and 765 mobile platforms, Qualcomm today detailed how the upcoming...
Logitech will donate sales of Pixel gaming mouse to gamer charities
Logitech said it will donate the profits from sales of its new Pixel pink wireless gaming mouse to gaming charities. The money will go...
Solaris: Offworld Combat VR shooter shows off weapons, in-game AR interface
Ever since UploadVR first teased the game at our E3 VR Showcase, folks have been keen to find out more about Solaris: Offworld Combat....
Facebook’s Beat Games acquisition is a stepping-stone toward Horizon
I believe Facebook director of AR/VR content Mike Verdu when he writes that Facebook’s acquisition of Beat Saber studio Beat Games is “just the...
The Steam Controller is dead, but its legacy lives on
Valve Software is putting an end to one of its hardware endeavors. The company has produced its last Steam Controller, according to The Verge....