Niantic is mapping the world and warns about the future of augmented reality
John Hanke, CEO of Niantic, began his Augmented World Expo speech talking about the metaverse, and how it conjures thoughts of Neal Stephenson, William...
1 vs. 100 is in the works at Microsoft
Be cool, everybody, because 1 vs. 100 may soon make a comeback. The company’s AltSpaceVR team is working on the project with full support...
IDFA and Apple’s legal battles actually mean 60% larger audiences for game developers
During the “The Apple Ecosystem Challenges” panel, presented by Xsolla at GamesBeat Summit Next, panelists discussed how the changes to the Apple app store...
Apple ecosystem challenges: Epic v. Apple, IDFA, privacy, and payments
Apple has one of the world’s biggest gaming ecosystems with $47 billion of spending in 2020, according to measurement firm Sensor Tower. And while...
MiHoYo lets creators make and sell Genshin Impact content
Genshin Impact developer MiHoYo announced this week that it is permitting players and fans to produce original secondary content based on its popular mobile...
Sandbox VR prepares for expansion following $37M fundraise
Sandbox VR announced today it has raised $37 million in a new round of fundraising and that it intends to use that investment to...
Nvidia’s Omniverse adds AR/VR viewing, AI training, and AI avatar creation
Nvidia’s Omniverse, billed as a “metaverse for engineers,” has grown to more than 700 companies and 70,000 individual creators that are working on projects...
Imagination launches its most-advanced ray tracing GPU for mobile
Imagination Technologies unveiled its most-advanced ray-tracing graphics processing unit (GPU) for games and other markets. The new IMG CXT will bring desktop-quality visuals to mobile...
What will Jensen Huang cook up in his GTC keynote?
This article is part of the VB Lab / Nvidia GTC insight series. NVIDIA is hosting another of its trademark GTC events next week, and...
Sega and Microsoft plan strategic alliance for ‘Super Game’
Sega and Microsoft announced today they have agreed in principle to a new partnership that will allow the former to build games on the...