Absurd Joy raises $5.5M to make remote collaboration joyful with Tangle
Virtual reality gaming pioneers Alex Schwartz and Cy Wise have started a new company called Absurd Joy to make remote working more joyful through...
EA’s Patent Pledge will give competitors free access to accessibility technology
Electronic Arts is announcing a Patent Pledge where it will give competitors and developers free access to its accessibility-related patents and technology. That means...
The DeanBeat: Epic pulls out its real case against Google in antitrust lawsuit (update)
On Thursday, Epic Games revealed its fully unredacted antitrust lawsuit against Google, and the nature of the allegations and the evidence to back them...
Facebook unveils Horizon Workrooms for remote coworking in VR
Facebook is launching its open beta for Horizon Workrooms, a way for people to work together remotely in groups with Oculus Quest 2 virtual...
Roblox acqui-hires Jim Greer’s Bash Video platform
Roblox has quietly acqui-hired Bash Video, a social video conferencing platform that Kongregate cofounder Jim Greer started. It’s a small deal, as Bash Video...
Unity will acquire streaming tech firm Parsec for $320M
Unity announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Parsec, which develops software for remote desktop access and streaming. The deal...
How Tobii is expanding eye-tracking into new markets
Tobii built its name over the past 20 years by making eye-tracking technology for health care, behavioral research, gaming, and augmented and virtual reality....
Leia launches its 3D Lume Pad Android tablet
It’s not easy to innovate in the tablet market, but Leia has done that with the launch today of its 3D Lume Pad. It’s...
HyperX will outfit Belong Gaming Arenas with gaming peripherals
In a nice boost for local esports, HP‘s HyperX division said it will team up to provide Vindex’s Beyond Gaming Arenas with gaming peripherals....
Google Play unveils ‘play as you download’ for Android games
Google announced “play as you download” on Android 12 devices so players can hop into mobile games and begin playing during a download. And...