Lual Mayen: From refugee to game developer
For 22 of his 24 years of life, Lual Mayen lived in a refugee camp in northern Uganda. His parents fled from South Sudan...
Nintendo Labo VR will have over 64 minigames
Missed the news? Nintendo’s getting into VR. At least, it sort of is. Later this year the beloved gaming company will launch a Nintendo Switch...
WarDucks raises $3.8 million for augmented reality game studio
WarDucks has raised $3.8 million in funding to launch a location-based augmented reality game studio, and it has tapped Doom co-creator John Romero for...
The VR headset market is about to get way too crowded and confusing
Once, there was a single VR headset. Today there are quite a few, and within months, there will certainly be too many in the...
Oculus Rift S versus Oculus Rift: the spec comparison chart
After months of rumors and a somewhat damning leak, Facebook’s Oculus division today made the Oculus Rift S official as its follow-up to 2016’s...
Nate Mitchell interview — Why Facebook built the Oculus Rift S headset for the PC
Nate Mitchell is head of virtual reality products and cofounder of Facebook’s Oculus division. He’s been there since near the beginning of VR’s rebirth,...
Oculus Rift S will debut soon as $400 sequel to the PC-based Rift VR headset
Facebook has unveiled the Oculus Rift S, a new virtual reality headset for the PC that represents a major upgrade to its 2016 product,...
Beat Saber will debut on the Oculus Quest wireless VR headset
Beat Saber is the biggest hit among virtual reality games, and Beat Games is announcing today that the sword-fighting music game will be part...
Khronos Group releases early OpenXR spec for AR and VR hardware standards
The Khronos Group has announced the ratification and public release of the OpenXR 0.90 provisional specification for royalty-free standards related to augmented reality (AR) and...
Epic Games awards $500,000 in final Unreal Dev Grants
Epic Games has awarded $500,000 in awards to the final recipients of Unreal Dev Grants, a $5 million fund supporting developers working with Unreal...