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Newzoo downgrades esports 2020 revenue forecast for third time to $950.3 million

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 7, 2020
2 min

Market researcher Newzoo has downgraded its 2020 esports forecast for the third time this year, now saying revenues will likely hit $950.3 million. The...

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Virtuix will return to home VR market with Omni One treadmill

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 7, 2020
3 min

When virtual reality took off more slowly than expected in 2016, Virtuix pivoted with its Omni Arena 360-degree treadmills for VR, taking them into...

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang talks at GTC 2020.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang compares the Omniverse and the metaverse

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 6, 2020
3 min

Nvidia announced yesterday it was launching an open beta for the Omniverse, a virtual environment the company describes as a “metaverse” for engineers. CEO...

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Thirdverse raises $8.5 million to expand its VR business

Posted byby Mike Minotti
October 6, 2020
1 min

VR developer Thirdverse has completed a Series A funding round worth $8.5 million, showing that investors are still happy to get into VR gaming....

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HDR brings games like Yakuza 0 to live like never before.

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Xbox Series X’s machine-learning auto-HDR renders stunning results

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
October 6, 2020
4 min

The Xbox Series X has a number of display-related technologies and features that we haven’t seen in any console before. This includes support for...

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Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered races toward Xbox One, PS4, Switch, and PC

Posted byby Mike Minotti
October 5, 2020
1 min

Electronic Arts announced Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered today, an updated version of the 2010 racing game. The remaster comes out November 6...