Facebook buys VR audio company Two Big Ears, debuts ‘Facebook 360 Spatial Workstation’
Today Facebook announced it’s acquired Two Big Ears, a spatial audio technology company, for an undisclosed sum. Now part of Facebook, Two Big Ears’ Spatial...
Why Unity’s John Riccitiello loves mobile ads and fears VR’s gap of disappointment
At Unity Technologies, chief executive John Riccitiello sees a sea of games and game startups streaming through doors. Unity was founded in 2003 to...
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney still opposes Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform
Microsoft wants to unify its desktop, mobile and game platforms through the Universal Windows Platform (UWP). At the recent Microsoft Build conference, Microsoft CEO...
Why Berlin’s ad tech startup Applift grew to 200 employees in 3.5 years
You may have heard of the Berlin Airlift. But how about the Berlin Applift? It’s not easy to get a return on your investment...
Facebook demos taking selfies in VR
Facebook chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer just showed how to take a selfie of yourself and a friend inside a virtual reality 360-degree photo....
This flying saucer is Facebook’s virtual reality 360-degree camera
Facebook has created a 360-degree camera to capture virtual reality imagery from its Oculus Rift headset. The Facebook Surround 360 camera solves a problem that...
Zuckerberg: Future VR and AR gadgets will look like ordinary glasses
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said that virtual reality and augmented reality of the future will be accessible by a powerful gadget that looks...
5 free games to try when you get your Oculus Rift
Today, Oculus VR cofounder and chief executive Palmer Luckey made the first delivery of the consumer version of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset....
Digital gaming rakes in $6.2B in February thanks to PlayStation 4, Xbox One
People continue to spend more money on digital games. Consumers spent $6.2 billion on downloadable releases and microtransactions in free-to-play mobile and Web games...
Facebook’s Oculus adds new social games and video features to Samsung Gear VR
Oculus today announced a slew of new features for the Samsung Gear VR. The Facebook-owned company is unsurprisingly focusing on social, and in this...