Now is the time to experiment with virtual reality design Posted byby Jason Wilson January 27, 2021 2 min The pandemic has caused a surge in virtual reality sales and use. With everyone forced to stay at home due to worldwide lockdowns, there... Continue Reading 2 min
RP1 debuts a scalable platform for the ‘shardless’ metaverse Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 27, 2021 4 min The metaverse won’t be very fun if you can only see 100 people at a time, like in a battle royale game. You should... Continue Reading 4 min
Crucible is creating agents to keep the metaverse open Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 27, 2021 4 min If you want to cruise around the metaverse in the future, you might do it with multiple digital identities, or agents. And if that... Continue Reading 4 min
Tim Sweeney: The open metaverse requires companies to have enlightened self-interest Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 27, 2021 8 min Twenty years ago, at the dawn of the Xbox era, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney convinced Bill Gates to spend a billion dollars on... Continue Reading 8 min
Roblox CEO Dave Baszucki believes users will create the metaverse Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 27, 2021 7 min Roblox CEO Dave Baszucki wants to inhabit the metaverse — an online place where we work and play and entertain ourselves. He has dreamed... Continue Reading 7 min
Schell Games unveils I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy and the Liar Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 27, 2021 2 min Schell Games is expects to release I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy and the Liar this year. This virtual reality game is... Continue Reading 2 min
Magic Leap founder Rony Abovitz creates startup Sun and Thunder to build synthetic beings Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 27, 2021 4 min Former Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz has started a new company called Sun and Thunder to focus on AI characters and interactive storytelling. In... Continue Reading 4 min
Lual Mayen and Leo Olebe: You can’t be what you can’t see Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 26, 2021 5 min Lual Mayen is a former refugee who left Africa to become a game developer in the U.S. He has received recognition from The Game... Continue Reading 5 min
Diversity isn’t just about inclusion in gaming — it’s smart business, too Posted byby Jason Wilson January 26, 2021 6 min Diversity and inclusion isn’t just about an initiative or program that serves a specific function for a specific underrepresented group of people in a... Continue Reading 6 min
Jason Rubin: How to find more gamers through instant and cloud games Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 26, 2021 4 min The game industry isn’t done breaking down barriers to make games more accessible. That’s the view of Jason Rubin, vice president of play at... Continue Reading 4 min