Unity has democratized game development, but CEO John Riccitiello worries about too much VR hype
Unity Technologies has armed more than 2 million developers with the tools to make video games. And those developers have shown a lot of...
Epic’s Tim Sweeney believes virtual reality will evolve more like console games than mobile
It seems like we just can’t get enough of Tim Sweeney, chief executive of Epic Games. Sweeney has been a video game graphics guru...
AR VR there yet? The experts weigh in on the growth of augmented and virtual reality
SAN DIEGO — The big question among tech investors and entrepreneurs today has to do with how quickly a new computing paradigm will arrive....
Zuckerberg: Early Oculus Rift sales will be small, just like Palm smartphones
Facebook, the world’s largest social-media platform, thinks virtual reality and augmented reality are the future — but one that’s distant. Mark Zuckerberg’s company reported...
Don’t be afraid to fail now in order to succeed later at making virtual reality games
Jason Rubin was skeptical about the new Oculus virtual reality head-mounted display before he even threw on a pair for the first time nearly...
Nexon wins over Western developers by pitching gaming as an art form
Nexon is a pioneer of free-to-play online games in Asia, and it wants to break into the West in a big way. A couple of years...
How Samsung is fostering growth in its Galaxy Apps store
Samsung is a giant global technology company. But when it comes to running its own app store, the company is operating in the shadow...
The DeanBeat: Seattle event marks the accelerated growth of virtual reality and augmented reality
SEATTLE — It’s not easy to find benchmarks for the excitement around virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) — two technologies that are...
How Israel’s $1B game business thrives in a cutthroat global industry
TEL AVIV — I traveled to Israel for the first time last week to get a good look at the country’s $1 billion game...
Lucky’s Tale developer Playful raises $25M to fund its virtual reality development
Investors are looking ahead, and they like what they see from one of the first companies highly focused on producing original virtual-reality games. Playful...