How game developers can figure out what they’re passionate about
NBCUniversal, Intel, Microsoft, and Unity are engaged in a developer contest dubbed the Universal GameDev Challenge, in which the companies asked indie game developers to...
High Fidelity raises $35 million with goal of bringing VR to ‘a billion people’
High Fidelity has raised $35 million for its open source platform for building distributed social virtual reality worlds. The platform leverages blockchain technology to enable linkable VR experiences that can be easily deployed across platforms that also adhere to the open, transparent, and secure ledger technology.
The Leisure Economy: Where we all get paid to play games
Of all the ideas at our recent GamesBeat Summit 2018, I loved the notion of The Leisure Economy. This is about a utopia we...
High Fidelity and NeoSensory launch Ready Player One-style Haptic Jacket
I just saw Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One film, and I’ve been thinking about the haptic suit that allows the main character to feel the...
The DeanBeat: High Fidelity takes us dancing in a virtual reality club
I’m looking forward to Steven Spielberg’s upcoming film based on Ernest Cline’s virtual reality sci-fi novel Ready Player One. In one scene in that 2011...
GamesBeat Summit speakers — Second Life creator Philip Rosedale, video host Andrea Rene, and FoxNext’s game chief
We’re stocking up on star speakers for our GamesBeat Summit 2018, which will take place at the beautiful Claremont Resort in Berkeley, California, on April...
High Fidelity launches Avatar Island with blockchain-based digital economy
High Fidelity is unveiling Avatar Island, a virtual reality domain where users can buy and sell items based on a blockchain service. The move...
Second Life pioneer Philip Rosedale shows off virtual toy room in High Fidelity
SEATTLE — Philip Rosedale wants to build the Metaverse, the virtual reality experience depicted in the Neal Stephenson’s 1992 novel Snow Crash so many years...
Linden Lab explores VR for its next-generation virtual world (interview)
Under new CEO Ebbe Altberg, the company is working on its successor to Second Life.
Linden Lab grabs its second life with creativity games
Linden Lab is releasing new "shared creative spaces" outside of its Second Life virtual world.