Vive outsells Rift — but mobile and console VR outsell both
The high price and lack of must-have content is still holding back the sales of top-end virtual reality systems for PC. SuperData Research, a...
Nvidia launches new SDKs to make VR development simpler
Nvidia is expanding the capabilities of its VRworks toolkit to streamline the development process. The tech company revealed its new VRWorks audio and 360-degree...
WebVR gaming is virtual reality’s sweet spot
One of the first major categories that will firmly root the VR industry into the mainstream will be gaming. It makes sense that, at...
The DeanBeat: GamesBeat Summit conversations on the Metaverse, AR’s future, and Hollywood envy
We just hosted our third annual GamesBeat Summit at the Claremont Hotel in Berkeley, Calif. It was a beautiful place and a great backdrop for...
Facebook shuts down its Oculus Story Studio team
Facebook is getting out of the narrative-based VR experience business. Oculus VR content boss Jason Rubin revealed today that the company is closing its...
Half-Life, Portal co-writer Chet Faliszek left Valve a month ago
One of Valve‘s most visible public faces has moved on from the company. Chet Faliszek, writer on games like the Half-Life episodes and Portal, left...
Watch the GamesBeat Summit day 2 live right here
We’re in Berkeley, California with the 2017 GamesBeat Summit, and we want you to join us for some of the biggest and most important...
Séance: The Unquiet is a spooky ghost story in virtual reality
Holospark is working on a ghost story for virtual reality, Séance: The Unquiet, and the company has released a 5 minute VR demo for...
Modern VR is ‘like the dog who catches a car but doesn’t know what to do with it’
The modern virtual reality market is new, but the idea of virtual worlds has existed in fiction for decades. Austin Grossman is a sci-fi...
Epic’s Tim Sweeney: The tech for the metaverse is about 3 years away
We’ve overcome some of the early roadblocks that are preventing us from living every moment in virtual reality, and Epic Games founder thinks we’ll figure...