Virtual reality’s biggest challenge: Don’t be the next 3DTV
Virtual reality is hot, but it’s still waiting for its breakthrough moment. That makes this a challenging time for developers working in the medium right...
Oculus VR’s Jason Rubin predicts the pants-ripping next wave of VR
The person responsible for the next wave of virtual reality software coming from Oculus Rift developers is giddy about how rapidly things are going...
Virtual reality could usher the dawn of gender equity in tech
The advent of virtual reality may mark a major turn toward gender equality in tech. The roaring debate regarding the lack of women working...
Developer made Ascension VR to confront her fear of flying
Theresa Duringer is a afraid of flying. To cope with it, she designed a game that she can view and play with a Samsung...
Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition will get Oculus Rift VR support in the ‘next few weeks’
You will soon no longer need a Samsung Gear VR to enjoy a low-fidelity simulation. Microsoft’s Windows 10 version of Minecraft is a year...
Jaunt partners with ESL to create VR documentaries for esports
Jaunt, a maker of 360-degree virtual reality videos, has entered into an exclusive, multi-year partnership with the ESL esports league. The goal is to...
Announcing the winners of the GamesBeat 2016 developer contest
To showcase innovation and shed a light on new and upcoming games, GamesBeat ran a Games Developer Showcase competition for GamesBeat 2016 that we kicked...
AMD fires back at Nvidia with workstation graphics chip for pro designers
Advanced Micro Devices unveiled its new Radeon Pro WX series of graphics cards for professional workstation users. The move came hours after graphics chip...
Nvidia claims its new chip is the ‘world’s fastest GPU’ for game and VR design
Nvidia announced today the Quadro P6000 graphics card for workstations, using the “world’s fastest GPU,” or graphics processing unit. The graphics card is targeted...
Nvidia can reduce VR graphics processing requirements by up to 3 times
It takes a lot of computing power to properly render a virtual reality scene. But researchers at graphics chip maker Nvidia say they have...