virtual reality Archives

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AR/VR investments hit $1.1B in first two months of 2016, already beating last year’s total

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 7, 2016
1 min

Augmented reality and virtual reality investment reached $1.1 billion in the first 2 months of this year, according to tech advisor Digi-Capital. That figure...

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Google’s Tilt Brush on the HTC Vive VR headset will make you feel like a 3D artist

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 6, 2016
4 min

One of my favorite apps on the HTC Vive Pre virtual reality headset is Google’s Tilt Brush, a 3D painting program that lets your...

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How to make a virtual reality game before the market even exists (hint: you don’t)

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
March 5, 2016
5 min

Oculus VR is only a few weeks away from releasing the Rift headset. And while that kicks off high-end virtual reality on PC, it’s the end of an...

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Virtual reality movie theaters are now a thing

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 5, 2016
4 min

Virtual reality (VR) was the talk of the town at Mobile World Congress (MWC) last month, and it has become increasingly clear that VR...

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Samsung and Six Flags partner to launch virtual reality roller coasters at 9 U.S. amusement parks

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 3, 2016
2 min

Samsung is teaming up with one of the world’s largest amusement park operators to launch a series of virtual reality roller coasters. Samsung has...

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Here’s how HTC Vive’s front-facing camera works while you’re in virtual reality

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
March 2, 2016
2 min

One of the problems with virtual reality is that it’s going to cut you off from the world around you, but HTC and Valve...

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GDC State of the Industry: Most developers confident about the future of VR

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 1, 2016
3 min

The Game Developers Conference recently released results of its fourth annual State of the Industry Survey. It reveals trends in the games industry based on the feedback of more than 2,000 game developers just ahead of the 30th edition of GDC and the inaugural edition of the Virtual Reality Developers Conference (VRDC).

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Minecraft in VR is cool, but it made me seasick

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 1, 2016
2 min

Microsoft showed off a hands-on demo of Minecraft in virtual reality on the Oculus Rift VR headset. The preview experience was cool, but it...

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Play Half-Life 2 in virtual reality with your Razer OSVR headset thanks to Steam

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 29, 2016
1 min

Gaming hardware and peripheral maker Razer announced today that several SteamVR games, including popular hits like Half-Life 2 and Team Fortress 2, are now available to play in virtual reality via OSVR, an open VR software and hardware platform.

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The guided missile technology that makes HoloLens work

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
February 29, 2016
3 min

Microsoft’s augmented reality development kit costs $3,000, and that’s because it shares some components that you’d normally find in spacecraft, guided missiles, and drones....

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