virtual reality Archives

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Virtual reality: Sony’s refreshingly honest thoughts on Oculus Rift, not needing triple-A, and similarities to the Wii U (exclusive)

Posted byby GamesBeat
April 29, 2014
9 min

Shuhei Yoshida, the president of Worldwide Studios for Sony Computer Entertainment, gives his honest thoughts on all things Project Morpheus, the upcoming virtual-reality system for the PlayStation 4.

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A Virtuix 360-degree treadmill plus an Oculus Rift headset makes for a terrifyingly immersive video game experience at GamesBeat 2013.

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Riding on virtual reality fever, Virtuix raises $3M round for Omni VR treadmill

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 24, 2014
2 min

The Facebook-Oculus deal has validated the VR market.

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2 min

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The next contraption for your makeshift holodeck comes in July: A $500 VR treadmill

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
April 10, 2014
2 min

If you preorder from this point forward, however, you won't get it until September.

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2 min

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Adam Orth finds publisher for his Adr1ft game inspired by surviving an Internet mob

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 4, 2014
4 min

Three One Zero games' Adrfit sci-fi title will hit the market in 2015.

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4 min

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The DeanBeat: Virtual-reality startups like Survios are moving into Oculus Rift’s slipstream

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 4, 2014
5 min

Survios is a young company, but it is already getting a lift less than two weeks after Facebook's stunning $2 billion acquisition of Oculus VR.

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5 min

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Virtual reality has another 'wow' moment as Jaunt introduces 360-degree cinematic videos

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 3, 2014
5 min

Jaunt has raised $6.8 million to make 3D, 360-degree films that take advantage of virtual reality gear.

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Documentary filmmaker explores the new visual language of virtual reality

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 31, 2014
5 min

The visual language of a new medium is being discovered ... and games are playing a role.

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Founder of Facebook’s new virtual-reality company: Sony’s Project Morpheus is ‘a good thing for VR’

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
March 26, 2014
2 min

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey thinks that most Morpheus games will end up on Rift.

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2 min

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The superfast rise of Oculus VR: How it went from startup to $2B acquisition in 21 months (interview)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 26, 2014
8 min

The founders of Oculus VR describe how their startup survived its charmed life and got acquired by Facebook for $2B.

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The Oculus-Facebook deal could marry tech, social, and gaming once and for all

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 26, 2014
9 min

John Carmack will be working for Facebook and other consequences of the Oculus deal.

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9 min