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AWE founder Ori Inbar at AWE USA in Santa Clara, California.

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Apple casts big shadow over the XR industry | The DeanBeat

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 2, 2023
4 min

During the Augmented World Expo this week, the crowds were back at one of the big Silicon Valley events where the cognoscenti of the...

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Karate Combat has raised $18M for mixed reality (XR) live sports and to fund its Web3 DAO

Posted inin Business

Karate Combat closes $18M to build Web3, mixed reality live sports

Posted byby Jordan Fragen
April 19, 2023
2 min

Karate Combat has raised $18 million to fund its full-contact martial arts league that features combatants in immersive CGI environments. The league’s (mixed reality)...

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The best products and moments of CES 2023 | The DeanBeat

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 7, 2023
22 min

The CES 2023 tech trade show is in full gear in Las Vegas, drawing lots of crowds back to the biggest North American tech...

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22 min

Posted inin Development

Web3 gaming will fail if we don’t make incredible experiences that put players first

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 28, 2022
4 min

Presented by Emergent Entertainment Unlock premium content and VIP community perks with GB M A X! Join now to enjoy our free and premium...

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Can VR help mental health? Panelists such as Dr. Brennan Spiegel of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (lower right) in Los Angeles, game design consultant Noah Falstein (lower left), clinical psychologist Dr. Kelli Dunlap (upper right), and Susanna Pollack (the moderator and president of Games For Change).

Posted inin Gameplay

How XR can be a vital tool for improving mental health

Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes
April 29, 2021
3 min

The power of mixed reality (XR) goes beyond just immersive games. Doctors, psychologists, and researchers are quickly finding out that XR’s greatest impact could...

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"The Mandalorian" production team used Unreal Engine to display many of its environments on set.

Posted inin Gameplay

Apple’s response to Epic threatens the future of VR, AR, TV, and films

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 18, 2020
4 min

Epic’s lawsuit against Apple was already monumental when it solely focused on the iOS App Store, a walled garden that has grown to an...

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4 min

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HTC debuts Vive Cosmos Elite, Play, and XR models, plus new faceplates

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 20, 2020
2 min

Despite its unique modular design, HTC’s $699 Vive Cosmos VR headset had a rocky rollout last year, in equal parts because of its premium...

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Presentation screen at 2019 Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit

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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit underlined the risks of relying on partners

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 6, 2019
3 min

From my perspective, attending this year’s Snapdragon Tech Summit was all but mandatory for a journalist covering 5G: It offered the very first opportunity to...