We have the Nintendo Switch, and we want to talk about it! The Nintendo Switch is due out March 3 for $300, but we’ve got our hands on one right now. Nintendo sent us the device to review, and we’ve got an in-depth look at the device in the works. For now, however, we want to...
Zappar has raised $3.75 million in funding for its augmented reality and virtual reality creative tools. London investment house Hargreave Hale led the round, with participation from trade investors You & Mr Jones and China’s iDreamSky. Zappar will use the funds to accelerate development of several new products, as well as fueling its international expansion. In particular,...
Qualcomm has launched an accelerator to help hardware companies develop head-mounted displays for virtual reality. The company has targeted its Snapdragon 835 mobile chip at virtual reality headsets and currently has four customers with early 820-based designs in the market. An additional five 820 designs are coming in 2017. Now, to further stoke the market,...
In the past, to see a pre-constructed state of the house that you would one day live in, you had to be able to read blueprints or hire an artist to sketch it out. Later came the ability to have a 3D rendering of that house on a screen, but you’d still have to work...
ZeniMax filed for a proposed judgment in its $500 million case against Oculus, including a suggestion that: Oculus, its parents, subsidiaries…are permanently enjoined from possessing, publishing, disclosing, or utilizing in any form or for any purpose any of ZeniMax’s copyrighted materials…found to have been infringed by the jury in its verdict, specifically DOOM 3: BFG...
In December of last year, UK-based Zappar successfully raise $84,356 for their ZapBox mixed reality headset—over $50,000 more than their goal. Well, they just blew that sum out of the water when they announced this morning that they’ve closed a Series A round of funding with $3.75 million. ZapWorks, Zappar’s primary product, is a development...
Superhot [Review: 9/10] is easily one of the best Oculus Touch titles available today. The beautiful art direction, ingenious gameplay mechanic of time only moving when you do, and creative puzzle environments all add up to one of the most memorable and enjoyable adaptations for VR we’ve seen thus far. Naturally, when the Make it...
The VR ecosystem is flush with experiences that can completely shatter our perceptions, bringing us into incredibly realistic or fantastic worlds and giving us devastating weapons or abilities. Other more quaint experiences can project a sense of comfort so solid, we can forget that we’re even wearing a VR headset altogether like one of our...
I’m scared of roller coasters. Not heights, not speed, not intricate examples of mechanical engineering: roller coasters. I am specifically, and dreadfully, terrified or riding roller coasters. This is the story of me riding a roller coaster. Gulp. Last week, my wife and I were invited by the folks over at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo...
Many concept vehicles over the years have teased the idea of utilizing augmented reality in the windshields, glass dashboard panels, and even side windows. When it comes to VR, Faraday Future is one of the most recent that have flirted with the technology by using the platform to design their connected car. Audi wants to...
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