Look, I get it, it’s been a rough start to the year of PlayStation VR. A few weeks of drought finally ended last Tuesday when Resident Evil 7 launched, and the lack of big releases in December have some feeling the headset is starting to get left behind a little. Add to that the closure...
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$4 Billion ZeniMax v. Oculus Verdict Could Come as Early as Today, Here’s What You Need to Know
This week the eyes of the virtual reality industry are on a federal court in Dallas, Texas where ZeniMax (and child company id Software) and Facebook (and child company Oculus) have been engaged in legal battle over a dispute which could cost Facebook $4 billion. ZeniMax alleges that a former employee used VR code that it...
Resident Evil 7 is Being Played in VR by Almost 10% of Registered Players
Capcom’s latest entrant to its popular Resident Evil franchise is currently being played in VR by almost 10% of its players, according to global statistics from the developer. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is Capcom’s long awaited sequel to the company’s hugely popular survival horror franchise and it’s been warmly received by fans and critics since...
NASA & Caltech Leaders Aim to Revolutionise Big Data Visualization with VR
Virtualitics is new company started by NASA JPL and Caltech alum. offering a new platform to leverage the immersive properties of virtual reality in order to better aid human comprehension and use of ‘Big Data’. You’ve likely heard the term ‘Big Data’. Despite the phrase being coined perhaps as early as the mid nineties, with...
Google Opens Daydream App Submission to All and Publishes VR App “Quality Requirements”
Google has put out the welcome mat and unlocked the doors to all developers wishing to develop apps for their Daydream VR platform, but in order to keep the standards high have also issued a “Quality Requirements” guide. As we reported in September last year, just prior to the launch of Google’s Android integrated Daydream VR platform...
‘Elite Dangerous’ Update Will Soon Let You and 3 Friends Co-pilot Interstellar Spacecraft
Elite Dangerous, the interstellar space trading, fighting, and exploration simulator, has been teasing support for co-piloted ships for some time, and now a new update slated for the end of February will bring that feature, allowing up to four friends to fly together in VR. Elite Dangerous is not a VR-only title, but with support...
Pokémon Go Halloween: can a spooky 'event' tempt people back to catch 'em all?
These are far from disastrous times for Pokémon Go, which still boasts 30m players. But can a Halloween tie-in win back the tens of millions who have put down the game? It was the blockbuster hit of the summer, but as temperatures drop and the nights begin to draw in, wandering around with your phone...
Pokémon No: game's daily active users, downloads and engagement are down
Just weeks after the augmented reality game Pokémon Go shot to the top of the app charts, millions of people are no longer using it, according to a report Just weeks after the augmented reality game Pokémon Go shot to the top of the app charts, millions of people are saying “Pokémon No”, according to...
Nintendo shares plummet after it points out it doesn't make Pokémon Go
Hit mobile game, made by Niantic, will have a ‘limited’ effect on Nintendo’s finances, the company has warned Nintendo’s share price on the Tokyo Stock Exchange has plummeted 17% in one day, apparently due to investors belatedly discovering that the company doesn’t actually make Pokémon Go, the latest mobile gaming phenomenon. The company is still...
DMDII & AREA AR Requirements Workshop | Chicago | March 1 – 2, 2017
Members of DMDII and AREA and other augmented reality (AR) industry providers are invited to engage in a workshop to review and discuss industrial functional requirements for Augmented Reality (AR) developed by a multi-industry team. Attendees will have the opportunity to influence and then set the “benchmark” for Enterprise AR requirements. These requirements can be...
