Intel CEO Brian Krzanich held his company’s CES press event inside virtual reality, as Intel provided more than 260 VR units in chairs for all of the press attending the event. As he did so, he showed a number of live events in VR. Intel’s people began prepping the VR setup before Christmas, and it...
Samsung Electronics America president Tim Baxter announced that the company has sold 5 million Gear VR virtual reality headsets for mobile devices to date. The South Korean electronics giant made the announcement at its press event at CES 2017, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas this week. Baxter said that consumers have viewed over...
Probably the most-leaked device at CES 2017 so far has been the Asus ZenFone AR, through no fault of the Taiwanese company. Partner Qualcomm revealed much of the details in a blog post touting the use of its Snapdragon 821 chipset, and infamous leaker Evan Blass (evleaks) added front and back press renders of the...
It’s 2017, and — as we all know — this means that presidential politics no longer affect us and all celebrities from the 1970s and 1980s are now immortal. But the GamesBeat Decides podcast? Well that never changes. Except for when one of us has a kid! Your host, Jeffrey Grubb, is about to have his first...
Linden Lab‘s Sansar virtual reality world is taking shape. The company is announcing today that it is inviting hundreds of new creators into its test, and it is also opening up a marketplace where users can sell virtual items for real money. That marketplace will enable monetization for the denizens of Sansar right from the...
It isn’t easy to stand out among the virtual reality headsets available today. But Merge VR is trying to do something different with its holographic toy, the Holo Cube, which lets users interact with holograms through augmented reality technology. The Holo Cube is a block that you hold in front of your face while looking through...
HoloLamp debuted its augmented reality projector system today at CES 2017, the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas this week. The projector makes it possible for augmented reality to interact with real objects, and no special glasses or smartphone are required to see its animated images. The result looks a lot like that scene in Star...
A number of new virtual reality (VR) headsets and technologies went to market in 2016, but without content, VR viewers are little more than futuristic-looking ski goggles. And this is why we’re starting to see a number of VR cameras enter the fray, including Nokia’s $45,000 Ozo, Facebook’s $30,000 Surround, GoPro’s $15,000 Odyssey, and upstarts...
Hidden Figures is an upcoming feature film that chronicles the lesser-known story of African American women at NASA and their crucial role into positioning the US at the forefront of the Space Race. The film is a critically acclaimed and pivotal sharing of an untold story and it’s getting a deep augmented experience to accompany...
The battles between Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA are a constant clash of giants for the hearts and minds of the computing world and, more specifically, gamers. Intel has edged out AMD in recent years in terms of processing and the two will collectively continue to dominate for years to come in that field, but AMD may...
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