Virtual and augmented reality news
There’s been more than 30 years of research into the medical applications of virtual reality, but it’s not until the recent consumer VR revolution that the technology has been cost-effective enough to use. The research shows that the combination of immersion with interactivity can help to reduce pain up to 70%, and in some studies...
The Eye Tribe, a Denmark-based eye-tracking startup, today confirmed they’ll be joining the ranks of Facebook’s Oculus VR. Both Oculus and The Eye Tribe today confirmed the acquisition with TechCrunch‘s Josh Constine. The specifics of the acquisition are still fairly thin however. Is the company going straight to ex-CEO Brendan Iribe’s new PC VR team in Facebook? Is The...
I’d wager most people who bought the HTC Vive love the unit but wish a new version would bring key improvements. A slimmer design and lighter cord, a better fit for the face and more ergonomic controllers without hard-to-reach grip buttons are all near the top of the early adopter wish list. HTC relies on Valve’s lighthouse...
Photography is, in and of itself, one of the most impressive and beautiful forms of art on the planet. My opinion on the matter is driven partially by my utter lack of ability to actually arrange a good shot to save my life and partially due to the fact that capturing life in a still-frame...
From the opening moments of Guerrilla Games Cambridge’s PlayStation VR exclusive competitive shooter, RIGS: Mechanized Combat League [Review: 8/10], it’s clear that the idea of piloting giant robots that shoot each other is meant to be a futuristic sport in this fictional universe. The announcer’s booming voice reverberates around the arena, sponsorship decals are emblazoned...
People find amazing new uses for Google’s Tilt Brush seemingly by the week, but this video featuring autistic artist Stephen Wiltshire is particularly impressive. Wiltshire possesses a photographic memory, which he uses to accurately draw landscapes and create other artwork after only a short time looking at the item in question. Recently, Nissan commissioned the...
Easily one of our most anticipated releases next year is the second episode of Cloudhead Games’ The Gallery series, Heart of the Emberstone. Cloudhead hasn’t given us a window for the next installment’s release, sadly, but it looks like it’s ramping up to a bigger reveal with the launch of a new developer diary series....
Thousands of games came out on iOS and Android in 2016, and no one could play them all. But that’s not going to stop us from picking the 5 best. As part of the GamesBeat Decides podcast, the crew argued over which games should make the cut. As you might expect, a few big-name apps...
In 2016, we finally got high-end virtual reality headsets from Oculus, HTC, and Sony, but it was a yellow-electric rat and the adult-film industry that made the most noise when it comes to the next generation of computing platforms. Since most of the people who normally generate the headlines in the virtual reality and augmented...
The year 2016 was an interesting one for startups. Between high valuations and the glory of reaching unicorn status, entrepreneurs have been frenetically chasing private investors — who were more than willing to deliver the cash — and thereby delayed their entry onto the public market. Yet there was significantly less VC funding than in 2015....
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