SSVAR blog talking about virtual reality,augmented reality and mixed reality.
Hellgate: London is almost literally back from hell, thanks to a reveal of an upcoming VR prequel to the long-forgotten game. Flagship Studios’ shooter MMO seemed lost to time, as least in the west, after it first released in 2007. It had an intriguing premise, set in a post-apocalyptic London in 2038, but never rose...
The Kickstarter campaign for Organ Quarter isn’t one you should turn your nose up at; this promising VR horror game only needs a bit of help to get finished. Organ Quarter is in development at Outer Brain Studios, and it’s been in the works since at least last year. The team is looking to raise...
Ever since Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus in 2014, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has poised the move as a strategic bet on a technology that would eventually change the way we communicate. In the company’s most recent earnings call, Zuckerberg asked for “the patience of the investor community” as he reminded them about his belief in Oculus as a...
Listen to the GamesBeat Decides podcast GB Decides on Facebook Watch on YouTube Subscribe on iTunes, Google Play Music, or Stitcher. During Sunday’s Super Bowl, we saw $5 million commercials from Nintendo and free-to-play publishers responsible for games like World of Tanks, Evony, and Mobile Strike, but we didn’t get any for Halo Wars 2, Horizon: Zero Dawn, or Mass...
Facebook has opened up registration for the 2017 F8 developer conference, which will be held April 18-19 in San Jose, California. Those interested can submit their names today, but space is limited and applications close on February 21. More than 50 sessions are planned for the eighth conference, including those around engineering, media, advertising, Instagram, Messenger,...
ZTE has announced that Android Nougat and Google’s Daydream virtual reality (VR) platform are now available for its flagship Axon 7 handset. The Chinese smartphone maker last May launched the Axon 7, the first so-called “Daydream-ready” device on the market — however, without Nougat the Daydream support was redundant. Google’s own Pixel-branded phones and Lenovo’s Moto Z...
Europe’s booming virtual reality ecosystem now consists of nearly 300 companies, according to the first European Virtual Reality landscape released by The Venture Reality Fund and France’s LucidWeb. Silicon Valley-based venture firm The Venture Reality Fund tracks investments in the augmented reality and VR markets, but most of the action in the past has focused on...
The Oculus Rift is having problems…again. The issue is not on the operations side with shipping woes or on the marketing side with price complaints. This time the problem is actually within the product itself. The Rift is having trouble tracking some users in 3D space. For a VR company like Oculus, this problem is a...
Facebook’s developer conference, F8, gives a look at the future of technology and how Facebook “connects the world through products and innovation,” as stated on the event’s website. The company just announced the 2017 F8 conference is open for registration, and the official website also includes a schedule of sessions and keynotes. 2017 is going to be a...
Let’s get it out of the way up front and early: HoloGrid: Monster Battle from HappyGiant and Tippett Studio looks similar to the hologram chess scene in Star Wars because the same guy that created that scene also created the monsters in this game. Phil Tippett (Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Dragonheart, Willow) is an Academy...
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