A Los Angeles-based interactive horror play is becoming a virtual reality series with Skybound Entertainment. Skybound is the publisher of properties like The Walking Dead and we previously covered Skybound’s collaboration with Samsung on the VR thriller Gone. Now, Skybound has acquired a creative property for a new and thrilling VR horror experience. Skybound announced a...
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Two Bit Circus Raises $15 Million To Build Experimental Entertainment
Experimental entertainment company Two Bit Circus has raised $15 million in a funding round led by Jazz Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors, including Foundry Group, Techstars Ventures, Intel Capital, and a handful of new investors. Founded out of Los Angeles in 2012, Two Bit Circus uses technology to create immersive and interactive spectacles...
Sex In Virtual Reality Is Getting Even More Immersive in 2017
This year’s AVN Show – the world’s largest Adult Entertainment expo which took place in Las Vegas this week– focused a lot on VR, even adding two new dedicated categories (Best Virtual Reality Sex Scene and Best Virtual Reality Innovation/Site) to its 2017 industry awards. AVN’s CEO Tony Rios said in a recent interview that...
Field of View: Is VR The Evolution That ‘Resident Evil’ Needs?
It’s 1996 and I am frozen solid. I can see Chris Redfield still standing, against all odds, clutching his side in pain. What I can’t see is the hunter shuffling around in the background, but I can sure as hell hear it. I’m too terrified to take another step but, all the same, I know...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: We try Nintendo’s Switch, and game sales are up in 2016
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, Nintendo reveals new Fire Emblem games, the PlayStation 4 wins December, and we look at the upcoming strategy game Halo Wars 2. Enjoy, and have a great weekend! Pieces of flair and opinion The DeanBeat: 10 predictions for games in 2017 Did Nintendo’s Switch reveal set the new...
The DeanBeat: 10 predictions for games in 2017
Every year I make wildly inaccurate predictions about the future of games, and that time has come again. I go through this exercise not only to suffer great embarrassment, but but also to sharpen my thinking by looking back over the years in an attempt to find the future. I have written more than 13,000...
Oculus’ ‘Dear Angelica’ VR film debuts at Sundance Film Festival
VR films are getting serious and artistic. That’s what we’ll discover with the launch of Dear Angelica, a new virtual reality film from Oculus Story Studio, the VR film division of Facebook’s Oculus. Dear Angelica premieres today at the Sundance Film Festival, and it will be available for Rift on the Oculus Store later today. Dear...
How to watch Donald Trump’s inauguration online (drinks sold separately)
Tune in at 11:30 a.m. Eastern today to watch Donald Trump become the 45th president of the United States. In fact, the President-Elect’s inauguration events kicked off yesterday and will stretch into the weekend. And there’s no shortage of ways to watch the swearing-in ceremony this morning, but if you’re looking to stream it over the internet...
PlayStation VR is the First Tethered Headset to Score YouTube VR Support
While YouTube is rapidly growing as a leading source of 360 degree video content, an official YouTube VR app has been notably absent from the high-end tethered headsets, even after its debut on Google’s Daydream VR platform. Now, PlayStation VR is the first to get support for the app, while the Rift and the Vive will likely...
New HTC Vive Releases For The Week Of 01/15/17
There are a ton of educational Vive apps and Early Access games that released this week, but we also have a couple of bigger releases as well. Creative tools have been some of the shining examples of VR interaction since solidifying its place in early 2016 and now we have a new entry that wants...