Market researcher App Annie announced today that it will now be tracking over 5,000 Android apps in China. It reports that 10 percent of the top 1,000 apps in China are mobile games. The Google Play Store is still noticeably absent in China, though it’s currently installed on about 3.6 percent of the phones according...
Entrepreneurs building companies around augmented reality, virtual reality and computer vision have a new funding source to help kick-start their businesses. Shasta Ventures announced a new “Camera Fund” today that’s designed to provide an early infusion of cash for those companies. Shasta expects to provide 20-30 companies with $100,000 each, prior to even their seed...
The potential of AR is firmly into the spotlight for global technology companies. Keen not to miss out on what some say could be bigger than the smartphone itself, Chinese tech juggernauts Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, and others are investing heavily in AR through mobile games and advertising experiences. In this piece, we’ll share three key...
Most virtual reality games are leaving me cold these days. The latest shooting gallery doesn’t even register in my brain anymore, and even the more original games have to get some buzz before I’ll try them. Thankfully, Lone Echo has picked up enough hype that I took the time to sit down with my Oculus...
On the heels of settling a sexual harassment lawsuit earlier this month, the founders of virtual reality startup Upload have broken their public silence with an apology for how they handled the issue. The lawsuit was filed in the spring and was settled earlier in September. However, it was apparently only as the New York Times was...
GUEST: In today’s digital economy, we see a constant rotation of new, innovative technology emerging on the market. While some platforms are built exclusively for consumers, others are designed with an enterprise purpose in mind. The most powerful pieces of technology, however, do both. And augmented reality (AR) is the perfect example. Some of the...
ANALYSIS: People who watch technology closely — especially those optimistic about VR and AR — are scratching their heads this week trying to understand how Apple “undersold” those features so significantly. At the Apple September Keynote, there was no mention of VR at all despite the iPhone X being the first device from Apple to...
A few months ago it looked like VR support had been all but confirmed for DICE and Criterion Games’ Star Wars: Battlefront 2. Sadly, it’s now looking like there won’t be any integration after all. Criterion’s Matt Webster and John Stanley confirmed as much in a recent interview with Metro. When asked if there would be...
We’re expecting to find out more about HTC’s Vive-branded standalone VR headset in a few weeks’ time, but it looks like the name has already surfaced online. Lets Go Digital has uncovered two filings from HTC for a ‘head mounted display’ named Vive Focus. One is from the European Union Intellectual Property Office while the other...
Blade Runner debuted 35 years ago, and that is far too long for us to go without a video game that let’s us inhabit the body of Rutger Hauer who played the replicant leader in that sci-fi classic. Thankfully, the wait is over. Observer is here from developer Blooper Team and publisher Aspyr, and it...
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