8th Wall has raised $2.4 million in funding to make a suite of tools for building augmented reality applications. The Palo Alto, California, company’s twist is that 8th Wall believes its tools can help build apps that run on 90 percent of all smartphones. It works with or without supporting native AR frameworks, such as...
Microsoft is working on a Halo virtual reality experience for its Windows Mixed Reality platform. Developer 343 Industries, the studio responsible for overseeing Halo, has previously created demonstrations for the HoloLens augmented-reality headset that is still in early testing at Microsoft. But now, the 343 team developing a Halo game that is among the first...
Dell has unveiled more details for its Dell Visor virtual reality and mixed reality headset debuting on October 17. The new headset is part of Microsoft’s push to support mixed reality technology on the PC, and the company’s goal is to bring VR to more consumers and enterprises. Dell plans to sell the headset for...
Mesmerizing particle physics simulator Chroma Lab is now available on Steam for $5. It works with both Vive and Rift and lets you use your hands to interact with colorful particles floating around you. The particles behave like a fluid and can be toyed with as they react realistically to the ways you play with them. According...
GUEST: Imagine flying into a new city. The rental car company hands you a pair of smart glasses at the airport. As you step outside the terminal amid the airport traffic chaos, your AR glasses identify the autonomous car driving up to get you with a digital “Your car” sign hovering above it. It knows...
Esports VR broadcasting company SLIVER.tv announced it completed series A round equity funding with $9.8 million raised. To date, the company has received $17.5 million. Danhua Capital, Heuristic Capital Partners, and ZP Capital led the round while addition funding came from DCM, Sierra Ventures, The VR Fund, Samsung Next Fund and Sony Innovation Fund. SLIVER.tv CEO and...
Star Wars fans will soon be able to use the power of AR to find out more about the latest entry in the series, The Last Jedi. Disney and LucasFilm today announced Find the Force, a global AR event kicking off on September 1. As IGN reports, from next month, over 20,000 retail locations across 30...
GUEST: Virtual reality, though still in its nascent stages of evolution, is becoming increasingly commercially viable, just as augmented reality is also gaining popularity. But as with any gold rush, developers and vendors are feverishly working to stake their claim on a new frontier while still partially mining in the dark, as both VR and...
VB LIVE: Virtual reality is an entirely new way of interacting with content, but is the technology too new to engender consumer confidence? Join our latest VB Live event for insight into the future of VR commerce and how payment technology can revolutionize – and monetize — VR experiences. Register here for free. At the...
Hello and welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, Nintendo finally adopts PayPal support, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ first tournament was a success, and the World Electronic Sports Games (WESG) organization is under fire for how it’s separating an esports tournament based on gender. Oh, and don’t forget to check out our Madden NLF 18 guide for the...
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