Venture capital is still out there for augmented and virtual reality studios, but they’re finding it continues to be a challenge to get enough consumers to pony up for games on the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, PlayStation VR, and mobile platformers. In a recent interview from the Gamelab event in Spain, GamesBeat lead reporter Dean...
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Lila’s Tale makes you solve puzzles in VR … without your hands
You don’t need a controller to play Lila’s Tale; you just need to look. It’s a VR platformer that you interact with by directing your gaze at where you want its heroine to move. Only a demo is available at the moment, but the full game is slated for a third-quarter release later this year...
All of Google’s jokes for April Fools’ Day 2017
April Fools’ Day is upon us, and like every year, Google is doing its best to outdo itself. The restructuring that put Google under the new Alphabet parent company didn’t have an impact on last year’s gags, so we’re expecting the usual: Jokes ranging from ridiculously lame to very clever, spanning the simple blog post...
Is it OK that Splatoon 2 is just more Splatoon? GamesBeat Decides
You are a squid now. You are a kid now. You are my friend now, if you subscribe to this podcast about Splatoon. Listen to the GamesBeat Decides podcast Subscribe on iTunes, Google Play Music, or Stitcher. GB Decides on Facebook Watch live on Twitch Watch on YouTube Subscribe to the RSS. On this week’s episode of the GamesBeat Decides...
Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey leaves Facebook
Luckey’s out. Above: Palmer Luckey on the cover of Time in August 2015. Image Credit: Time Palmer Luckey, who founded Oculus Rift and who many credit with reviving the virtual reality industry, has left Oculus VR and Facebook, as UploadVR reports. Facebook and Luckey are not sharing the details of the split, but it comes...
Tech pioneer Tony Parisi wants VR to change the world
Tony Parisi helped pioneer virtual reality when he worked on the Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML), a tool for creating 3D environments on the web, with Mark Pesce back in 1994. Now he serves as head of AR/VR strategy at game engine maker Unity Technologies, and he talked today about his hopes and fears about VR...
ADVR unveils AR and VR discovery marketing platform
EXCLUSIVE: ADVR today announced the launch of the first discovery marketing engine for virtual and augmented reality applications. The company has also raised $3 million in an initial round of funding so that it can create new kinds of in-app advertising in VR and AR applications. The San Francisco startup has built a content-marketing platform...
High Fidelity uses Limitless VR to enable users to create 3D avatars
Limitless specializes in tools that make it easy to create animated characters and stories in virtual reality. And that work is paying off today through a partnership with High Fidelity, a virtual reality world creation platform founded by the creator of Second Life, Philip Rosedale. Bellevue, Wash.-based Limitless has created a platform that makes it easy...
Samsung updates Gear 360 camera with slimmer design, 4K and live video support
More than a year after introducing its 360-degree camera, Samsung is updating it so it’s “cuter” and meets the needs of creators. The latest incarnation now has a slimmer design that makes it look like a miniature Kuri robot, an improved camera that can now record 4K video, iOS support, and livestreaming capability through YouTube....
Hands-on with the Samsung Gear VR controller
Samsung launched a virtual reality controller today for its Gear VR mobile headset to go with the new Samsung Galaxy S8 smartphone also introduced today. The Gear VR controller sells for $39, or for $130 when bundled with the Gear VR headset. It hits retail stores on April 21. The controller has buttons, a touch...