Game engine maker Unity Technologies has announced its Unity Without Borders program, which supports developers who are affected by President Donald Trump’s restrictions on travel from six Muslim countries. A few weeks back, San Francisco-based Unity expressed support for developers worldwide in response to the travel ban that primarily affected Muslim game developers. “As part...
The Venture Reality Fund reported that the landscape of companies it tracks in the virtual reality market grew more than 40 percent in 2016. The largest area of growth was in content companies that create apps for head-mounted VR displays, said Marco DeMiroz, cofounder of The Venture Reality Fund with Tipatat Chennavasin. The fund invests...
Super. Hot. Super. Hot. Super. Hot. Virtual reality has some incredible experiences now in apps and games like Resident Evil 7, Rec Room, and Tilt Brush. And now Superhot VR, which is one of the most stylish VR experiences, is getting a major update. The Oculus Rift exclusive is getting more levels and challenges that focus...
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Sansar is coming soon, and that means you may be able to live in virtual reality soon. Linden Lab‘s Sansar virtual reality world is debuting as an open beta test shortly, and the San Francisco company has released a video of what the place will look like. Linden Lab recently invited hundreds of new creators into its...
Unity Technologies CEO John Riccitiello threw out some impressive numbers last week at an event at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. He said that games built with the Unity game engine were downloaded more than 16 billion times in 2016, up 31 percent from the year before. A couple of million users of Unity make...
Virtual reality took a few steps forward last week, advances highlighted by Qualcomm‘s demo of a development headset for wireless virtual reality. The prototype is part of a reference design for a second generation of VR headsets that don’t have to be connected to a PC. Hardware companies can adopt this technology, and Qualcomm has...
Shazam, known for its eponymous music recognition app, has launched a new augmented reality (AR) platform for brands, artists, and users around the world. Founded in 2000, Shazam offers a mobile app that lets you identify songs playing in the background by tapping a button. But it has long since branched out into other verticals, including TV, and the...
GUEST: We received our first market-ready VR headset at Madrona almost one year ago now, and since then, we have done VR (Vive and Rift) and AR (HoloLens) demos for over 100 people who have stopped by our office to check out the next big computing platform. We have done demos for kids, parents, grandparents,...
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