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...
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...
2016 was a year of growth for the U.S. gaming industry. According to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group and the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the U.S. video games industry earned $30.4 billion in 2016. That is up from $30.2 billion in 2015. “Growth in entertainment software consumer spend was seen across the mobile, PC, virtual reality, subscription,...
The studio behind the cherished Bravely Default Japanese role-playing games are working with the makers of a high-end texture engine used for PC, console, and VR development. The Belgian graphics middleware company Graphine announced today that it is partnering with Japan-based game engine and middleware company Silicon Studio to bring Graphine’s advanced texture streaming software for...
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...
Display technology maker DigiLens has raised $22 million to create better augmented reality and virtual reality products in which digital information lies on top of transparent glass. The Sunnyvale, California-based company makes diffractive optical waveguide technology and nanomaterials for AR and VR, which could be a $108 billion market by 2021, according to tech advisor...
HTC has launched a $10 million virtual reality fund for content and technologies that will drive sustainable development around the world. Taiwan-based HTC makes the HTC Vive VR headset, and its VR for Impact program was unveiled at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. VR is expected to be a $25 billion industry by...
Niantic and The Pokémon Company International have created 17 locations in Davos, Switzerland, to remind World Economic Forum attendees of the importance of fighting poverty. Above: New PokéStops for the World Economic Forum. Image Credit: Niantic The companies partnered with Project Everyone to raise awareness of the Global Goals for Sustainable Development at the World Economic...
Bayview Labs, Seraph Group, and MIT Game Lab are creating Play Labs to accelerate startups in augmented reality, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence. The accelerator is targeted at students and alumni of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The accelerator will offer funding, facilities, and mentorship resources for selected startups. Applications open now for the official...
YJM Games, a South Korean mobile game developer, has invested in the Venture Reality Fund (The VR Fund), a $50 million fund dedicated to investing in early-stage virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality startups. The deal shows that there’s still worldwide interest in investing in augmented reality and virtual reality, which are expected to...
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