Earlier this week on his livestream talk show, God of War and Twisted Metal creator David Jaffe received a phone call from Cory Barlog, the director and writer for the most recent God of War game that released this year on PlayStation 4. During the chat [warning: language is extremely NSFW –Ed.], they discussed the series, God of...
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How Argodesign will help Magic Leap design the look and feel of spatial computing
One of the interesting talks during Magic Leap’s laborious three-hour keynote presentation last week was by Jared Ficklin, creative technologist and partner at Argodesign, a product design consultancy. Ficklin’s company signed on to help Magic Leap, the creator of cool new augmented reality glasses, in the creation of the next generatio…Read More Source: How Argodesign...
Wingnut AR Pest Control shows augmented reality can be silly
Wingnut AR showed off its first augmented reality app for the Magic Leap One Creator Edition. It was a pretty wacky game, as you might expect from the creative minds at Peter Jackson’s AR studio in New Zealand. Wingnut AR Pest Control puts you in the shoes of a pest control worker, and it is...
Google rebrands AR Stickers as Playground
Google announced this week that its AR Stickers feature, which can be found inside the Pixel’s camera app, is being rebranded as Playground. Along with the rebrand they’ll be releasing all-new characters such as heroes from Marvel’s Avengers (both Iron Man and Hulk were shown) as well as an animated version of Donald Glover’s rap persona,...
Magic Leap CEO: ‘We can be a public company’ if developers support us
Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz suggested an initial public offering might be planned for his company if it is able to continue building momentum with developers. The suggestion came during our first interview with Abovitz on Tuesday during Magic Leap’s developer conference in Los Angeles. The Magic Leap One Creator Edition headset started shipping a c…Read...
Onshape lets engineers collaborate on 3D designs with Magic Leap’s AR glasses
Computer-aided engineering (CAD) is a $9 billion industry, and Onshape wants to shake it up. So the cloud-based CAD tool maker is using Magic Leap’s augmented reality glasses to enable engineers to collaborate when designing products in 3D. Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Onshape showed a demo of the tech at the L.E.A.P. Conference in Los Ange…Read More Source:...
Survey: AR/VR startups are leaving international money on the table
GUEST: The bulk of AR/VR startups aren’t selling outside their own backyards, at a time when growing revenue and extending financial runways have become critical to survival. So while there is money to be had internationally, many are simply leaving it on the table. While Chinese computer vision/AR investment grew 3x to $3.9 billion over the...
Night Terrors: Bloody Mary is AR horror from Paranormal Activity’s director
Virtual reality is an excellent tool for horror game because when you wear a VR headset, it feels like you’re transported to another world. You can look and move around in full 360-degrees, reach out and touch things, and hear every whisper from all directions. But what about AR horror games? Instead of transporting you...
GB Decides 99: 3 hours of Fallout 76 isn’t enough to figure it out
The country roads have lifted their embargo, and now GamesBeat reviews editor Mike Minotti can talk about them. He spends some time explaining what he found on this week’s episode of the GamesBeat Decides podcast. It turns out that we still have questions. PC gaming editor Jeffrey Grubb joins Mike to talk about BOBO (Call...
ProBeat: Hey Google, was Daydream just a dream?
OPINION: Google’s annual October hardware event was odd for several reasons this year, presumably because so much news leaked out early and the company clearly reshuffled the whole presentation. The devices that were announced came out all at once, and other news was left for after the keynote. But there was also plenty that wasn’t...
