I jumped in surprise within 30 seconds of entering The Void in Las Vegas. I was cowering in fear just a few minutes later. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw something rush toward me. I heard it coming closer as I pointed my head down and closed my eyes. I waited for...
ANALYSIS: For a console maker, deciding whether or not to release a new accessory tends to come down to two questions: Will it make money, and will it be easy to support? Microsoft didn’t provide a firm reason when it disclosed two weeks ago that a virtual reality headset isn’t coming to the Xbox One, but the...
ANALYSIS: The annual CES trade show in Las Vegas has been wooing technology fans for more than five decades, but since 2015, CES has also bestowed its familiar brand on a smaller event in Shanghai, China’s most populous city. CES Asia differs from the gargantuan Las Vegas event in just about every regard — for starters,...
Qualcomm and Vivo announced today that they have succeeded in creating a key component for upcoming 5G cellular devices — a unified antenna system that supports both ultra high-bandwidth millimeter wave transmissions and more common midband transmissions in the sub-6GHz range. Though the announcement is technical, it signals the dawn of small…Read More Source: Qualcomm and Vivo...
We’re back from the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show, and we learned a lot about video games … and even more about ourselves. Also, we’re dead and ghosts now. It was a wild event, and we’re going to wrap it up on this week’s episode of the GamesBeat Decides podcast. Co-hosts Mike Minotti and Jeff...
The social virtual reality platform AltspaceVR has released a new lobby, game shows, and a community leaders program. The new space is called Origin, an environment designed to bring visitors together. Origin is a mysterious space that serves as “the vortex of all connections” where you can come meet real people in VR and have...
Ready At Dawn Studios’ new virtual reality team shooter Echo Combat is now available in open beta. It will be free to download for the Oculust Rift and the beta will run until 10 a.m. Pacific on June 24. Echo Combat is Ready At Dawn’s latest zero-gravity experience, and takes place in the same universe...
GUEST: Augmented reality is more than just a tool for games and advertising; it now creates real-world utility. Childhood is full of dramatic, beautiful and intense dreams. As a child’s cognitive and behavioral skills grow, creativity and imagination fill in the details and color in the blanks. Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau described childhood…Read More Source: Augmented...
Valve has been working on Knuckles virtual reality controllers for quite some time, and it finally appears to be inching towards a public release. The company announced today that it’s now shipping Knuckles EV2 development kits to SteamVR developers, including substantially redesigned versions of the motion and finger-sensing controllers, as…Read More Source: Valve ships redesigned Knuckles...
Until recently, finding new virtual reality content to watch has generally required use of a VR device maker’s app store, but Within wants to change that by bringing VR content to a traditional web interface. Working in collaboration with Mozilla, Within is launching a WebVR-powered version of its website, capable of serving high production v…Read...
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