REVIEW: Facebook’s Oculus division has been working on making virtual reality into an easier, more accessible, and hassle-free experience. The result is the Oculus Go, which you can use with no PC connection and no wires. The Oculus Go can’t run some of the beefiest virtual reality applications that have been made for the more...
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Facebook and Sketchfab partner to bring free 3D models to AR Studio
As part of Facebook’s goal to make the camera its core augmented reality platform, the social media giant today announced that it is partnering with Sketchfab to bring more 3D models to AR Studio, its desktop app that developers can use to create AR content. In an email to VentureBeat, Sketchfab cofounder and CEO Alban Denoyel...
Facebook brings augmented reality to Messenger bots
Last year at F8, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook is on a mission to make the camera the first augmented reality platform, starting with AR Spaces and AR Studio. Progress toward that goal continued today with an update to AR Studio and the introduction of AR for Instagram and Facebook Messenger. AR on Messenger will be...
How to watch Facebook’s F8 2018 livestream
Facebook’s biggest event of the year is upon us: F8 2018 is being held in San Hose from May 1 to May 2. You can tune in right here or in the embedded livestream below. The developers conference typically includes a lot of technical news for building on Facebook’s various platforms, but it also features...
Snapchat’s new Snappables let you play augmented reality games with friends
In another step to market itself as a leader in augmented reality chat, Snap today is rolling out Snappables, AR filters for games. Snappables will begin rolling out to users of the Snapchat platform this week on iOS and Android. Snappables are similar to Snapchat’s popular Lenses, which spruce up selfies with rainbow vomit or puppy...
VRstudios makes a compact virtual reality experience with VRcade Atom
VRstudios has made location-based entertainment virtual reality arcades for big commercial venues in the past. But the company is announcing today the VRcade Atom, a more compact VR booth with a smaller footprint that doesn’t require an expensive facility. The VRcade Atom is a commercial wireless VR system built for location-based entertainme…Read More Source: VRstudios...
GamesBeat Decides 79: Home of the classy take
It took us until well into spring, but Mike Minotti and Jeffrey Grubb finally did two episodes together back-to-back. On this week’s GamesBeat Decides podcast, your hosts spend a lot of time talking about God of War. In the second segment, the squad digs into the best reboots of all time. They also try to...
AR experience Terminal 3 puts you in the boots of a U.S. customs officer
The augmented reality experience Terminal 3 tells the stories of Muslims who face additional screenings whenever they want to enter the United States. Players take the role of a U.S. customs officer who must interrogate people at an airport. Creator Asad Malik developed it in partnership with RYOT, and it debuted at the start of Tribeca...
Google nominates 45 Android apps and games for the 2018 Play Awards
Google has unveiled the nominees for the Google Play Awards 2018. The winning Android apps and games will receive awards on May 7, meaning this year the event will be scheduled ahead of the company’s I/O 2018 developer conference. Google had 12 categories in 2017, but this year has cut the number down to nine....
Pimax 8K VR headset delayed again, refresh rate drops to 80Hz
Several months after delaying “the world’s first 8K VR headset,” developer Pimax has revealed that its Pimax 8K has been postponed again — and apparently downgraded in performance, as well. Not surprisingly, the company’s Kickstarter backers aren’t thrilled by the news, which suggests that the headset will now ar…Read More Source: Pimax 8K VR headset...