Facebook’s Oculus division has picked up momentum, and the company said more 60 virtual reality games and apps on the Oculus Quest VR headset platform have generated more than $1 million in revenue. In a blog post, Facebook Reality Labs’ Mike Verdu said that six titles have generated more than $10 million in revenue on […]
Russian mobile game publisher Nexters will go public via a SPAC at $1.9 billion value
Mobile game developer Nexters announced it will go public, raising money at a $1.9 billion enterprise value via a SPAC deal. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi
The DeanBeat: Our 360-degree view of the metaverse ecosystem
Our GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse gave us a 360-degree view of the metaverse ecosystem as its being built. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi
RP1 debuts a scalable platform for the ‘shardless’ metaverse
RP1 is unveiling a platform today that provides the ability for worlds to scale up to millions of users in a single instance. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi
Crucible is creating agents to keep the metaverse open
Crucible is creating agents that can navigate the metaverse for you. And it wants this tech to be open and widely used. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi
Roblox CEO Dave Baszucki believes users will create the metaverse
Dave Baszucki, CEO of Roblox, is about to take his company public. And he believes users will be the metaverse. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi
Schell Games unveils I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy and the Liar
Schell Games is announcing that it expects to release this year I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy and the Liar, a virtual reality game. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi
Magic Leap founder Rony Abovitz creates startup Sun and Thunder to build synthetic beings
Rony Abovitz has started a new company called Sun and Thunder to focus on AI characters and interactive storytelling. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi
Haptx debuts new version of touch-feedback gloves
Haptx is launching the second version of its Haptx touch-feedback gloves for VR applications and virtual reality games. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi
The DeanBeat: What Ready Player Two tells us about the metaverse
Ernest Cline’s Ready Player Two has a new vision for the metaverse and the latest example of science fiction and reality intertwining. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi