Nvidia has announced its Omniverse, a virtual environment dubbed a „metaverse“ for engineers, will be available as an enterprise service. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi
Social gaming platform Rec Room raises $100M at $1.25B valuation
Social gaming platform Rec Room has raised $100 million at a $1.25 billion valuation. The funding is a win for user-generated content. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi
Adhawk Microsystems launches camera-less eye-tracking sensors for AR/VR
AdHawk Microsystems is launching eye-tracking for AR and VR systems using sensors that don’t require slow and expensive cameras. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi
GamesBeat Summit 2021: Growing the Next Generation is coming on April 28-April 29
Our speakers include Bobby Kotick of Activision Blizzard, Halley Gross of The Last of Us Part II, Brenda Romero of Romero Games — and more. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi
Virtuix raises $11 million on SeedInvest for Omni One VR treadmill
Virtuix said it has raised $11 million from 4,000 investors on the SeedInvest equity crowdfunding platform for its Omni One VR treadmill. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi
Sony announces new PSVR for PlayStation 5
Sony announced today that PlayStation 5 is getting its own virtual reality system, a successor to PSVR for PlayStation 4. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Mike Minotti
Qualcomm launches XR1 AR Smart Viewer platform
Qualcomm has launched its latest augmented reality (AR) prototype platform based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR1 platform. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi
60 Oculus virtual reality titles have generated more than $1 million in revenue
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 […]
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