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
Cyberpunk creator Mike Pondsmith, Geoff Keighley, Siobhan Reddy to light up GamesBeat metaverse event
VB EVENT: We have a multiverse of speakers coming to our metaverse event, GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse. A couple of our latest speakers include Cyberpunk creator Mike Pondsmith, CEO of R. Talsorian Games; Geoff Keighley, creator of The Game Awards; Siobhan Reddy, head of Dreams creator Media Molecule; and Richard Bartle, a pioneering researcher on AI […]
SuperData: Games grew 12% to $139.9 billion in 2020 amid pandemic
The game industry grew 12% to $139.9 billion in 2020 from $120.1 billion in 2019, according to market researcher SuperData. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi
ForeVR raises $1.5 million and unveils VR bowling title
ForeVR came out of stealth today as a gaming company dedicated to developing mass-market virtual reality games. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi
Varjo launches new generation of human-eye resolution VR headsets
Varjo revealed its next generation of virtual reality headsets with „human-eye resolution“ — XR/VR headsets called the XR-3 and VR-3. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi
Fable Studio teases AI virtual character Lucy on Zoom and other platforms
Fable Studio is taking Lucy out of virtual reality and putting her into places like Facebook and Zoom to hold conversations with people. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi
Tencent Music invests in Wave to bring a musical metaverse to China
Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME) has invested in virtual concert company Wave to explore the potential of online music. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi