Are they going to cancel E3 2020? The GamesBeat Decides crew discusses that possibility and whether the show can survive such a fate. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Jeff Grubb
HTC’s Vive Pro Eye headset drops to $799 as lower-end model sells out
The most deluxe HTC Vive VR headset becomes more affordable, setting the stage for an even higher-end Cosmos model with XR sensors to debut later this year. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Jeremy Horwitz
How Games Make Money: Omer Kaplan on ads and hypercasual games
It’s the first episode of the How Games Make Money podcast with your host Jeff Grubb interviewing Omer Kaplan from Ironsource. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Jeff Grubb
Cosmophobia is Dreadhalls studio White Door’s newest VR horror game
White Door Games, the developer behind Dreadhalls (one of the original — and still scariest — VR horror games), is back. Its new title is called Cosmophobia, and it looks equally as terrifying. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Jamie Feltham, Upload VR
Virtual Desktop dev rewrites Oculus Quest’s wireless PC VR feature
Guy Godin rebuilt the wireless streaming feature Oculus Quest owners use to PC VR play games from their computer using Virtual Desktop. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Ian Hamilton, UploadVR
GDC ‘postponed’ as multiple participants pull out over coronavirus fears
GDC is cancelled. Organizers decided not to hold the event after multiple companies pulled out due to fears about the spread of coronavirus. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Jeff Grubb
Unity drops out of GDC as coronavirus fears mount
Unity CEO John Riccitiello announced today that the company is pulling out of this year’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Mike Minotti
No Man’s Sky adds living ships and VR improvements
Developer Hello Games today introduced the Living Ship update, which adds a race of biological spaceships to the massive VR-compatible sci-fi adventure. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Jamie Feltham, Upload VR
Unity gets controller-free hand-tracking in the editor with Oculus Link
The latest update to the Oculus Integration for Unity adds the Quest’s controller-free hand-tracking to the editor. AR/VR – VentureBeat & David Heaney, UploadVR
The VR world doesn’t need 4 Vive Cosmos headsets or 2 Proton glasses
HTC is rapidly becoming the poster child for too much choice, as the six new VR headsets revealed this week will only confuse potential customers. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Jeremy Horwitz