Walmart’s tech incubator Store N°8 today launched its next startup, a VR merchandising company called Spatial&. The company offers VR experiences that enable customers to connect with merchandise, and is kicking things off by collaborating with DreamWorks Animation VR tour. At select Walmart locations across the U.S., Spatial& will set up a VR experience in the parking […]
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Facebook mulled multi-billion-dollar acquisition of gaming giant Unity, book claims
Less than a year after making a $3 billion investment into the future of virtual reality with the purchase of Oculus VR, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was considering another multi-billion-dollar bet to ensure that his company dominated the VR platform, buying Unity, the popular game engine that’s used to build half of all gaming titles. […]
View More Facebook mulled multi-billion-dollar acquisition of gaming giant Unity, book claimsFacebook mulled multi-billion-dollar acquisition of gaming giant Unity, book claims
Less than a year after making a $3 billion investment into the future of virtual reality with the purchase of Oculus VR, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was considering another multi-billion-dollar bet to ensure that his company dominated the VR platform, buying Unity, the popular game engine that’s used to build half of all gaming titles. […]
View More Facebook mulled multi-billion-dollar acquisition of gaming giant Unity, book claimsBill Gates-backed Vicarious Surgical adds a virtual reality twist to robots in the operating room
In an operating room in rural Idaho, doctors prep a patient for surgery. They make a tiny, thumb-sized incision into the patient and insert a small robot while across the country a surgeon puts on a virtual reality headset, grabs their controllers, and prepares to operate. While this scene may seem like science fiction now, […]
View More Bill Gates-backed Vicarious Surgical adds a virtual reality twist to robots in the operating roomMassless raises $2M to build an Apple Pencil for virtual reality
Despite all of the VR over-hyping, for those observing from the inside, the capabilities are still uncharted. VR as a creative medium has probably been one of the more entrancing use cases since the first high-end headsets launched. Products like Google’s Tilt Brush isolated impossible use cases, where VR was the only way to experience […]
View More Massless raises $2M to build an Apple Pencil for virtual realityReferences to next-gen Oculus ‘Rift S’ headset reportedly found in internal code
After we broke the news in November that Oculus’s former CEO had left the company partially due to disagreements on the company’s PC hardware direction, including the cancellation of a high-end “Rift 2” in favor of a more iterative “Rift S” headset, new details are emerging that confirm Facebook’s directional shift for its flagship headset. […]
View More References to next-gen Oculus ‘Rift S’ headset reportedly found in internal codeTyra Banks is creating a tech-driven attraction called Modelland
Tyra Banks, the supermodel-turned-entrepreneur, has unveiled her latest venture. Dubbed Modelland, the in-person theme park-like experience will bring technology to the forefront, Banks told TechCrunch over the phone last week. “We’re very open to partnering with and having integrations with different brands that bring technology to the forefront and make sure what we’re providing in […]
View More Tyra Banks is creating a tech-driven attraction called ModellandHere’s the first trailer for the VR sequel to Groundhog Day
Sony Pictures is taking audiences back to Punxsutawney… this time in virtual reality. Whether it’s an abomination and a perversion of one of the best movies in the Bill Murray oeuvre or a great way to immerse a viewer in one of the most perfectly realized worlds brought to the silver screen (I unrepentantly love […]
View More Here’s the first trailer for the VR sequel to Groundhog DayDigital influencers and the dollars that follow them
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View More Digital influencers and the dollars that follow themChina continues 5G push despite economic slowdown and Huawei setbacks
China will fast-track the issuance of commercial licenses for 5G as part of a national plan to boost consumer spending, said a notice published this week by the National Development and Reform Commission. The move appears to be multifaceted, for 5G plays a key role in China’s bid to lead the global technology race and one […]
View More China continues 5G push despite economic slowdown and Huawei setbacks5 years after its Oculus investment, A16Z leads a new VR startup’s $68M Series A
Sandbox’s magic happens in a largely empty room. The gear mounted onto the walls (VR headsets, PC backpacks, and tracked toy assault rifles) gives more than a little indication that there’s more afoot, but nothing really clicks until your team is strapped in and the headsets shove you into a fast-paced wave shooter. The startup, […]
View More 5 years after its Oculus investment, A16Z leads a new VR startup’s $68M Series AIntel announces an inside-out tracking camera for robotics and AR/VR hardware
Intel is showing off a new RealSense camera with a specific focus on enabling hardware-makers to help their products understand where they are in the world. The RealSense Tracking Camera T265 is designed to easily present robotics and AR/VR hardware with inside-out tracking tech. The Tracking camera utilizes SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) tech to […]
View More Intel announces an inside-out tracking camera for robotics and AR/VR hardware