A series based on Snow Crash, the 1992 science fiction novel by Neal Stephenson that coined the term “metaverse,” is in production at HBO. Read the full article…
Philip Rosedale, CEO of High Fidelity and a virtual world pioneer, confirmed that his company has laid off about 25% of its staff, or 20 people, and pivoted to social communications for workers using 3D audio. High Fidelity now wants to enable virtual meetings and social online communications, such as people would do in online… Read the full article…
Unity claims that Improbable is misrepresenting their dispute in a spicy blog. In response, Improbable calls for some sort of governing code of conduct. Read the full article…
Esports organization Fnatic will collaborate with social virtual reality firm Linden Lab’s Sansar so that fans can meet Fnatic esports athletes in VR. Sansar is creating the social VR site Fnatic Meta Bunkr, a virtual fan hangout designed to enable deeper community engagement. Free to access on PC and VR, the space will provide Fnatic fans… Read the full article…
If you’ve been waiting for live, hologram-like human beings to pop up in AR or VR experiences, that wait’s almost over. Mixed reality company Jaunt announced today that it has acquired Teleporter, a solution for turning people and objects into real-time 3D video streams that can be displayed within AR and VR apps. Developed by… Read the full article…
When I played Megalith at E3, it was a little bit of a revelation for me. Intuitively I knew that hero shooter-style games, or rather action games that pit players against each other in an arena and let them pick from a host of characters each with vastly different powers, would be a good fit for… Read the full article…
Roblox is one of the biggest games in the world due to its popularity with younger audiences. It is a free-to-play online experience for PC, mobile phones, and Xbox One where players hang out and compete in games that other players have built using a powerful toolkit. If someone spends the premium virtual currency in… Read the full article…