The DeanBeat: 13 humble predictions for gaming in 2020
Dean Takahashi of GamesBeat makes his annual predictions about what will happen in the game industry. 2020 will be another strong year. Read the full article…
Read MoreDean Takahashi of GamesBeat makes his annual predictions about what will happen in the game industry. 2020 will be another strong year. Read the full article…
Read MoreSeattle — Amazon has today released its long-awaited Trundle VR, the virtual reality shopping experience. Continue reading on Medium » Read the full article…
Read MoreBlade has raised $33 million in venture capital as the Paris-based company continues to expand its Shadow cloud gaming service. Read the full article…
Read MoreSome worry about the automation apocalypse as a job eliminator, but AR can create opportunities to build a workforce that exists alongside automation tools. Read the full article…
Read MoreAmazon is expanding both the catalog and platforms of its Prime Video service, adding a collection of 360-degree videos and Oculus headset support. Read the full article…
Read MoreL’Oréal is teaming up with Amazon to let mobile shoppers digitally try on makeup. Read the full article…
Read MoreAmazon in the United States doesn’t look like it’ll have Oculus Rift in stock for a couple weeks, the website states, with a representative of Facebook’s Oculus telling us they are working now on “replenishing inventory across channels.” Facebook’s Oculus Rift “saw strong demand over the holidays,” according to the company, though the headset is st…Read… Read the full article…
Read MoreNorth, the Amazon-backed company formerly known as Thalmic Labs, has opened its first Focals holographic smart glasses store in Brooklyn. Read the full article…
Read MoreBy Ivana Atlija & Michelle Knight Continue reading on Medium » Read the full article…
Read MoreThere are a few major releases on the horizon for Playstation. Namely, the new Marvel’s Spider-Man and FIFA 19. Much has already been said about both releases and whilst we won’t know for sure how good (or not so good) these games will be until they’re released, we have been drip-fed a few details… Read the full article…
Read MoreEarlier this week, Amazon announced that it has opened virtual reality kiosks in 10 shopping malls to promote its upcoming Prime Day shopping event. Now you can see the Amazon VR experience for yourself. Prepare to be impressed: It’s significantly more elaborate than expected, and shows how a top retailer is transforming the future of shoppin…Read More… Read the full article…
Read MoreA monthly look at the world of digital from NORTH’s point of view Continue reading on North Thinking » Read the full article…
Read MoreToday I’m thrilled to announce I have joined AWS as a Principal Engineer on the Amazon Sumerian team! A little context on why I’m so… Continue reading on Medium » Read the full article…
Read MoreAmazon has announced that Sumerian, a web-based tool leveraging Amazon services to create 3D, AR, and VR applications, is generally available as of today. The tool debuted in “limited preview” form at AWS re:Invent last November. Sumerian enables developers to construct “scenes” featuring interactive characters and environme… Read the full article…
Read MoreGUEST: Mixed reality — augmented and virtual reality — is the next computing frontier after the emergence of PCs in the 1970s, the web in the 1990s, and mobile in the 2000s. This is the most unique of those shifts because mixed reality is the first tech to blend the digital and physical worlds. In… Read the full article…
Read MoreGUEST: With constant media coverage, an incredible amount of funding — $3 billion in 2017 alone, to be exact — and more exciting use cases for virtual reality, many consumers are eagerly waiting for VR to really hit the mainstream. But do you know who’s not so eager? Women — yes, 50 percent of the population…. Read the full article…
Read MoreWhile the recent earnings warning from GoPro was seen as a disaster, it’s quite possible that the situation for this briefly high-flying camera company is even worse than it appears. But GoPro’s fate is also an indicator of a larger problem that’s sweeping across independent hardware startups. Just since GoPro took its pratfall in early… Read the full article…
Read MoreHeads up: All products featured here are selected by Mashable’s commerce team and meet our rigorous standards for awesomeness. If you buy something, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission. The Oscar nominees were announced this morning and everyone is scrambling to predict if Get Out and Lady Bird will make history. The 2018 Academy Awards… Read the full article…
Read MoreAugmented reality is getting ready to help you look your very best; Amazon has patented a mirror that dresses you in virtual clothes. The patent, first spotted by GeekWire, provides a ‘blended reality’ view of yourself wearing stylish outfits in virtual locations. A camera at the top of the mirror tracks the user’s body and then a… Read the full article…
Read MoreOver the last few years Amazon has been quietly pushing into the 3D industry by acquiring companies and releasing tools for game developers to use — often free — as a part of its AWS platform. Today, Amazon quietly announced a new tool called Sumerian that’s aimed at people who want to design and build AR or VR experiences,… Read the full article…
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