Vision Pro app count up to 196 apps
Monday, January 29, 2024 by Richard Harris
New data from Appfigures suggests that Apple's Vision Pro mixed reality headset is facing a lukewarm response from app developers. As of the latest update, the Vision Pro's app store boasts just over 150 apps specifically designed for the device, a small fraction compared to the vast app store catalog of 1.8 million apps.
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Apple WWDC23 rumors
Thursday, June 1, 2023 by Richard Harris
As the highly anticipated Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC23) approaches, Apple developers, enthusiasts, and tech aficionados are buzzing with excitement and sharing rumors. The event is just around the corner and we have gathered the top rumors that are fueling the anticipation for yet another groundbreaking Apple event.
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Best gifts for programmers, developers, and nerds 2018
Friday, December 14, 2018 by Richard Harris
Why is it so hard to buy something for techie people? It’s probably because they seem to just “get” whatever they want at the moment the need arises. Programmers, developers, and designers can be some of the worst about it too, because a lot of what we need to have just to do out jobs, falls in the category of a gift to ourselves too. Yeah - I rea...
GDC 2018 breaks attendance records
Monday, April 2, 2018 by Richard Harris
The 2018 Game Developers Conference (GDC) ended after a week of networking, learning and inspiration. This year, the event saw a record attendance of 28,000 industry professionals at San Francisco’s Moscone Convention Center from March 19-23. GDC and VRDC will be returning to the Moscone Convention Center on Monday, March 18 to Friday, March 22, 2019. The call for submi...
Why virtual reality might not become reality for online casinos
Wednesday, March 29, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
The online casino industry is no stranger to innovation. Every year, gambling industry conferences are wowed with demonstrations of new technologies, and bold claims about the future of the industry. In a number of cases, these developments do make it through to the mainstream,changing the face of the industry forever. Novelties like mobile gaming and live dealer games ...
Experience severe weather in VR with new app from AccuWeather
Tuesday, March 21, 2017 by Richard Harris
AccuWeather announced the launch of the new virtual reality application, AccuWeather - Weather for Life for Samsung Gear VR, allowing users to and interact with exclusive 360-degree video content, weather information, and updates in revolutionary new ways. The new app gives users an additional platform to access the most personalized, localized weather information. ...
VR tech to be used at this years BT Sport Industry Awards
Wednesday, February 15, 2017 by Richard Harris
Laduma’s Virtual Reality technology will be at the heart of this year’s BT Sport Industry Awards with the Official Shortlist set to be revealed in a way never seen before. Each of those shortlisted in 15 categories will experience a bespoke and immersive piece of VR on a custom, branded cardboard VR headset.“We’ve seen some fantastic use of VR within the sport industry ...
VR First says universities everywhere are adopting VR - AR
Friday, January 6, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
As more universities use VR and AR, it could help guide the future of developer learning courseware.The latest research from VR First presented at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) with the support of the CONTEXT and IEEE Digital Senses Initiative, reveals an increase in VR/AR adoption at universities worldwide in 2016, highlighting the early impact of VR First's acad...
Strategy Analytics releases VR Apps Data Nov 2016
Tuesday, December 13, 2016 by Richard Harris
Strategy Analytics tracks the apps available across the dedicated VR app stores for Samsung GearVR, Oculus Rift, and the VR apps available on Steam. Data collected from the storefronts at the end of November 2016 was analyzed in the report "VR Apps Data Nov 2016: Games and Education Top App Categories in VR App Stores." Unsurprising, games is the top apps category acros...
Make School Summer Developer Training Includes VR and Gaming
Tuesday, May 10, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
The Make School Summer Academy located in San Francisco is offering a Summer Academy series designed to teach product development in four tracks areas: Intro to Swift Development, Gaming Development, VR Development and iOS App Development.The deadline to apply is May 15 and pricing for each Academy varies by track. Tuition assistance is available. Here is an overview of...
TVU VR Offers and IP and CellularBased Live VR Transmission Platform
Monday, April 11, 2016 by Richard Harris
TVU Networks has introduced TVU VR, an IP and cellular-based live virtual reality transmission solution. By incorporating TVU’s Inverse StatMux Plus (IS+) technology, TVU VR can stream live VR content from anywhere, even in a moving environment like a car or train.TVU VR delivers an ultra-high definition, full frame rate and live 360-degree fully immersive video to any ...
AMD Tackles Holy Grail of Providing Life Like Presence for Virtual Reality Game Developers
Tuesday, March 10, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
AMD has released the LiquidVR platform, with the goal of achieving life-like presence for players through technologies focused on enabling virtual reality content development for AMD hardware, improved comfort in VR applications by facilitating performance, and plug-and-play compatibility with VR headsets. LiquidVR tackles a key obstacle to achieving presence by ad...
Valve Releases New Steam Products and Technologies at GDC 2015
Saturday, March 7, 2015 by Richard Harris
Valve has announced a number of product and technologies at GDC including Steam Link, which provides the ability to stream all Steam content from any PC or Steam Machine on the same home network. Supporting 1080p at 60Hz with low latency, Steam Link will be available this November for $49.99, and available with a Steam Controller for an additional $49.99 in the US. ...
Virtual Reality Seems to Be Dominating the Game Developers Conference as Players Big and Small Launch Products
Thursday, March 20, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Is the Game Developers Conference turning into Mardis Gras? If you haven’t been to New Orleans for the event (if you were there a couple of weeks ago, you still are probably getting over it) you are missing a spectacle. Each year it seems people are getting more and more outrageous in terms of their attire (that’s putting it mildly).It seems that “anything goes” ac...
Seebrite Debuts the Craziest Looking Virtual Reality Headset Yet at the Game Developers Conference
Wednesday, March 19, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
I can’t decide what to think about the Seebrite headset that is making the rounds at the GDC this year. It’s a lot to take in. I checked out the company’s website and they are obviously teasing what they plan to introduce, which is a funky headpiece maybe packed full of VR potential. All the company is saying is that it planning to offer an affordab...
