Virtual reality & the metaverse
Vox’s coverage of virtual reality and the metaverse.
“VR still has the reputation of, you have something on your face and it’s ugly and you look stupid, but ...”
“If you are susceptible to motion sickness, please advise the attendant or developer before participating.”
If you thought Hurricane Sandy was bad, this looks even worse.
Plus, first-day iPhone 6 preorders, and an Alibaba IPO update.
Using VR for shared social experiences is further along than you might think.
Samsung’s new virtual reality goggles further fragment the budding VR world.
Samsung’s latest phones and accessories look interesting, but they may not be enough to jolt high-end smartphone sales.
The South Korean electronics giant swings for the fences. Again.
Whoa, dude. Have you ever really looked at your hands in VR?
A cool result from an internal “Hack Day,” but Netflix isn’t making any promises yet.
Developers think hard about where their games go. Consumers, maybe not so much.
Virtual worlds are “cool again.” Thanks, Facebook.
It also attempts to explain just what that vaguely worded NDA was about.
“We don’t need light anymore, but we need people. And LA is one of the hotbeds.”
Johnny Lee’s video has more than 10 million views on Youtube.
Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime weighs the pros and cons of VR’s second coming.
Facebook’s + Oculus and Google + Twitch are more similar than you might think.
“If it doesn’t work one time, you’re going to go, ‘Oh, this damn system.’”
Shots fired (back).
Was John Carmack’s know-how allowed to leave the building?
Abrash follows his former protégé Atman Binstock, who made the same move earlier this month.
Once the hype around Oculus and Morpheus subsides, the fact remains: VR comes with a lot of baggage.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: “Once you get a network effect around gaming, you start to get communication cases.”
Though it is compatible with PCs and Android.
A must-have for Mark.
The deal includes $400 million in cash, 23.1 million Facebook common stock and a $300 million earn-out.
A theme from GDC 2014: There’s still a lot of uncertainty about gaming’s future.
Also confirmed: Microsoft is interested in VR, and will focus more on PC gaming in the future.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.