Industry September 6, 2016 Sales of VR helmets have dropped to almost zero Virtual reality headsets have almost ceased to be sold. This is reported in a study conducted by Valve Corporation.
Money September 5, 2016 Bungie natives raised $3.5 million for their own VR startup Former Bungie employees have raised $3.5 million to finance their own VR studio.
Games August 17, 2016 The game for mobile VR has gained 700 thousand downloads The Bait! project, developed for Gear VR, has been downloaded more than 700 thousand times in five months since its release.
Industry June 22, 2016 VRTech Foundation to finance Russian VR startups The founder of Digital October, Georgy Tushinsky, and former Yandex Marketing Communications director Igor Lutz are creating a VRTech fund with a volume of 300 million rubles. They plan to invest in Russian and foreign VR startups.
Industry June 16, 2016 Fishing simulator for VR downloaded 500 thousand times in 3 months Game Bait! For Gear VR from the Swedish developer, Resolution Games has gained 500 thousand downloads in 3 months.
Development June 10, 2016 Valve has released a set of tools for creating VR scenes In early access to Steam, Destinations Workshop Tools from Valve appeared. The package allows you to create VR scenes.
Industry June 1, 2016 Unite Europe 2016: How to make a proper VR game? Carl Callewaert, head of evangelism at Unity Technologies, told at Unite Europe 2016 how to make a VR game not cause seasickness in users.
Industry May 20, 2016 How will the appearance of Daydream affect the VR market? The other day Google announced a new VR platform for mobile devices – Daydream. We talked to Russian developers of VR projects and experts in this field about the platform.
Industry May 12, 2016 The MAU of Gear VR virtual reality glasses reached the 1 million mark in April Last month, more than 1 million people used the gadget from Oculus VR and Samsung – Gear VR virtual reality glasses.
Money April 27, 2016 HTC has launched a business incubator for VR developers Taiwanese mobile device manufacturer HTC is going to invest $100 million in its own business incubator for developers of virtual reality software.
Industry April 8, 2016 Revenue from the sale of VR headsets in 2016 will reach $895 million For the current year, virtual reality helmets will bring a total of $895 million in revenue to their creators. In terms of sales, mobile headsets will surpass devices for PCs and consoles. The figures were announced by the analytical firm Strategy Analytics.
Industry March 22, 2016 Opinion: Oculus Rift sales will make up half of the expected results Too much is expected from virtual reality. This segment of the industry will develop, but not as rapidly as predicted, – says the expert of the analytical company Robert W. Baird & Co.
Industry March 18, 2016 Sony: frame rate in VR games should not fall below 60 Restrictions have been announced on projects for PlayStation VR. Sony will not accept games in which the number of frames per second (frames per second) will be less than 60. The company announced this at the GDC conference.
Development February 18, 2016 Microsoft teaches working with VR Microsoft has prepared a set of video lectures in Russian for those who plan to create VR applications, but do not know where to start. You can get acquainted with the video in our publication.
Digests December 21, 2015 One line (Monday – December 21) Virtual reality without headsets, who on Twitter is now dealing with issues of communication with developers, as well as videos about the main trends in game art.
Analytics December 21, 2015 Trends in mobile: forecast for 2016 We continue to publish the final materials from App Annie. The experts of the analytical company tell us what to expect from the coming year for the mobile industry.
Analytics December 1, 2015 Investors have invested $1 billion in virtual and augmented reality Over the past year, investors have invested $1 billion in AR and VR startups. Such conclusions were reached by the analytical company Digi-Capital.
Digests November 30, 2015 One line (Monday – November 30) Toys from Monument Valley appeared on sale, Supercell released a VR video based on Clash of Clans, and a bonus video from Pocket Gamer Connects 2015, where industry experts talk about monetization and user engagement.
Industry November 13, 2015 Opinion: VR games will be console, not mobile The VR gaming market will develop as a console market, not as a mobile market. Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney told about this in an interview with VentureBeat.
Industry November 13, 2015 Wooga will create a department of game development for wearable devices Wooga believes that wearable gadgets are more promising than VR. Therefore, the company will create a game development department for wearable devices.