Virtual Reality

Gift Guide 2019, TC, Virtual Reality

VR gear you won’t feel stupid for buying – TechCrunch

Welcome to TechCrunch’s 2019 Holiday Gift Guide! Need help with gift ideas? We’re here to help! We’ll be rolling out…

Gaming, Half Life, TC, Valve, Virtual Reality

Valve’s flagship Half-Life VR game will land in March of 2020 – TechCrunch

As expected, Valve just dropped some details about Half-Life: Alyx, the flagship VR game it teased earlier this week. Here’s…

Gaming, Half Life, TC, Valve, Virtual Reality

Valve confirms it’s making a ‘flagship’ Half-Life VR game – TechCrunch

After what feels like years of rumors, it’s official: Valve is making a virtual reality Half-Life game. Official word of…

artificial intelligence, Daily Crunch, Facebook, john carmack, Oculus, Virtual Reality

John Carmack steps down at Oculus – TechCrunch

The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered…

artificial general intelligence, artificial intelligence, Facebook, john carmack, Oculus, Personnel, strong AI, TC, Virtual Reality

John Carmack steps down at Oculus to pursue AI passion project ‘before I get too old’ – TechCrunch

Legendary coder John Carmack is leaving Facebook’s Oculus after 6 years to focus on a personal project — no less…

ar/vr, augmented reality, Entertainment, Facebook, Gadgets, Goldman Sachs, Magic Leap, Microsoft, Niantic, Oculus, Venture Capital, Virtual Reality, Wearables

VR/AR startup valuations reach $45 billion (on paper) – TechCrunch

Despite early-stage virtual reality market and augmented reality market valuations softening in a transitional period, total global AR/VR startup valuations…

apple, Gaming, Virtual Reality

Amid AR/VR experiments, Apple reportedly buys UK visual effects studio – TechCrunch

Apple has reportedly acquired UK special effects studio IKinema, a startup that may be useful in Apple’s quest to bolster…

Daily Crunch, Facebook, Social, Virtual Reality

Facebook faces VR challenges – TechCrunch

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Not all is predictable on Facebook’s social Horizon – TechCrunch

Most of the people I spoke with at Facebook’s Oculus Connect see the proliferation of virtual reality as a foregone…

Oculus, Oculus Connect 6, Virtual Reality

‘We missed an opportunity’ with Gear VR – TechCrunch

At the Oculus Connect developer conference, one of the company’s veteran executives offered some insights on the end of its…