Augmented Reality

The Witcher: Monster Slayer Release Date Locked in For Later This Month

Publisher CD Projekt Red has today announced that its upcoming location-based monster-slaying The Witcher mobile game, Monster Slayer, will launch across Android and iOS devices later this month, July 21. Those wanting to play on Android can actually pre-register for the game from today, which entitles them to a Kaer Morhen Steel Sword from the start of their adventure that offers a 10% XP bonus on every kill. For those not up to speed with the game, here’s a synopsis: The Witcher: Monster Slayer is set long before the story

Future of Gaming Technology: Trends You Need to Follow

The gaming industry is dynamically evolving, with content creators trying to adjust to the ever-changing user demands and emerging technologies. The value of the video game market is currently $65.49 billion, and if you want to get a share of the market, you will need to stay up to date with the latest trends. In order to help you better forecast user demands, we assembled a list of some growing trends that will give you a better understanding of the future gaming technology. Let’s take a look at the first

Niantic and Playcrafting Partner for Augmented Reality Jam

Top GamesThe global game jam will make use of Niantic's Lightship tool kit. / Photo courtesy of NianticNiantic, the developer behind Pokémon GO and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, and Playcrafting, a New York-based game development company, announced a partnership Wednesday that will see them host a global augmented reality software jam this summer.The Lightship Global Jam will consist of three events from June to September. Sixty developers will be chosen and paid to participate, and they'll be taught how to use the Niantic Lightship Augmented Reality Developer Kit to create

Facebook shares details on the next phase of its in-headset VR advertising across the Oculus platform

In Virtual Reality News June 16, 2021 – Last month, Facebook announced that it was starting to test ads in the Oculus mobile app to give developers a new way to showcase their virtual reality (VR) applications. Today, the company has shared a look at the next phase of its VR advertising exploration by sharing a small test of in-headset ads. Today’s ad experiment announcement is simply a test with a few apps, beginning with VR game Blaston from Resolution Games, as well as a couple of other developers that

Nvidia’s CEO Talks Crypto, NFTs, and The Metaverse

Jensen Huang, Nvidia CEO, talked about the future of the metaverse in a briefing with press members during Computex, including his views on NFTs and crypto.The idea of the Metaverse has been part of popular culture for decades ever since American science-fiction author Neal Stephenson used it in “Snow Crash”. As seen in movies like Ready Player One, Tron, Altered Carbon, and many others, the Metaverse seems like an inevitable outcome of technological advancement.The metaverse is a virtual world that connects with the world we currently live in, enabling people

Haptics in VR gaming with Alex Meland (Haptics Club #1)

The Haptics club is an Open community about #Haptics. Founded by members of Unity, Interhaptics, Senseglove, and Nanoport. An event every other week with speakers from various industries and academia.Do you want to listen to the full podcast?Alex Meland is a Community Manager at bHaptics, and passionate about the world of haptics. bHaptics is a company that specialized in full-body haptic suits. It provides a ‘sense of touch’ to virtual reality more closely than ever before imaginable. The company believes the most elaborate haptic feedback brings gaming, entertainment, and other

10 Best Kart Racing Video Games

There are a ton of great kart racing video games out there and we wanted to pick out a few titles that you might be interested in. In this list, we have ten recommendations for you. With that said this list could have easily turned into a ton of Mario Kart recommendations because that’s one of the more popular kart racing video games of all time. However, we’re sticking with just three installments that differ from each other in that franchise. The rest are other fun titles worth looking into.

Is Sony Preparing For Betting With Bitcoin On PlayStation?

Sony Interactive Entertainment has published a patent that has been released this month that could potentially pave the way for PlayStation users to bet on competitive esports events with bitcoin. Let’s take a look at the patent and what it all means. Sony’s Patent The firm’s patent is titled “E-sports Betting Platform”. While the patent doesn’t reference PlayStation exclusively, it does call out bitcoin and crypto as a potential tool for wagers. Specifically, the patent language states that “wagers may be pecuniary, e.g., money or bitcoin, or may be non-pecuniary,

Sportsbet.io and Arsenal FC Launch Augmented Reality Matchday Programme

[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer] May 13th, 2021, Tallinn, Estonia — The new augmented reality matchday programme uses the latest AR technology to let fans bring the players into their living room. The creative concept aims to leverage Sportsbet.io’s matchday rights with the Gunners digitally, recreating the magic of matchday at home. Augmented Reality Matchday Programme The activity brings to life all the components of a traditional matchday programme with an innovative twist and includes Captain’s Notes from a virtual Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang alongside player profiles, quickfire interviews, footage from