Why did Apple buy NextVR? Apple’s been rumored to release AR glasses for years now. Rumors about about dates starting back in 2019 and now extending out to 2023. They…
VR Investors are bullish again. Raising money has always been one of the most difficult parts of being an entrepreneur. Without capital, many business ideas would never get off the…
VR rental pivots are creating new revenue streams for arcade operators renting equipment for parties during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the 1980s Blockbuster Video and other video rental companies…
The metaverse is the most important topic almost nobody is talking about. There’s a race on to create the metaverse: a computer world where we can be whatever and whomever…
Magic Leap haters abound, but what they tried to create was hard. They were inventing technology and creating an entire stack that didn’t previously exist. For a startup company, it’s…
Metaverse is a term that describes an always-on computer world that people can flow in and out of as avatars. A metaverse has an economy, with jobs, merchandise, education, entertainment,…
Peter Csathy, digital media expert, discusses the future of movie theaters, esports, synthetic humans, virtual nightclubs and more in this fascinating deep dive interview with Bob Cooney. Peter is…
BigScreen VR lets people share while viewing movies. More than 40% of people use more than one screen when watching TV. Unlike movie theaters which ban any social interaction, watching…
Phantom: Covert Ops is being finished now by nDreams and Oculus Studios. Bob spoke with nDreams CEO Patrick O’Luanaigh about how his team is handling the coronavirus lockdown, the inspiration…
Virtual reality games for the home have struggled to get traction. That all changed this year when Half-Life:Alyx set the bar for VR games, earning more than $40 million in…
VR games keep getting better. Half-Life: Alyx became the highest-earning VR game so far, earning $40MM for developer Valve. There are some big VR games coming out this year that could…
HP location-based VR global head Joanna Popper and Bob Cooney discuss the current and future state of location-based VR and VR arcades, the impact of COVID-19, HP’s product roadmap and…
