article thumbnail

Recommended Readings on Virtual Worlds

ARVR

Here are five books I recommend that retell history, discuss games and development, and go into some design successes and failures. Designing Virtual Worlds Amazon Link Richard Bartle is heavily cited in virtual worlds due to his creation of the MUD (multi-user dungeon). On the top of my mind is Tinder.

article thumbnail

The AR Location Wars, Part V: Niantic

AR Insider

The real world is a key part of that formula… and real-world relevance is often defined by location. That same relevance and scarcity are what drive real estate value….location, Though Niantic has risen to prominence with Pokemon Go, its larger play may be its location-based AR gaming platform, the Real World Platform.

AR 240
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

5 New Tech Items That Bring AR Closer to Home

ARVR

How AR/VR Are Transforming the Real Estate Industry 2. link] Facebook Portal TV The latest line of Facebook’s smart displays and cameras adds AR effects and games to video calls to enhance the experience. Compared to Amazon and Google the Portal is the only display/camera with AR capabilities.

AR 130
article thumbnail

The small but mighty Mac mini with M1 chip is back at its lowest price ever

Mashable VR

This combines for a machine that can keep up with work, gaming, and creative projects such as photo editing. inch design that is perfect for anyone who doesn't want a massive PC tower taking up valuable desk real estate. at Amazon (save $129.01. And that's all inside of a 7.7-inch WiFi 6, and Gigabit Ethernet connections.

article thumbnail

HTC Pushes Back On Reports of Declining Headset Sales

Road to VR

Freelance writer Joshua Fruhlinger, who occasionally writes for Digital Trends , used third-party Amazon sales data to back up his claim that consumers don’t care about VR anymore, saying it’s “crystal clear.” The report also specifies Gear VR’s decline in sales performance on Amazon.

HTC 108
article thumbnail

The XR Week Peek (2022.11.14): Meta lays off 11,000 people, Apple works on some sort of “metaverse”, and more!

The Ghost Howls

If a game is developed such that when the player dies, a screen with that color appears, i t is possible to do a VR game that if you die in VR, you die in real life. More info (Real estate in the metaverse) More info (Interview to Neal Stephenson). Beat Games has released The Weeknd DLC for Beat Saber.

Apple 323
article thumbnail

MetaVRse is the XR engine for enterprise

The Ghost Howls

Since we’re focused on value creation in the enterprise and education space, Charlie Fink from Forbes described us as “ a new 3D game engine that means business “ The MetaVRse Engine was released on June 1, 2020, at Augmented World Expo (AWE). First of all, you won’t see any games on our platform.

AR 444