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Kuju has announced it will be adding new virtual and augmented reality services to the company, as well as ramping up its work-for-hire division. Under the leadership of former SIEE London Studio producer Brynley Gibson, Kuju will be expanding its VR and AR projects to help brands and enterprises beyond …
Read More »Is VR and AR in the social casino industry a reality?
In this guest blog from KamaGames, the gaming team look at the impact of VR and AR in the online casino space
Read More »What’s next for Pokémon Go? Niantic on its blockbuster year
To say that Niantic’s first year as an independent company was special would be massively underselling it. In October 2015, the firm spun itself out from tech giant Google, where it had been run as one of the company’s start-ups. The following July, Niantic released Pokmon Go. The title brought …
Read More »Katamari’s Takahashi releases new Tango AR game Woorld
The latest creation from Katamari Damacy mastermind Keita Takahashi is now available for a very specific group of owners. Woorld, which is an augmented reality title, is designed for Google’s Tango AR platform. And to date only one handset supports it – Lenovo’s Phab 2 Pro. Basically, this is about …
Read More »The next Pokémon Go
EeGeo CEO Ian Hetherington discusses the potential ways in which developers can build on the success of Niantic's location-based phenomenon
Read More »Got an idea for a VR/AR innovation? Pitch it to Hasbro and more at Toy Inventors Workshop
Do you have an idea? We’re looking for innovations in for AR, VR, holographic, or robotic tech – and we want to hear from you
Read More »Uncorporeal aims to create realistic humans for VR and AR
New firm uses volumetric capture technology to scan every angle of actors
Read More »Ikinema debuts voice-activated animations for VR and AR
Project Intimate links a library of motions to ‘natural language words’
Read More »OctaneRender 4 to support PowerVR ray tracing
Rendering engine reportedly able to trace in excess of 100 million rays per second while remaining suitable for use on mobile, VR and AR devices
Read More »Legal challenges for devs in the augmented reality space
Reed Smith's Gregor Pryor and Kate Brimsted talk devs through some of the potential issues they may face when using AR in their games
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