Virtual Reality

The iconic 70’s character makes an appearance at this year’s Infinity Festival in Hollywood.  This weekend the second annual Infinity Festival opened its doors at the Goya Film Studios in the heart of Hollywood, offering guests the chance to attend a killer lineup of panels lead by Hollywood storytelling professionals and go hands-on with groundbreaking

Apple has rolled out a new patch for iOS 13 as users discover new bugs seemingly every other week. Now, the maker of the iPhone and other popular devices may have to release another one. A few Apple users who have enabled Family Sharing on their iCloud accounts are complaining that their Keychain credentials are

Apple has not yet revealed a specific release date for the highly anticipated new Mac Pro, but it appears that the computer’s launch is growing more imminent as it has been spotted in the wild on social media. Calvin Harris, DJ and Grammy Award winner, uploaded an Instagram story that showed off his studio. The

Just one afternoon with the mixed reality headset and I’m already in love. It’s finally here! Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 has officially begun shipping to pre-order customers at the cost of $3,500. So, what exactly can users expect from this anticipated follow-up to the original 2016 device? Everything about the MR device has been greatly improved

Overwatch 2 is titled as a sequel but it will function more like an expansion to the hero-based shooter, as more details about the upcoming game were revealed by director Jeff Kaplan. In an interview with Kotaku at BlizzCon 2019, Kaplan told Kotaku that new maps and heroes will arrive to Overwatch 1 and 2

Crime pays in PlayWay’s burglary VR game, available now. Out now in early access, Thief Simulator VR offers both regular users and kleptomaniacs-in-training the chance to experience life as a skilled cat burglar. Equipped with a variety of home invasion tools — including a lock-picking kit, headlamp, hacking technology, and a good-old-fashioned crowbar — players

Passwords are a real pain. Although the National Institute of Standards and Technology reversed its strict recommendations for user passwords, many services still demand unique, complex passwords to keep our accounts secure. But our brains simply can’t remember them all. What’s a web surfer to do? Grab a decent password manager. With over 5,000 published

Stress Level Zero’s highly-anticipate physics-based shooter arrives next month on PC VR headsets. Earlier this year, Stress Level Zero (Hover Junkers, Duck Season) teased an upcoming physics-based puzzle-shooter hybrid called Boneworks that promised to make incredible use of Valve’s grip-sensitive ‘Knuckles’ controllers. Since then the developer has released a series of video updates providing insight

Black Friday is coming fast, but Amazon sure isn’t waiting to spring great deals, especially on its own brands’ smart home devices. In late September, Amazon offered a short term deal on Ring’s Video Doorbell 2 and Video Doorbell Pro, each bundled with an Echo Show 5 smart display. Well, those same deals are back

Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 review: A bite out of Apple “With LTE, an ECG sensor, and more apps and sensors, the Galaxy Watch Active 2 is among the best smartwatches you can buy.” Comprehensive and expansive exercise tracking Stainless-steel version looks watch-like Easy-to-read display in all lighting Two-day battery with light usage You can

Wolves in the Walls final chapter explores family, friendships, and memories. The third chapter of Fable’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean’s Wolves in the Walls series titled, “They’re Everywhere” explores courage, friendship, and family during dire times as you and the main character, Lucy, work together to discover what is hiding inside the

Look out John Wick, there’s a clumsy new gunslinger in town. Every so often a VR game comes along that makes such great use of the technologies immersive capabilities that it’s hard to believe it didn’t already exist. One such example is the latest release from Cloudhead Games (The Gallery series, Aperture Hand Labs), Pistol

Cockpits in large airplanes feature a dizzying array of buttons, levers, dials, and displays that would leave the head of most folks spinning if they were asked to identify each and every one of them (or indeed, just one of them). But as an incident at a Dutch airport showed this week, even the most

Emphasis on fluid movement sets this addictive experience apart from its contemporaries.  Originally released in July of 2019, Kluge Interactive’s action rhythm experience Synth Riders has finally arrived on the Oculus Quest, bringing with it 31 individual tracks featuring varying levels of difficulty ranging from “Easy” to “Master.”  [embedded content] Similar to Beat Saber —

Design and share custom-built puzzles in a dedicated sandbox-building environment.  Resolution Games — developer behind popular VR titles including Acron: Attack of the Squirrels, Bait!, Angry Birds AR: Isle of Pigs, and Narrows, today announced a new level builder mode heading to Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs, marking the first time in the history

The Amazon Echo Buds are the best true wireless earbuds you can buy. They pack an incredible array of features with sound quality that is better than we’d expect given their low price. But they’re just one of nine selections we’ve highlighted in this roundup. If you’re ready to leave behind the wires — all

The promise of the Google Pixel series is that you’ll get years of software updates on the day that they’re released. But it looks like we’ve finally found out just how long those updates will last. Google confirmed that the original Google Pixel and Google Pixel XL will get a final software update in December,

A vague Twitter response has many wondering if the rhythm slasher could be heading to the portable console.  Last week Beat Games posted a mysterious tweet featuring a GIF of a Beat Saber block whipping rapidly back-and-forth accompanied by the message “NOVEMBER 7.” Since then the developer has remained quiet, providing commenters with cryptic responses

Despite its high price and niche characteristics, Nikon, it seems, has misjudged the appeal of its $8,000 Nikkor Z 58mm f/0.95 S Noct lens. The pricey piece of glass was teased last year with the launch of Nikon’s mirrorless Z system and officially unveiled in October 2019. The lens started shipping last week, but the

The 4-person competitive VR shooter arrives later this month at IAAPA Expo. Earlier today, Hasbro unveiled a new location-based VR experience that will allow Transformers fans to engage with the franchise like never before. Developed by award-winning game studio Minority Media, Transformers: VR Battle Arena is an upcoming multi-person location-based VR experience in which up

Multi-user interactive 3D gaming experiences, no headset required. I can still remember the first time I saw Star Wars: A New Hope; the genuine awe of seeing Princess Leiah send a holographic message to Obi-Wan Kenobi and wondering, “WOW! When will we be able to send messages like that!?” Even more interesting was the scene

Get ready for the Samsung Galaxy S11 to really impress with its camera specification, as it’s being rumored the 2020 flagship smartphone will have a brand new 108-megapixel camera sensor. The main lens on the back of the Galaxy S10, available now, has 12 megapixels. Keen Samsung and mobile fans will likely have already heard

Xiaomeng “VKLiooon” Li made history at BlizzCon 2019 with her dominant run at the Hearthstone Grandmasters Global Finals, etching her name in the record books as the first female Hearthstone Global Champion. Li was the first woman to qualify for the Hearthstone Grandmasters Global Finals, after winning the Gold Open Tianjin Master Group Season 1

Anyone who has an interest in electric vehicles (EVs) knows the common knocks against them by heart: Long charging times, limited range, charging station availability and so on. To make the EV more palatable to the American public, researchers at Penn State University have had a breakthrough in reducing lithium-ion battery charging times to 10

5,000 square feet of VR gaming, immersive art, and live event space. After growing too big for its former digs, Brooklyn-based mixed reality arcade, VRBAR, has changed shape and size, and consequently what it can now offer to its clientele in new ways. Just one door down from its previous home on Jay Street and

Finding a pair of Apple AirPods in a discount bin isn’t as rare as you would have thought — you just need to you know where to look. Fortunately, we’ve done all the legwork for you, cataloging all of the best AirPods deals in one place, so you don’t have to go traipsing all over

A new behind-the-scenes look at Skydance Interactive’s upcoming VR game shows a meticulously-crafted post-apocalypse New Orleans. Arriving on headsets January 2020, Skydance Interactive’s The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners is shaping up to be one of the biggest VR releases of next year, offering players a rich, complex RPG experience during which they’ll go head-to-head

NBCUniversal finally gave its Peacock streaming service a name back in September, and now it appears that the decision to buck the “Plus” naming trend won’t be the only unique aspect to it. Unlike Disney+, Apple TV+, HBO Max, or other new and upcoming streaming services, Peacock could be made available free for everyone in

With BlizzCon 2019 set to kick off on Friday, fans plan to ramp up their campaign against Blizzard over its decision to punish competitive players for expressing solidarity with the ongoing protests in Hong Kong. The nonprofit organization Fight for the Future formed a new campaign called Gamers for Freedom and said Thursday that plans

3D Paint is available now to all iOS users. Yesterday, Snap Inc. released a new update to Snapchat which allows users to create their own AR snaps straight from the app, no programming or graphic design experience required.  Launching alongside the previously-announced AR Bar — a new toolbar designed specifically to help users “Create, Scan,