Opinion
Facebook CEO: ‘In Five to Ten Years AR Will Be Where VR is Today’
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company is working seriously on augmented reality R&D, but he believes it will take time for the technology to catch up to where VR is today.
In an interview with The Verge's Casey Newton, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg...
‘Pokémon Go’ is Where I Draw the Line on “Augmented Reality”
The announcement video for Pokémon Go, an "augmented reality" game for smartphones, opens by asking us to "imagine Pokémon in the real world." And imagination is exactly what you'll need to consider the game as landing anywhere within the realm of augmented reality.
Pokémon Go might be...
Figuring Out Social VR is Key to Mainstream Adoption
Let’s face it, if there is one VR category that has the most potential, the most controversy, and admittedly the most goofiness, it's social VR.
Guest article by Ben Smith
Ben is an active investor in VR and digital media, and...
Including Controllers, Vive and Rift Could be Evenly Matched on Price
Natural motion input is the clear future of VR. And while the Rift would seem to lead in price over the Vive, factoring the controllers into the equation will create a very narrow price gap, if any, between the...
We Badly Need Episodic Narratives in VR
The more I think about virtual reality, the more I start to address the reasons that I'm attracted to it in the first place. Having full interaction with a virtual environment—including virtual people—has been my goal since childhood, and we're inching...
I Still Can’t Tell If Oculus Touch Controllers on the End of ‘Rock Band’ Guitars Is...
With the announcement of Rock Band VR comes an interesting question: how will the guitar be tracked? One method—as seen in the announcement promo video—may be to stick an Oculus Touch controller to the end.
I've watched the announcement promo for...
Latest Gear VR Ad Contrasts How Dumb You Look in VR with How Cool It Is...
It's an argument I've heard time and time again from people who have never used VR. "You look so dumb with a headset on. No one wants to wear something on their head." Then you give them a headset...












