VR Industry
Upload LA Opening Represents a Focus Shift From VR Tech to VR Content
UploadVR opened up their new 20,000 square foot Upload LA co-working space in April. I had a chance to catch up with co-founders Taylor Freeman and Will Mason as VRLA to get the inside scoop. Mason told me that opening...
‘Gears of War’ Creator Cliff Bleszinski Wants to Make a Big Budget VR Game
If you don't already know Cliff Bleszinski from his involvement with the Unreal Tournament and Gears of War franchises, you may remember him from Oculus' 2012 Kickstarter video. Now under the banner of his own studio, Boss Key Productions,...
Global Virtual Reality Industry to Reach $7.2 Billion in Revenues in 2017
In a new Virtual Reality Industry Report, Greenlight Insights forecasts modest VR industry growth in the short term, growing into a major global content marketplace by 2021.
In its new Virtual Reality Industry Report: Spring 2017, Greenlight Insights forecasts total...
HTC Wants to Bring Its First-party Game ‘Arcade Saga’ to PlayStation VR
Arcade Saga, a futuristic sports action game from HTC’s internal Vive Studios development and publishing group, could be coming to PSVR. Launched for the Vive headset in December 2016, the game quickly received Oculus Rift support, and recently saw...
‘Robinson: The Journey’ Executive Producer Departs Crytek Amid Company’s Struggles
A little more than four months following the launch of Robinson: The Journey, Executive Producer on the title, Elijah Freeman, has departed Crytek for Virtuos, a game and asset production studio. Meanwhile Crytek attempts to get company back on track.
As...
Report Predicts AR and VR Headset Shipments to Approach 100 Million by 2021
In a new report from IDC (International Data Corporation), the market research firm predicts a near 10 fold increase in the shipments of augmented and virtual reality headsets in the next 4 years, bolstered by a plethora of new...
HTC to Sell Shanghai Phone Factory for $91 Million, Invest Proceeds in VR Business
Despite its major role in the growing VR space, HTC's overall business continues to struggle financially, posting significant losses over the last two years. Working to turn things around with a restructuring of assets and priorities, the company is...
Report: 39% of Game Developers Working on AR/VR Headsets
A survey of game developers attending the annual GDC conference suggests major growth in the number of developers building games for AR and VR headsets.
The 2017 GDC State of the Game Industry report, which gathered data from 4,500 attendees of...
Facebook CEO Asks for Investor Patience on VR, ‘it’s not going to be really profitable for...
Ever since Facebook's acquisition of Oculus in 2014, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has poised the move as a strategic bet on a technology that would eventually change the way we communicate. In the company's most recent earnings call, Zuckerberg asked for...
Verdict Analysis: Why the Jury Awarded ZeniMax $500 Million in Oculus Lawsuit
Following the news of a $500 million plaintiff award in the ZeniMax v. Oculus lawsuit, a detailed breakdown of the verdict reveals the jury's specific findings, and who is responsible to pay for the damages.
Guest Article by Matt Hooper...
ZeniMax v. Oculus Lawsuit Awards $500M to Plaintiff, Verdict Detailed in Court Documents
While it wasn't the $4 billion slam dunk ZeniMax was hoping for, a Dallas, TX jury today awarded $500 million to ZeniMax after finding that Oculus founder Palmer Luckey had breached nondisclosure agreements. However, Oculus was not found to...
$4 Billion ZeniMax v. Oculus Verdict Could Come as Early as Today, Here’s What You Need...
This week the eyes of the virtual reality industry are on a federal court in Dallas, Texas where ZeniMax (and child company id Software) and Facebook (and child company Oculus) have been engaged in legal battle over a dispute...
What VR Headset Makers (not analysts) Have Actually Said About Sales Expectations
If you're at all involved in the VR space, you likely recently saw a flurry of downtrodden headlines describing "slow," and "modest," holiday VR headset sales, with some even calling VR "the biggest loser this holiday."
The impetus of those headlines...
VR-capable Frostbite Engine Suggests More AAA VR to Come from EA
It's been confirmed that the soon to launch Star Wars Battlefront X-Wing VR Mission on PlayStation VR is powered by DICE's coveted Frostbite Engine, a strong hint that more AAA VR development is on the way from the company.
Star...
Top Investors Discuss VR and AR Strategies and Opportunites at IMMERSE 2016
Business leaders gathered at this year's Seattle based IMMERSE Summit (previously Sea VR) to explore how VR/ AR and Mixed Reality is transforming manufacturing, design, education, health and medicine and much more. Road to VR's Michael Glombicki caught up with...




















