Nov 24, 2019 | business, Facebook, games
The future of virtual reality may depend on headcrab zombies. Last week, game developer Valve Corporation made a bombshell announcement: it will release a new VR game, Half-Life: Alyx, in March 2020. The gaming and virtual reality communities are going nuts –...
Jun 16, 2019 | Facebook, games, hardware
Oculus released two virtual reality headsets a couple of weeks ago. Doesn’t mean anything to you? Trust me – this is the most fun you can have with technology in 2019. I’ll try to describe it but more important: if you have a chance to get a demo of a VR headset, take...
Jun 13, 2019 | Azure, Chrome, Chromebook, games, Google, Microsoft, web_services
The traditional picture of a “gamer” is someone using a Sony Playstation, Microsoft Xbox, or a powerful PC, playing one of the AAA blockbuster titles that get all the attention and prestige. The console & PC games industry today is like the movie industry:...
Jun 9, 2019 | augmented reality, games, mobile, phone
All of the interesting developments in technology in 2019 are happening in the video game industry, a result of new technologies combined with savvy marketing to draw in audiences of all ages, driven by far larger amounts of money than you realize. Everything else in...
Jul 24, 2016 | Android, Apple, augmented reality, games, HoloLens, Microsoft, phone
Pokémon Go was the most downloaded app in its first week of release in the history of Apple’s iOS App Store. Everyone has been playing Pokémon Go. It is the biggest example yet of Things That Unexpectedly Become Worldwide Obsessions Even Though They’re Pointless...
Feb 22, 2016 | Android, Apple, Box, Dropbox, games, Microsoft, shopping, software, Windows Phone 8, Windows10
Windows 10 has two new icons on the taskbar. One is Microsoft Edge, the new unfinished web browser that Microsoft should have kept under wraps for a while longer. You’ve noticed that one because the “E” is intentionally designed to resemble the old Internet Explorer...
