Happy Fall! Come join us for our monthly social at The College Inn Pub in the U-District. Let’s catch up on what we’ve all been doing this last month. You’ll… Read More
Seattle-based virtual reality developer Polyarc Games unveiled its next project Tuesday morning. Glassbreakers: Champions of Moss is a multiplayer strategy VR game that’s now available in Early Access for the… Read More
Head over to Eventbrite to get your ticket! Join us at the AWS Skills Center for a very special event. Our speakers will host an informative fireside chat and Q&A… Read More
A startup founded by gaming and tech industry veterans in cities including Seattle and Los Angeles has raised $1.6 million in seed funding to build what they’re calling a “virtual… Read More
Some of Microsoft’s biggest missteps over the years have come not from being too late but rather too early, leaving the door open for competitors — especially Apple, it seems… Read More
Firmament feels like it was thrown into a time capsule at some point around 1993, with beautiful vistas, a haunting storyline, and a difficulty curve like the side of a… Read More
A new lawsuit accuses Valve Software of infringing upon patents on touch-feedback technology with its gaming products such as the Steam Deck. The May 15 suit, filed in federal court… Read More
The recognizable chords from Jimi Hendrix’s “Purple Haze” are the sonic greeting to a new virtual reality experience created by digital storyteller Yolanda Barton. Users are transported into a re-creation… Read More
Seattle studio Polyarc Games announced an open playtest for its next project, a new multiplayer VR game set in the same universe as its award-winning VR adventures Moss and Moss:… Read More
The tech world is abuzz about artificial intelligence, but there’s still plenty to learn and accomplish in virtual and augmented reality, judging from the projects created by University of Washington… Read More
Another virtual reality gaming experience is opening shop in the Seattle region. Sandbox VR announced Wednesday that it will open one of its full-body VR venues in 520 Westlake, a… Read More
Bellevue, Wash.-based game developer Camouflaj has joined Meta’s Oculus Studios. Camouflaj, founded in 2012, is the studio behind 2013’s Republique and 2019’s Iron Man VR. Its CEO, Ryan Payton, was… Read More
Zero Latency VR, the Australia-based virtual reality technology company, is bringing one of its free-roam gaming spaces to the Seattle area. The location will be at 2222 152nd Ave. N.E.… Read More
The Seattle Public Library and the University of Washington have created a virtual reality experience for teens and families that explores climate change and its impacts on sea level rise… Read More
TACOMA, Wash. — One tour of the International Space Station is not enough, even if you do the tour in virtual reality. I found that out when I explored “The… Read More
Innovega Inc., a Bellevue, Wash., company that uses disposable contact lenses in combination with high-tech glasses to create a digitally augmented view of the world, announced a licensing agreement with… Read More
Seattle startup Pluto VR has brought its virtual reality streaming platform PlutoSphere into Early Access, which gives interested players a chance to check out and influence a pre-release version of… Read More
All aboard the Meta Express? The parent company of Facebook and Oculus has renewed and expanded its office leases in Seattle’s Stadium District in what real estate experts describe as… Read More
New installations of the Oculus mobile app jumped more than 150% over the Christmas weekend, compared to past years, according to numbers released Tuesday morning by Apptopia. In other words,… Read More
Rec Room, the Seattle-based development studio behind the fast-growing VR application Rec Room, has raised $145 million in new funding, bringing its current valuation to $3.5 billion. This is Rec… Read More
What is the metaverse? How far off is it? And will this represent a tectonic technological platform shift — along the lines of the internet and mobile revolutions — or… Read More
Facebook today unveiled its vision for the future of work: a virtual reality experience called Horizon Workrooms that uses avatars and VR headsets to replicate in-person collaboration. The tech giant… Read More
Polyarc, the Seattle-based team behind the award-winning 2018 VR adventure game Moss, is producing a sequel. The news came Thursday during Sony’s latest State of Play broadcast, a semi-regular livestream… Read More
The avatar will see you now. Or at least Microsoft hopes so. In a world still adjusting to the realities of remote work and life, the tech giant just doubled… Read More
Seattle-based Pluto VR is launching a new streaming platform for virtual reality. The service, PlutoSphere, is meant to stream games live over the internet to compatible VR headsets without the… Read More
After years of research, development, prototyping and pilot projects, HaptX can finally touch its first commercial product. The startup said Tuesday that its HaptX Gloves DK2 are now available for… Read More
The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) announced Wednesday that it is launching a Canadian XR Startup Market Accelerator program to help prepare 10 Canadian virtual reality, augmented reality and voice-related startups… Read More
Rec Room, the eponymous Seattle-based development studio behind the virtual hangout/game creator Rec Room, has raised $20 million. Madrona Venture Group led the Series C round, which included participation from… Read More
Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state is participating in a $600 million Pentagon program to test the use of 5G connectivity for high-tech applications. JBLM’s piece of the program will… Read More
HaptX just landed funding from the National Science Foundation to create a full-body haptic system. The 8-year-old Seattle startup received a $1.5 million grant and will work with Virginia Tech… Read More
