Facebook considered buying game engine maker Unity Technologies back in 2015, according to claims made in a new book. Called ‘The History of the Future’ by Blake Harris, the book tells the story of ...

Epic Games and Unity Technologies are in a battle for the hearts and minds of game developers. At a time when game budgets are soaring — even for mobile titles — developers rely on the engine makers ...

Godot, the open source game engine, has included basic OpenXR support for a number of years now, allowing developers to easily publish their apps across a variety of XR headsets. Now, Godot just an ...

A peculiar but predictable thing is happening with VR and AR. As with any sci-fi technology, opportunists are spinning them out into la-la land; not quite mainstream or even there yet today, but truly ...

Epic Games today announced that Unreal Engine 5 is now available in early access, including a new template for VR projects built on OpenXR 1.0, the industry-backed standard for building ...

The Unity game engine released a preview for “XR Interaction Toolkit,” which handles some core interactions for VR and AR. Like most optional Unity features, you can download and activate the XR ...

The gaming industry may be conflicted on the future of VR and AR, but as director of XR at Unity, it's Timoni West's job to remain optimistic. And it's a job she seems to find effortless, especially ...

As a tech journalist, I get a lot of press releases. Most of them I ignore, either because they're completely unrelated to the areas I work on, or because they're announcing something too unremarkable ...

The Nintendo Labo VR Kit may not be the most high-end virtual reality experience currently in the market, but more developers may be able to unlock its full potential. According to a press release ...