Articles about virtual reality – Page 2 of 13

Facebook’s new virtual meeting app is ‘great news’ and ‘validating’ for these Seattle entrepreneurs

Facebook today unveiled its vision for the future of work: a virtual reality experience called Horizon Workrooms that uses avatars… Read More

Seattle studio Polyarc reveals ‘Moss: Book II,’ a sequel to its award-winning 2018 VR adventure

Polyarc, the Seattle-based team behind the award-winning 2018 VR adventure game Moss, is producing a sequel. The news came Thursday… Read More

Microsoft unveils Mesh, betting on mixed reality for gatherings and collaboration across platforms

The avatar will see you now. Or at least Microsoft hopes so. In a world still adjusting to the realities… Read More

Pluto VR promises high-end VR without a computer via new PlutoSphere platform

Seattle-based Pluto VR is launching a new streaming platform for virtual reality. The service, PlutoSphere, is meant to stream games… Read More

‘Huge milestone’ for HaptX as startup releases its gloves for true-contact VR and robotics experiences

After years of research, development, prototyping and pilot projects, HaptX can finally touch its first commercial product. The startup said… Read More

WTIA launches market accelerator program for Canadian AR and VR startups breaking into U.S.

The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) announced Wednesday that it is launching a Canadian XR Startup Market Accelerator program to help… Read More

After huge growth in 2020, Seattle startup Rec Room raises $20M to expand virtual hangout game

Rec Room, the eponymous Seattle-based development studio behind the virtual hangout/game creator Rec Room, has raised $20 million. Madrona Venture… Read More

Joint Base Lewis-McChord will test 5G for augmented and virtual reality missions

Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state is participating in a $600 million Pentagon program to test the use of 5G… Read More

Seattle startup HaptX lands grant to build full-body ‘robotic exoskeleton’ for virtual reality

HaptX just landed funding from the National Science Foundation to create a full-body haptic system. The 8-year-old Seattle startup received… Read More

7-year-old boy saves Seattle from robot invasion — with help from VR engineers and Make-A-Wish

While you were perhaps working from home or on vacation this week, Price Shaw was saving Seattle from a robot… Read More

Bungie vets raise $9M for VR game studio Polyarc to pursue augmented reality development

Virtual and augmented reality have yet to catch on with mainstream consumers, but investors are still betting on the immersive… Read More

Boeing teams up with Varjo on virtual reality training for Starliner space taxi

Boeing isn’t due to start flying NASA crews to the International Space Station until next year, but in the meantime,… Read More

Review: ‘Lies Beneath’ virtual reality horror game from Drifter feels both new and nostalgic

Lies Beneath feels like a throwback to the early 2000s, and I absolutely mean that as a compliment. It’s a… Read More

Behind the scenes of ‘Half Life: Alyx’: How Valve revived a classic franchise for the VR era

Half-Life: Alyx, Valve Software’s flagship virtual reality game and a long-awaited return to the Half-Life universe, was released recently to… Read More

Review: ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ is a return to form for Valve, and a must-have for virtual reality fans

If you own a virtual reality headset, you’re going to want to play Half-Life: Alyx at some point. It’s aiming… Read More

XR experts see health care as the killer app for VR, AR, MR … or whatever you call it

Virtual reality? Augmented reality? Mixed reality? Today at a Seattle symposium, experts settled on extended reality, or XR, as the… Read More

HTC unveils versatile new Vive headset products as CEO Yves Maitre aims to ‘build the road’ for VR

While the long road to mass consumer adoption of virtual reality technology is still being built, HTC remains hard at… Read More

Tech’s extraordinary decade: What mattered most in the past 10 years of innovation

What were the top tech stories of the past decade? I’ve been discussing this topic with others recently on LinkedIn,… Read More

Vulcan to host first ‘Impact Reality Summit’ to showcase immersive storytelling for a cause

Artists and organizations using immersive storytelling to create real-world change will gather in Seattle next month for the first-ever Impact… Read More

HaptX raises $12M, partners with Advanced Input Systems, to develop next generation VR gloves

HaptX announced a $12 million fundraising round Thursday, allowing the Seattle startup to develop its next generation of virtual reality… Read More

Expedition Titan uses mixed reality to turn Saturn’s mysterious moon into a thrill ride

It’s doubtful anyone alive today will get to ride through the ice volcanoes of Saturn’s largest moon — but you… Read More

Xbox chief Phil Spencer confirms virtual reality not a priority for company’s next-generation console

It looks like virtual reality capabilities won’t be coming to Xbox any time soon. VR doesn’t fit with Xbox’s perspective… Read More

Welcome back to City 17: Valve unveils ‘Half-Life: Alyx,’ new VR game set for release in March

Valve Software’s Half-Life: Alyx was officially unveiled Thursday morning. It’s the first Half-Life game since 2007 (not counting fan-made drama… Read More

GeekWire 200 startup index analysis shows hottest industries emerging from Pacific Northwest

The quality of local startups in a region can often indicate the future of a tech ecosystem. To find out… Read More

VR training experience teaches employees how to react during active shooter scenario in workplace

Companies looking for ways to educate their employees and keep them safe during an active shooter scenario have a new… Read More

Studio216 becomes mixed reality startup Altoura, raises $1.1M, looks to build off Microsoft partnership

Jamie Fleming launched studio216 in 2005 and helped build the digital content agency for more than a decade. But after… Read More

How a VR project documenting Seattle’s music history revealed the risk of a new digital divide

Yolanda Barton loves Seattle’s music history — the history that starts decades before Pearl Jam, Nirvana and Soundgarden came screaming… Read More

Valve’s new Index headset is a high-end option for VR fans, but is it worth the $999 price tag?

The Index, Valve Software’s new expensive entry into the virtual reality hardware market, has officially been released. At $999 for… Read More

UW student virtual reality projects demonstrate empathy, education, entertainment use cases

What is it like to be homeless? How do you navigate around a crowded room in a wheelchair? Is teaching… Read More

Veterans use virtual reality to tackle phantom pain in amputated limbs

Judy Lee Baldwin-Mohn hasn’t played soccer since high school. But now at age 68, the U.S. Air Force veteran is… Read More