As the sun set over the Olympic Mountains on a warm and muggy Sunday, I trekked from the manicured suburbia of Sammamish, Wash., to Seattle’s historic Fort Lawton district, where… Read More
We’re spoiled with a few great National Parks here in Washington State (Mount Rainier, Olympic, North Cascades), but we’re still envious of what President Obama got to see when he… Read More
Microsoft is expanding its HoloLens program, allowing all developers and business customers in the U.S. and Canada to purchase up to five of the blended reality devices. The announcement is part… Read More
Embed from Getty Images The Golden State Warriors lured Oklahoma City star Kevin Durant away from the Thunder by offering him a realistic shot at winning an NBA championship, and the chance… Read More
Getty Images has launched a new business that it hopes will provide its users with an even richer visual experience as it dives deeper into the creation and distribution of… Read More
This might be the geekiest giveaway in sports history. The Minnesota Twins are giving away 5,000 cardboard virtual reality viewers to fans attending the July 29 game against the Chicago… Read More
Microsoft today announced that it will open Windows Holographic, the platform that powers Microsoft HoloLens, to any virtual reality or augmented reality headset maker as the company hopes to play an important… Read More
Limitless is seeking a Full-Stack Lead VR Engineer to join the Bellevue-based company and offering unlimited vacation. With a team that includes former Pixar and Bungie employees, Limitless debuted its… Read More
Virtual reality is still in its infancy, but today’s connected world demands the ability to share everything. A new Seattle-based startup called Visual Vocal wants to make it easy to share and… Read More
The Seattle International Film Festival will embrace enhanced modes of storytelling such as virtual reality, 360-degree video and augmented reality for what it’s calling SIFFX, a festival-within-a-festival. The program, from… Read More
How can augmented reality technology help the PGA Tour engage fans, design courses, improve operations, and provide benefit to golfers? The tour wants to find out, and it’s getting help… Read More
Virtual reality, in its current form, is an exclusively audio/visual medium, with a large focus on the way things look. Touch is mostly a one-way experience if it’s considered at… Read More
Nearly 130 virtual reality developers from around the Seattle region gathered at the Center for Education and Research in Construction last weekend for the Seattle VR Hackathon, a biannual event that encourages… Read More
Virtual reality is the most exciting technology since the birth of the smartphone, and while consumer headsets are now available, most are expensive and require an even more expensive computer to… Read More
Let’s say your looking to build a new campus for your large tech company, and your architects says “What if we put some giant, globular greenhouses at the base of this… Read More
If virtual reality fails, it won’t be for lack of funding. HTC announced a $100 million fund and accelerator program to back VR startups. Dubbed Vive X, the program is launching… Read More
PODCAST SPONSOR This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: Amazon challenges Netflix with a monthly streaming subscription option for $8.99/month, and GeekWire reporter James Risley shares what learned from his month… Read More
Referencing The Strip in Las Vegas has always had as much to do with the removal of clothing as it has with the city’s famed boulevard. At least that’s what we… Read More
Virtual reality is all about letting users get immersed in worlds that have never been seen before, but they are usually worlds someone else has created. Today, users can start… Read More
Virtual reality is great at transporting people to new and unimaginable worlds, but you may have a hard time bringing a friend with you at this point in the technology’s… Read More
Facebook knows video is king — with video now embedded in your timeline, new live video-streaming options, and even support for 360 degree video. But that last category is what Facebook really… Read More
With tickets to games and concerts sometimes costing $200 or more, knowing what kind of view you’re paying for can help you decide if the tickets are actually worth it. But a new… Read More
The final version of the Oculus Rift headsets are being delivered to Kickstarter backers today, and the first pre-order shipments are going out later this week. The release brings consumer-grade virtual reality… Read More
Kiara, a patient at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, loves horses. She plays with toy horses, colors in horse coloring books, and wears a pink sweater with a big horse on… Read More
Sony’s virtual reality headset may be coming to the VR party a little late, but it’s going to be a lot more approachable than the competition from Oculus and HTC, thanks to… Read More
You’re in an ancient, booby-trapped Peruvian temple, standing next to Indiana Jones. He wiggles his fingers, licks his lips, and prepares to ever-so-carefully replace a gold figurine with a sandbag.… Read More
Do you reminisce about the days of playing video games with dorm roommates? Even if you and your friends are dispersed across the country, you can now play games and… Read More
Parents who put a smartphone in front of their kids’ faces to entertain them in restaurants can take the practice to a new level — if they happen to order a… Read More
The cost of experiencing virtual reality is going to be high, not just because VR headsets cost upwards of $600, but also because the computers needed to power those headsets are monster… Read More
The HTC Vive is coming to consumers soon, but some members of the media got to try out a handful of games being built for the virtual reality headset at… Read More