The DeanBeat: 10 predictions for games in 2017
Oculus’ ‘Dear Angelica’ VR film debuts at Sundance Film Festival
How to watch Donald Trump’s inauguration online (drinks sold separately)
U.S. gaming industry earned $30.4 billion in 2016, up from 2015
Silicon Studio adapts Graphine’s texture software for console, PC, and VR development
Two Bit Circus raises $15 million to build next-generation micro-amusement parks
DigiLens raises $22 million to make ‘eyeglass-thin’ augmented reality displays
HTC launches $10 million VR fund to promote the planet’s sustainability
Pokémon Go fights poverty with 17 PokéStops at the World Economic Forum
MIT launches Play Labs to help AR, VR, and AI startups get off the ground
South Korea’s YJM Games invests in The VR Fund
MMOne unveils commercial version of insane giant simulator arm for wild VR rides
GAConf event to tackle how to make games more accessible to everyone
Katia Beauchamp, AI everywhere, and signing 1 million subscribers – VB Engage
Survios to launch Raw Data game in virtual reality arcades
ZeniMax doubles-down in statement against Oculus VR as trial begins (update)
Hypersuit promises to let you fly through virtual reality
Spaces gets another $6.5 million for its VR theme park dreams
China cites national security as it bans Pokémon Go and other AR games
Zuckerberg to testify in $2 billion lawsuit that claims Oculus used stolen technology
RIP, Guerrilla Cambridge: Remembering the shuttering studio that made Rigs for PSVR
Otoy adds lightfield baking and other tools to its Unity integration
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Nintendo shows off the Switch
The People’s House: The Obamas show off the White House in virtual reality
Game developers are optimistic about Nintendo Switch sales
Eonite debuts a new kind of low-cost sensor for virtual reality
How Restream.io is freeing live video content from YouTube and Twitch
The tantalizing promise of augmented reality games
Will Japanese VR sex simulation with dolls fly in the U.S.?
Amplifying New Voices trains diverse professionals to be great speakers and leaders
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VR funding and innovation look strong for 2017
Indeed: U.S. game developer job postings have dropped 65% since 2014
Virtuleap hackathon generates a bunch of WebVR projects
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The dream of Ara: Inside the rise and fall of the world’s most revolutionary phone
Robert Scoble, CES madness, and the iPhone 8 rumor mill – VB Engage
CES 2017: Our 66 best photos from tech’s biggest show
This e-skin from Xenoma captures your body’s motion for games
Google opens Tango augmented reality platform to museums, starting with Detroit Institute of Arts
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