Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 isn’t meant for you, but it could change your tech in the future
StandardThe software giant doesn’t plan to sell its $3,500 augmented reality headset to you and me. Yet.
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Here’s what happened to Microsoft’s Xbox VR gaming headset
StandardThe company came close to announcing a VR headset, but it’s been put on ice. Here‘s why.
This is not your father’s Microsoft
StandardCEO Satya Nadella knew the culture at the world’s largest software maker needed a fix. Employees and investors are sold. Now he’s got to convince the rest of us
Microsoft’s new Xbox Adaptive Controller puts disabled players back in the game
StandardThe $100 Xbox Adaptive Controller lets you plug in the gadgets you need. It’s all about accessibility.
Just admit it, we love game sequels
StandardThe video game industry hasn’t run out of ideas or gotten lazy. It‘s just following the money, because we‘re still buying those sequels.
GamerGate to Trump: How video game culture blew everything up
StandardWhat began as a backlash to a debate about how video games portray women led to an internet culture that ultimately helped sweep Donald Trump into office. Really.
A mind-blowing VR arcade won me over. It‘ll get you too
StandardThe VR arcade — yes, an arcade — is designed to get you to try virtual reality headsets without getting sick. You might even like it. I did.
3-D Is in Focus at Videogame Conference
StandardProgrammers have long tailored videogames for computers, television consoles and mobile devices. Now they are also targeting three-dimensional simulations enabled by special eyewear, a key focus of a conference this week in San Francisco.
Many developers descending on the Game Developers Conference are expected to come toting prototype videogames, movies and virtual-reality goggles—updates of offerings that ignited a short-lived technology craze in the early 1990s.
Microsoft Quietly Pulls Xbox Two-Year Contract Plans
StandardThis week, Microsoft spokesman David Dennis confirmed the company discontinued the Xbox 360 offer in July. “This program was intended to be a pilot experiment from the start, and Microsoft routinely adjusts the mix of offers available to its customers and this change was simply standard business practice,” he said.
Videogames Become a Spectator Sport
StandardOn any given day, Jayson Love fires up a personal computer from his Billings, Mont., home and starts his job—playing videogames in front of an audience of thousands.