Roblox vice president of developer relations Matt Curtis believes that the future of gaming is user-generated content (UGC), and he delved into the gaming world to show why in a talk at our GamesBeat Summit 2020 event this week.
In fact, Curtis said in his talk that this could explosion of UGC lead us to the Metaverse, the universe of virtual worlds that are all interconnected, like in novels such…
Apple this week released iOS 13.5 beta 3 to developers and public beta users. The update includes a trio of major changes, but when will the update be released to everyone? Read on for the details.
Why did the naming change from iOS 13.4.5?
Apple released two developer…
One of the best features of Google’s Assistant ecosystem is the ability to create speaker groups that play music throughout your entire home. Now, Google is making it possible to add Android TV devices to a speaker group.
Through an update to the Chromecast Built-in app…
Valve ends support for SteamVR on Mac
May 2, 2020
Valve just ended SteamVR’s support for macOS. “Legacy builds” will continue to be available.
SteamVR is Valve’s PC-based virtual reality platform, supporting Windows and Linux. Mac owners can continue to use the latest versions of SteamVR by installing Windows as a secondary OS.
Facebook’s competing Oculus Rift platform hasn’t supported Macs since early development kits, which…
The Google Messages app just passed 1 billion downloads on the Play Store. It’s not uncommon for a Google-made app to hit this total, but for Google Messages it’s significant. Let’s talk about why.
As spotted by , Google Messages has, at some point in the past few…
As video call apps have seen massive growth over the last few months during the pandemic, Apple users have found Group FaceTime’s moving tiles to offer a distracting experience. With Apple’s upcoming iOS 13.5 software arrives the option to stop moving faces in Group…
Google’s long-term vision for Assistant in Stadia is as a guide that can suggest YouTube walkthroughs when you’re stuck. Until then, you can use it to open games on your Chromecast-connected televisions. Google Assistant also works to launch games directly on Android phones and Chromebooks.
Most people are familiar with issuing commands like “OK Google, play Destiny 2 on Livingroom TV”…
Google Stadia has had quite the busy week, between Tuesday’s Stadia Connect event and the launch of new Stadia Pro games for May. Stadia for Android also saw an update to version 2.16 this week, which continues to prep for Android TV, as well as start work on sharing…
Samsung’s Galaxy Chromebook stole my heart back at CES 2020, but my dreams were quickly crushed when reviews revealed the machine had just battery life. Now, Samsung is admitting its mistake and says it wants to improve.
Speaking to , Samsung admitted that the Galaxy…
It’s an understatement to call Apple broadly misunderstood. Yesterday, despite a 4.8% U.S. GDP decline, Apple somehow beat analysts’ consensus expectations by roughly 8%, miraculously growing its quarterly revenues year-over-year despite a global pandemic and near-complete shutdown of its physical stores. None of the analysts — paid professional Apple-watchers — had predicted an increase…
