Month: September 2022

ByteDance’s Pico debuts its Quest rival, but challenges remain

By News Curator

When ByteDance bought the Chinese VR headset maker Pico a year ago, the message it sent was clear: it was betting that the immersive device would be where future generations spend most of their time consuming digital content. It’s a marriage reminiscent of Meta’s acquisition of Oculus back in 2014, except the world is now […]

ByteDance’s Pico debuts its Quest rival, but challenges remain by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

Killing Stadia makes me trust Google less

By News Curator

Opinion post by C. Scott Brown Yesterday, Google sent a shockwave through the gaming world by announcing the Google Stadia shutdown. The cloud gaming company — which is only three years old — will terminate its service on January 18, 2023. Apparently, Google made this decision very quickly. Industry reports suggest Google didn’t alert Stadia…