Survios is an LA-based VR studio focusing on games and experiences that incorporate "active VR." Co-founder and CEO Nathan Burba and Director of Product Hunter Kitagawa reveal the launch of their new musical experience, "Electronauts." It allows users of all skill levels to make, perform, and DJ music in a virtually immersive world.
Burba and Kitagawa walk us through the years of research and development that went into developing the new title. They share the new technology that powers this unique experience. Called the Music Reality Engine, the tech introduces a new instrument and format for interactive music media.
Finally, we learn how Survios created the first VR game to generate $1 million in sales in one month. Burba and Kitagawa break down the company's "fluid locomotion" style of virtual movement. They say it eliminates nausea and motion sickness from the VR experience.
Microsoft, on an accelerated growth push, is buying speech recognition company Nuance in a cash deal worth $16 billion.
Topps, the baseball card and candy company, is putting its latest series of collectible cards on the WAX Blockchain in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) — digital assets that are moving in on the world of physical collectables.
Cheddar senior reporter Michelle Castillo visited the world’s first NFT art gallery Superchief Gallery NFT
Many hope that part of Biden’s latest $2 trillion infrastructure plan would help fund construction for a decades-old proposal for a 200 mph high-speed line that could take passengers from Boston to New York City in 100 minutes.
Ben Kohn, Playboy CEO, joined Cheddar to discuss the lifestyle brand's foray into NFTs and hopes for legal THC.
Jack Conte, CEO and co-founder of Patreon, told Cheddar that the latest fundraise will help the company continue to "internationalize."
With more similar services on the market, there are questions if TikTok can remain king especially as it chases after advertiser dollars.
Vineyard Wind CEO Lars Thaaning Pedersen spoke to Cheddar about beginning production of its wind power farm off the coast of Massachusetts.
Barcodes have radically changed the world, helping fuel the rise of everything from massive companies like Walmart to major world powers like China. And it all started with a man daydreaming on a beach in 1949.
Al Oppenheiser, chief engineer at GMC, joined Cheddar about the robust features and delivery timetable for the GMC all-electric Hummer SUV slated for this fall.
