Beat Saber is one of virtual reality’s biggest hits, and the laser-sword rhythm dancing game has now reached a major sales milestone. Developer Beat Games Studio revealed today on Twitter that Beat Saber surpassed 2 million copies sold. Fans have also purchased more than 10 million songs as downloadable content. …
Read More »Steam Game Festival returns to highlight 40 upcoming projects
Valve is kicking off the Steam Game Festival: Spring Edition tomorrow. This event gives studios a chance to show off their in-progress projects through public, downloadable demos. The Steam Game Festival kicks off at 10 a.m. Pacific on March 18. As part of the festival, Valve will showcase more than …
Read More »Doom Eternal — the opening fight scenes turn you into a demon slayer
The game designers at id Software throw you into the fire early on with Doom Eternal. You can see that in this video of my gameplay of the first 21 minutes or so of Bethesda’s big game, which debuts on March 20 on the consoles, Stadia, and the PC. You …
Read More »U.S. Senate votes to extend government surveillance tools for 77 days
(Reuters) — The U.S. Senate agreed on Monday to extend a set of government surveillance tools for 77 days, to allow lawmakers time to consider broader changes to the divisive domestic eavesdropping program. The Senate had been due to begin voting on Monday evening on a bill passed in the …
Read More »Microsoft, White House, and Allen Institute release coronavirus data set for medical and NLP researchers
The COVID-19 Open Research Dataset (CORD-19), a repository of more than 29,000 scholarly articles about coronavirus family viruses from around the world, is being released today for free. The result of work by Microsoft Research, the Allen Institute for AI, the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of …
Read More »Windows 10 now runs on 1 billion devices
Windows 10 is now running on over 1 billion monthly active devices, just six months after passing the 900 million device milestone. Microsoft has been consistently adding 100 million active Windows 10 devices every six months over the past two years. Windows 10 also passed 50% desktop market share in …
Read More »UploadVR’s E3 Showcase returns in June … without E3
Hey, UploadVR readers/watchers: We wanted to shoot out a quick update in light of the recent news about Electronic Entertainment Expo. As you’ll likely know by now, this year’s E3 has been canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis. Like many of you, we’re disappointed to learn the show won’t …
Read More »Coway Bidetmega 400 review: Coronavirus may usher in the age of the smart toilet
My bottom has never been so clean. And unlike my fellow Americans, I have not had to rush to the store to buy six months of toilet paper, thanks to a smart toilet seat with a bidet. During the past year, the folks representing South Korea’s Coway have been pitching …
Read More »Oculus Quest wishlist: 4 upgrades we want
The Oculus Quest standalone VR headset is an incredible device that’s redefining what virtual reality means. The $ 400 all-in-one released in May with some great games like Superhot VR and Beat Saber working with complete wireless freedom. Just set up your guardian boundaries wherever you are and start playing. …
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