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Here’s why so many video game developers are suddenly abandoning the Unity engine

GeekWire

Unity image) In the wake of a controversial policy change by game engine developer Unity , dozens of small independent video game studios have announced they’ll abandon the engine and/or have called upon Unity to reverse course. As widespread as it is in console/PC gaming, though, Unity is used virtually everywhere in the mobile space.

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After huge growth in 2020, Seattle startup Rec Room raises $10M to expand virtual hangout game

GeekWire

Rec Room , the eponymous Seattle-based development studio behind the virtual hangout/game creator Rec Room, has raised $20 million. Developed in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood, Rec Room bills itself on its website as an “online universe, where you play and create games with friends from around the world.”

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Seattle’s newest unicorn: Rec Room raises $100M as social gaming popularity fuels big growth

GeekWire

The game development startup is now valued at $1.25 We are one of many, and we’re excited to add a consumer social company to that mix.” When GeekWire visited the company’s office and tested Rec Room in 2017, the startup was focused on virtual reality. Gaming company or social company? (Rec Room Image).

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Microsoft to remove AltspaceVR social hubs and tighten up safety and moderation

The Verge

Microsoft is removing all social hubs hosted in AltspaceVR and requiring users to log into the virtual reality app using a Microsoft account. The social hubs in AltspaceVR were designed “to help foster new friendships” and act as an entry point to get familiar with AltspaceVR itself. Microsoft acquired AltspaceVR in 2017.

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Facebook is turning VR into a platform — but some indie developers fear its power

The Verge

Facebook’s Connect conference is one of the biggest days of the year for virtual reality. But in 2020, developer Guy Godin was nervous. Godin is the developer of Virtual Desktop, a top-selling VR app that enables desktop computer access inside headsets. under an icon labeled “Virtual Desktop.”

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Did smartphones “destroy” a generation? The debate, explained.

Vox

Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images What the evidence about social media and teens’ mental health really says. So argues the social psychologist Jonathan Haidt. This dispute has generated reams of commentary as the media’s middle-aged social media users argue about whether their favorite apps are poisoning their kids.

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Minecraft-Based Digital Denmark Destroyed

CTOvision

Within the game, players engage in a virtual world – mining for valuables, building homes and communities, and interacting with one another. Do not let Minecraft’s simplicity mislead you; at the Game Developers Conference in 2011, the game won five awards, including the Best Downloadable Game Award and the Best Debut Game Award.