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Nex Playground to add an online multiplayer feature this year
3+ hour, 22+ min ago (158+ words) Janko Roettgers March 12, 2026 Nex Playground, the motion gaming console for young kids and their families, is getting ready to take a leap beyond the home: Nex Playground owners will be able to compete against friends and family members over the…...
Meta exec hopes VR teens will stick around
6+ hour, 51+ min ago (257+ words) Janko Roettgers March 12, 2026 "It is a pretty rough time for the game industry." Meta Reality Labs director of games Chris Pruett did not mince words when he returned to GDC for his annual talk on the state of VR gaming…...
Your smart TV may be scraping the web for AI
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (153+ words) Janko Roettgers February 26, 2026 Web data aggregator Bright Data has been pitching streaming service operators on an alternative approach for apps running on Samsung's Tizen and LG's webOS platform " one that comes without ads and sky-high fees. All publishers have to…...
How Gorilla Tag is weathering the VR winter
1+ mon, 11+ hour ago (322+ words) Janko Roettgers February 12, 2026 The VR industry has been on edge since Meta's massive job cuts earlier this year: One exec called the layoff announcements "one of VR's darkest weeks." There's talk of a VR winter, and multiple VR studios have…...
What Netflix's Warner Bros. deal could mean for TVs and remotes
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (201+ words) Janko Roettgers January 29, 2026 If you're in the market for a new TV, you'll have plenty of different options these days, ranging from display technologies (OLED vs. QLED vs. micro RGB) to styles (shiny home theater displays vs. matte art TVs)…...
Casting is dead. Long live casting!
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (158+ words) Janko Roettgers January 15, 2026 Last month, Netflix made the surprising decision to kill off a key feature: With no prior warning, the company removed the ability to cast videos from its mobile apps to a wide range of smart TVs and…...
Launch apps leak: MLB, Synth Riders, FitXR coming to Android XR
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (184+ words) Janko Roettgers October 20, 2025 Samsung's Project Moohan Android XR headset will launch with some well-known partners: The headset, which Samsung plans to unveil with an online event tomorrow night, will have access to spatial apps from Adobe, the MLB and the…...
Google TV’s uncertain future
7+ mon, 5+ day ago (1321+ words) Janko Roettgers August 07, 2025 Also: Make sure to read all the way to the end for some exciting news about Lowpass! Last year, Google surprised online video publishers with some stunning news: the company, which now generates over a quarter trillion…...