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The Oculus Quest, the virtual reality industry’s first all-in-one six degrees of freedom headset, was released last week and represents the first time VR has been given a chance to reach the masses. We had high expectations for the Quest…

The first thing many of us think when we hear the word esports is: “why would someone want to watch someone else play video games.” And this is often just referencing Twitch streamers or YouTube gaming channels, let alone going…

Loup Ventures went phoneless last week. That is, some of the Loup team turned off our iPhones for a full week and only used Apple Watches for connectivity. It was freeing. And frustrating. Tech addiction is something we’re spending a…

Over a seven-day period last week, the Loup Ventures team decided to go phoneless. We used only a cellular Apple Watch S4 and left our iPhones turned off. Apple Watch is the most viable (and most expensive) wearable available today…

We think Twitch will pay streamers almost $75M in 2018 and see that number expanding to $180M by 2020. We tested streaming on Twitch to get a better sense of what it takes to be a streamer and reach Twitch’s…

Last Friday, Dave & Busters rolled out Jurassic World VR Expedition (JWVRE) at 114 locations, making it the most widely available location-based VR experience. We gave it a try and loved it. What’s unique is the combination of experience, duration,…

We’ve said it before, but it’s worth repeating: Apple + Peloton would be a match made in heaven. After testing Peloton’s new Peloton Digital offering ($19.49 per month), we think Peloton and it’s growing content library would fit nicely in…

It has been a tough day for Tesla. Shares opened down 5% and drifted lower throughout the day after Wednesday night’s circus disguised as an earnings call. On the call, Tesla provided incrementally negative commentary regarding Model 3 profitability. As believers…

Now you play chess in AR just like R2-D2 and Chewie. On Wednesday, Star Wars Holochess was released as an additional game mode on the Star Wars Jedi Challenges iOS app. This version of Holochess uses ARKit and allows users to…

Head-to-head. We compared two of the most popular tethered virtual reality headsets, the PlayStation VR and the HTC Vive, to get a sense of where VR experiences are today, what needs to improve, and where they might go tomorrow. While…

Written by Alex Schwappach The grass is always greener. I’m an intern at Loup Ventures and I just got my first iPhone, an iPhone 8 Plus. It’s still early, but three weeks into my ownership I’m undecided about my next…

Visit to the toy department. We visited the robotics toy department in the form of a high school football field to test the Mobile Virtual Player (MVP) Drive, an $8,000 robotic tackling dummy that has been adopted this year by…