Twitter’s still working on improving Spaces discovery, which is a key step in maximizing Spaces take-up.
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New Study Highlights the Usage of Social Media Platforms for News Content Around the World
The report looks at how many people in each region now rely on social platforms for news content.
Facebook Shuts Down its Live Commerce Push, Which May Reflect Broader Disinterest in Live Shopping
Live commerce has been a key growth lever for Chinese apps – but western audiences seem less enthused by the option.
YouTube Launches Updated Editing UI to Help Creators Move into Shorts, New Analytics Features
The new option will provide another way to lean into the short-form content trend.
VR Headset Usage On Steam Once Again Jumps To Anomalous All Time High
The Steam Hardware Survey shows a near quadrupling of VR users in July – but as with May, this data is almost certainly erroneous.
Requisition Devs Talk Release Date, Home Alone, Quest Port
We sat down with the developers of Requsition VR to get an update on the upcoming VR zombie game!
First Hand Offers Gravity Gloves With Quest Hand Tracking
If you’ve got Quest 2, you’ll want to check out the new First Hand free hand tracking demo from Meta.
Quest’s Most Popular Basketball Game on App Lab ‘Gym Class’ Secures $8M
IRL Studios announced that Gym Class, its popular VR basketball game on Meta Quest App Lab, has raised $8 million in a seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) with participation from Y Combinator. Other participants include Founders Inc., Todd and Rahul’s Angel Fund, Balaji Srinivasan, Zaza Pachulia, and a number of other angel investors. Named […]
Crew Readies Free-Flying Robots, Prepares Sample Returns, and Transfers Cargo
The Expedition 67 crew kept busy aboard the International Space Station today readying free-flying robots, preparing sample returns, and transferring cargo. NASA Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren set up Astrobee’s free-flying robots for a student robotics competition. For the competition, students write software to control one of the station’s Astrobee free-flying robots. Finalists have their code downloaded …
Keppel O&M, IMDA Trial Smart Glasses for Remote Inspections
Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) has begun trialling augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) smart glasses with Keppel Operations and Maintenance (O&M), the latter announced on Wednesday. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, disruptions to numerous offshore operations have forced companies to leverage extended reality (XR) solutions. Workers will use the devices to receive real-time […]