Meta Rolls Out Mature Horizon Worlds Content Mandate

Meta Platforms has begun monitoring and labelling content for users on its Horizon Worlds, industry media reported on Friday. UploadVR said in its report that the Menlo Park-based firm will issue 18 and up tags for mature content on its immersive world-building platform. It would also warn mature content developers to mark their worlds as […]

XR Travel Case Study in Focus: Qualcomm, Skylights and Alaska Airlines

Often, when asked to imagine what kind of use cases might be available for travel companies in the XR world, people imagine a try-before-you-buy scenario. Virtual Reality headsets and AR apps offer an excellent way for people to experience an environment before purchasing a travel ticket. However, the potential for XR in the travel industry […]

Snapchat Shares New Insights into How it Can Drive Stronger Connections for Brands [Infographic]

The report highlights the value of personal connections, as opposed to an ‘endless scroll o UGC’.

9 Best Practices for Creating Handles and Usernames [infographic]

Picking the right social media handle is getting harder every day, as more and more names get snapped up.

8 Content Marketing Metrics You Should Actually Care About [Infographic]

Ensure you’re working towards the right content goals for your business with this listing.

Stress Level Zero: Bonelab Now ‘Playable From Logos To Credits’

Bonelab is now playable from the opening logos to the end credits, according to Brandon J Laatsch from Stress Level Zero.

More info here.

The XR Week Peek (2022.07.25): Google to test AR glasses in the wild, Pico 4 spotted, and more!

The heat hasn’t killed me yet, so this week I can still write a new roundup of interesting news about

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‘Ultrawings 2? Has ’10x More Sales’ on Quest, Developer Says, Despite Design Focus on PC VR

In a seemingly unprompted tweet this week, Ultrawings 2 developer Bit Planet Games said that despite building its latest game with a focus on the PC VR platform, the studio has seen significantly more sales volume on Quest 2. Adding to a growing heap of evidence that the addressable audience of VR players on Quest […]

Pico 4 & Pico 4 Pro Standalone VR Headsets Spotted in FCC Filing

Pico Interactive, the VR hardware subsidiary to Chinese tech giant ByteDance, is apparently getting ready to release a new series of standalone VR headsets. As first reported by Protocol, Pico filed the devices with the FCC late last week, saying in the filing that it intends to launch both a Pico 4 Pro and Pico 4 standalone headsets. […]

‘The Twilight Zone VR’ Review – Fun Psychological Horror Marred by Crappy Combat

The Twilight Zone is an anthology franchise that’s spawned multiple TV shows throughout the decades following the iconic 1959 series. While the VR game stays mostly true to its roots, tossing out sci-fi horror themes and narrative twists aplenty, its inclusion of a finicky shooter-based combat system pitted against paper-thin enemies is a sore spot that […]