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Meta For Education Is Now Available, Bringing Quest To Schools & Universities
Meta For Education is now out of beta, offering schools and universities an end-to-end solution for adopting VR & mixed reality via Quest headsets.
Bono: Stories Of Surrender Will Be The First Feature-Length Apple Immersive Video
Bono: Stories Of Surrender, a documentary launching in May, will be the first feature-length Apple Immersive Video.
Symphoni Blends Spell Casting With Mixed Reality Conducting Next Week On Quest
Symphoni blends conducting with spell casting in a mixed reality rhythm game, and it’s out next week on Quest.
HTC Launches Browser-based 3D & VR Platform ‘VIVERSE Worlds’, Aims to Be ‘YouTube of 3D Content’
HTC today launched VIVERSE Worlds, a 3D content platform that can be embedded on “any website for any device,” positioning it as a lighter, more flexible way of hosting and browsing 3D content across the web. Unlike HTC’s existing Viverse metaverse platform—or Meta’s Horizon Worlds, for that matter—the key differentiator is Viverse Worlds focuses on 3D content distribution. […]
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Valve’s Standalone XR Headset ‘Deckard’ Reportedly Launching This Year at $1,200, Leaker Claims
Valve’s rumored standalone XR headset, codenamed ‘Deckard’, is practically the stuff of legend at this point, with speculation brewing since data miners first discovered mention of the alleged device in January 2021. Now, leaker and data miner ‘Gabe Follower’ maintains Deckard is coming by the end of 2025, priced at $1,200. Gabe Follower, who also […]
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Crew Explores Cellular Immunity, Digestion and Waits for Cargo Mission
Cellular immunity and digestion were the main research topics on Wednesday as the Expedition 72 crew explored space biology aboard the International Space Station. The orbital residents also worked on spacesuit maintenance and prepared for the arrival of a new cargo mission this weekend.
Progress Cargo Craft Departs Station After Six Months
The unpiloted Roscosmos Progress 89 spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station at 3:17 p.m. EST, Feb. 25, backing away from the station for a deorbit maneuver and destructive re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere to dispose of trash loaded by the crew.
Palmer Luckey Speaks on IVAS Partnership and HoloLens Shakeup
Amidst widespread reports of device discontinuation and a clear roadmap for the eventual end of technical support for HoloLens, Microsoft faced a significant setback earlier this month when it lost the U.S. Military IVAS contract, worth an estimated $22 billion. After the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) news, Microsoft’s Mixed Reality CVP, Robin Seiler, clarified Microsoft’s […]
Behind the $10 Million Virtual Reality Niagara Falls Tourism Blueprint
XR is growing, and so are its use cases. While here at XR Today, we discuss at length use cases like healthcare and heavy industry; for example, plenty of other professional sectors are experimenting with emerging XR benefits. One of these sectors is tourism, and augmented reality firm ImagineAR recently inked a $10 million Design […]
Report Looks at How TikTok Users Respond to Music in Brand Promotions
Insights into how TikTok users engage with different music genres in the app.
Instagram Explains How its Algorithm Weighs Time Spent Watching Longer Clips
Instagram says that it weight watch time for longer clips, as well as completion rate.
TikTok Shares Insights into the Rise of eCommerce in the App
New insights into how TikTok drives shopping intent.
VR Sports Sim Racket Club Adds Pickleball, Table Tennis & More In New Update
VR sports game Racket Club introduces table tennis, pickleball and more in today’s major update.
FRENZIES Gets Multiplayer Social Space As nDreams Outlines New Roadmap
FRENZIES gets a new social space in today’s update, and nDreams outlined the free-to-play VR shooter’s upcoming roadmap.
Scenery Distributes AR To iPhone And Vision Pro With App Clips
Scenery shows how it distributes AR experiences to iPhone and Vision Pro with App Clips.
UploadVR Member First Stream On February 25th
UploadVR is hosting a members-first stream on February 25th, 2025. You must be a paid member to view this article.
The XR Week Peek (2025.02.25): Niantic may sell Pokemon Go, Meta announces $50M creator fund for Horizon Worlds, and more!
A new week, a new selection of XR news to read! Top news of the week Niantic is evaluating selling its gaming division According to a report from Bloomberg, Niantic is in talks with Saudi Arabia-owned Scopely to sell its gaming division for $3.5 billions. If you’ve not realized it yet, this basically means that Niantic may […]
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Meta Abandons In-Headset Building Tool for ‘Horizon Worlds’, Marking a Shift in Expected Growth
Meta released a new Desktop Editor for Horizon Worlds in preview, giving world creators a Unity-style game development platform for the first time. The PC-based editor is designed to be more robust, and make world creation easier and higher quality than its previous Quest-native VR editor, which Meta says it’s now deprecating. Meta needs broader reach to […]
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Free Flying Robotics, Space Agriculture Ahead of Cargo Mission Swap
Free flying robotics and space agriculture topped Tuesday’s research schedule as the Expedition 72 crew helps advance the space industry. The International Space Station will also see the departure of a cargo craft and the arrival of its replacement this week.
VR Construction Platform Points to Future of Enterprise Training
The University of South Australia’s new SiteSeer virtual reality platform demonstrates how immersive technology can transform technical training in ways that address persistent business challenges. Construction and architecture firms know the training dilemma well: physical site visits are inconsistent, logistically complex, and pose safety risks. These constraints lead to extended onboarding times and knowledge gaps […]
Meta Pumps a Further $50 Million into Horizon Metaverse
This week, following its $100 billion spending milestone on XR technologies, ranging from MR headsets to AR smart glasses, and Metaverse ambitions, Meta dropped a $50 million Creator Fund program to entice news services, brands, and developers to the Metaverse platform. Followings its billions in spending, $50 million may seem like a drip in […]
Meta Expands AI Chatbot to Users in Africa and the Middle East
The next stage for Meta’s expanding AI ambitions.
Meta Provides Insights into Game Marketing and Evolving Promotional Approaches
New insights into what drives adoption of puzzle games.