YouTube Tests New Channel Content Personalization to Help Maximize Viewer Engagement

YouTube’s looking to help improve channel engagement with personalized content displays.

YouTube’s Looking to Provide Direct Monetization for Shorts, a Big Shift in the Short-Form Content Battle

Direct Shorts monetization could be a big blow for TikTok.

PathCraft Lays Out A Pleasant, Puzzle-Driven Trail On Quest

PathCraft lays out a pleasant and puzzle-driven trail ahead of its full release on Quest later this year.

Read our impressions from Gamescom here.

Hands-On: Colossal Cave 3D Brings One Of Gaming’s Foundation Stones Into VR

We went hands-on with Colossal Cave 3D for Quest 2, which brings one of gaming’s foundation stones into VR for the first time.

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Have a glimpse of VR at the Tokyo Game Show!

This year the Tokyo Game Show is back to being a physical event, and as usual, many huge gaming brands are participating in it. I was curious about what was happening there, so I asked a Japanese friend to take some pictures for me… and she took some very nice pictures, so I decided to […]

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Seongnam to Offer ‘Digital Twin’ City, NFT Citizenship

Seongnam, South Korea launched plans on Wednesday to adopt non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and the Metaverse by developing a digital twin of its city along with digital citizenships for residents, tech media BeInCrypto reported on Friday. Gyeonggi province government officials stated it would allow NFT citizenship to those joining the city’s “Metaverse Special City Seongnam” to […]

HaptX Secures $32m to Expand Product Lineup

This Thursday, haptic feedback technology company HaptX secured $32 million USD to further commercialise its products following a rise in client demand. The awarded capital also allows the Redmond-based firm to fund research and development (R&D), building upon its HaptX Gloves DK2, a touch-simulation product. Additionally, the capital enables the growth of new extended reality […]

XR Firms Call for Policy, Ethics, XRA Panel Finds

The XR Association (XRA) and Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) hosted its second annual AR/VR Policy Conference on 14 September to global audiences. Numerous companies, experts, and organisations gathered to explore the future of policymaking for the rising immersive communications platform, aimed at defining best practices with combined efforts across the sector. Maureen Ohlhausen, […]

Nreal Launches on Apple iPhone 14

This Thursday, Nreal debuted iOS support for its augmented reality (AR) smart glasses portfolio. The Chinese firm posted the announcement on its social media pages, confirming Nreal Air’s compatibility with the recently announced iPhone 14 and 14 Pro. Break out of the box, and transform your screen. #NrealAir x #iPhone is ready to unlock your iPhone […]

Meta Scales Back NPE Team as it Looks to Strengthen its Short-Form Video Approach

The team has released a heap of experimental apps, as part of Meta’s effort to get the jump on the next big thing.