‘Townscaper VR’ Releasing on Quest & Pico Headsets in October

Earlier this year indie developer Oskar Stålberg showed interest in adapting Townscaper to VR headsets, showing off some prototype builds of the cozy, pint-sized town creator game working with motion controllers. Now Stålberg says we can expect to jump into the game on Meta Quest and Pico headsets soon. Townscaper initially launched on Steam Early Access in 2020, bringing with […]

Biomedical Research in Space Today Benefits Astronauts and Earthlings

International Space Station studies about wound healing and cardiology kicked off the week for the Expedition 67 crew following last week’s departure of a U.S. resupply ship. A variety of other space research, spacesuit cleaning, and maintenance rounded out the day for the seven orbital residents. Four astronauts spent the majority of the day on …

Snapchat Launches New Localized Lens Promotion for ‘House of the Dragon’

The new campaign for ‘House of the Dragon’ utilizes Lens creators in different regions.

Twitter’s Developing a New ‘Reply Filter’ Option to Give Users More Control Over Their Tweet Experience

Another way to limit potentially offensive tweet replies, which could help to improve the overall Twitter experience.

TikTok Provides New Tips on the Value of its ‘Instant Page’ Ad Display Option

Instant Page enables brands to set-up a lightweight display within TikTok itself, reducing load times and improving responsiveness.

Zuckerberg Defends Metaverse Development After Online Backlash

Meta’s metaverse looks bad now, but will early critiques end up limiting the potential of the technology?

Deisim Moving From App Lab To Quest Store On September 1

God sandbox title Deisim is moving to a full store release on Quest next month, after being available for more than a year on App Lab.

The metaverse enters the Gartner hype cycle (but with a 10+ years outlook)

Ten days ago, the business analysts at Gartner released their “Hype Cycle” for 2022, and inside there are references to some of the technologies that we in the immersive community care about, in particular the metaverse. Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies A small primer in case you don’t know what is the Gartner Hype […]

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New Logitech VR Accessory Aims to Bring One of Index’s Best Features to Quest 2

Logitech this week announced a new VR accessory which aims to bring the great off-ear audio solution of Valve’s Index headset to Quest 2 Valve’s unique off-ear headphones were a elegant solution for powerful yet comfortable audio on the company’s Index headset which launched back in 2019. The off-ear headphones approach means the headphones don’t […]

Dragon Splashes Down With Scientific Cargo for Analysis

SpaceX’s uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecraft splashed down at 2:53 p.m. EDT Saturday, Aug. 20, north of Cape Canaveral off the Florida coast, marking the return of the company’s 25th contracted cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station for NASA. The spacecraft carried more than 4,000 pounds of valuable scientific experiments and other cargo back …