‘The Last Clockwinder’ Nabs Publishing & Funding Support, Affirms Summer 2022 Release

Fixing up an old tower without tools sounds tough, but much less so when you have an army of robotic clones at your disposal. That’s the idea at least behind The Last Clockwinder, a VR automation game from Pontoco which is slated to hit Quest 2 and SteamVR headsets sometime in Summer 2022. Update (April 13th, 2022): The […]

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Geenee AR, Ready Player Me Partner for WebAR Avatars

Geenee AR, a WebAR publishing platform for Metaverse services, and virtual reality (VR) avatar designers Ready Player Me announced a partnership to create wearable AR avatars with no code needed. The partnership creates a platform that enables individuals to wear their virtual avatars by overlaying digital accessories in the real world, including NFT support, physical […]

Canadian Media Groups Back Black XR Accelerator

Several Canadian organisations have announced 11 Black-owned content creation firms selected for a major accelerator programme aimed at promoting racial diversity in the immersive filming industry. The OYA Black Arts Coalition (OBAC), Canadian Film Centre’s Media Lab (CFC Media Lab), and Dark Slope recently revealed the names of founders selected for the Scale Up Immersive […]

Bytedance Launches AR-Enhanced TikTok Effects

This Monday, Bytedance, Pico Interactive’s parent company, announced new augmented reality (AR) tools for its massively popular social media platform TikTok following a successful beta testing stage late last year. TikTok is introducing Effect House, an in-app creator platform that enables users to design and share AR effects and experiences with others on the platform. […]

What Is the Nakaverse? Here’s What we’ve Found

As the war for building the one true Metaverse heats up, there is another contender that demands our attention: Nakamoto Games, or the Nakaverse. The platform has been in beta testing for a while and its first title ‘Duck Hunter’ launched in an exclusive community in October last year. The following December, the platform went […]

Pinterest Announces New Partnership with WooCommerce to Expand Product Listings

The integration will feed a lot more product listings into the Pinterest ecosystem.

YouTube and TikTok Add New Options for Automated Captions, Improving Accessibility

YouTube’s offering new caption editing capacity, while TikTok’s rolling out auto-captions by default.

Pinterest Launches API V5 to Facilitate New Pin Presentation and Management Tools

Pinterest’s new API will facilitate all new use cases for third-party management apps and tools.

Twitter Acquires OpenBack to Improve the Timeliness and Relevance of Push Notifications

The acquisition will help Twitter alert users to the most relevant content in the app in real-time. 

Pico Hints Next Gen Headset Within 12 Months With Discount For Neo 3 Buyers

Pico says it will give Neo 3 Link buyers a 35% discount should it launch a new headset “within 12 months”.

Is this a Neo 4 hint?