Meta Offers Training & $500,000 In Rewards To Horizon Worlds Creators

Meta is offering cash rewards and training through its Oculus Start and Launch Pad programs to creators building in VR with Horizon Worlds.

Everything You Need to Know About AI and Customer Experience

According to a study by Microsoft, 95% of all customer interactions will be driven by artificial intelligence (AI) by 2025. Businesses from start-ups to large enterprises increasingly use AI solutions on the customer journey at all touchpoints.  The focus is on delivering a reimagined customer experience and an integrated and personal end-to-end experience. AI and […]

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Snap Acquires Brain-Computer Interface Startup NextMind

Snap announced it’s acquired neurotech startup NextMind, a Paris-based company known for creating a $400 pint-sized brain-computer interface (BCI). In a blog post, Snap says NextMind will help drive “long-term augmented reality research efforts within Snap Lab,” the company’s hardware team that’s currently building AR devices. “Snap Lab’s programs explore possibilities for the future of the […]

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Meta is Nudging VR Devs Towards ‘Horizon Worlds’ with Training, Funding & More

Meta today announced it’s expanding the company’s VR developer programs to include training on how to build games and experiences inside Horizon Worlds, Meta’s growing social VR platform. Devs can also nab some cash too—a strong incentive to help Meta build out its fledgling metaverse. “Today, we’re inviting you to further unleash your imagination, expand your […]

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Roguelike Bullet-hell ‘MOTHERGUNSHIP’ Coming to Quest 2 & SteamVR

The studio behind MOTHERGUNSHIP (2018) announced it’s releasing a VR reimagining of the roguelike shooter this summer on Meta Quest 2 and SteamVR headsets. Dubbed MOTHERGUNSHIP: FORGE, developers Terrible Posture Games says the roguelike bullet-hell shooter is releasing on June 16th, 2022. Like the original, the game focuses on first-person shooting madness against a robot alien horde. Robotic enemies […]

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An Official NFL Game is Coming to Quest & PSVR

The National Football League (NFL) and sports tech company StatusPRO, announced at GDC 2022 that they’re partnering to create an NFL-licensed VR game, which is targeting Meta Quest and PSVR. The game, which is still unnamed, is said to “bring fans closer to the gridiron than ever before, allowing them to play like a professional […]

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Astronauts Begin Spacewalk to Install Station Upgrades

Expedition 66 Flight Engineers Raja Chari of NASA and Matthias Maurer of ESA (European Space Agency) began a spacewalk at 8:32 a.m. EDT to install hoses on a Radiator Beam Valve Module to support temperature regulation on the?International Space Station. Chari, designated extravehicular crew member 1 (EV1), is wearing a suit with red stripes. Maurer, designated …

NASA TV is Live as Two Astronauts Prep for Spacewalk

NASA Television coverage of today’s spacewalk with NASA astronaut Raja Chari and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer is now underway and also is available on the NASA app, the Space Station blog and the agency’s website. The crew members of Expedition 66 are preparing to exit the?International Space Station‘s Quest airlock for a spacewalk expected to …

Ithra Center to Host Young XR Talent Exhibit in London

Ithra, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, is set to showcase five creative projects on Tuesday from young artists across the United Kingdom. The event, which aims to exhibit Saudi Arabia’s immersive content creators under the Center’s Creative Solutions initiative, will take place at the prestigious County Hall in London. Many content creators […]

Metaverse Fashion Week to Showcase Future of Commerce

The Immersive KIND, in collaboration with e-ternity, will host a fashion week on the Metaverse platform Decentraland from March 24-27. Kadine James, CEO for The Immersive KIND, is spearheading ‘The Ultimate Seduction’ online fashion week. Additionally, London-based visual artist Zongbo Jiang and Creative Director and Co-founder at e-ternity, Xaioling Jin, are also participating in the […]