The XR Week Peek (2025.03.18): Niantic sells Pokemon Go, Meta released passthrough APIs, and more!

This has been a very intense week for me, work-wise. Luckily, intense in a good way. And just when I thought I had already too many things to do, I had to add another task, because Meta decided to release camera access for Quest and I couldn’t resist getting my hands dirty with it!  Anyway, let’s […]

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‘Alex and the Jets’ Brings Mixed Reality Dogfights to Your Living Room Next Month

HOOP-O Studios, a new indie creating mixed reality games, announced its remote-controlled dogfighting game Alex and the Jets is coming to Quest 3 next month.   As a casual arcade flying game, Alex and the Jets lets you take control of Alex the Squirrel and their tiny fixed-wing propeller plane. Aerial enemies from ‘The Jets’ gang pop in through portals […]

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McDonald’s Japan Launches Official ‘VRChat’ World, Tapping Into Japan’s Massive VTuber Trend

When you think of corporate brand engagement in VR, Meta is typically the prime suspect. In the past, they’ve brokered exclusive deals with Wendy’s for a Horizon Worlds social experience, and KFC for its finger-lickin’ weird escape room. Now, McDonald’s Japan has opened its own little slice of brand engagement heaven in VRChat, underlining just how big […]

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Mil-sim Shooter ‘Onward’ is Getting Its “biggest update ever” in 2.0 Release Next Week

Onward (2020), the mil-sim shooter from Meta-owned Downpour Interactive, announced its big 2.0 update is coming next week, promising to be its “biggest update ever” since the game’s early access launch in 2016. Coming March 25th on all supported platforms, Onward’s 2.0 update is slated to include a “remastered fan favorite map”, a brand new map, […]

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Four New Crewmates Adjust to Station Life Following Crew-9 Return

Four Expedition 72 crewmates are getting used to life aboard the International Space Station following their arrival on Saturday and the departure of the SpaceX Crew-9 mission on Tuesday. Meanwhile, a U.S. cargo craft is poised to be released from the orbital outpost ending a seven-and-a-half-month stay.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Splashes Down Off Coast of Florida

NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov have successfully splashed down in the Gulf of America, off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, at 5:57 p.m. EDT.  Hague and Gorbunov have been at the International Space Station since ?Sept. 29, 2024, while Williams and Wilmore arrived on?June 6. This […]

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Return Continues, Dragon Completes Deorbit Burn

SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft completed its deorbit burn at 5:18 p.m. EDT.   NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are less than an hour away from a splashdown off the coast of Florida.  Four minutes before splashdown, the drogue parachutes will deploy at about 18,000 feet in altitude […]

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Prepares for Deorbit Burn

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 crew members are moments away from a deorbit burn on their journey from the International Space Station to Earth.  The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, carrying NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, undocked from the space station at 1:05 a.m. EDT March 18.  The deorbit burn, […]

Snapchat Shares Insights into How to Connect with Film and TV Fans in the App

Snapchatters are highly engaged with film and TV content. 

LinkedIn Adds Another In-App Puzzle Game

LinkedIn says that 80% of games players return to the game within a week.