VR FPS survival game Into The Radius arrives on PlayStation VR2 today.
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Piece Together Walkabout’s Cherry Blossom Course In Puzzling Places
You can piece together Walkabout’s Cherry Blossom Course in Puzzling Places with a free download.
Starship Home Arrives On Quest 3 September 26
Starship Home is the “first true full length mixed reality game” available next week from Creature.
Microsoft’s Struggling Military AR Headset Gets Boost From Oculus Founder’s Latest Venture
Anduril Industries, the defense tech company founded by Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, announced it’s partnering with Microsoft to boost the company’s militarized, HoloLens 2-based AR headset, which is currently under contract by the United States Army. The company maintains its Lattice platform, integrated into Microsoft’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), will provide soldiers real-time threat detection, […]
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Meta Extends Ray-Ban Partnership into 2030 to Make Smartglasses Fashionable
Meta and eyewear conglomerate EssilorLuxottica announced they’re expanding their smartglasses partnership into 2030, which promises to see further development of “multi-generational smart eyewear products” from the companies. Working together since 2019, Meta and EssilorLuxottica released the first-gen Facebook Ray-Ban Stories glasses back in 2021, later launching the follow-up Ray-Ban Meta Glasses in fall 2023, which […]
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‘Ember Souls’ Brings ‘Prince of Persia’ Vibes & Hack-and-Slash Action to Quest & Steam This Fall
Ember Souls is getting ready to toss you head-first into its very Prince of Persia-inspired hack-and-slash action, which blends melee combat, parkour, climbing, and environmental puzzles—coming to Quest 2/3/Pro and SteamVR headsets soon. Inspired by Prince of Persia and Assassin’s Creed, Ember Souls puts you in the shoes of the last Immortal, thrusting you into battle […]
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‘Dumb Ways: Free For All’ Brings a Massive Slate of Multiplayer Mini-games to Quest 3 in November
‘Dumb Ways to Die’ isn’t just a railway safety campaign with odd little bean-people. Soon, it will be a VR game too packed with a ton multiplayer mini-games. Called Dumb Ways: Free for All, the game lets up to six Beans work their way through various challenges across the globe, taking you to “usually safe destinations” […]
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Station Crew Demonstrates AI Assistant and Ultra-High Res Camera
The Expedition 71 crew demonstrated advanced technologies including artificial intelligence and ultra-high-resolution photography aboard the International Space Station on Thursday. The orbital residents also performed vein scans, packed a spacecraft for departure, and maintained life support systems. Artificial intelligence is being explored for its potential to help crews perform a variety of space tasks as …
Departure Preps Underway as New Crew Steps up Science, Maintenance
Two crews are nearing the end of their stay aboard the International Space Station while the orbital residents continue ongoing microgravity research and lab maintenance. Next week will see the departure of NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub. The trio will undock the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft from the …
HTC Reveals Enterprise-Focused VIVE Focus Vision
HTC has revealed a new VIVE headset aimed at the enterprise and high-end gaming markets. The VIVE Focus Vision is the latest device to join the VIVE stable, joining the VIVE XR Elite, VIVE Focus 3 and Vive Pro headsets, as well as the VIVE Flow augmented reality glasses. The VIVE Focus Vision consumer edition […]
Meta Enters “Multi-Generational” AR Smart Glasses Contract, ahead of Connect ‘24
This week, just days before Meta’s Connect 2024 event, EssilorLuxottica, the firm’s partner behind its Ray-Ban Stories AR product, announced an extended partnership into the 2030s. According to EssilorLuxottica, the extended contract with Meta showcases a working relationship between the two firms to create “multi-generational smart eyewear products.” The firm is experiencing sales success with its current […]
HTC VIVERSE Adds Sairo to Reseller Partner Network
HTC’s VIVERSE has added Sairo to its growing list of resellers, gaining its XR, Web3, and 3D experiences in the process. Sairo is on a mission to bridge reality and the metaverse, and this partnership helps it to fill that gap by delivering “engaging” and “immersive” brand activations using the VIVERSE platform. According to the […]
VR Cognitive Healthcare Training with Virtuleap
Watch on YouTube XR Today’s Rory Greener hosts Bebiana Moura, Ph.D. Head of Partnerships at Virtuleap and Nicolas A. Morgenstern, Lead Neuroscientist at Virtuleap to discuss cognitive training in healthcare. Thanks for watching. If you’d like more like this, don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE to our channel. You can also join in the conversation on our Twitter and LinkedIn pages.
Snapchat Is Adding AI-Powered Text-To-Video Creation
Soon, you’ll be able to create short video clips in Snap, based on text prompts.
TikTok Announces Events for Latin Heritage Month
TikTok’s announced a range of events to highlight Latin creators.
Social Media Remains a Key News Source for Americans
The latest data from Pew Research underlines the role that social plays in news reach.
Instagram Implements Advanced Protections for Teen Users
Advanced protections by default for younger IG users.
Minecraft To Drop PlayStation VR Support Next Year
Minecraft will no longer support PlayStation VR after March.
My perception of the XR landscape in China in 2024
You may know that this is my third week in China and I’ve toured a few cities to enjoy good food and the company of some friends, but also to meet some companies and some professionals working in XR. Communication between China and the West is not always easy, so the best way to know […]
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VR Games Showcase Announces ‘XR Indies & Friends’ Livestream Ahead of Meta Connect Next Week
Organizers behind the VR Games Showcase last month announced they’re putting on a new livestreamed games event next week focusing on independent developers and studios “both big and small.” Just in time for what will certainly be a rush of XR news. Called the XR Indies & Friends Showcase, the livestream is slated to kick […]
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Vive Focus Vision Announced with Mixed Reality & Eye-tracking, $1,000 Price & Pre-order Dates
HTC today revealed its next standalone XR headset, the Vive Focus Vision. The company appears to be appealing again to enterprise and prosumers, packing in a mishmash of specs from Vive Focus 3 and Vive Elite XR—priced at $1,000. HTC launched pre-orders today for its new MR headset, Vive Focus Vision. Pre-orders are available from […]
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‘Minecraft’ to Drop PSVR Players Next Year, Leaving PSVR 2 Support Very Doubtful
Mojang, the Microsoft-owned studio behind Minecraft, announced it’s dropping support for the original PSVR next year, leaving any hope for PSVR 2 support firmly at (bed)rock bottom. As mentioned in the recent 1.21.30 (Bedrock) release notes, Mojang says that starting March 2025, PSVR users will no longer be able to play Minecraft on PS4. Not online […]
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Snapchat Reveals Latest Spectacles AR Glasses with Attractive Pricing for Developers
Today Snap Inc, the company behind Snapchat, announced the latest version of its Spectacles AR Glasses which the company is calling Spectacles ’24. The new device makes notable improvements to field-of-view, resolution, and hand-tracking, and overhauls its software stack. But it’s limited enough to remain targeted at developers. Spectacles ’24 is available starting today, and […]
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visionOS 2 Enhances Apple Vision Pro Features: Spatial Capture, Avatars, Hand-Tracking, Virtual Environments
This week, Apple updated its Vision Pro spatial computing headset, upgrading the framework to visionOS 2. Apple delivered optimised MR features, including improved spatial capture, hand-tracking, key productivity enhancements, virtual environments, avatars, and more. Like its success in bringing Apple smartphones and iPads into the business world, Apple appears to Be looking to repeat this […]
Lenovo, VictoryXR Discuss Keys to Education XR Scaling Success
Lenovo is growing its extensive XR partner portfolio to scale enterprise AR/VR/MR solutions alongside its ThinkReality VRX headset, creating new enterprise XR opportunities via an ecosystem of trusted solutions and hardware. Leveraging its XR ecosystem and long history in education, Lenovo partnered with VictoryXR to scale the adoption of immersive learning tools for a new […]