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Canadian regions are gaining a new player in the VR headset marketplace, DPVR, a leading Chinese VR headset vendor in the enterprise and entertainment sectors. DPVR has partnered with Canada Computers & Electronics, a leading nationwide computer retailer, to reach new audiences. The move comes just months after DPVR expanded to US shores. Derek Liu, […]

Next month, on September 25-26, 2024, Meta Connect will take place, showcasing Meta’s latest digital solutions from its social media and XR portfolio. Historically, Connect is an event that reveals, among other things, deep insights into the firm’s XR roadmap. Meta has not yet revealed details about the event, other than that it will feature […]

The program will see over $2 million invested as Meta continues to push open-source AI development. 

Staff will be moving out of the platform’s longtime head office over the coming months.

The small screen ads will be displayed at the top of in-progress streaming content.  

Ad campaigns perform better without exclusions, internal research shows. 

In the middle of the summer, let’s enjoy this week’s most interesting pieces of XR news! Top news of the week PSVR 2 sales skyrocketed with the discount Last week I reported about Sony heavily discounting PlayStation VR 2 in the US and UK: the original price was $550, but after the discount it amounted to just […]

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Recently, Dr Alex George, a celebrity healthcare professional, visited an NHS training space at the University of Hertfordshire, where student doctors and nurses are leveraging Meta Quest 3 hardware for training and upskilling opportunities.  Referring to his experience of the Quest-led immersive training, Dr George noted that “I’ve never been more impressed tech-wise.” Dr George added: […]

Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft continues on its way to the International Space Station following launch at 11:02 a.m. EDT Aug. 4 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Cygnus spacecraft completed the deployment of its two solar arrays at 2:21 p.m. the …

Recently, VirtualSpeech announced that it is collaborating with Lenovo and Qualcomm to introduce its XR software platform on the ThinkReality VRX headset and Snapdragon Spaces ecosystem. By partnering with Lenovo, VirtualSpeech can reach new milestones in achieving global enterprise scalability. VirtualSpeech provides VR training solutions integrating GenAI technology to create responsive and personalized avatars and […]

This week, reports are emerging that highlight how NVIDIA’s long-awaited Blackwell chipset is delayed due to design flaws. The roughly three-month delay may prove taxing on awaiting firms such as Meta, Google, and Microsoft as each race to the front of AI innovation. An NVIDIA spokesperson said: As we’ve stated before, Hopper demand is very […]