Google & Pico Adoption Further Cements OpenXR as Industry Standard, With One Major Holdout

OpenXR is an open standard made to improve compatibility between XR software and XR headsets. Google—one of the biggest tech companies in the world—is adopting the standard right out of the gate, joining other major firms like Meta and Microsoft. Other players (like ByteDance recently) also support the standard, cementing it as not just an […]

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Spacewalkers Exit Station for Science and Robotics Work

Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner began a spacewalk at 10:36 a.m. EST to install an experiment package designed to monitor celestial x-ray sources and new electrical connector patch panels and remove several experiments for disposal. The two cosmonauts will also relocate a control panel for the European robotic arm, which is attached to …

Cosmonauts Prepare for Science and Robotics Spacewalk

NASA coverage is underway for today’s spacewalk with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner. The duo will venture outside the station’s Poisk airlock to install an experiment package designed to monitor celestial x-ray sources and new electrical connector patch panels and remove several experiments for disposal. Additionally, the two cosmonauts will relocate a control …

Meta Leads in AR and VR Headset Shipments – IDC

International Data Corporation (IDC) has found that over 70 percent of global shipments of AR and VR headsets can be attributed to Meta for the third quarter of 2024. The volume of global shipments increased by 12.8 percent mostly off the strength of Meta’s performance, according to the latest information from global market data provider. […]

2024 End of Year XR Round Up – Big XR News Show

Watch on YouTube. In this episode of the Big XR News show, Rory Greener, Tech Journalist, XR Today welcomes some of XR’s top analysts to talk about the latest news from Meta Connect 2024 and other immersive collaboration topics. Our guests include: Kevin ‘O Donovan, Co-Chair, Industrial Metaverse & Digital Twin Committee, VRARA Letitia Bochud, […]

US Supreme Court Will Hear TikTok’s Appeal Over Sell-Off Bill

TikTok will have another chance to argue against the US sell-off bill.

YouTube Shares its Top Ad Campaigns of 2024

Some tips and pointers based on the top performing YouTube campaigns of the year.

Threads Adds New Way to Re-Share Media While Crediting the Creator

A clever way to encourage sharing with credit to the creator.

Threads Announces Test of Post Scheduling

A highly requested feature is coming to Threads soon, enabling users to schedule a post from the in-app composer.

How Figmin XR’s Colocation Works And Why Other Apps Need To Emulate It

How to use Figmin XR’s “scene center” menu to colocate headsets from Apple, Meta and others.