All worlds in Meta’s Horizon Worlds “metaverse” platform now work in web browsers and on smartphones, instead of just a few.
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4 Critical Gaps: Gen-Z Expectations vs Higher Ed Marketing
89% of higher education marketers believe they have enough budget to meet their marketing goals. This is great news, but a number that high certainly surprised me when I first saw it. This stat is from our recent 2024 Higher Education Marketing Report and is just one of several enlightening stats we found. But I […]
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Epic CEO Says “no plans currently” for ‘Fortnite’ on Quest, But Doesn’t Rule It Out Entirely
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney confirmed the hit battle royale shooter Fortnite has “no plans currently” to come to Quest, although he hasn’t ruled it out entirely. Here’s what Sweeney said in response to X user ‘TheoryDecrypt’: No plans currently. For it to be successful we’d need a lot of players across all platforms spending […]
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Vision Pro Could Be Getting Controllers Soon from This Third-party Creator
Vision Pro doesn’t have controllers, although that’s not stopping third-party hardware creators from trying to bypass Apple. Enter Surreal Touch, a newly announced motion controller that aims to leverage Vision Pro’s ability to play PC VR games, but not only. Surreal Interactive, the startup behind Surreal Touch, is hoping to bring the controllers to market […]
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‘Half-Life: Alyx’ on PSVR 2 Would be a Win-win-win for Valve, Sony, & Players
There’s at least six really good reasons why getting Half-Life: Alyx onto PSVR 2 is a good idea, and it would be a net positive for everyone involved. So what do we gotta do to make it happen? Despite launching in 2020, Half-Life: Alyx continues to be one of VR’s absolute best games. It’s production value and […]
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Crew Observes Earth’s Nighttime Atmosphere, Conducts Station Maintenance
The Expedition 71 and Boeing Crew Flight Test crews had a light duty day on Wednesday, focusing on Earth observations and station upkeep. While soaring 250 miles above our home planet, the International Space Station passes into orbital nighttime roughly every 45 minutes. During these night periods, crew members can observe events in Earth’s atmosphere …
Apple Ramps Up Vision Pro International Supply Chains
Last month, during WWDC 2024, Apple announced the long-awaited news that the Vision Pro will reach several new territories by early July 2024. As of Friday, June 28, Apple debuted its MR headset in China (mainland, 24,502 CNY), Japan (484,415 JPY), and Singapore (4,725 SGD). Apple is also debuting the Vision Pro in Australia (5,195 […]
Augmented Reality Laptop Innovators Terminate Staff and Hardware Division
This week, Sightful, the immersive technology innovator behind the upcoming AR laptop device, “Spacetop,” announced that it is laying off 20 employees and disbanding its hardware division. The move comes as a “long-term strategic decision” to develop AR software solutions. In an official press release, the firm noted that the layoffs are “not the […]
Meta Quest 1 Loses Official Security Support
This week, reports are emerging that Meta is continuing to drop Quest 1 support, following the firm’s slow drop in technical support for the landmark headset in previous months. Meta’s transition to dropping official support for the classic headset feels natural at this point in the firm’s history. However, Meta’s dropping security support for […]
X Rejoins GARM To Reassure Ad Partners on Brand Safety
X continues its efforts to reassure potential ad partners.
TikTok Updates Option To Download Clips Without Watermark
An easier way to repurpose your TikTok clips.
TikTok’s Developing a New AI Chatbot Called Genie
TikTok’s looking to make a bigger jump into the generative AI race.
Ocarina Of Time, Drivable Steam Train, & A Space Museum In PC VRChat
Don Hopper drives a steam train, visits a space museum and checks out Hyrule in PC VRChat.
Attack On Titan VR: Unbreakable Trailer Shows Melee Combat With Nude Giants
Attack On Titan VR: Unbreakable will receive a staggered launch, entering early access this month on Quest.
Tim Sweeney Explains Why Fortnite Has “No Plans” For VR Support
Epic Games’ CEO reconfirmed there are “no plans currently” to bring Fortnite to VR.
Pico Is Also Opening Up Its Store & Getting Rid Of Its App Lab Equivalent
Pico will open up its store and get rid of its App Lab equivalent, just over two months after Meta announced the same.
The XR Week Peek (2024.07.02): Upload VR Summer Showcase, Meta Quest’s movable windows, and more!
I’m back in Italy after having been a mentor at the XRCC in Berlin! My experience there has been great… maybe I’ll write something about it soon. But there are a lot of pieces of interesting XR news to talk about… so why should I speak about me now? ? Top news of the week The UploadVR […]
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‘Attack on Titan VR’ Releases in Early Access July 23rd, and It Looks… Rough
Japanese studio UNIVRS announced Attack on Titan VR: Unbreakable in late 2022, making for the hit anime’s first official VR game. Now the studio says it’s releasing the game in early access on Quest next month, giving us our first look at gameplay. And it looks pretty rough. The studio today announced that Attack on Titan VR: Unbreakable is […]
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Routine Health Assessments and Cargo Ops Top Tuesday’s Schedule
Hearing assessments, eye exams, and cargo ops topped Tuesday’s schedule aboard the International Space Station. The Expedition 71 and Boeing Crew Flight Test crews also scheduled in some time to connect with students back on Earth and prepare for upcoming mission activities. As part of regularly scheduled exams in low Earth orbit, NASA astronauts Matthew …
Meta’s Zuckerberg Reveals Info on New AR Smart Glasses and Neural Interface Wristbands
Meta Connect is coming up later this year. Ahead of the event, Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, spoke to a YouTube content creator to reveal many details of the firm’s roadmap from AI to XR, giving a window into what Meta may have planned for its upcoming showcase event. During the conversation, Zuckerberg spoke about […]
Indian Healthcare Firm Uses VR Training to Bridge Knowledge Gaps
Late last week, MediSim VR debuted a VR training lab to upskill new and existing healthcare workers in Gujarat. The announcement introduces the VR Skill Training Lab located at KD Hospital, a first of its kind for the healthcare space. The training facility will provide students and professionals with XR hardware and software solutions that […]
X Previews Coming Improvements to Ad Analytics
The improved dashboard is significantly more intuitive.
The White House Announces Its First Creator Economy Conference
Government officials will meet with Creator Economy experts.