Bone and Brain Research Fine-Tuning Long-Term Astronaut Health

Bone and brain research wrapped up the week aboard the International Space Station on Friday helping doctors keep astronauts healthy when living in weightlessness. The Expedition 73 crew also checked out spacesuit gear, conducted ultrasound eye scans, and photographed Earth landmarks.

Space Fitness and Agriculture Top Station Science Schedule

The Expedition 73 crew explored microgravity’s effect on bone and plant cells and studied futuristic space workouts aboard the International Space Station on Thursday to keep astronauts fit and promote space agriculture.

Weekly News Round-Up: Friday, August 29, 2025

Editor’s Intro A date for your diary: September 29. That’s when Samsung might drop its Project Moohan XR headset – with a price point that’s set to rattle Apple’s Vision Pro playbook. Enterprise buyers looking for a more realistic route to immersive productivity should pay close attention. At the same time, a titan is leaving […]

Threads Tests In-Stream Text Expansion for Longer Updates

The option will enable you to create longer text updates in-stream.

YouTube Expands Gift Goals to Drive More Live-Stream Donations

Another option to help live-stream creators generate more money.

New Insights Suggest Posting Frequency Is Key to LinkedIn Success

Some pointers to help you maximize your LinkedIn approach. 

Bud Light Touts Ultimate Tailgating Machine With ‘90s-Style Infomercial

The brewer teamed with Traeger Grills for a keg-meets-grill creation that features in a social spot starring NFL players Baker Mayfield and George Kittle.

Dungeons Of Eternity Gets Major Update With Steam Release Next Month

Co-op action hit Dungeons of Eternity reaches Steam in two weeks with upgraded visuals, and it’s joined by a major content update.

Birdseed VR Is An Amateur Birdwatching Photography Sim

Birdseed VR lets you become an amateur birdwatcher with a new photography sim, supporting multiplayer and solo play.

Meta Connect’s Agenda Essentially Confirms A Smart Glasses SDK

A smart glasses SDK of some kind will almost certainly be revealed at Meta Connect 2025. Here’s why we think that.

Meta AI On Smart Glasses Can Now Access Your Calendar

Meta AI on Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses can now access and add events to your Google Calendar and Outlook Calendar.

Sandbox VR Shows that ‘Social’ Beats ‘Spectacle’ at VR Attractions

Sandbox VR is a longstanding VR attraction chain featuring unique VR experiences for up to six players in a large, shared playspace. I recently got a chance to check out one of Sandbox VR’s newest locations and try two of its latest experiences—Squid Game Virtuals and Deadwood Phobia. Sandbox VR is one of the original VR […]

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An Infamous Cave Sealed After a Fatal Accident is Being Reopened for Exploration – in VR

Cave Crave (2025) is a VR game where you explore caves. No monsters, no treasure chests, no puzzles—just the oppressive cave interiors tightening around you as you traverse further underground. Now, developers 3R Games are doing something few would expect: they’re purposefully recreating a now inaccessible cave system where a man died. Next month, Cave […]

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Save the Date! Samsung XR headset Project Moohan Could Launch on September 29 – At a Much Cheaper Price Than the Apple Vision Pro

The launch of Samsung’s first headset, codenamed Project Moohan, marks one of the most exciting shifts yet. If you’re an innovation leader or enterprise buyer weighing the future of workplace collaboration and immersive training, this is one launch you’ll want to circle in your calendar. After months of speculation, with a December announcement followed by […]

X Tests Alternative Way To View Quote Posts

A new tweak to X’s engagement UI.

Meta Shares Latest Data on Policy Enforcements and Content Trends

Some concerning trends in Meta’s latest enforcement data. 

WhatsApp Adds AI-Powered Suggestions for DMs

“Writing Help” can make suggestions when it comes to tone and other writing components. 

TikTok Launches Campaign To Highlight Music Discovery

The campaign will feature artists who got their start in the app.

Spatial Ops Update Adds bHaptics, New Enemies & More

Mixed reality shooter Spatial Ops added bHaptics support, new enemies, and more in today’s update.

Hands-On With Cosmic XR: Exploring The Universe From My Living Room

Cosmic XR brings space right into your living room in mixed reality, teaching you a thing or two about the universe.

Horizon Worlds Creators Can Now AI-Generate Islands, Add AI NPCs “Very Soon”

Meta’s Horizon Worlds Desktop Editor now lets creators AI-generate island environments, and will let them add conversational AI NPCs “very soon”.

Big interview with Kyle Riesenbeck about Upload VR, the XR space, the “good old days”, and more!

To celebrate 9 years of my blog, I interviewed a very special person: Kyle Riesenbeck, who is now Editor-in-Chief and Operations Manager at Upload VR. He is one of the people in the industry I esteem the most, and I was very happy to finally meet him in person at CES this year, and so […]

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Meta’s Reported $800 Smart Glasses with Display Won’t Shoot for the Stars, Claims Respected Analyst

Meta’s smart glasses with display, codenamed ‘Hypernova’, are reportedly slated to cost less than initially expected, with Meta allegedly slashing price expectations from the rumored $1,000 – $1,400 range to $800. Now, respected supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says Meta is nearly ready to begin mass production, although sales expectations aren’t very high. Bloomberg’s Mark […]

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Mixed Reality’s Best Laser Tag-style Multiplayer Gets Better Spatial Stability, New Enemies & More

Spatial Ops (2024) is a bit like laser tag for Quest, letting you set up barriers and squad up with your friends for everything from room-scale to arena-scale mixed reality shootouts. Now, developer Resolution Games released an update today that brings more stability to co-located gameplay, more enemies, support for bHaptics gear, and more. Called ‘Pulse […]

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‘Horizon Worlds’ is Getting AI-powered NPCs Soon That Talk, Guide and React in Real Time

Meta laid out the next step of its AI integration strategy for social VR platform Horizon Worlds, noting that “very soon” creators will be able to add AI-powered NPCs to their worlds. Earlier this year Meta introduced non-embodied NPCs, essentially letting Horizon Worlds creators plug in ‘background’ AI agents, which were meant to offer help, but […]

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