Jack Daniel’s, IW Group Honour Hip Hop with Spatial Metaverse

Jack Daniel’s opened its virtual doors to the public by commemorating urban art and the 50th anniversary of hip-hop in late September. Currently ongoing, the iconic brand has launched The Verse — the company’s first virtual reality (VR) immersive experience — under its Art, Beats + Lyrics programme. The cutting-edge immersive experience will celebrate the […]

What is Bizzlogic’s Meadow XR Platform?

Watch on YouTube. XR Today’s Demond Cureton hosts Pascal Kuemper, Chief Executive, Bizzlogic and Fabio Buccheri, Head of Business Development, Bizzlogic. In our interview, we discuss the following: The challenges to overcome prior to the launch of Bizzlogic’s Meadow metaverse platform. Use cases expeted to dominate the platform and enterprise problems it aims to solve […]

TikTok Partners with MVVO on Competition to Showcase Creative Clips in Times Square

Wanna’ get your TikTok clips shown in Times Square.

Meta Expands its Roll Out of Generative AI Features for Ad Creation

Meta’s new generative AI tools are coming to Meta Ads Manager.

Meta’s Reportedly Exploring New Options To Reignite Threads Interest

Can Threads capitalize on the opportunity sparked by Musk’s reformation of Twitter?

New Report Shows Referral Traffic From Facebook and X Continues to Decline

Seeing declines in your social traffic numbers? You’re definitely not alone.

Virtual Desktop Update Adds Quest 3 Support & Quest Pro VRChat Face/Eye Tracking

Virtual Desktop update adds AV1 & higher bitrates on Quest 3 and VRChat face & eye tracking on Quest Pro.

Its developer called Quest 3 “the best headset for wireless PC VR by far”.

Bigscreen Beyond Headset US Preorders Delayed Into Q4 Amid Production Issues

Most Bigscreen Beyond US preorders originally slated to ship in Q3 have slipped into Q4 as the startup experiences production delays.

Meta Reportedly Laying Off Custom Chip Staff As Qualcomm Partnership Strengthens

Meta is reportedly conducting layoffs in its custom chips team as its close partnership with Qualcomm strengthens.

Immersed Cancels Cheaper 2.5K Visor As 96% Chose The 4K Model

Immersed canceled the cheaper 2.5K per eye model of Visor as the startup says 96% of people chose 4K.

Collegiate VR Esports League Announces New Season With Breachers

Collegiate VR Esports League Announces New Season With Breachers

Collegiate VR Esports League (CVRE) was established in January 2018 as a fun, friendly community that would cater specifically to the needs of collegiate level VR and esport enthusiasts. Since that time, over 50 different universities, colleges, and post-secondary schools have participated. CVRE recently launched their 11th season and there are already 29 different universities registered with over 115 players.

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Spacesuits, Research, and Treadmill Work Top Crew’s Day

The Expedition 70 crew continues preparing for a pair of spacewalks for science and maintenance outside the International Space Station. The orbital residents are also studying space piloting, observing Earth, and working on a treadmill today. NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen are getting ready for their first spacewalk …

Hoses at the Ready: ‘PowerWash Simulator VR’ is Coming to Meta Quest 2, 3, and Pro on November 2

There’s an inescapable human urge to clean things: You just feel better when you have clean teeth, wear clean clothes, and drive a clean car….

Meta Horizon Worlds v130 Release Notes: World Chat Rolls Out Widely

Meta Horizon Worlds v130 is here! Thanks to all who attended Meta Connect 2023 last week. This week, we’re rolling out access to world chat…

Virtualware Inks Multi-Year VR Trainer Deal with US Energy Firm

Virtualware, a Spanish virtual reality (VR) firm specialising in enterprise training solutions, has inked a massive multi-million dollar deal with a US energy firm. With its VR training platform, Virtualware will offer its services to the unnamed company to rapidly upskill its workforce for entering their on-side working environments.  The five-year renewable contract will allow […]

XR Analytics in Enterprise Use Cases

Watch on YouTube. XR Today’s Rory Greener hosts Tony Bevilacqua, Founder & CEO of Cognitive3D to discuss the following: Introducing Cognative3D, what analytics are you helping clients track and why? How does this assist in building the foundation of XR-based consumer and worker behaviour analytics? How are clients gaining from investments in XR analytics? Will […]

XR Storytelling Shows the Future of Content is Spatial, VNCCII Says

As the Creativity Conference kicks off its first day of speakers, many esteemed experts have begun sharing their perspectives on creativity and how it applies to their respective fields. With the need to innovate industries, many speakers at the online event will showcase groundbreaking approaches to creativity in XR content creation, building information modelling (BIM), […]

Meta Launches Verification for Businesses in New Zealand

Meta’s expanding its paid verification package to businesses.

LinkedIn Expands the Display of Its Profile CTA Buttons to More Surfaces

More ways for creators to drive traffic from their LinkedIn presence.

X Experiments With New Game Streaming Process To Expand Its Content Options

Gaming is already huge on X, and this could help to build on its opportunities.

X Signs Exclusive Content Deal With Paris Hilton To Build on Its Entertainment Efforts

The deal is the first celebrity partnership under new CEO Linda Yaccarino.

VR MMORPG Ilysia Targets Early Access This Month On Quest & Steam

VR MMORPG Ilysia targets an early access launch this month on Quest and Steam.

PowerWash Simulator VR Reaches Quest This November

PowerWash Simulator VR cleans up a release date, arriving next month on Quest.

Former Oculus CTO John Carmack ‘Unconvinced’ By Mixed Reality In VR Headsets

Meta is focused on mixed reality with Quest 3, but former Oculus CTO John Carmack remains unconvinced.

The XR Week Peek (2023.10.02): Meta Quest 3 launched, Vive Ultimate Tracker leaked, and more!

Welcome to this new edition of the XR Week Peek, which this week will be a bit special because I will summarize here what happened during the Meta Connect, the event during which Mark Zuckerberg launched the Quest 3, the Ray-Ban Meta smartglasses, and new techniques for data harvest… cough cough I mean, new AI […]

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