Metaverse to Contribute 2.8% to Global GDP in 10 Years, says Meta

This Tuesday, a report from leading immersive firm Meta Platforms, produced by Deloitte, analysed the economic forecast of Metaverse services across the US, Canada, the Middle East, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Turkey, and Asia. The report predicted that Metaverse solutions, active across various markets such as retail and manufacturing, could generate up to $402 billion […]

Google Releases AR Geospatial Creator for Unity

Google has unveiled its Geospatial Creator for Unity platform, allowing developers to preview 3D assets via the Unity Editor. Viewing spatially-linked assets on a hyperrealistic 3D planet map, the toolkit powers ARCore and Photorealistic 3D Tiles via the Google Maps Platform, it said on its website. Users can select locations, retrieve 3D geometry of the […]

Targeting Website Visitors With Emails: How to Use Email Retargeting

Need a way to re-engage people who don’t purchase your products or services? Looking for a strategy that doesn’t involve ads? To discover how to target visitors to your website organically with emails, I interview Steve Chou.

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Pinterest Launches Simplified Pin Creation Flow, Adds Links in All Pins

Links in all Pin types is a big update

25 Ways to Promote Your Business for Free [Infographic]

Some tips to help you maximize your marketing outreach efforts.

Twitter Continues to Reform Verification, Bringing it More into Line with the Previous Process

For all the talk of change at the app, Twitter is slowly reverting back to its previous processes.

New Report Highlights the Best Times to Post to Social Platforms in 2023

Sprout Social has published its annual overview of the most engaging times to post.

Dungeon Full Dive Brings DnD 5e To PC VR Later This Year

Dungeon Full Dive brings tabletop adventures to PC VR this year, and you can sign up now for an alpha test.

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Meta ‘Avatars Grow Legs’ Research Shows Realtime AI-Powered Body Pose Estimation

Meta AI researchers are getting closer to delivering realistic avatar legs without extra tracking hardware.

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Another Fisherman’s Tale Review: Limbs Overboard In This Innovative Sequel

Another Fisherman’s Tale is available today on Quest, PC VR and PSVR 2.

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Smash Bros-Like VR Brawler Quantaar Coming To Quest, Pico & PC VR Next Month

Smash Bros-like brawler Quantaar releases next month for Quest, Pico and PC VR.

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My experience with GitHub Copilot: can AI speed up the work of a VR developer?

The first time I heard about GitHub Copilot I was like WOW. It was far before the hype for artificial intelligence, and it was already promising an AI-powered system to speed up the work of developers. The teaser video showed a system that was able to predict what you wanted to write and write it […]

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‘Another Fisherman’s Tale’ Review – A Captivating Sequel with More of Everything

We’re back for another dose of mind-bending puzzles à la Bob the Fisherman. The sequel offers up a longer, more emotionally complex story while packing in a ton of new puzzle mechanics that makes Another Fisherman’s Tale feel leagues ahead of the original in almost every sense. Another Fisherman’s Tale Details: Available On: SteamVR, Quest 2, PSVR 2 Release Date: May 11th, […]

Quest’s Most Graphically Intense Game is Coming to PSVR 2 Next Week

Red Matter 2, the sci-fi VR puzzle adventure for Quest 2 and PC VR, is bringing its best-in-class graphics and interactions to PSVR 2 next week. Update (May 11th, 2023): Vertical Robot announced Red Matter 2 is headed to PSVR 2 on May 18th. This is said to include 120fps, foveated rendering, 4K remastered textures, enhanced […]

Social VR Platform ‘VRChat’ to Lose Quest 1 Support Next Month

As a part of its big send off, Meta has already deprecated first-party social features on the original 2019 Quest, which includes access to Parties and Meta Horizon Home. If you thought you could keep using Quest 1 with other social VR platforms though, your choices are about to get even more limited, as VRChat is soon dropping support […]

Cosmonauts GO for Spacewalk, Astronauts Work on Science Gear

Station managers have given the go for a spacewalk on Friday to deploy and activate a radiator on the International Space Station. Meanwhile, the Expedition 69 crew is continuing its ongoing human research activities and science hardware maintenance. Two cosmonauts will exit the Poisk airlock in their Orlan spacesuits at 11:55 a.m. EDT on Friday …

Spacesuit Work, Eye Checks, Human Research Fill Crew Day

Two cosmonauts spent the day readying the spacesuits they will wear for a spacewalk scheduled for Friday. The rest of the Expedition 69 crew concentrated on eye exams, orbital lab maintenance, and human research aboard the International Space Station. Commander Sergey Prokopyev and Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin are getting ready for their third spacewalk together …

Daft Punk Launches AR Experiences ‘Around The World’

“Get Lucky” with three new immersive experiences available in major cities across the globe. The legendary electronic duo Daft Punk is back (sort of) with a series of interactive augmented reality (AR) experiences created in celebration of the upcoming release of Random Access Memories 10th Anniversary Edition. Developed by Snapchat’s AR Studio in collaboration with […]

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The State of Eye/Hand-Tracking Technology for Enterprise in 2023

An XR immersive experience employs various elements that allow it to be as fully immersive as possible for commercial and enterprise end-users. XR developers can leverage features like spital audio, RT3D graphics, and even AI to immerse a headset user. Although, an emerging presence in the development space is hand and eye tracking. AR/VR/MR headsets […]

Agora Releases Real-Time Transcription API

Agora Inc, one of the top global firms for real-time engagement application programme interfaces (APIs), recently debuted its Real-Time Transcription solution. According to the global firm, the new solution will provide developers with a fast, accurate, and affordable transcription and subtitling service. Additionally, users will benefit from the API as it can integrate across all […]

The Immersive Collaboration Market Map for 2023

Only a few years ago, when extended reality solutions first started emerging in the market, many viewed them as a novel and consumer-focused.   Companies quickly rolled out solutions for the entertainment and gaming landscapes, based on new, immersive technology, introducing us to a new age of digital media. However, as XR solutions have evolved, the […]

Twitter Launches Direct Responses in DM Threads, Expanded Emoji Response Options

Some new options for your Twitter DMs.

Tucker Carlson Announces that He’ll Broadcast a New Show Exclusively on Twitter

The controversial commentator will be hoping to bring his audience to the app.

Meta Outlines New AI Process to Facilitate Creation from a Broader Range of Inputs

ImageBind fuses more inputs into advanced AI experiences.

Meta Shares New Insights into the Projected Economic Impacts of the Metaverse

A new report highlights the potential of the metaverse – though, it’s important to note what the metaverse truly is.