Snap’s Lensathon Competition Teases The Future Of AR

This year’s lineup features everything from AR fashion to AR gaming. Snap Inc. has announced the winners of its 2022 Build the Future Lensathon, during which Lens Creators from around the world competed for a whopping $200,000 in prizes. This year’s competition featured over 3,000 developers working on a variety of augmented reality (AR) Lenses […]

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Meta Horizon Worlds Spotlight: The Basement

Welcome back to our weekly spotlight on the people building for Meta Horizon Worlds and their amazing creations….

Warpin Reality, Meta Take ‘Deep Dive’ for IKEA AR App

Warpin Reality, a Stokholm, Sweden-based extended reality (XR) firm creating immersive experiences for clients, launched an augmented reality (AR) experience this month in a major partnership with Meta Platforms and IKEA. The AR initiative, Lilla Äventyret (Swedish: Little Adventure), functions as an app filter on Instagram for people of all ages. IKEA worked with its […]

Agora Updates Spatial Audio with AI Noise Suppression

Agora Inc, a major real-time engagement platform for application programme interfaces (APIs), announced on Thursday it had launched its Artificial Intelligence (AI) Noise Suppression solution. The new tool eliminates background noise, allowing users to hear their voice at meetings. This provides streamlined, distraction-free conversations with others while operating in immersive spaces. We’re thrilled to announce […]

Meta Updates Enforcement Rules to Focus on Explanations, Not Suspensions

The changes come as a result of recommendations from the Oversight Board.

EU Officials Told to Remove TikTok From Official Devices Due to Security Concerns

TikTok is facing more restrictions and investigations.

Meta’s ‘Widely Viewed Content Report’ Highlights Top Content Trends on Facebook

The report shows the most shared posts across Facebook in Q4 2022.

Meta Interaction SDK Gets Hand Tracking Teleport Gesture With Demo Game

Meta added a hand tracking teleportation gesture to its Interaction SDK for developers, and you can try it in this App Lab demo game:

Kill It With Fire VR Coming This Year To Quest 2, PSVR 2 & PC VR

Spider hunter game Kill It With Fire is coming to VR, releasing later this year for Quest, PC VR and PSVR headsets.

Hellsweeper PSVR 2 Release Confirmed, Coming Later This Year

Good news for dark fantasy combat fans – Hellsweeper is confirmed for release on PSVR 2 later this year.

Synapse Dual-Wielding Shooter Coming To PSVR 2

One of VR’s most experienced development studios, nDreams, revealed its upcoming shooter Synapse for PSVR 2.

Soyuz Spacecraft Flies to Station as SpaceX Crew Dragon Nears Launch

One spacecraft is soaring toward the International Space Station as another spaceship targets its launch to the orbiting lab early next week. Meanwhile, the seven Expedition 68 members living in space are gearing up for the new spaceship arrivals and preparing for the departure of four crewmates, all while continuing a host of microgravity research. …

Uncrewed Replacement Soyuz Launches to the Space Station

The uncrewed Soyuz spacecraft is safely in orbit headed for the International Space Station following launch at 7:24 p.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 23, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. After a two-day journey, the unpiloted spacecraft will dock automatically to the Poisk module’s space-facing port at 8:01 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25. NASA coverage of rendezvous …

NASA TV is Live As Uncrewed Replacement Soyuz Prepares to Launch

NASA TV coverage is underway for the launch of an uncrewed Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station. Soyuz will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 7:24 p.m. EST (5:24 a.m. Feb. 24, Baikonur time). Launch and docking activities will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website. After …

Social Media Users Can’t Decide If They Love Or Hate The ‘He Gets Us’ Campaign

IMAGE DISSTRIBUTED TO HEGETSUS.COM: Las Vegas billboards displaying “Jesus Went All In, Too”, are displayed on IMAGE DITRIBUTED FOR HeGETSUS.COM … [+]Boulevard in the night of March 14, 2022. He Gets You is an advertisement…read more

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How ChatGPT Is Being Used To Enhance VR Training

Immersive technology and artificial intelligence collide. Virtualspeech, an online soft skills training platform, has implemented the widely talked-about artificial intelligence (AI) language model, ChatGPT, into its VR training courses. According to an official release, this latest upgrade promises to deliver more realistic interactions throughout a variety of real-world simulations. The company claims that its VR […]

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Mix and Slash Through a Fantastical World in ‘Mixture’ for Meta Quest 2, Out Today

Most action games let you live out your fantasies as one powerful character. But Mixture goes a step further by letting you control two characters…

‘Papaye Bang Bang VR’ Slingshots Onto the Meta Quest Platform

If a Picasso painting and the Wild West had a neon baby, and that baby were armed with a slingshot, the end result might look…

Meta Horizon Worlds v98 Release Notes

This week’s Meta Horizon Worlds update is a light one, and it includes a couple bug fixes related to lighting and world insights. We’ve also…

VIRNECT, DigiLens to Deliver Industrial Immersive Solutions

This Month, augmented reality (AR) solutions provider VIRNECT entered a strategic partnership to integrate its enterprise-grade immersive software onto the DigiLens ARGO smart glasses product. The move enables VIRCENT to offer its customers improved user experience, performance, and affordability. The firm’s partnership with DigiLens also creates more hardware options for its content. VIRNECT provides enterprise […]

Apple, China’s Luxshare Partner for AR Smart Glasses

Apple Inc has reached out to Chinese manufacturing firm Luxshare to develop its upcoming augmented reality (AR) smart glasses, Nikkei Asia reported on Thursday. Luxshare is rising in the ranks of Chinese industry. According to five anonymous sources familiar with the matter, the company recently acquired China’s AR powerhouse in Shanghai, which Taiwanese firm Pegatron […]

Marketing Launch Strategy: The Amy Porterfield Method

Do you promote and sell products or services? Looking for a proven plan to sell your products prior to launch? To discover a four-phase launch strategy that drives enormous sales, I interview Amy Porterfield.

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Meta Outlines Actions on Spam, Fake Accounts and Violations in Latest Community Standards Report

Meta’s latest Community Standards report highlights its evolving detection efforts.

LinkedIn Adds New Visual Display Elements on User Profiles, Scheduling Tools for Newsletters

Time to refresh your LinkedIn profile

Snapchat Announces Winners of its 2022 AR Lensathon, Which highlights Creative AR Use

Snapchat’s Lensathon celebrates the most innovative and creative uses of AR tech.