Crew Awaits Dragon Filled with New Science Benefitting Humans

More than 5,800 pounds of new science experiments and crew supplies are on their way to the International Space Station after the successful launch of the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft on Thursday. Dragon blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 8:44 p.m. and reached orbit less than nine minutes later beginning its …

Meta Round-Up: XR Thrives Despite Major Reshuffle

Extended reality (XR) firm Meta remains consistent with its innovations, updates, and announcements. The Menlo Park-based firm is gearing up for the fiscal year’s second half (H2) by preparing to distribute the long-awaited successor to the Meta Quest 2. The upcoming release may face difficulties leading into this year’s Connect event. At the connect event […]

Saudi Aramco Leads $6.5m PIXO XR Tech Fundraiser

PIXO VR, a major supplier of extended reality (XR) solutions, announced on Thursday it had gained $6.5 million in funding to expand its operations globally. Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures (SAEV), the oil and gas giant’s corporate venture capital wing, led the investment round, followed by Peter Karmanos Jr from Compuware Corporation, among others. According to […]

Introducing XR Summit: The Ultimate XR Virtual Event

Register for XR Summit 2022 It’s time for the ultimate virtual event experience, designed for the XR industry. The XR Summit is the ideal way to stay up-to-date with the latest trends and evolutions in the XR industry, without leaving the comfort of your home or office. Part of the world-renowned collection of Today Digital […]

Shanghai Eyes $52bn Metaverse Tech Hub for 2025

The Shanghai City Government has unveiled plans to step up its efforts to build a metaverse industry by 2025, it revealed in a policy paper on Friday last week. The proposal, drafted in December last year, comes amid the massive city’s Five-Year Plan to research, develop, and deploy emerging technologies, allowing Shanghai to rise as […]

Building Strong Connections With Your Social Media Content

Struggling to attract and connect with your audience on social media? Could you be working with outdated content strategies and tactics? To discover common content strategy mistakes and learn how to develop content that draws a loyal community to your business, I interview Brooke Sellas.

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Twitter Launches the Next Stage of its Custom Timeline Experiment, Fueled by Alternative Feed Algorithms

Twitter’s eventually planning to enable third-party providers to build their own tweet algorithms. 

Twitter Adds New Prompts to Start a Space From Within the Tweet Reply Flow

Twitter really wants more people to give Spaces a go.

Twitter Adds New Prompts to Get More Users Adding Alt Text Descriptions to Images

The new prompts will alert users to the benefits of adding text descriptions when sharing images and GIFs. 

Twitter Highlights Key Shopping Conversation Trends Leading into the Christmas Period [Infographic]

Christmas is only 165 days away, which means that you need to start planning your holiday marketing campaigns.

Survios Working On Aliens Game For VR, PC & Console

Survios is working on a brand new single-player Aliens game for VR as well as traditional game systems.

VR Edition Of Indie Game Lost Ember Available Now For PC VR

The VR Edition of indie adventure game Lost Ember is now available for PC VR, bundled for sale alongside the original game and available for free for existing players. 

Gorgeous Water Racing Available Now In Kayak VR: Mirage On Steam

Kayak VR is now available for PC VR on Steam, offering visually-stunning kayak gameplay through some gorgeous environments.

More info here.

How to build and run OpenXR applications in Unity

After a long time with my lovely Unity 2019.4 LTS, I have decided it was time to switch to something

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How to Inform Your B2B Content Strategy with Real-Time Buyer-Level Insights

In their most recent report, CMI shared that 77% of marketers reported their organization has a content marketing strategy.  That sounds nice and all but here’s the truth: What many marketers are calling a “content marketing strategy” is merely a collection of topics and a list of random acts of content stored on a page. […]

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Astronauts Relax Before Busy Weekend of Cargo Dragon Preps

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon cargo craft atop stands at the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. More than 5,800 pounds of new science experiments and crew supplies are packed inside Dragon awaiting a liftoff tonight at 8:44 p.m. EDT. The U.S. commercial resupply ship will orbit Earth for a …

ARTISANT to Open House Of Muse NFT Fashion Event

We3 digital fashion platform ARTISANT is set to host its House of Muse conference 20 and 21 July, with the collaborative and educational meeting aiming to share knowledge on non-fungible token (NFT) collectables, development, community management, investment and other topics. Friends of the major event include PUMA, Red, Cointelgraph, Mavion, Cash Labs and The Nifty […]

Santander to Host Blockchain Awards on Decentraland

This Thursday, global banking firm Santander will host its “X Global Challenge – Blockchain & Beyond” award ceremony on metaverse platform Decentraland. The event invites firms aiming to resolve modern web3 and Metaverse concerns, including blockchain privacy, and security to boost Defi, enhancing tokenism, and improving digital interactions. Tomorrow we’ll be announcing the winners of […]

Building a Business Case For XR In Travel

Over the last couple of years, extended reality has grown to become an increasingly mainstream part of our world. We’re using virtual reality to enhance collaboration, and augmented reality to connect with customers. Mixed reality solutions are even paving the way to the promise of teleportation. When the pandemic changed the way countless companies operate, […]

XR Association, ITIF to Host XR Policy Conference

The XR Association (XRA) is set to host its second-ever Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) Policy Conference to tap fresh opportunities to discuss policy around spatial communications, it recently announced. The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) is set to join the XRA for the event on 14 September, which will host numerous expert discussions […]

TikTok Launches New Tools to Help Protect Users from Potentially Offensive and Harmful Content

TikTok’s looking to add more tools to help protect people from unwanted exposure in the app.

Instagram Tests New ‘Notes’ Shelf in IG Direct, Ads on User Profiles

File these new IG tests under ‘Really?’

Twitter’s Legal Team Unleashes on Elon Musk, as it Moves to Force Musk to Complete Takeover Deal

Twitter is not happy, and it has a long list of grievances with the billionaire Tesla chief.

Twitter Shares New Insights into Evolving Gaming Discussion in the App

Gaming discussion continues to rise via tweet.

Magic Leap 2 On Sale To General Public In September For $3,299

Magic Leap 2 is priced starting at $3,299.

Full specs here: