Newtonlab Space Demos Telepresence Kit at ISE 2022

XR Today’s Demond Cureton speaks to Roger Belso, Creative Manager for Newtonlab Space. In this session we discuss the following: 1) Newtonlab Space’s innovative telepresence and holographic XR marketing interfaces 2) Building immersive campaigns for clients with the right creative content 3) Thoughts and summaries on the ISE 2022 If you’re looking for more information […]

Snap Stocks Drop 32 Percent After Annual Summit

Snap’s shares dropped by 32 percent during after-hours trading, global media reported on Tuesday after the firm reported it had missed its Q2 guidance range, forcing it to lower its future quarterly forecasts. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) also indicated Snap’s Q2 earnings would fall short of expectations. The company said in a filing: […]

Journey Acquires Firms to Redesign XR, CX Future

Journey, a New York and Los Angeles-based company designing creative digital experiences for global firms, announced on Tuesday it had acquired ICRAVE, Futures Intelligence Group, and Skilled Created to expand its operations and empower firms with digital transformations. Andrew Zimmerman, Journey’s Chief Executive, the former CEO of frog Design and Co-Founder of Accenture Interactive and […]

Meet our XR Awards Leader of the Year Finalists

XR Today will soon debut its inaugural awards event on Thursday, with industry professionals and fans of virtual, augmented, mixed, and extended reality (VR/AR/MR/XR) solutions uniting to commemorate some of the most recognised innovators across the tech landscape. Register to attend the XR Awards for free here Before the ceremony launches on Thursday, we’d like […]

How to Schedule Your Social Media Content Curation for Massive Growth [Infographic]

Mapping out a content curation schedule, alongside your original shares, can help to boost your social media presence.

WhatsApp Partners with Indian Government to Provide Digital Identity Documents In-App

It’s another step in Meta’s push to make WhatsApp into a more essential utility for Indian users.

Meta Outlines Advancing Process for Creating Realistic Digital Avatars for the Next Stage of Connection

The new avatar creation tools will open up a range of new opportunities within the broader metaverse shift.

Instagram Outlines Update Visual Elements to Better Connect with its Purpose

Instagram’s visual elements will look a little different – which will also help to improve accessibility.

Fast Travel Games Confirms Multiple PSVR 2 Games In Development

Cities: VR and Wraith developer Fast Travel Games has confirmed it’s working on multiple PSVR 2 titles.

What could they be?

Quest 2 Experimental Room Setup Adds Walls & Furniture To Mixed Reality

A new experimental feature on Quest 2 incorporates your walls and furniture in room setup.

The XR Week Peek (2022.05.23): New info on Apple glasses, Qualcomm glasses go wireless, and more!

Good morning from Perpignan, France! I’m here to do some meetings, but actually also to eat a lot of food.

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NASA TV Broadcasts Starliner’s Undocking and Landing on Wednesday

NASA will provide live coverage of the upcoming return activities for the agency’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2). As part of the uncrewed flight test, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will depart from the International Space Station for a landing in the western United States. The spacecraft is scheduled to autonomously undock from the space station …

Crew Works Starliner Operations and Studies Space Biology

Two Expedition 67 astronauts are unloading cargo delivered inside Boeing’s Starliner crew ship and testing its systems ahead of its departure this week. Meanwhile, the other residents aboard the International Space Station are juggling advanced space research and orbital lab maintenance. NASA Flight Engineers Kjell Lindgren and Bob Hines have been unpacking some of the …

Big XR News from Qualcomm, Apple, Meta, and Vuzix

Last week, several of the world’s top extended reality (XR) brands introduced groundbreaking immersive devices to support emerging Metaverse platforms. Global XR firms Qualcomm, Apple, and Vuzix revealed updates to their head-mounted devices (HMDs) for consumers and enterprises. Meta’s Global Affairs Chief Nick Clegg also shared his views on the Menlo Park-based firm’s open Metaverse […]

Nreal Air Smart Glasses Debut in UK

Chinese augmented reality (AR) company Nreal debuted its Air smart glasses in the UK with partner EE, following a multi-million dollar global expansion drive for its products, led by Alibaba Holdings. Nreal’s Air smart glasses are available on EE’s website for £399.99 or 11 monthly instalments of £35 with a £10 upfront cost. The product […]

TerraZero Debuts 22Gz Decentraland Music Video

TerraZero, a metaverse firm specialising in building virtual assets and experiences on the Decentraland platform, developed a world-first replica of New York City’s iconic Brooklyn Bridge for Atlantic Records superstar 22Gz’s latest video. 22Gz’s launched the video on 20 May at the drill rapper’s Blixkyverse on Decentraland and hosted the exclusive event for 48 hours. […]

PRX Metaverse, Asia Plus Partner for Web3 Security

On Monday, the PRX Metaverse project officially joined Asia Plus as part of a partnership which restructures the latter’s corporate structure to boost web 3.0 security and investment opportunities. The partnership restructures Asia Plus’ preexisting security interests into four divisions: securities brokerage, securities trading, investment advisory, and underwriting and designated broker. PRX Metaverse project has […]

Shores Of Loci Is A Sumptuous VR Puzzler For Quest, PC VR

Shores of Loci is a sumptous new VR puzzler.

Early access is tomorrow. Trailer and impressions are right here!

Meta Working On Fix For (Air) Link Windows 11 Juddering

John Carmack says a fix for Oculus Link juddering on Windows 11 is “in the pipeline”, but noted he “can’t say exactly when it will land”.

“Sorry it has taken so long.”

Tarzan VR Gets A Trilogy Edition On PC

A new Tarzan VR Trilogy Edition collects all three episodes of the adventure for PC VR.

VR Roguelike ‘OUTLIER’ Cancelled Due to “overestimated demand”

Joy Way, the studio behind VR titles Stride and Against, announced it’s abandoning development on its most recent PC VR title, Outlier, which hit early access on Steam in March. The studio released a statement on Friday detailing the decision to remove Outlier from sale on Steam. Joy Way advises users to either refund the game […]

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The Atlas Mystery Review: A Trip To The Pictures

VR escape rooms are a dime a dozen; can The Atlas Mystery separate itself from the pack?

Read on for our review.

GOLF+ Is Getting One Of The World’s Most Iconic Courses Next Week

The famous Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort is coming to GOLF+ on Quest 2 next week.

More details here.

Between Realities VR Podcast: Season 5 Episode 15 Ft. Ben Lang of Road To VR

In this week’s episode of the Between Realities VR Podcast, Alex and Skeeva host Ben Lang, co-founder and Executive Editor of Road to VR.

Meta Announces ‘Recurring Notifications’ for Business Messaging, a Significant Shift in its Platform Approach

The new recurring notifications process is a significant shift in how Meta has enabled message notifications in the past.