Light-hearted consumer apps like Pokémon Go are what first spread awareness of augmented reality (AR) on a global scale, but its value doesn’t end there… In fact, AR is already having a huge impact on the way businesses and organizations learn, collaborate, visualize and grow, and its power to transform entire industries is only just […]
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When Will the Metaverse Be Here?
While Mark Zuckerberg’s keynote at Connect would have you believe that the metaverse is almost at the gates, the reality is slightly more complex. The reality is that the metaverse is both several years away, and also here, available for your use. Depending on how you define the metaverse, the metaverse can be a futuristic […]
GIPHY Reveals the Most Popular GIFs on its Platform in 2021
GIPHY’s Top 10 GIFs of the year list captures the prevailing emotions of the previous 12 months.
Meta Provides New Insights into the Benefits of General and Narrow Ad Targeting Approaches
The report shows that brands often go too narrow with their ad targeting in the early stages, limiting performance.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Stands Down Effective Immediately, Replaced by CTO Parag Agrawal
It’s the end of an era at the social media giant.
Kuo: Apple Headset To Launch Late 2022 With 4K Displays & Macbook Performance
Apple’s rumored upcoming headset will have 4K micro OLED displays and M1 MacBook level performance, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims.
The XR Week Peek (2021.11.29): Black Friday deals, investments in Niantic, and more!
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope that you all American friends have celebrated it with your families and have eaten a lot
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Astronauts Ready for Tuesday’s Spacewalk
Two NASA astronauts are preparing for a spacewalk on Tuesday to replace a faulty antenna system on the International Space Station. Flight Engineers Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron will exit the orbiting lab tomorrow after setting their U.S. spacesuits to battery power at 7:10 a.m. EST signifying the start of their spacewalk. The duo was …
TikTok’s Testing a New ‘Business Registration’ Option to Confirm Business Information in the App
The new option adds a business category listing to your TikTok profile.
Twitter’s Testing New, Themed App Icons for the Holidays
New icons are coming to Twitter Blue subscribers, providing another way to get into the holiday spirit.
Instagram’s Efforts to Win Back Young Users Will See Video Become the Focus of the Main Feed Display
Instagram’s experiments point to a major shift coming for the app.
YouTube’s Testing a New ‘Search Insights’ Tool to Help Guide Your Content Efforts
The new tool will provide insight into what people are searching for on YouTube, which could help guide your content planning.
Contractors Gets Swords And Archery In Ninja Warrior Update
Modern VR shooter, Contractors, now lets you become a ninja.
Yes, really.
HTC Vive Flow Review: A Niche Within A Niche
HTC’s Vive Flow is by far the lightest VR headset you can buy in the west, but should anyone actually buy it?
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Zookeeper: Blast Quest Brings A 2000s Puzzle Franchise To VR Next Month
Zookeeper: Blast Quest takes an early 2000s puzzle franchise and reimagines it for VR, releasing on Quest next month.
Black Friday 2021 Deal Roundup – VR Headsets & Games
The holiday shopping season is here and often brings with it some of the best deals you’ll find all year on VR. Here’s our concise roundup of Black Friday 2021 VR headset sales and VR game sales. Black Friday 2021 VR Headset Sales Oculus Like previous years, this year Oculus isn’t offering a discount on […]
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INMO Secures Funding for Consumer-Grade Smartgalsses
Shenzhen-based smart glasses firm INMO announced this week that it has secured an undisclosed sum in a series A funding round that was led by Matrix Partners and supported by Unity Ventures, Junsan Capital, as well as pre-existing shareholders. In addition, in early February the augmented reality (AR) firm secured funding from Yilai Investment and […]
Metaverse Real-Estate Records Broken, Totalling $5 Million in One Week
This week, two historic digital real-estate transactions took place on the Metaverse platforms Decentraland and Axie, together the deals total approximately $5 million USD. Both platforms are open-source virtual reality (VR) Metaverses that promote a digital free market economy by incorporating cryptocurrencies. This morning, investors bought a plot of virtual land on Axie Infinity for […]
What Is EMG and Why Will it Revolutionise Meta’s AR Future?
Say what you will, but the augmented reality (AR) glasses segment has been slow to take off. From an indecisive start in 2013, when Google Glass was first launched, we have come a long way – but have covered a surprisingly short distance. It is estimated that AR glasses shipment will reach only 410,000 by […]
Trimble XR10 and HoloLens 2 Review: Combining Powerful Workplace Solutions
Investing in the future of extended reality experiences can be a complex process. It isn’t easy to know which direction you should be going in – with so many great options to explore. For some people, the right route will be an AR application or headset, while others might benefit from virtual reality tools. Once […]
Resolution Games Acquires New VR Studio
Resolution Games acquired Zero Index, the studio that helped port Carly and the Reaperman over to Oculus Quest earlier this year.
Black Friday VR Deals: Quest 2, PSVR, HTC Vive & More
Looking for a VR bargain this holiday season? We’ve got all the biggest Black Friday deals for VR headsets and games in one place.
Russia’s New Docking Module Arrives at Station
The five-ton Prichal docking module arrived at the International Space Station at 10:19 a.m. EST, propelled by a modified Russian Progress propulsion compartment. They docked to the Nauka module on the Earth-facing side of the Russian segment two days after lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Wednesday, Nov. 24 at 8:06 a.m. EST (6:06 p.m. Baikonur time). The spacecraft were flying about 260 miles over Ukraine at the time of docking. To make room for Prichal, the …
Epic Games, Harmonix Partner to Create Metaverse Music Experiences
This week, real-time 3D (RT3D) content creation platform and software development firm Epic Games announced that it will be partnering with video game developers Harmonix to create interactive music experiences for Metaverse platform Fortnite. Founded 26 years ago, Harmonix is famed for its successful line up of music-rhythm games and accompanying hardware, including the massively […]
Glue Collaboration Introduces Beneficial Immersive Features
Finish remote collaboration platform Glue recently announced updates to its advanced communications platform that introduces a selection of new features to improve the popular platform. The update enhances Glue for all users with new user interface (UI) tools and enhanced visuals, making the platform more immersive than ever! Jussi Havu, CEO, Glue Collaboration, said: Glue […]