Snapchat Launches new Holiday Trends Guide to Assist with Your Strategic Planning

The guide includes a range of usage insights and ad tips to help guide your approach.

Facebook Announces Season 2 of its ‘Social Skills’ Business Tips Video Series

The second season will feature insights from the social media managers behind Target, BarkBox and more.

NASA Integrates Microsoft HoloLens into Regular Maintenance Operations on International Space Station

As NASA nears the launch of another mission to the Moon in 2024, and a subsequent mission to Mars in the 2030s, augmented reality is increasingly being woven into the normal space operations to test various capabilities.

The latest example comes via the current International Space Station (ISS) crew, several of whom are using the Microsoft HoloLens to carry out vital procedures.

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Arcade Flight Sim ‘Ultrawings 2’ Promises 40–60 Hours of Gameplay, Launching Early 2022

Ultrawings is an arcade VR flight sim that’s been on the market since 2017 and has become something of a classic in its own right. Now developer Bit Planet games says it’s “all-in” on the sequel, Ultrawings 2, which is poised to launch in early 2022 on Quest and PC VR. Ultrawings charmingly combines flight sim mechanics […]

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Promising VR MMO ‘Zenith: The Last City’ Just Got a Huge Boost With $10 Million in Funding

Ramen VR, the studio behind the upcoming VR MMO Zenith: The Last City announced today that it has raised $10 million in venture capital. The game is set to launch later this year on all major headsets. Zenith: The Last City got its start with a successful Kickstarter back in 2019. Despite raising $280,000—significantly more than its […]

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AR Glasses Creator Nreal Secures $100M Series C Financing to Expand Internationally

Chinese AR glasses startup Nreal announced it’s raised a fresh $100 million Series C financing round, something it says will be used for R&D and to fund wider international expansion. As first reported by CNBC, the latest round reportedly brings the company’s valuation to $700 million. That figure was obtained by an anonymous source with […]

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Crew Gets Ready for Russian, U.S. Spaceship Activities This Week

A Soyuz crew ship with three Expedition 65 crew members aboard will move to a new docking port on Tuesday. Two days after that a U.S. cargo craft will depart the International Space Station and return to Earth packed with science experiments and station hardware for retrieval. NASA Flight Engineer Mark Vande Hei and Roscosmos …

Virtual Desktop Gets Video Downloads & 120Hz Flat Game Streaming

A Virtual Desktop update adds a new videos tab to download videos from your PC for local playback on Oculus Quest.

Rec Room Introduces Vehicles, Multiplayer Racing With Rec Rally On Sep 29

The Rec Rally update brings multiplayer racing and vehicles to Rec Room for the first time ever.

Resident Evil 4 VR Releases Oct 21 For Quest 2, New Gameplay Trailer Debuts

Resident Evil 4 VR releases on October 21. For the new trailer for the Oculus Quest 2 exclusive right here.

The XR Week Peek (2021.09.27): Huge leaks on Quest 2 Pro (and Quest 3?), Nreal to launch new glasses, and more!

This is the first newsletter of Autumn 2021: I think I’ll miss the sun but for sure not the mosquitos.

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‘Resident Evil 4’ for Quest 2 to Release October 21st, Extended Gameplay Trailer Here

Just in time for Halloween, Oculus announced today that the VR port of the award-winning survival horror game Resident Evil 4 (2005) is set to release on October 21st. Resident Evil 4 is arriving exclusively on Oculus Quest 2 (re: not the original Quest) when it launches next month. The game has been completely reworked […]

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Eyes-On: Facebook’s First Glasses Pave The Way For Public AR

When Ray-Ban Stories are out of power or turned off they’re just a pair of regular sunglasses, but when in use they’re helping shape Facebook’s future steps in AR and VR. Here’s our eyes-on report.

Clash of Chefs VR Review: Virtual Burger Time

Clash of Chefs serves up a decent VR cooking game, though there’s room for improvement on the menu. Read on for our review!

LinkedIn Outlines the Strength of its Reach and Ad Targeting Options [Infographic]

The infographic provides a full overview of LinkedIn’s ad targeting tools, as well as its various display options.

Pro Tips: Snapchat Shares Insights into Key Platform Marketing Approaches, and Trends Generating Results

Looking to maximize your Snapchat marketing strategy? Here are some tips and insights, direct from Snap’s ad team. 

Creating a Podcast That Builds Trust

Want to start a podcast that helps you grow your business? Want to avoid the common mistakes and create a show that builds a loyal audience? To discover what you need to do to successfully launch a business-building podcast, I interview Paul Colligan.

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How to Create a TikTok Video That Connects

Want to grow your TikTok reach? Wondering how to boost your organic content? To discover how to use the TikTok Promote ad feature to amplify your content and reach more people, I interview Giselle Ugarte.

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Email Marketing Sequences: How to Crush Your Sales

When was the last time you refined your email marketing strategy? Want to know how to use advanced email marketing sequences to improve your sales? To discover proven email strategies that deliver more sales, I interview Chase Dimond.

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Rethinking the Customer Journey: A Strategy for Marketers

Is your marketing attracting the right customers? Do you want better marketing results? To learn how to rethink the customer journey and discover a strategy you can use to optimize your marketing, I interview John Jantsch.

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Did Oculus Quest Pro’s Controllers And Specs Leak Online?

Apparent images of Quest Pro’s controllers and alleged specs for the headset were leaked online.

They suggest a truly high end product designed to push the boundaries of VR and mixed reality.

Rougelike Shooter Sweet Surrender Launches On Oculus Quest And PC VR Next Week

Promising rougelike shooter, Sweet Surrender, hits Oculus Quest and PC VR next week.

Rainbow Reactor: Fusion Review – If It Paint Broke, Don’t Fix It

Rainbow Reactor: Fusion gives the color-matching genre a fresh coat of paint. Read on for our review!

Cheaper & Lighter Nreal AR Glasses To Be Announced Next Week

Nreal told CNBC it will announce new lighter, more comfortable and cheaper AR glasses next week.

The current Nreal Light is only sold in Germany, Spain, Japan, and South Korea – will the new product beat Apple & Facebook to the US & UK?

‘Rec Room’ is Getting a Mario Kart-style Racer on September 29th, Trailer Here

Rec Room, arguably the most successful social VR platform, today announced at its annual Rec Con conference that it’s getting a new go-kart racing mini-game that will let you duke it out against your friends and strangers in six-player online matches. Called ‘Rec Rally’, the new mini-game is set to launch on September 29th, arriving for free […]

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