Second of the New Solar Arrays Successfully Deployed

Working together outside the International Space Station, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet and NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough successfully installed, connected, and deployed a new ISS Roll-Out Solar Array (iROSA). The array deployment began at 1:45 p.m. EDT using stored kinetic energy, unfurling over the course of about 10 minutes. Mission control confirmed good power …

Astronauts Begin Spacewalk to Install New Solar Array

ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet and NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough have begun their spacewalk outside the International Space Station to install and deploy the second of two new ISS Roll-Out Solar Arrays (iROSA). The spacewalkers switched their spacesuits to battery power at 7:52 a.m. EDT to begin the spacewalk, which is expected to …

NASA TV is Live Now as Astronauts Ready for Spacewalk

NASA Television coverage of today’s spacewalk with NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet is now underway and is also available on the NASA app and the agency’s website. The crew members of Expedition 65 are preparing to go outside the International Space Station for a spacewalk expected to begin …

Snapchat Announces a New Music Licensing Agreement with Universal Music Group

The expanded music library will give users more options to add soundtracks to their Snaps.

Twitter Adds Indian Payment Provider Razorpay to Tip Jar Options

The addition will help Twitter increase its appeal with Indian creators.

Facebook Launches New Guide to Help Businesses Celebrate LGBTQ+ Culture and Community

The guide provides tips and notes on how businesses can support LGBTQ+ people beyond Pride Month alone.

Clubhouse Announces Expansion of ‘Creator First’ Funding Program to Creators in Brazil

The program will see Clubhouse provide more financial and training support for more creators.

Stride Reveals New Multiplayer Add-On, In Alpha Now

Stride now has a separate multiplayer app!

HTC Vive Focus 3 BE in-depth review: it’s all about business

Thanks to HTC that has kindly provided me a loaner device, I have been able to test in the last

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Built on ‘Medium’, Adobe’s New Substance 3D Modeler Aims to Bring VR Modeling to Pro Workflows

This week Adobe revealed its new Substance 3D software suite which is designed to give creative professionals a comprehensive set of tools for modeling, texturing, and lighting 3D objects and scenes. Built on the foundation of the VR sculpting tool Oculus Medium (which Adobe acquired back in 2019), the Substance 3D Modeler tool aims to […]

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LIV Mobile App Lets You Record Quest Mixed Reality Video with Just Your iPhone, Now in Beta

LIV develops software for mixed reality video capture, and over the years it’s become the de facto method for streamers showing themselves immersed in VR from a third-person perspective. For best results though, using LIV invariably means you’ll need some extra equipment, which isn’t ideal for everyone. Now LIV has released its newly unveiled mobile iOS […]

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JUMP Opens Pre-sales for Tickets to Its Virtual Skydiving Attraction

JUMP, the destination-based entertainment company, exited stealth late last year and teased a unique attraction that would combine real-world wing suits, wind effects, body harnesses and VR headsets for a fully immersive skydiving experience. The company is now taking pre-orders for tickets to its debut locations, which for now are in Utah and New Jersey.  JUMP […]

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VR Education Platform ‘ENGAGE’ Raises $10.7M to Build ‘Oasis’ Metaverse for Business

VR Education Holdings, the company behind the social VR platform ENGAGE, announced it’s raised €9 million (~$10.7 million) which will help it expand beyond the realm of immersive education & training and into a new product called ENGAGE Oasis. It’s billing the upcoming social VR platform as an enterprise offering comparable to a “fully featured […]

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NASA TV Goes Live on Friday for Third Spacewalk in June

NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet are scheduled to exit the International Space Station’s Quest airlock Friday for a spacewalk to install and deploy the second of six new solar arrays to help power the orbiting laboratory. Live coverage of the spacewalk will air on NASA Television, the agency’s website, …

Astronauts Get Ready for Spacewalk While Science Continues

Four Expedition 65 crew members spent Thursday preparing for the third spacewalk to continue new roll-out solar array installation work. The other three International Space Station crew members continued with variety of space research. Astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Thomas Pesquet are scheduled to exit the space station shortly after they set their U.S. spacesuits to …

Twitter Announces Full iOS Launch of Tweet Sharing to Instagram Stories

Now all iOS users can easily share tweets to their Instagram Stories frames.

Facebook Tests New Animations When Sharing a Post in the News Feed

The animations are displayed when a user scrolls by your share in their News Feed.

YouTube’s Making a Change to Unlisted Videos, Adding New Detailed Info for Policy Violations

Creators with Unlisted videos will need to decide how they want to respond to the update.

Snapchat Adds New Product Integration for Pride Week, Enabling Users to Create Physical Pride Flags

The option enables users to have a real flag printed based on their in-app creation.

Green Hell VR May Get Original Game’s Extra Content In The Future

Green Hell VR developer Incuvo may add additional content to the game in the future.

Adobe Productizing Oculus Medium Acquisition As ‘Substance 3D Modeler’

Adobe just launched a new ‘Substance 3D’ suite of creation tools.

The Oculus Medium VR sculpting app it acquired from Facebook will evolve to become a new product called Substance 3D Modeler.

‘Walkabout Mini Golf’ Finally Set to Launch on Steam July 15th with Cross-play, New Course Included

After launching on Quest back in September of 2020 and “coming soon” to Steam ever since, the well rated VR mini golf game Walkabout Mini Golf finally has a July 15th release date on Steam, supporting all PC VR headsets and cross-play with the Quest and Oculus PC versions. The game was recently updated with its seventh […]

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‘STRIDE’ Multiplayer Alpha Launches With ‘Infection Mode’ Tag

Developer Joy Way today launched a surprise multiplayer alpha for its STRIDE VR parkour action game. The new mode, called ‘STRIDE.net’ is available free to current owners of the game and offers up an ‘infection mode’ which works like a high stakes game of tag. The original Stride launched on Steam in early access last year […]

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Oculus Removes ‘Go Live’ Facebook Livestreaming on Quest v30 Update

Though Oculus has added plenty of new features to Quest since its launch, in the latest update its removing one: the ‘Go Live’ feature was the only direct method for livestreaming the headset’s view to the web (via Facebook), but it’s gone as of the v30 update. Users can still cast from Quest to a […]

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Moth+Flame Raises $2.5M to Expand Its Immersive VR Work Training Tech

Moth+Flame, a creator of VR training software, today announced it’s garnered $2.5 million in seed funding to expand the scale of its workplace VR training technology. The New York-based company’s latest funding round was led by Bee Partners with additional investment from First In, Meeting Street Capital, Service Provider Capital, Spacecadet, and Dan Farah, producer […]

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