Category: News from the web

As Meta heads to trial, it’s interesting to look at the timeline of TikTok’s relative U.S. growth.

The latest app download charts via Appfigures.

Meta’s been battling EU regulations to enable expanded AI training.

Wonder is a new anthology of mixed reality experiences from the Gadgeteer studio coming to Quest 3 and 3S this spring.

Following Among Us VR’s rebranding to Among Us 3D, the flatscreen version with VR crossplay will follow next month.

This week, we had quite a lot of interesting news about all the major players: Apple, Meta, Google, and Valve. There is a lot to unpack, so make sure to read this roundup of news till the end… where there will also be a giveaway of keys for a cool mixed reality game!  (And feel free […]

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Two NASA astronauts are preparing their spacesuits for a spacewalk planned for the beginning of May to ready the International Space Station for a new rollout solar array. In the meantime, the rest of the Expedition 72 crew on Tuesday kept up its ongoing vision, respiratory, and circulatory system research ahead of this weekend’s crew departure.

The Expedition 72 crew began the week exploring what happens to a crew member’s eyes after living in space for months or years at a time. The International Space Station residents also kept up a host of other microgravity research, continued servicing spacesuits, and prepared for the departure of three crewmates.

For companies investing in digital twins, workplace optimization is often a key goal. After all, countless organizations today are under increasing pressure to accomplish more with less, but many are losing money, and battling inefficiencies without realizing it. Some businesses lease large office spaces, but hybrid teams only use a fraction of the rooms available. […]

Wondering how to start scaling digital twins effectively across your enterprise? You’re not alone. Digital twins are becoming some of the most valuable tools across organizations. Companies in industries from manufacturing to healthcare are now embracing digital twins, alongside AI and extended reality, to boost efficiency, optimize innovation, and drive growth. In fact, by 2032, […]

Some new control options for your TikTok ads.

New tips for your LinkedIn content approach. 

Now you can send much larger files within Messenger chats.

If the FTC wins, it’ll have major ramifications for the entire social media industry.

Fishing Haven from the developers of Real VR Fishing explores hand tracking with Apple Vision Pro.

Tunnels, the underground VR horror exploration game, will arrive on Quest next month.

After last week’s amazing interview with Ori Inbar, this week I publish a new interesting interview, this time with Cynthia Tan, cofounder of VRAR World. Cynthia will talk about the XR event she’s organizing in Shanghai, the VRAR Expo China, plus she will let you discover more about the AR/VR ecosystem in China, and give […]

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