During today’s Samsung Unpacked event, Samsung announced plans to create new ‘Extended Reality’ (XR) hardware in partnership with Google and Qualcomm.
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Put Your Video Caption Know-how to the Test [Cheat sheet included]
Pop quiz, hot shot. As consumer demand for online videos continues to climb, understanding how audiences interact with this type of content is a crucial consideration for digital marketers. Surprisingly, many people prefer the sound of silence when it comes to their viewing habits. A recent Preply survey found that 41% of Americans choose to […]
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Former Oculus CTO Has Doubts About PSVR 2’s Chance for Success
John Carmack, former CTO of Oculus and key player in the VR startup’s genesis story, says Sony’s upcoming PSVR 2 headset may be see a bumpy road to adoption based on its high price and potential for scattershot geographic distribution. Carmack seems to really like PSVR 2’s hardware from a technical standpoint, saying that the […]
Report: Meta Wins Bid to Acquire VR Fitness Studio Behind ‘Supernatural’, Awaiting FTC Appeal
In 2021 Meta announced it was set to acquire Within, the studio behind popular VR fitness app Supernatural, however the reportedly $400 million deal became subject to investigations by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in respect to Meta’s supposed monopolization of the VR fitness space. Now, according to a Bloomberg report, it appears the FTC has […]
VR Education Startup Raises $12.5M to Teach Math and More Using VR in Schools
Prisms VR, an immersive platform for teaching math, announced it’s raised $12.5 million in a Series A round, which the company says will be used to expand its VR math literacy platform to more schools across the US. Led by Andreessen Horowitz, the latest funding round brings Prisms VR’s lifetime funding to $19.1 million, according […]
Meta Reality Labs Earnings Reveal a Less Successful Holiday Season & Highest Operating Costs Yet
Meta today revealed its latest quarterly earnings results, showing that Reality Labs, the company’s XR and metaverse arm, had a smaller holiday season than the last, while operating costs have reached their highest levels yet. Today during the company’s Q4 earnings call, Meta revealed the latest revenue and operating cost figures for its XR and […]
Spacewalkers Complete Construction Job to Upgrade Station Power
NASA astronaut Nicole Mann and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata concluded their spacewalk at 2:26 p.m. EST after six hours and 41 minutes. Mann and Wakata completed their major objective for today, which was to complete the construction of a mounting platform on the 1A power channel that was started during a …
Astronauts Begin Spacewalk to Continue Power System Upgrades
NASA astronaut Nicole Mann and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata began a spacewalk at 7:45 a.m. EST, approximately 30 minutes ahead of schedule, to complete the construction of a mounting platform on the 1A power channel that was started during a spacewalk on Jan. 20, relocate and install an articulating portable foot …
NASA TV is Live as Astronauts Prep for Spacewalk to Continue Power System Upgrades
NASA Television coverage of today’s spacewalk with NASA astronaut Nicole Mann and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata is now underway and is also available on the NASA app and the agency’s website. The two Expedition 68 crew members are preparing to exit the?International Space Station‘s Quest airlock for a spacewalk expected to begin at about …
What Common Social Media Algospeak Words Actually Mean
The topline Last weekend, actress and influencer Julia Fox apologized after she misread a TikToker’s reference to “mascara,” not knowing it was “algospeak” for sexual assault, the latest misunderstanding caused by code words used on…read more
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