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‘Vail VR’ Studio Reveals $5.5M in Revenue as It Opens Crowd-investment Campaign

10 months ago
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AEXLAB, the studio behind VR shooter Vail (2024), announced it’s opened a crowd-investment campaign to support ongoing development of the game. Additionally, the studio revealed the multiplayer shooter has generated over $5.5 million in revenue to date, owing to its 300,000+ unique players across PC VR and Quest platforms. Unlike typical crowdfunding campaigns, which promise a […]

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Google & Pico Adoption Further Cements OpenXR as Industry Standard, With One Major Holdout

10 months ago
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OpenXR is an open standard made to improve compatibility between XR software and XR headsets. Google—one of the biggest tech companies in the world—is adopting the standard right out of the gate, joining other major firms like Meta and Microsoft. Other players (like ByteDance recently) also support the standard, cementing it as not just an […]

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Spacewalkers Exit Station for Science and Robotics Work

10 months ago
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Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner began a spacewalk at 10:36 a.m. EST to install an experiment package designed to monitor celestial x-ray sources and new electrical connector patch panels and remove several experiments for disposal. The two cosmonauts will also relocate a control panel for the European robotic arm, which is attached to …
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Cosmonauts Prepare for Science and Robotics Spacewalk

10 months ago
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NASA coverage is underway for today’s spacewalk with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner. The duo will venture outside the station’s Poisk airlock to install an experiment package designed to monitor celestial x-ray sources and new electrical connector patch panels and remove several experiments for disposal. Additionally, the two cosmonauts will relocate a control …
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Meta Leads in AR and VR Headset Shipments – IDC

10 months ago
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International Data Corporation (IDC) has found that over 70 percent of global shipments of AR and VR headsets can be attributed to Meta for the third quarter of 2024. The volume of global shipments increased by 12.8 percent mostly off the strength of Meta’s performance, according to the latest information from global market data provider. […]
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2024 End of Year XR Round Up – Big XR News Show

10 months ago
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Watch on YouTube. In this episode of the Big XR News show, Rory Greener, Tech Journalist, XR Today welcomes some of XR’s top analysts to talk about the latest news from Meta Connect 2024 and other immersive collaboration topics. Our guests include: Kevin ‘O Donovan, Co-Chair, Industrial Metaverse & Digital Twin Committee, VRARA Letitia Bochud, […]
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US Supreme Court Will Hear TikTok’s Appeal Over Sell-Off Bill

10 months ago
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TikTok will have another chance to argue against the US sell-off bill.

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YouTube Shares its Top Ad Campaigns of 2024

10 months ago
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Some tips and pointers based on the top performing YouTube campaigns of the year.

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Threads Adds New Way to Re-Share Media While Crediting the Creator

10 months ago
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A clever way to encourage sharing with credit to the creator.

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Threads Announces Test of Post Scheduling

10 months ago
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A highly requested feature is coming to Threads soon, enabling users to schedule a post from the in-app composer.

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How Figmin XR’s Colocation Works And Why Other Apps Need To Emulate It

10 months ago
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How to use Figmin XR’s “scene center” menu to colocate headsets from Apple, Meta and others.
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Starship Troopers: Continuum Is Now Available On PlayStation VR2

10 months ago
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Following last month’s delayed launch, VR co-op shooter Starship Troopers: Continuum is now available on PlayStation VR2.
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Mannequin Gets Major Update With New Map And Official Mod Support

10 months ago
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Mannequin, the 2v3 hide-and-seek VR multiplayer game, gets official mod support and a new map in its latest update.
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Watch Meta’s New ‘Audio To Expression’ Quest SDK Feature In Action

10 months ago
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Here’s Meta’s new ‘Audio To Expression’ Quest SDK feature in action, compared to the old Oculus Lipsync.
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Quest Holiday Sale Brings Big Discounts to Huge Games like ‘Asgard’s Wrath 2’ and ‘Assassin’s Creed VR’

10 months ago
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Meta has launched its Quest Holiday Sale, bringing big discounts to some of the platform’s top titles. From now until January 6th, you’ll be able to grab up to 50% off a large list of Quest games, which also includes savings on apps and DLC. You can check out the whole list over on the Horizon Store. […]

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‘Alien: Rogue Incursion’ Review – A Thrilling but Repetitive Fight Through Xenomorph Hordes

10 months ago
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Alien: Rogue Incursion is the first full-blown VR-native in the storied franchise, serving up hordes of Xenomorphs in an authentically ‘Aliens’ universe. Developed by VR veteran studio Survios (Creed: Rise to Glory, The Walking Dead: Onslaught), Rogue Incursion presents a veritable balancing act of combat and exploration through its dark and gritty cinematic universe, which definitely offers pulse-raising […]

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Lynx Confirms Android XR For Next Headset, Sony & XREAL Also On-board for Google’s OS

10 months ago
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Although Android XR isn’t properly open-source for the time being, Google hopes the OS will run on multiple partner headsets. While Samsung is said to be the first to launch an Android XR headset, Sony, Lynx, and XREAL are also planning to use the operating system. Meta announced earlier this year that it intends to […]

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Crew Works Advanced Exercise and Space Tech, Gets Ready for Thursday Spacewalk

10 months ago
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A new exercise system, spacecraft fire safety, and advanced life support gear were the main research priorities aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday. The Expedition 72 crew is also ready for a spacewalk to conduct science and robotics work on Thursday. Commander Suni Williams and Flight Engineer Butch Wilmore, both from NASA, were back …
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Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses Gets Live AI and Live Translation

10 months ago
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Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses have received a software update, which enables live AI, live translation, and support for Shazam. ENGAGE 3.10 Update Enhances Meta Llama AI Integrations, Desktop Support, and Session Accessiblity Microsoft, Meta Quest Usher in New Spatial Productivity Tools Meta and Lightstorm Vision Pioneer 3D Movie Technology Users can now apply Meta AI […]
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GIPHY Shares Key Discussion Trends of 2024

10 months ago
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GIPHY looks at the most searched terms of the year.

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LinkedIn Leans Into the ‘Agentic Era’ of AI Connection

10 months ago
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LinkedIn is looking to add more AI agents to guide your process.

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X Announces Expanded Content Partnership With The NBA

10 months ago
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The new deal will see X continue to host exclusive NBA content.

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Threads Reaches 300M Active Users

10 months ago
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Threads’ growth momentum continues to rise as it reaches a new milestone.

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Devs Worked Overtime To Ship Skydance’s BEHEMOTH

10 months ago
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Advice from the Skydance BEHEMOTH team to devs thinking about releasing on 3 platforms at once? “Don’t”
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Tentacular Builds New Islands In Today’s Playgrounds Demo On Steam

10 months ago
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Tentacular’s free Playgrounds demo lets you create islands from scratch in the physics-based VR puzzle game, and it’s out now on Steam.