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News from various tech sites, space, animals and more!
Soyuz Trio Docks to Station, NASA Astronaut Nears Departure
Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev, and Sergey Korsakov on the Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station at 3:12 p.m. EDT while the station was traveling 260 miles over eastern Kazakhstan. Coverage of hatch opening will air at 5:15 p.m. on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website. Once on …
Immersed Launches Fresh Passthrough Features
VR firm Immersed announced on Friday it had released a wave of new features for its platform, providing enhanced capabilities for users navigating their digital workplaces. The Metaverse platform, which debuted on the Meta Quest in late-July 2020, is available on the Oculus Store for download across the Menlo Park-based firm’s Quest and Quest 2 […]
Arvizio Announces AR Medical Instructor Tool
This week, Arvizio, known for developing enterprise-grade augmented and mixed reality (AR/MR) solutions for onsite construction and industrial workflows, announced new features for its AR Instructor tool for equipment training, operation, and maintenance workflows specifically for medical institutions. The latest updates to AR Instructor include digital AR/MR overlays for associated 3D objects, images, documentation, and […]
Accenture Introduces Metaverse Continuum Group
Accenture has reportedly developed a ‘Metaverse Continuum’ hosting numerous virtual worlds and experiences to reshape how people work and interact, the company announced this week. Paul Daughtery, Group CEO of Technology and CTO of Accenture and David Droga, CEO and Creative Chairman of Accenture Interactive will lead the firm’s Metaverse Continuum business group. Welcome to […]
What Is Metaverse as a Service (MaaS)?
Software as a Service or SaaS refers to a subscription-based model for using software platforms rather than purchasing a lifetime or perpetual license. The term first appeared in a 1985 United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) filing and became popular in the cloud era. Today, nearly everything can be deployed on an ‘as-a-Service’ model, […]
Facebook’s Developing Reactions for Reels
The option would provide more capacity to respond to short-form videos in the app.
YouTube Adds New Live Stream Features, Including Live Guests, Full-Screen Mode and More
The new features are similar to those in other live-stream options.
Instagram Launches ‘Black Perspectives’ Program to Highlight Black Creators in the UK
The program aims to provide more support for creators from marginalized communities.
Twitter Tests Spaces Audio Clips to Maximize Content Creation and Sharing from Audio Broadcasts
The option will provide another way to get more out of your Spaces broadcasts.