On Thursday, Limitless, the parent company behind the third-largest Metaverse application Next Earth, announced the launch of a new Metaverse as a Service (MaaS) platform for global companies. Additionally, the firm is debuting digital real-estate sales on Next Earth, a digital twin of the entire Earth. The sales total 5 million plots of digital land […]
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Who’s Making the Biggest Virtual Land Grabs in the Metaverse?
As the Metaverse grows in popularity, an increasing number of governments, corporations, and celebrities are making moves to acquire virtual land, which some see as a way to advance in the rapidly growing digital frontier, while others simply want to protect their investment interests. Whatever the reason, it’s clear that these entities are taking virtual […]
Barack Obama Outlines Key Challenges with Social Media Amplification, and How to Address ‘Design Flaws’ to Save Democracy
Former US President Barack Obama has outlined his plan for addressing concerns with social media misinformation.
Snapchat Adds 13 Million More Users in Q1, Sees Steady Increase in Revenue
Snapchat has released its latest performance update, showing steady increases in users and revenue.
Instagram’s Working on a New Option That Would Simplify Reels Monetization for Creators
Instagram’s developing new ways to help creators monetize their short form video clips.
Twitter Launches New Test of Promotions for Third Party Tools Within the App
The new prompts will highlight tools that can help advance Twitter’s own functions.
The Games Missing From Meta’s 2022 Quest Showcase
GTA: San Andreas? Onward 2? Assassin’s Creed?
These are the games that were missing in action at this week’s Meta Quest Showcase.
Canon Announces MREAL X1 Enterprise Headset with Larger FOV
Canon announced its next enterprise XR headset, MREAL X1. The device, which offers passthrough AR, appears to be a modestly upgraded version of the company’s 2021 model, MREAL S1, as it boasts a field of view (FOV) that’s “2.5 times larger.” The headset, which is detailed in an English language video (seen below), is said […]
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‘F1 22’ is Getting VR Support on PC, Releasing in July
Electronic Arts and Codemasters just unveiled F1 22 , and although it wasn’t front and center in the announce trailer, the Formula One racing game is getting VR support on PC. F1 22 is slated to launch on July 1st across P4, P5, Xbox, and PC via the EA App, Origin, Steam, and Epic Store. In […]
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Four Quest 2 Apps Making Use of Hand-tracking 2.0 Improvements
Alongside the announcement that Quest 2 is getting upgraded controllerless hand-tracking which improves robustness, Meta revealed that it had given select developers access to the tech ahead of time, some of which used it to directly improve their apps. The new and improved Quest 2 hand-tracking is said to have begun rolling out this week. […]
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