NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced today the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to extend International Space Station (ISS) operations through 2030, and to work with our international partners in Europe (ESA, European Space Agency), Japan (JAXA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Canada (CSA, Canadian Space Agency), and Russia (State Space Corporation Roscosmos) to enable continuation of the groundbreaking research being conducted in this …
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Media and Entertainment in the Metaverse: The Future is Already Here
Virtual reality entertainment events with massive crowds of 3D avatars are no longer a futuristic notion. In April 2020, Travis Scott held a concert in Fortnite’s immersive surroundings, opening to an audience of 12.3 million concurrent players. K-pop group BTS also chose Fortnite to debut their new single in September of last year. The trend […]
Metaverse vs Multiverse: Which One Will Come Out on Top?
As Facebook rebrands to Meta, the spotlight is on the many virtual worlds around us and how we inhabit them. While the metaverse may still be a work in progress, the idea of spending our time and engagement efforts in an online-only world isn’t new. The notion of the metaverse was first suggested in the […]
The Metaverse: What Marketers Need to Do to Prepare
Wondering what the Metaverse is and what it could mean for marketers? Are you interested in preparing for the future of business? To discover why marketers should care about this new development, how to prepare, and how it fits into longer-term strategies, I interview Cathy Hackl.
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Developers Share Record VR Player & Sales Numbers Across Christmas
VR developers reported huge upticks in sales and concurrent players over the course of Christmas.
Was this VR’s biggest holiday yet?
Web 2.0 vs Web 3.0 – Key Differences You Need to Know
The global internet has come a long way since its inception in the 1980s-90s as a set of catalogued information pages. Today, web access is a crucial part of our work and professional lives and users rely on phones, laptops, PCs, tablets, and even headsets and wearables to fetch information from the web. During the […]
Gaming in the Metaverse: The Next Frontier?
Gaming has always been a prime candidate for virtual reality (VR). Even early immersive games in 2D like Minecraft and Second Life incorporated elements of the now-WIP metaverse – such as 3D avatars, world-building, and observation as gameplay. Now, as companies like Meta and Epic Games attempt to build a connected universe of virtual realities, […]
Vive Pro Eye Review: Next-Level Eye Tracking
Making extended reality technologies like VR more accessible to the masses isn’t just about reducing the price of the technology. For VR to become a common part of our day-to-day lives, it needs to be truly transformational, immersive, and suitable for a host of use cases. This is where tools like the Vive Pro Eye […]
Instagram’s Chief Outlines the Key Areas of Focus for the App in 2022
What’s coming next for IG? More TikTok…
TikTok Leads Christmas Day Download Charts, New Markers of the Coming Metaverse Shift
Some interesting, and important trends of note in the Christmas download charts on iOS and Android.