Meta Aims to Further Ratchet Down on Security with Bug Bounty for Quest 2, Portal & Ray-Ban Stories

Meta today announced it’s updating a bug bounty program for its hardware products, something intended to reward anyone outside of the company who reports security vulnerabilities. With some new payout guidelines in place, Meta is ostensibly aiming to highlight its commitment to security following a total rebrand that’s put significant focus on its XR hardware […]

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Hit Party Game ‘Among Us’ is Getting a Full-blown VR Remake

Social party game Among Us rose to viral success in the midst of the pandemic. Calls to bring the game’s ‘imposter-hunting’ gameplay to VR were immediate, and unofficial VR versions of the game sprang up in no time. Now the game is getting a full blown Among Us VR remake, headed by one of VR’s most experienced […]

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More Hit Songs Come to ‘Beat Saber’ with Surprise Launch of Lady Gaga Music Pack

Continuing a trend of tapping music from some of the world’s most popular artists, Beat Saber today sees the surprise launch of a new Lady Gaga music pack which adds 10 of the pop-star’s songs to the game. Following DLC music packs from the likes of Skrillex and Billie Eilish, today VR’s hit rhythm game Beat Saber […]

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Ten Residents Aboard Station Wrap Up Week with Space Biology

Space biology led the research schedule for the seven-member Expedition 66 crew aboard the International Space Station on Friday. The orbiting lab’s three guests also spent their day on a variety of Russian space experiments. NASA Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei and Kayla Barron partnered up throughout the day replacing components inside the Advanced Plant …

HTC VIVE Opens VIVE Arts NFT Trading Platform

HTC VIVE has opened a bespoke Metaverse arts and culture store for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), with the new platform aiming to build immersive spaces for content creators as well as host digital art in virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR), the tech giant announced on Thursday. HTC will host content on the VIVE Arts trading […]

Sony Fills Patent for Playstation VR Controllers

Last week, documents emerged showing that Japanese technology firm Sony Interactive Entertainment had filled a patent for an improved virtual reality (VR) controller. Sony has built its latest controller for the highly-anticipated PlayStation Virtual Reality 2 (PSVR2), the follow-up to the firm’s initial consumer-grade PSVR hardware. The latest iteration improves Sony’s previous VR controller by enhancing […]

Taqtile Adds AR Manifest Support for Apple iPads

US mixed reality firm Taqtile has boosted support for its Manifest platform for use on the Apple iPad, the company announced on Thursday. The move to back Apple’s top-selling tablets will allow frontline workers and businesses to use Manifest across additional devices, the company explained in a statement. Manifest’s upgraded spatial computing tools, enhanced content […]

Michigan University, GigXR Build XR Medical Trainer

This month, the University of Michigan and GigXR, a global provider of extended reality (XR) healthcare training solutions, partnered to create the ‘XR Procedure Training Suite’ medical training hub. The training suite uses digital humans as patients, displays informative user interface (UI) pop-ups, and instructs medical students with interactive, lifelike, and immersive procedures. GigXR’s solution […]

5 Instagram Ad Techniques That Convert

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Snapchat Launches ‘Acts of Kindness’ Initiative to Boost Spotlight Take-Up

Snapchat’s looking to boost interest in its TikTok-like Spotlight option, via a new positivity-focused initiative.