More Than Two Years After Launch, Valve Index is Now the Second Most Used Headset on Steam

Canon Introduces 180° Stereoscopic Lens to Support a “bright future for VR content creation”

Canon, one of the world’s leading camera makers, today introduced a new dual-optic lens which captures 180° stereoscopic views through a single sensor on the company’s high-end EOS R5 camera. Canon today announced what it calls the EOS VR System which includes its new dual-optic camera lens, new firmware for its EOS R5 camera to […]

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Eye Checks, Science Work and Departure Preps Keeping Crew Busy

The Expedition 65 crew had a busy day on Thursday with eye checks, space science, and Soyuz crew departure preparations on the schedule. The 10 residents aboard the International Space Station also joined each other in the afternoon to review emergency procedures. NASA Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei and Shane Kimbrough swapped roles as crew …

Glasgow University, EON Partner for XR Campus

Students and faculty at the University of Glasgow will have access to top-tier XR technologies, the university announced on Friday last week. The institution partnered with EON Reality to build an EON-XR Centre on the campus explore learning experiences for students in emerging technologies such as virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR). The facility will provide […]

Echo3D Raises $4M for XR Cloud Content Solution

US extended reality (XR) cloud delivery service Echo3D has finished a funding round valued at roughly $4 million. Konvoy Ventures led the funding round with participation from Space Capital, Remagine Ventures, Datadog, GitHub, and US tech giant Facebook. With the capital, Echo3D can extend its XR cloud service for smartphones and now expanded immersive experience […]

Canon Launches Dual Fisheye Lens For VR Video

Canon USA has revealed its first entry in the immersive filmmaking industry with its RF5.2mm F2.8 L Dual Fisheye camera lens, the company announced on Wednesday. The world’s first digital swappable dual fisheye lens will allow photographers and filmmakers to shoot virtual reality (VR) stereoscopic 3D images and video on the company’s EOS R5 camera […]

Valve Index VR Kit Review

While VR might not be reserved exclusively for gaming anymore, there are still a lot of opportunities for game companies to get involved with the development of new tech. Valve, for instance, is one of the market leaders not only in gaming software, but incredible hardware too. The Valve Index is the most recent comprehensive […]

Snapchat Announces New Creator Monetization Tools as it Seeks to Maximize In-App Engagement

Snapchat’s looking to boost its appeal to a broader range of creators, through new payment and brand partnership tools.

Twitter Removes Live Stream Guests Option in Order to Improve Broadcast Quality

You’ll no longer be able to add audio guests into your Twitter live-streams – but instead, your video broadcast quality may improve.

Instagram’s Testing Likes on Stories, Providing Another Engagement Option

The option would provide a simple way to respond to Stories content, without clogging the creators’ inbox.