Community-Building Esports Event Coming to Population: One VR Game

Community-Building Esports Event Coming to Population: One VR Game

Since the release of Population: One in October 2020, players have been forming clans, independent leagues, and super secret societies accessible only to the elite, but community leaders are coming together to host the Population: One Community Cup where affiliations will be irrelevant, enemies will become friends, and players better quickly learn to sink or … well, they’ll have one week to learn to work as a team or die.

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Facebook Headsets Now Account for More Than 60% of VR Headsets Used on Steam

Facebook’s growing grip over the VR space reached new heights last month as the company’s Oculus headsets exceeded 60% of the share of monthly-connected headsets used on Steam. Facebook was already a major player in the VR market before the launch of Quest and Quest 2, but those headsets have significantly accelerated the company’s share […]

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‘Rec Room’ Adds More Flexibility to Avatar System with New Full-body, Animated Costumes

Ever since the social VR platform Rec Room launched in 2016, its avatar system has notably lacked full-body inverse kinematics like you see in its contemporary VRChat, which essentially leaves users with a stylized appearance lacking arms and legs. Now the studio says it’s releasing an update that will allow you to buy more articulated avatar […]

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12 Tools for Painting, Sculpting, & Animating in VR

Nanoparticles, Microscopic Animal Research during Life Support Work

Nanoparticles and microscopic animals were the research highlights aboard the International Space Station today. The Expedition 65 crew also focused on servicing life support components and Russian spacesuit maintenance. NASA Flight Engineers Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur continued ongoing operations for the InSPACE-4 physics study throughout Tuesday. Kimbrough started the first run in the morning …

Twitter’s Verification Process Remains Problematic, with Several Bot Profiles Getting Blue Checkmarks

Despite all of its efforts, Twitter’s verification process still seems very flawed.

Marketing for Winners: 7 Powerful Ways to Generate Leads & Inquiries Online [Infographic]

Looking for content inspiration? These tips might help.

TikTok Launches ‘For You House’ Pop-Up Store in the UK

The pop-up store will enable fans to meet platform stars, and provide TikTok education sessions.

YouTube Audio Ads vs. Video Ads – Which Performs Better? [Infographic]

With more people tuning into YouTube in audio-only mode, are YouTube’s audio ads a viable option for your marketing approach?

Prolific Producer Shonda Rhimes Could Make VR Content For Netflix

Prolific producer and Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes could expand her work into VR content at Netflix.