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Elijah Wood Revealed as the Voice of Scarecrow in ‘Batman: Arkham Shadow’, Coming to Quest 3 Tomorrow

1 year ago
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Camouflaj, the studio behind upcoming Quest 3 exclusive Batman: Arkham Shadow, revealed that none other an Elijah Wood both voiced and did motion capture for Scarecrow, aka Dr. Jonathan Crane. “When Camouflaj initially approached me about joining the cast for [Arkham Shadow], I was super intrigued for a few reasons,” Wood revealed in a video message during […]

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U.S. Army Needs Microsoft AR Headset to Be “substantially less” Than Projected $80K Price Tag

1 year ago
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Microsoft’s contract with the U.S. Army to build a combat-ready AR headset is worth up to $22 billion, but only if the company can deliver the goods at “substantially less than” the projected $80,000 per unit, the Army tells Bloomberg. Requirements also include definitively positive field testing, set to take place early next year. Based […]

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Crew-8 Waits for Weather to Improve as Station Crew Adjusts

1 year ago
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Mission officials continue monitoring weather conditions off the coast of Florida and have decided to wave off Monday night’s undocking of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to no earlier than 9:05 p.m. EDT on Tuesday. Crew-8 members Matthew Dominick, Mike Barratt, Jeanette Epps, all three from NASA, and Alexander Grebenkin from Roscosmos woke up late Monday …
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NASA, SpaceX Adjust Crew-8 Undocking Date

1 year ago
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Weather conditions near the multiple splashdown sites off Florida’s coast remain unfavorable for the return of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission from the International Space Station. Forecasts remain marginal for an undocking on Tuesday, Oct. 22, and Wednesday, Oct. 23. If weather conditions improve, NASA and SpaceX will target no earlier than 9:05 p.m. EDT, Oct. …
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Ray-Ban Meta Glasses Are The Top Selling Product In Many Ray-Ban Stores

1 year ago
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Ray-Ban Meta glasses are the top selling product in 60% of Ray-Ban stores in EMEA, showing demand for smart glasses is strong.
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Rhythmscapes Promises Drumming Meditation With Only Your Hands

1 year ago
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Rhythmscapes wants to show the meditative side of VR rhythm games.
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ICYMI This Week: Downtown Club, Audio Trip, Sushi Ben, Breachers & More

1 year ago
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Our latest weekly VR news round-up is live, featuring the biggest XR news stories and a few we initially missed.
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Meta CTO Shares Photo Holding Wide Field Of View Prototype Headset

1 year ago
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Meta’s CTO shared a photo of himself holding what appears to be a wide field of view headset prototype.
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Gracia Now Has Moving Volumetric Scenes On PC VR Via Dynamic Gaussian Splats

1 year ago
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Gracia added three short Dynamic Gaussian Splats on PC VR – moving volumetric captured scenes that you can try now.
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HaptX Gloves G1 Review: Getting in Touch with VR

1 year ago
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Could the HaptX Gloves (G1) be the ultimate way to boost immersion in XR? Even as extended reality devices become more advanced, with enhanced visuals, performance capabilities, and spatial computing aspects, unlocking true immersion is difficult. The trouble is most virtual reality solutions only interact with some of our senses. You can see ultra-realistic environments […]
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Qualcomm Cancels Snapdragon X Elite Dev Kit

1 year ago
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Qualcomm has canceled its Snapdragon X Elite development kit, promising to refund those customers who pre-ordered it. The dev kit was due to ship in June but pre-ordering has been available since May this year, various sources have reported. The company did not believe that the product met its “usual standards of excellence”, according to […]
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NHS XR Spinal Surgeons are “Lifesavers” says 75-Year Old Patient

1 year ago
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This week, the ever-growing XR healthcare market had another success story: at the Institute for Neurological Sciences in Glasgow, surgeons leveraged mixed reality technology to assist with spinal surgery. Mohamed Abdelsadg, a Consultant Neurosurgeon and Complex Spine Surgeon at the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, led the surgery, which marked the first MR spinal surgery […]
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Meta Quest 3S vs Meta Quest 3: The Biggest Differences

1 year ago
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Meta Quest 3S vs Meta Quest 3: how do you make the right choice when investing in mixed reality headsets this year? The Meta Quest 3S isn’t a “new headset” designed to add new features and functionality to Meta’s leading mixed-reality device. In fact, it’s basically the opposite – a pared-down (simplified) version of the […]
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How the TikTok Algorithm Works [Infographic]

1 year ago
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Some insights to help you improve your TikTok marketing performance.

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IG Chief Recommends Posting Carousels To Improve Reach

1 year ago
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Carousels provide more opportunity for reach, according to IG chief Adam Mosseri.

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X Updates Terms of Service to More Explicitly Cover AI Training Permissions

1 year ago
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A new pop-up is alerting users to the update.

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Meta’s Working With Hollywood Filmmakers To Develop Its Text-To-Video Tool

1 year ago
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Meta’s refining its test-to-video models with the help of Hollywood.

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Undead Citadel Review: Hack & Slash Adventuring Comes To Quest

1 year ago
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Undead Citadel is a zombie-brawling adventure game that’s now available on Quest. Our full review.
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How Vendetta Forever Cuts Straight To The Action With Minimalist VR Design

1 year ago
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What is LO-KILL-MOTION? Vendetta Forever creator Zander Dejah developed it as a reaction to high fidelity “walking simulators” in VR.
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New VR Halloween Games And Updates For Quest, Steam & More

1 year ago
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From Arizona Sunshine Remake to LEGO: Bricktales, Halloween is packed for VR gaming. Whether it’s horror games or seasonal updates, here’s what you can play.
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Airspace Defender Enters Early Access Today On Quest

1 year ago
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Airspace Defender, a mixed reality hand tracking game inspired by Missile Command, launches today in early access on Quest.
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A chat with Grigore Burdea about the past, the present, and the future of VR

1 year ago
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On the occasion of the release of his latest book about VR, I had the honor of interviewing Dr. Grigore Burdea about his last 30 years of work in Virtual Reality and talking about the present, the past, and the future of this technology. The interview spanned various interesting topics like motion sickness, scent emulation, […]

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Why I Think AR Glasses Are the Inevitable Future of the Smartphone

1 year ago
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I was asked recently for my thoughts on Meta’s Orion AR glasses, specifically whether or not such glasses stand a chance of becoming as big as (or replacing) the smartphones in the future. I was asked for my thoughts recently for a Lifewire article about Meta’s Orion AR glasses and the future they may or […]

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The Best VR Horror Games on Quest, PSVR 2 and PC VR to Play This Halloween

1 year ago
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The spooky season is upon us, and there’s no better time to rattle ‘dem bones in VR. Here we take a look at some of the best VR horror (and horror-adjacent) games across Quest, PSVR 2, and PC VR. Many of our top picks below support all three platforms, although you’ll see a few mentionable […]

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One of PC’s Best Co-op Horror Games is Coming to PSVR 2 Just in Time for Halloween

1 year ago
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Phasmophobia(2020) is one of the scariest PC VR-supported games, and now developers Kinetic Games announced a release date for PSVR 2. Phasmophobia is coming to PS5, PSVR 2, and Xbox consoles on October 29th, bringing its four-player online co-op psychological horror along with cross-platform play. Letting you explore haunted houses filled with various paranormal activity, you and your […]

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