Category: News from the web

The Metaverse continues to dominate as a trending topic across the extended reality (XR) landscape, with numerous tech firms setting their sights and broader ‘horizons’ to develop the new platform. Companies such as NVIDIA, ENGAGE XR, Nreal, Nextech AR, T-Mobile, and Qualcomm reached extensive milestones with their company solutions amid the massive push for Metaverse […]

Of all the things Facebook could rebrand as, why has the company selected meta? Ostensibly, the word meta (Greek for beyond or transcending) has little to do with the social media giant’s primary areas of business. One of the key reasons Mark Zuckerberg cited for the change was that there are simply too many brands […]

According to Statista, there were around 0.81 billion AR users as of 2021. By the time we reach 2024, this number is expected to increase to 1.73 billion. Perhaps more than any other platform for extended reality, AR popularity has skyrocketed in recent years. Through Augmented experiences, companies can connect with customers like never before, […]

The acquisition could point to further development of Twitter’s paid features.

Snap continues to expand its audio options, in line with broader social media usage trends.

Facebook’s expanding its ‘Neigborhoods’ community connection platform to 132 US cities.

YouTube’s looking to take its live-stream shopping tools to the next level, with its upcoming holiday streams a testing ground for the next stage.

Hello everyone from Palo Alto, California! I’m still here in the US for some days after having attended AWE, planning

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