You Can’t Scare Me is a VR co-op horror game that scores you for making other players scream, and it’s coming to Quest next month.
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News from various tech sites, space, animals and more!
Starship Troopers: Continuum Heads For VR Soon With New Co-Op Shooter
Starship Troopers: Continuum brings the hit sci-fi franchise to VR with a co-op shooter, arriving next month on Quest and PSVR 2.
Quest’s Horizon OS Now Works Better Offline
The Horizon OS of Quest headsets now works better offline.
Voter Registration Rally Held In Horizon Worlds
Here’s a look at how a voting rally went recently inside Horizon Worlds.
A strategical analysis of the news from Meta Connect 2024
Every year I like to write a detailed report about all the major news from Oculus/Facebook/Meta Connect. This year I want to do something a bit different: instead of reporting a list of all the announcements from there, I want to give you a detailed commentary about the event from a technical strategy standpoint. This […]
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Co-op Shooter ‘Starship Troopers: Continuum’ is Coming to Quest and PSVR 2 in October, Trailer Here
Sony Pictures Virtual Reality and XR Games, the studio behind Hitman 3 VR: Reloaded (2024) and upcoming shooter Zombie Army VR, today announced Starship Troopers: Continuum, an online multiplayer shooter that brings you back to the Arachnid infested wasteland. Teased last week by the ’90s film actor Casper Van Dien, today we learned just what VR plans Sony has […]
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Apple Reportedly Rethinking XR Headset Approach Amid Reveal of Meta’s AR Glasses
Despite Vision Pro’s $3,500 price tag, which is nearly 12 times more expensive than the $300 Quest 3S, Apple and Meta are destined to be direct competitors in the XR space at some point in the near future. According to a report by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple may be rethinking its XR strategy moving forward though following […]
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Twisted Claymation VR Adventure ‘The Midnight Walk’ Coming to PSVR 2 & PC VR in Spring 2025, Trailer Here
MoonHood, a studio founded by developers behind Lost in Random (2021) and Ghost Giant (2019), finally unveiled their long-teased VR project, The Midnight Walk. MoonHood first announced last year it was collaborating with VR veteran Fast Travel Games as a publisher on a mysterious new title, showing off a number of dark and twisted clay objects that, […]
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Quest’s POV Video Casting Feature May Get WhatsApp Support Soon
Quest users can cast their in-game view to a TV, a mobile phone, and even to their friends and family on Facebook Messenger now. According to a recent marketing image uncovered by serial leaker and data miner Luna, it may soon also include support for WhatsApp too. An update earlier this month allowed Quest users […]
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Expedition 72 Welcomes New Crew, Crew-8 Departing Soon
The seven astronauts and four cosmonauts representing the Expedition 72 crew slept in on Monday working half-a-day during the afternoon following Sunday’s arrival of the SpaceX Crew-9 mission. The International Space Station’s two newest crew members, Nick Hague of NASA and Aleksandr Gorbunov of Roscosmos, launched to the orbital outpost aboard the SpaceX Dragon at …
Expedition 72 Welcomes Crew-9 Duo Aboard Station
NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov entered the International Space Station after opening the hatch between the space station and the pressurized mating adapter at 7:04 p.m. EDT before opening the hatch to Dragon. Hague and Gorbunov were welcomed by the space station’s Expedition 72 crew, including NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael …
SpaceX Dragon with Crew-9 Aboard Docks to Station
NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov arrived at the International Space Station Sunday, as the SpaceX Dragon Freedom docked to the orbiting complex at 5:30 p.m. EDT while the station was 260 statute miles over Botswana. Following Dragon’s link up to the Harmony module, the astronauts aboard the Dragon and the space …
SpaceX Crew-9 Approaching Station Live on NASA+
NASA+, YouTube, and the agency’s website are continuing to provide live coverage of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission carrying NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov to the International Space Station. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to dock about 5:30 p.m. EDT, Sunday, Sept. 29. Dragon is designed to dock autonomously, but …
TikTok Magic: How Four Brands Cashed In on Going Viral
Let me age myself for a second to set the stage here: Facebook launched my senior year of college. Back in my agency days, I worked on the first-ever digital ads and social media efforts for Coca-Cola. I vividly remember making colorful sticky note sketches of 160×600, 300×250, and 728×90 banner ads for my office […]
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ICYMI This Week: Mannequin, DigiGods, Inter Solar 83, Stilt, & More
It’s been a busy week and we’ve rounded up all the major stories, including some you may have missed like Mannequin’s new update.
Everything Meta Announced At Connect 2024
Meta announced so much at Connect 2024 that you may have missed some of it.
But never fear! Here’s a summary of every important announcement.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 News Conference at 3 p.m. EDT
The SpaceX spacecraft carrying Crew-9 members NASA astronaut Nick Hague, commander, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, mission specialist, to the International Space Station has safely reached orbit, and the nosecone has opened. A postlaunch news conference will be held at 3 p.m. EDT at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida with the following participants: …
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Spacecraft Flying Solo
At 1:29 EDT, SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft separated from the Falcon 9 rocket second stage and now is flying on its own. NASA astronaut Nick Hague, commander, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, mission specialist, are on a 28.5-hour journey to the International Space Station. The spacecraft now is in orbit and will autonomously dock to the …
Falcon 9 First Stage Sticks Landing
The first stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has completed its descent and landed at the company’s Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Next, the Dragon spacecraft will separate from the rocket’s second stage to continue its journey to the International Space Station.
Falcon 9 Max Q, Main Engine Cutoff, Stage Separation
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has reached Max-Q, the moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket. Following this, first stage main engine cutoff occurred, and the first and second stages have separated from each other. The rocket’s first stage booster is scheduled to land at SpaceX’s Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station …
PICO Motion Tracker Review: Affordable Full-Body Tracking
Looking for an affordable and intuitive way to bring your legs into extended reality? The PICO Motion Tracker kit could be exactly what you need. Tracking technology for the extended reality space has come a long way in the last few years. These days, sensors and cameras can track so much more than just your […]
Google Ventures Helps Distance Raise $10Mn for MR’s ‘Holy Grail’
Distance Technologies has raised $10 million for its mixed reality solution through a seed round of funding led by Google Ventures. The mixed reality (MR) developer for the automotive, defence, and aerospace industries can turn any transparent surface into a glasses-free and headset-free window onto which it can project a 3D light for a comprehensive […]
Can Meta Quest 3 Lock a Device Remotely?
Can Meta Quest 3 lock a device remotely, and how do you wipe and lock your devices when you don’t have access to them? I’ll tell you everything you need to know in this guide. Losing your Meta Quest 3 headset (or worse, having it stolen), can be problematic for a range of reasons. Even […]
Big XR News from Meta, Logitech, Transfr, Snap
That was a wrap. Another year, another Meta Connect. Zuckerberg’s firm had to hit big this year. Apple debuted the Vision Pro earlier in the year and stole the line light during the first half of 2024. However, with Meta Connect and its announcements, namely Orion, it seems that Meta is looking to grab the […]
Meta’s AI Bots Run Counter to the Value of Social Media
Meta’s looking to replicate human interaction with AI bots. But is that a good thing?