Social VR Platform ‘ENGAGE’ Generated Over $1.4M in Revenue in First Half of 2021

VR Education, the virtual reality software firm behind ENGAGE, has reported a significant uptick in revenue generated by the social VR platform so far this year, with revenue from Engage in 2021 nearly doubling over the same period last year. The Waterford, Ireland-based company has created a number of bespoke educational experiences over the years alongside […]

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Popular App Lab Game ‘Warplanes: WW1 Fighters’ Releases on Oculus Store for Quest

World War I dogfighting game Warplanes: WW1 Fighters has done fairly well for itself since it launched on Oculus’ App Lab platform earlier this year. Now Warplanes: WW1Fighters has made the leap to the official Oculus Store for Quest. Update (July 30th, 2021):  Warplanes: WW1 Fighters is now live on the Oculus Store for Quest, priced at $20. In […]

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Targeting Aug. 3 for Orbital Flight Test-2 Launch

NASA, Boeing and United Launch Alliance now are targeting 1:20 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Aug. 3, for launch of the Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) with the International Space Station ready for the arrival of the Starliner spacecraft. NASA’s live launch coverage begins at 12:30 p.m. Docking is targeted for 1:37 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 4. OFT-2, Boeing’s …

Snapchat Launches New Ad Campaign to Maximize its Growth Momentum

The new ad campaign will run in various major cities and regions.

Pinterest Loses 24 Million Users as Lockdowns Ease and Physical Stores Re-Open Around the World

The numbers show a significant decline in users, though underlying ad performance remains solid.

Snapchat Shares New Insights into How Friends Connect in the App [Infographic]

The report coincides with International Friendship Day, which is being celebrated this week.

Twitter Adds New Spaces Sharing Options, New Search Tools to Improve Spaces Discovery

The new options will be important as Twitter moves to put more emphasis on its audio social option.

The Secret Of Retropolis review: a noir adventure in VR

Yesterday night I have tried The Secret Of Retropolis, a VR game inspired by LucasArts’s point and click adventures developed

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Gorilla Tag: High Intensity Fitness, Fun & Esports

Gorilla Tag: High Intensity Fitness, Fun & Esports

Reject humanity. Embrace your inner ape. Become gorilla.

The mottos of Another Axiom’s Gorilla Tag, an immersive VR game created by Kerestell “Lemming” Smith, remind us that sometimes people just want to “be a little monke.”

The game itself is relatively basic.

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nDreams Opening Second VR Studio Focused on Live-service Games

nDreams, the studio behind Phantom: Covert Ops (2020) and the upcoming PSVR exclusive Fracked, announced today it’s opening a second VR development studio called nDreams Studio Orbital, which will focus on creating games as a service for VR. nDreams Studio Orbital will be headed by Chris White, who previously worked as a senior product manager at FitXR, […]

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