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 …
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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?
LinkedIn Removes Its Top Voice Badges for Collaborative Articles
Will this also kill off Collaborative Articles?
Hide The Corpse Is A Unique Puzzle Game That Only Works In VR
Hide the Corpse is an excellent puzzle game with a unique twist, and it could only be possible in VR.
Apple Vision Pro Refresh With M5 Chip Could Enter Mass Production In Late 2025
Mass production of an Apple Vision Pro refresh with an M5 chip should start in late 2025, prominent supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims.
Flappy Experience Is A Flappy Bird Clone For Apple Vision Pro
Flappy Experience is a VR Flappy Bird clone with first-person gameplay, and it’s free on Apple Vision Pro.
Meta Orion Glasses Hands-On: Viewing AR’s Future As A VR Developer
Experienced VR developer Alex Coulombe was invited to check out the Orion AR glasses prototype at Meta Connect 2024.
Quest Developers Will Finally Get Access to Cameras, Promising New Wave of “cutting-edge” Mixed Reality
One of the biggest gripes developers have with creating mixed reality content for Quest has been the lack of access to the headset’s cameras. That’s about to change. At Connect this week, Meta VP of VR/AR Mark Rabkin announced that developers will soon be able to access a new camera Passthrough API, which is slated […]
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The Biggest Thing We Didn’t See at Connect: Partner Headsets
Meta Connect again saw its usual torrent of announcements this year, this time including the official unveiling of Quest 3S, as well as its new prototype AR glasses, Orion. Notably missing however was company’s three partner headsets from Asus, Lenovo and Xbox. Where are they? Back in April, Meta revealed plans to open its Android-based […]
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Newly Reduced Quest 3 Price and Quest 3S Pre-orders Now Available on Amazon
The newly discounted Meta Quest 3 (512GB) is now available on Amazon, along with pre-orders of the new Quest 3S (128GB) and (256GB), with that sweet, speedy Prime shipping. All now include the promised bundle that includes Batman: Arkham Shadow and a three month subscription to Meta Quest+. It wasn’t initially clear exactly when the newly […]
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New Spatial SDK Reflects Meta’s Push to Bring ‘Spatial Computing’ to Quest
Quest headsets have long been great for playing immersive games, but not so great for the kind of basic ‘desktop productivity’ that Apple’s Vision Pro excels at. Now Meta is hoping to bring more ‘spatial computing’ into the fold with the Meta Spatial SDK, which aims to make it easier for Android developers to port […]
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NASA Hosts Crew-9 Space Station 101 Social Panel
NASA will host an International Space Station 101 panel livestream at 1:15 p.m. Friday, Sept 27. Agency experts will provide an overview about the space station, operations, science, living and working in space, and take questions from reporters and social media. Participants in the livestream panel include: NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free Robyn Gatens, director, …