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Snapchat Is Adding AI-Powered Text-To-Video Creation
Soon, you’ll be able to create short video clips in Snap, based on text prompts.
TikTok Announces Events for Latin Heritage Month
TikTok’s announced a range of events to highlight Latin creators.
Social Media Remains a Key News Source for Americans
The latest data from Pew Research underlines the role that social plays in news reach.
Instagram Implements Advanced Protections for Teen Users
Advanced protections by default for younger IG users.
Minecraft To Drop PlayStation VR Support Next Year
Minecraft will no longer support PlayStation VR after March.
My perception of the XR landscape in China in 2024
You may know that this is my third week in China and I’ve toured a few cities to enjoy good food and the company of some friends, but also to meet some companies and some professionals working in XR. Communication between China and the West is not always easy, so the best way to know […]
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VR Games Showcase Announces ‘XR Indies & Friends’ Livestream Ahead of Meta Connect Next Week
Organizers behind the VR Games Showcase last month announced they’re putting on a new livestreamed games event next week focusing on independent developers and studios “both big and small.” Just in time for what will certainly be a rush of XR news. Called the XR Indies & Friends Showcase, the livestream is slated to kick […]
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Vive Focus Vision Announced with Mixed Reality & Eye-tracking, $1,000 Price & Pre-order Dates
HTC today revealed its next standalone XR headset, the Vive Focus Vision. The company appears to be appealing again to enterprise and prosumers, packing in a mishmash of specs from Vive Focus 3 and Vive Elite XR—priced at $1,000. HTC launched pre-orders today for its new MR headset, Vive Focus Vision. Pre-orders are available from […]
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‘Minecraft’ to Drop PSVR Players Next Year, Leaving PSVR 2 Support Very Doubtful
Mojang, the Microsoft-owned studio behind Minecraft, announced it’s dropping support for the original PSVR next year, leaving any hope for PSVR 2 support firmly at (bed)rock bottom. As mentioned in the recent 1.21.30 (Bedrock) release notes, Mojang says that starting March 2025, PSVR users will no longer be able to play Minecraft on PS4. Not online […]
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Snapchat Reveals Latest Spectacles AR Glasses with Attractive Pricing for Developers
Today Snap Inc, the company behind Snapchat, announced the latest version of its Spectacles AR Glasses which the company is calling Spectacles ’24. The new device makes notable improvements to field-of-view, resolution, and hand-tracking, and overhauls its software stack. But it’s limited enough to remain targeted at developers. Spectacles ’24 is available starting today, and […]
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visionOS 2 Enhances Apple Vision Pro Features: Spatial Capture, Avatars, Hand-Tracking, Virtual Environments
This week, Apple updated its Vision Pro spatial computing headset, upgrading the framework to visionOS 2. Apple delivered optimised MR features, including improved spatial capture, hand-tracking, key productivity enhancements, virtual environments, avatars, and more. Like its success in bringing Apple smartphones and iPads into the business world, Apple appears to Be looking to repeat this […]
Lenovo, VictoryXR Discuss Keys to Education XR Scaling Success
Lenovo is growing its extensive XR partner portfolio to scale enterprise AR/VR/MR solutions alongside its ThinkReality VRX headset, creating new enterprise XR opportunities via an ecosystem of trusted solutions and hardware. Leveraging its XR ecosystem and long history in education, Lenovo partnered with VictoryXR to scale the adoption of immersive learning tools for a new […]
The Most Popular Social Apps Among Gen Z Consumers [Infographic]
YouTube continues to drive trends among younger consumers.
TikTok Begins Legal Defense Against US Sell-off Bill
It‘s unclear, at this stage, what the chances are of TikTok avoiding the enforced sell-off.
Meta Bans Russian State Media in the Wake of Covert Influence Program
Meta’s moving to ban RT from all of its services.
Sports Remain the Top Topic of Discussion on X
X is looking to win back advertisers with a new pitch.
Hands-On: Snap Spectacles Are A Perfect Fit For Niantic’s Peridot, But Not For Pokemon
We went hands-on with Snap’s new AR Spectacles, finding them to be the perfect for for Niantic’s Peridot.
Snap Unveils Upgraded AR Spectacles For Developers, Priced $100/Month
The company behind Snapchat just unveiled upgraded AR Spectacles, available to developers for $99/month.
Airspace Defender’s Mixed Reality Missile Command Comes To Quest Early Access Soon
Airspace Defender is Missile Command in mixed reality with hand tracking and it hits early access on Quest headsets next week.
Hide the Corpse Leaves Early Access Today on Quest
After four months in early access, body-hiding comedy sim Hide the Corpse enters full release today on Quest.
Veteran VR Studio nDreams Announces Layoffs Amid “challenging VR games market”
nDreams, one of the most veteran VR studios, today announced it’s tightening the belt with a layoff round due to affect 17.5% of the company. The Farnborough, UK-based studio maintains in the LinkenIn announcement that layoffs are in response to “a challenging VR games market, situated within a tough gaming landscape more broadly.” The studio further notes […]
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VR’s Most Immersive Kayaking Game Gets Real-time Multiplayer Mode on PSVR 2 & Steam
Kayak VR: Mirage (2022) is amazingly immersive, packing in a ton of environments to explore in both single player and asynchronous multiplayer racing modes. You never could paddle through the glaciers or meander around tropical coasts with a friend in real-time though. But now, thanks to today’s update, you can. Initially released as in beta […]
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Hilarious Card Game ‘Exploding Kittens’ is Coming to Quest Next Month, Trailer Here
Casual card game Exploding Kittens is coming to VR for the first time next month, promising to bring all of the hilarity of the original game with more than a touch of added VR madness. Launching October 3rd on Quest 2/3/Pro, Exploding Kittens VR lets you play with up to four other players online (or […]
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Space Science Advancing Health as Two Crews Near Station Departure
The 12-member Expedition 71 crew aboard the International Space Station spent Tuesday observing how their bodies are adapting to weightlessness, configuring life support systems, and training to use safety hardware. NASA and its international partners have collected and analyzed decades of health data from hundreds of space crew members. Whether its just a few days …