Category: News from the web

The following is attributed to Cheryl Warner, news chief, NASA’s Office of Communications: “Following NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission’s safe splashdown and recovery off Florida’s coast early Friday morning, NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin were taken to a local medical facility for additional evaluation. The crew exited …

Recently, Avantis Education, a provider of immersive education solutions, entered into a partnership with ICESCO. This collaboration will pilot using Avantis’ ClassVR product in four Islamic member states. Alistair Hayward, Avantis Education’s Chief Revenue Officer, spoke exclusively with XR Today to explore the ICESCO partnership and the firm’s broader worldwide expansion. Hayward said: The ISECO […]

Earlier this month, reports circulated on social media platforms such as LinkedIn about HoloLens/Microsoft Mixed Reality Partners receiving last-time-to-buy incentives for the HoloLens 2 device. It was also noted that first-generation HoloLens devices are set to receive a final update soon. On the most recent episode of the Big XR News Show, Kevin ‘O Donovan, Co-Chair […]

HTC VIVE partnered with The Bavarian State Criminal Police Office (Bayerisches Landeskriminalamt, BLKA) to launch the ‘Holodeck’ VR platform that will ‘revolutionise’ forensic investigations. AES 2024: XR Leaders Unite to Showcase Workplace XR – Including Meta, HTC VIVE, Qualcomm HTC VIVE Focus Vision: Hands-On Insights for Enterprises HTC VIVERSE Adds Sairo to Reseller Partner Network […]

Some new spooky features, as well as other updates.

Some new options to spookify your IG chats and Stories.

IG’s chief has clarified how the appearance of brand logos impacts reach.

The main focus of the updates is AI targeting which is meant to help reach a more engaged audience.

Arken Age, a VR sci-fi fantasy adventure with physics-based combat, confirmed a January launch on Steam and PS VR2.

Walkabout Mini Golf’s 8-Bit Lair references Tron, WarGames & Die Hard with a full story told entirely by its environment.

Previously released on Steam, Whitewater VR – Extreme Kayaking Adventure arrives today on PlayStation VR2.

The “State of XR 2024” report, recently released by XR Today, compiles expert insights and data from leaders in the immersive technology industry. The report highlights that while VR (Virtual Reality), MR (Mixed Reality) headsets, and AR (Augmented Reality) smart glasses have not yet reached widespread adoption, the rates of software and hardware adoption are […]

Watch on YouTube. In this episode of the Big XR News show, Rory Greener, Tech Journalist, XR Today, welcomes some of XR’s top analysts to talk about the latest news from across the industry. Our guests include: Kevin ‘O Donovan, Co-Chair, Industrial Metaverse & Digital Twin Committee, VRARA Jay Latta, Founder and Speaker, The Fusionists […]

Watch on YouTube XR Today’s Rory Greener hosts Alberto Carlier, VIROO’s Product Marketing Manager at Virtualware, to talk about the latest 2.6 version of the enterprise-facing XR Solution: VIROO. Learn more about the platform here. Thanks for watching. If you’d like more like this, don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE to our channel. You can also join in the […]

The Augmented World Expo (AWE) is hosting its EU edition at the Austria Center Vienna on 29 and 30 October to round off the year. The event is the third of the AWE’s yearly trilogy, including a US and Asia edition, which the group held earlier this year.   At the AWE EU 2024 event, […]