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Don’t ever say there isn’t money in VR game development. Skydance Interactive announced that its hit zombie-slaying adventure The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (2020) has now passed the $50 million revenue mark across all supported platforms. The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners initially launched on PC VR headsets in late January 2020, immediately garnering critical acclaim […]

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Pimax Announces Wildly Ambitious New Standalone VR Headset with a Price to Match

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In a livestreamed presentation this week, VR headset maker Pimax announced its Reality “12K” QLED headset which aims to pack in a kitchen sink’s worth of wishlist features, not least of which is a dual-mode capability which allows the headset to function as a standalone headset or a native PC VR headset. With the slew […]

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Facebook’s 2021 XR Investments to Total $10 Billion, Even More in 2022 & Beyond

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg tours an Oculus research lab

In the company’s Q3 2021 earnings call Facebook today said it expects its XR investments this year to top $10 billion, and advised investors that it plans to spend even more than that in subsequent years. Facebook’s top brass believe so deeply that XR and the metaverse will be a transformative computing platform that they […]

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Crew-3 FRR Concludes; NASA, SpaceX ‘Go’ for Oct. 31 Launch

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The Flight Readiness Review for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station has concluded, and teams are proceeding toward a 2:21 a.m. liftoff on Sunday, Oct. 31, from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida. NASA will hold a media conference at approximately 7:15 p.m. to discuss the outcome of the …

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CoachTech Summit Explores ‘Human’ VR Training

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The rise of extended reality (XR) solutions has prompted a major reassessment of strategy and development in the coaching industry. Samantha Karlin, TEDx Public Speaker and CEO of Empower Global, opened the Summit with her thoughts on the rise of virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) solutions in the coaching sector, which she believed were transformative […]

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Twitter User Leaks Alleged Oculus Quest Pro Designs

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A Twitter user has leaked promotional videos that reportedly reveal new Oculus virtual reality (VR) software and hardware, reports have found. The leaked videos reveal refinements to avatar customisations and multi-user connectivity for the social media giant’s upcoming Horizons Metaverse platform. Animations also show new controllers and headset designs, suggesting the long-rumoured ‘Quest Pro’ is […]

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Big News from Facebook, Apple, Varjo, and Accenture

4 years ago

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Last week’s headlines were full of updates from key events, product launches, and shock reports from some of the world’s largest tech firms in the virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) sector. Varjo Technologies unveiled a pair of cutting-edge products for consumers, sources revealed further setbacks from Apple, and Facebook plans a major overhaul to […]

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Tilt Brush Review: A New Reality for Artists

4 years ago

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Over the last few years, we’ve begun to discover what’s truly possible with extended reality. While initially, the focus of many developers and designers was on things like games and entertainment, there’s plenty of scope in different areas too. Particularly since the pandemic, we’ve discovered virtual reality is capable of bringing teams together for collaboration […]

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