DISC is an upcoming VR and MR sports game that brings frisbee-style action exclusively to Quest.
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News from various tech sites, space, animals and more!
Escaping Wonderland Review: A Curiously Wonderful Dream
Escaping Wonderland is an inventive, well-crafted VR adventure puzzle game that successfully builds upon Down The Rabbit Hole. Our full review.
Walkabout Mini Golf For iPhone Is $5 With Full VR Cross-Play, Releasing In October
Mighty Coconut revealed price and release date for Walkabout Mini Golf on iPhone.
Immersed Shows Visor Working For The First Time In Three Short Clips
Immersed showed Visor working for the first time in three short clips, but the features they don’t show are notable.
My predictions for Meta Connect 2024
Every year I like to play the guessing game for the Oculus/Facebook/Meta Connect making my list of predictions… which are not always correct, but they are good because they entice all the community people to play this game with me and to tell how they would love to see XR evolving. So let’s see together […]
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ASICS Inspires Growth of Virtual Sport with Introduction of DISC
ASICS, a global pioneer in sports innovation, is an acronym for Anima Sana In Corpore Sano, a Latin phrase that means “A sound mind in a sound body.” The company was founded in Kobe, Japan, in 1949 by Kihachiro Onitsuka, who aimed to make athletic shoes to nurture healthy lives in young people through sports….
New Quest Game from ‘Job Simulator’ Studio Surprise-launches This Week, Built Entirely Around Hand-tracking
Owlchemy Labs, the Google-owned studio behind Job Simulator (2016) and Vacation Simulator (2019), surprise announced its next VR title today, a hand-tracking-tastic social co-op game called Dimensional Double Shift. And you can get ready to multiplayer job this week. Launching for free on Quest on September 26th, Dimensional Double Shift lets up to four players work at the Gas […]
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NHS Pilots VR to Combat Racism Amongst Employees
The National Health Service (NHS) is piloting a new virtual reality training tool to offer employees insights into the experiences of colleagues from minority ethnic backgrounds. The VR technology, called “Walking in the shoes of…”, was setup by the UK’s government funded healthcare system to prevent a black, Asian, and other ethnic minorities from leaving. […]
Snap CEO Says Meta and Apple Will Follow its Lead in AR Smart Glasses
In a recent interview with CNBC, Evan Spiegel, Snap’s CEO, explained that the Snap Spectacles AR smart glasses have reached its “5th generation,” the developer-only model is ready for AR content creators to design new immersive experiences and applications to launch smart glasses into the mainstream-a long term goal of firms like Meta. “I think […]
Big XR News: XR Leaders Analyse Meta Connect and the Future of Immersive Collaboration
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 Meta Connect 2024 and other immersive collaboration topics. Our guests include: Kevin ‘O Donovan, Co-Chair, Industrial Metaverse & Digital Twin Committee, VRARA Jay Latta, […]
9 Skills To Become a Successful Social Media Marketer [Infographic]
Social media marketing is a multi-faceted role.
X Will Comply With Brazilian Censorship Demands
After standing in defiance of the order for three weeks, X is now looking to mend its relationship in Brazil.
Meta Provides a Comprehensive Overview of Its Social Impact Efforts
A look at how Meta’s approaching the development of AI and the metaverse.
YouTube Will Now Allow Creators to Edit Out Rule-Breaking Elements in Videos
Another update to YouTube’s rule-breaking rectification process.
Bigscreen Says Beyond Now Ships Within One Week Of Ordering
Bigscreen Beyond should now ship within one week of ordering, the company claims.
PlayStation State Of Play Promises Updates On PSVR 2 Games Tomorrow
PlayStation’s next State of Play presentation airs tomorrow, promising news and updates on PSVR 2 games.
New Meta Avatars Graphics Overhaul Images Emerge Just Days Before Connect
More images of the upcoming Meta Avatars graphics overhaul have emerged, just days before Connect.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Soars Onto PC VR This November
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 confirmed its release date in a new trailer.
The XR Week Peek (2024.09.23): Quest 3S may cost $299, Meta and Luxottica to partner until 2030, and more!
These are my last hours in China. I’m currently in Beijing and today I’m taking the plane to get back to Italy. As usual, when a trip ends I’m a bit sad about what I leave, but I’m also a bit happy because I see my own country again and I can finally eat some […]
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‘Arizona Sunshine Remake’ Shows off Visual Overhaul on Quest 3 & PSVR 2 Ahead of October Launch
Vertigo Games is getting ready to release its remake of Arizona Sunshine (2016), the co-op zombie-killing adventure that started it all, showing off some new gameplay footage for Quest 3 and PSVR 2 too. Announced back in mid-August, Arizona Sunshine Remake is headed to all major headsets come October 17th, including Quest 2/3/Pro, PSVR 2, and […]
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Meta Swiftly Pulls the Plug on ‘Marvel Powers United VR’ Fan Revival Project
Meta shut down MARVEL Powers United VR (2018) back in 2021, the online co-op game released exclusively on Oculus Rift by Meta-owned studio Sanzuru Games. A recent fan project dedicated to reviving the game gave fans a glimmer of hope that they may even be able to play online again, but Meta has now shut that […]
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Soyuz Lands Returning Dyson, Two Crewmates Back to Earth
At 7:59 a.m. EDT (4:59 p.m. Kazakhstan time), the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft made a parachute-assisted landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan, southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan. Spanning 184 days in space, NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson’s mission includes covering 2,944 orbits of the Earth and a journey of 78 million miles. The Soyuz MS-25 …
NASA Astronaut Tracy C. Dyson and Crewmates Returning to Earth Live on NASA+
NASA’s live return coverage is underway on NASA+ and the agency’s website. Learn how to stream NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. The Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft, with NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson and Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub and Oleg Kononenko, will make a parachute-assisted landing at 7:59 a.m. (4:59 p.m. Kazakhstan …
Soyuz Spacecraft Undocks, Three Crew Members Headed Back to Earth
At 4:36 a.m. EDT, the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft undocked from the orbiting laboratory’s Prichal module with NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson and Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub and Oleg Kononenko. NASA’s live coverage of deorbit burn, entry, and landing will begin at 6:45 a.m. on NASA+ and the agency’s website. Learn how to stream NASA content …
Trio Departing Space Station Soon Live on NASA+
NASA’s live coverage of undocking is now underway on NASA+ and the agency’s website. Learn how to stream NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. At 1:02 a.m. EDT, hatches between the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft and the International Space Station closed in preparation for undocking and return to Earth of NASA astronaut …