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Instagram Adds Interactive Polaroid Frame for Coachella 2024
An interesting activation for Coachella 2024.
DoubleVerify Confirms Error in Its Reporting, Misrepresenting X’s Brand Safety
DoubleVerify says that an issue in its dashboard showed that X had a lower brand safety score.
Micro Machines VR & Battle Bows Find A New Home With Beyond Frames
Micro Machines VR and Battle Bows have been transferred to new management following the studio’s closure.
Escape Simulator VR Hands-On: A Great New Way To Play
Escape Simulator demonstrates how VR can further enhance existing games.
Our impressions.
Pimax Announces New Wired PC VR Headsets: $700 Crystal Light & $1800 Crystal Super
Pimax just announced two new wired PC VR headsets, Crystal Light and Crystal Super, as well as a wireless adapter for the current Crystal.
OpenXR 1.1 Brings Extensions Like Foveated Rendering & More Into The Core Spec
OpenXR 1.1 brings a foveated rendering extension & more into the core specification.
Full details here.
The XR Week Peek (2024.04.16): Google promises “AR Announcements”, first details found on Gabe Newell’s BCI startup, and more!
These days I’ll start organizing my trip to the US to be a speaker at AWE in June… in case you want to meet me there, feel free to reach out. The sooner I know how many people would like to meet me, the better I’ll organize my trip… After this personal announcement, let’s have a […]
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‘COLD VR’ Takes Smash-hit ‘SUPERHOT VR’ Time-freeze Mechanic & Completely Inverts It
Superhot VR hasn’t spawned nearly as many games as we thought it might, considering the ‘move to unfreeze time’ mechanic works so well in VR. Now, an upcoming game called COLD VR is looking to invert Superhot’s iconic gameplay and spin it for some fast-paced action. In Superhot you’re encouraged to stop and execute precise […]
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Pimax Has Two New Headsets on the Way While Older Promises Remain Unfulfilled
Pimax announced two new PC VR headsets today—both said to be launching this year—but it’s more than a year behind schedule on other products. “Pimax has never been short on ambition, but its execution hasn’t always kept up.” That’s a line from my article published on October 26th, 2021, in which Pimax announced three major […]
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Pimax Reveals New High-end PC VR Headsets Focused on Affordability & Performance
Pimax today announced two new Crystal series PC VR headsets, one of which is focused on affordability while the other pushes the envelope on resolution. During a prerecorded presentation today, Pimax introduced the Crystal Light and Crystal Super PC VR headsets. Pimax Crystal Light Crystal Light might sound like a diet drink, but it’s actually […]
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Space Science and Spacewalk Preps Keep Crew Busy
The Expedition 71 crew members continued ongoing biology and physics research, as well as spacewalk preparations on Tuesday. The seven International Space Station residents also kept up more CubeSat work, cargo operations, and lab maintenance throughout their shifts. Eye checks were on the schedule Tuesday as NASA Flight Engineers Tracy C. Dyson and Mike Barratt …
NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Begins Stacking Operations
NASA teams joined Boeing on April 16 to move the Starliner spacecraft out of the company’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the launch site. Technicians lifted and connected the spacecraft to the top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at the Vertical Integration …
NASA Completes Analysis of Recovered Space Object
In March 2021, NASA ground controllers used the International Space Station’s robotic arm to release a cargo pallet containing aging nickel hydride batteries from the space station following the delivery and installation of new lithium-ion batteries as part of power upgrades on the orbital outpost. The total mass of the hardware released from space station …
Laval Virtual 2024: XR is on the Comeback
Laval Virtual 2024 wrapped up for another year. The event always wows spectators with a rich lineup of technology vendors and innovations. XR took centre stage, with many firms highlighting major products, addressing industry concerns, and presenting innovations. In 2024, many major technology firms like Apple, LG, and Samsung are debuting XR devices, and events […]
OpenXR Update to Optimise Major XR Headsets
Today, Khronos updated its OpenXR API to optimise its support of cross-platform AR/VR/MR application development with its version 1.1 update. The move consolidates multiple extensions into the OpenXR API, streamlining application development cycles – namely multiple vendor-specific extensions to reduce the different coding frameworks behind its support end devices. The OpenXR API is a core […]
Apple Vision Pro vs Meta Quest Pro: Which is Best?
Apple Vision Pro vs Meta Quest Pro: Which “professional” headset is best? When Apple first announced its innovative spatial computing headset, it seemed like a revolution. Though Apple didn’t share much about the actual specs of the product initially, it promised to deliver an experience unlike any other. But it’s not the first “Pro” headset […]
xAI Previews Coming Image Queries in Its Grok Chatbot
Elon’s AI chatbot will soon also be able to understand visual inputs.
Snapchat Announces Activations for Festival Season
Some new, themed elements to drive more Snap engagement.
Meta Expands Its Tests of Generative AI Features
All social platforms are still seeking a killer use case for generative AI.
Meta Tests DMs on Threads via Instagram Inbox
Yes, DMs are coming to Threads. No, you won’t have a separate Threads inbox.
Wolvic WebXR Browser Switching To Chromium To Close Performance Gap With Quest Browser
Wolvic, the successor to the Firefox Reality web browser, is switching to Chromium to close its performance gap with the Meta Quest browser.
The Flip Is A Left 4 Dead-Inspired VR Co-Op Shooter Reaching Quest Soon
The Flip, a new Left 4 Dead-inspired VR zombie multiplayer shooter, reaches Quest this week.
Palmer Luckey & John Carmack Argue With Meta CTO Over Luckey’s Firing
Over the weekend, John Carmack and Palmer Luckey publicly argued with Meta’s CTO about Luckey’s 2017 firing.
cyubeVR Topped The March PSVR 2 Download Charts
Minecraft-inspired cyubeVR topped the PSVR 2 download charts for March.