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Shake Your Maracas in SEGA’s ‘Samba de Amigo: Virtual Party’
SEGA’s Samba de Amigo franchise has been entertaining people with its vibrant blend of rhythm, action, and frantic fun since it first hit arcades in…
Meta Horizon Worlds v131 Release Notes: Mute Assist, New Quests, & Limited-Edition Rewards
Meta Horizon Worlds v131 is here! This week, we’re beginning to test a few new features to improve your experience in Worlds, including mute assist,…
XR Analytics: The Ultimate Insight?
VR, AR, and MR are growing in influence across the business world; whether in training or branded customer experiences use cases, wider technology adoption is felt, and as the market reaches more business use cases, clients are trying their best to understand how XR can drive positive outcomes. As more enterprise clients try to leverage […]
Walmart, Perfect Corp Launch Sustainable AR Makeup Try-Ons
Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, has partnered with Perfect Corp to collaborate on a fresh-faced makeup virtual try-on experience. The augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI) beauty and fashion solutions provider will supply the innovative try-on beauty feature on the Walmart iOS app. With the new solution, Walmart can expand its cosmetics offerings to […]
Meta Faces Lawsuit over Alleged ‘Campaign to Conquer’ VR Market
Meta Platforms faces yet another lawsuit in US courts due to an allegedly anticompetitive “campaign to conquer” the virtual reality market, Reuters reported on Wednesday. The case sees Andre Elijah Immersive Inc and Meta Platforms Technologies LLC et al face off in the US District Court of the Northern District of California. According to interactive […]
What is the Industrial Metaverse? The Full Guide
What is the industrial metaverse, and is it the key to unlocking the total value of metaverse environments? In the last year or so, the sudden hype around “metaverse” technologies has begun to wane. Foremost market leaders have canceled or delayed metaverse projects. Even Meta, the company most commonly associated with the “rise of the […]
Creating a Short-Form Video System That Scales for TikTok and Beyond
Want to create more short-form videos for your business? Looking for a repeatable system to take you from ideation to publication? To discover how to build a system for creating short-form video on TikTok and beyond, I interview Austin Falter.
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X Tests New Live-Stream and Spaces Buttons in the Post Composer
X is looking to make live streaming a bigger focus.
The Ultimate Checklist for Social Media Success [Infographic]
A handy checklist to keep your social media marketing process on the right track.
X Launches Expanded Profile Bios for Web Users
The new option will give you more room to add contextual info to your X presence.
How to Develop an Inbound Healthcare Marketing Strategy
Why should you learn how to launch an inbound healthcare marketing strategy? It’s because an inbound marketing strategy for healthcare is a cost-effective patient acquisition strategy. The global consumer healthcare market is huge and diverse. Estimates show that the healthcare market is expected to be worth $781.5 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of […]
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Pioneering VR Studio Fast Travel Games Raises $4M
Fast Travel Games, the developer and publisher behind a host of VR games, announced it’s closed a new investment of $4 million, something the company says will help it further develop its own IP for VR platforms as well as support ongoing publishing initiatives. The latest round was led by Handelsbanken Fonder, with existing owners […]
I Tried to Play VR With Friends on Quest and it was a Nightmare (Again)
It feels like every time I try to get friends to have some fun in VR with me, the experience is somehow horribly painful. This time I kept a journal of the entire experience to catalogue the struggles seen by real Quest users every day. The advent of Quest was supposed to streamline the usage […]
NASA Updates Commercial Crew Planning Manifest
NASA and its industry partners Boeing and SpaceX are planning for the next set of missions to the International Space Station for the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Crew-8 NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the orbiting laboratory is targeted to launch no earlier than mid-February. The mission will carry NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, commander; Michael Barratt, …
Fearing Hamas Executions, Schools Urge Deletion of TikTok, Instagram
Hamas’s promise to broadcast the murder of hostages on its social media sites has school leaders and psychologists concerned about students’ safety. Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights Reserved. American and Israeli schools encourage…read more
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RealWear, NHS Deploy Navigator 500 for Surgical Training
Immersive wearables firm RealWear announced on Wednesday that the North Tees and Hartlepool National Health Services (NHS) Foundation Trust had deployed the company’s head-mounted solutions. With the new wearable tablets and software, students can boost their learning retention rates and practice critical skills to secure their operating theatre training. According to the recent use case, […]
Microsoft Patents Hot-Swappable Battery for AR Smart Glasses
Microsoft has recently been awarded a patent to install hot-swappable battery functionality into a future pair of augmented reality (AR) smart glasses, reports revealed. According to MSPowerUser, Microsoft published the patents on 5 October, revealing a potentially strong competitor to current smart glass providers with its modular design. The tech giant’s patent shows that the […]
Unity’s John Riccitiello Resigns over Pricing Structure Row
John Riccitiello, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman, Unity Technologies, has immediately stepped down from his position at the firm. The executive decided to resign from his post after the ongoing debacle with Unity’s pricing structure change last month. Unity has appointed James Whitehurst as the interim CEO of the San Francisco-based, real-time 3D (RT3D) […]
Can the Industrial Metaverse, XR Build Future Smart Cities?
After the conclusion of the Creativity Conference, many experts from across the immersive technology landscape have continued to share their insights on the future of the industrial metaverse. Amid the rise of emerging technologies, many companies have turned to virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) solutions to initiate next-generational city planning. To discuss this further, […]
X’s New Policies Are Being Put to the Test With Israel Conflict
Elon and his team are coming under more scrutiny amid reports that misinformation is proliferating in the app.
TikTok Expands Mental Health Support Options for World Mental Health Day
Expanded assistance tools and guidance for TikTok users.
Google Expands Access to Social Media Links in Business Listings
Now, you can add social profile links to your Google Business listing.
TikTok Adds More Direct Publishing Options to Its API To Facilitate Third-Party Posting
The new API update will make it easier to share your creations direct to TikTok.