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SAN ANSELMO CALIFORNIA – JULY 05. In this illustration photo, the Threads Logo is shown on a … [+]Cell phone in San Anselmo on the 5th of July 2023. Meta, which owns Instagram, will release…read more

The post Here’s Why Meta’s Threads Is Going To Help Resurrect Twitter appeared first on Social Media Explorer.

Topline Instagram lead Adam Mosseri said in two Threads posts Friday that the new app would not encourage “politics and hard news” on its platform, a far cry from the promoted political content found on…read more

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It was a quiet week on the Meta Quest Platform. But there’s a clucking good update we just had to share….

A growing number of people are conducting home insurance research on Reddit.

Another step in expanding Twitter’s utility.

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Semafor, Thursday, reported that Twitter’s attorney accused Meta, in a lawsuit, of misusing “trade secret and intellectual property of Twitter” to build its Threads rival app. The company claimed to…read more

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After long last, season three of the popular martial arts crime drama Warrior has finally begun airing on Max (formerly HBO Max). To help promote the new episodes, Max teamed up with a handful of multicultural artists to create a series of interactive murals powered by augmented reality (AR) technology. Each mural features a QR […]

The post AR Murals Bring Bruce Lee To Life In NY & LA appeared first on VRScout.

New shared AR games have also been announced. The Minnesota Twins baseball team is expanding its collaboration with smartphone-based augmented reality (AR) platform ARound to bring AR-powered statistics and new AR mini-games to Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, according to an official release. The partnership was originally announced back in 2022. This second iteration will introduce […]

The post The Minnesota Twins Add AR Statistics To Their Stadium appeared first on VRScout.

Step into the role of “mind-breaking” operative. Available now on PlayStation VR2 headsets, Synapse is a mind-bending VR action shooter from developer nDREAMS (Phantom: Covert Ops, Far Cry: Dive Into Insanity, Fracked) that immerses players in fast-paced combat across an otherworldly battlefield. In this unique VR FPS, players take on the role of a “mind-breaking” […]

The post Telekinetic VR Shooter Synapse Out Now On PS VR2 appeared first on VRScout.

Create your own unique plants and share them with artists across the world. Yesterday, Apple revealed Deep Field, an immersive augmented reality (AR) art app powered by iPad and Apple Pencil. Developed by Australian artists and creative technologists Tin Nguyen and Edward Cutting of Tin&Ed, the interactive experience tasks you with creating your own unique […]

The post Apple Launches Environmental AR Experience For iPad appeared first on VRScout.

The development of the metaverse has not yet sparked the need for legislative or regulatory intervention, EU antitrust boss Margrethe Vestager has said. The metaverse has been pioneered largely by innovative start-ups, but there are concerns that the likes of Microsoft and Meta could trample over these firms due to their existing reach and scale. […]

The rapid evolution of the digital landscape has transformed the way we think about extended reality. Once considered a relatively novel concept, the technology has now captured the attention of business leaders in virtually every industry. In the telecoms and media landscape, vendors around the world are investing in immersive solutions, to improve the way […]

Are the XR races starting again? Last year it felt that multiple XR firms were rushing to get ahead of the pack with a year full of hype and innovation. That innovation still exists, of course, although, following a slow first half of 2023 for the immersive industry, a breakout AWE 2023 and Apple Vision […]

Debate over Threads lingo is already ramping up. 

Some notes of inspiration for your video content approach. 

The tests are part of a small-scale experiment to being with. 

The next step in Elon’s ‘everything app’ plan.

Pico 4 owners can claim free games until July 21 when someone buys a new headset with their referral code.

GOFL is a prototype AR golf game that uses the real world for courses. We spoke with Liquid City’s founder to learn more.