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Bomb The Hill Speeds On To Quest This Spring
Downhill VR skateboarding game Bomb The Hill, inspired by 1970s era skateboarding pioneers, is launching on Quest this spring.
Join the VR funeral event to celebrate the end of the metaverse
Today, we are going to celebrate the end of VR with a big funeral event that is going to happen both in real life and VR. This will be the last act of that gimmick tech called virtual reality. The VR Funeral We have all read from tech magazines and LinkedIn posts that VR is […]
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‘Moss’ Developer Polyarc Lays Off Two-Thirds of Studio Following “major project” Cancellation
Polyarc, the studio behind VR puzzle-platformer series Moss, announced it’s significantly reducing the size of the company, marking another VR pioneer currently experiencing existential turmoil. The studio released word via a LinkedIn post on Tuesday, noting that layoffs come amid an “unsuccessful team-wide effort to secure funding following the cancellation of a major project.” Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, […]
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Meta Inches Into Health Wearables with New Food Logging Feature for Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
Meta announced it’s pushing an update to Ray-Ban and Oakley Meta smart glasses that’s slated to make nutrition tracking easier by letting Meta AI visually suss out food before you eat it. The News Over time, the company says that a user’s food log will inform “increasingly personalized insights that get more useful, helping you […]
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Medical Tests, Microbiology Top Research Schedule Aboard Station
Medical tests and microbiology topped the research schedule for the Expedition 74 crew aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday. The seven crewmates also worked on spacesuits, cargo operations, and life support maintenance.
26North Acquires Intermedia In Major Shakeup of Cloud Comms Market
26North Partners LP acquires Intermedia Intelligent Communications from Madison Dearborn Partners. Intermedia is a highly successful player in the AI-powered cloud communications, customer experience, and collaboration space, boasting more than $430 million in annual recurring revenue and delivering a remarkable 20 percent year-over-year growth rate in its core communications business. The platform currently supports over […]
Project vs Task Management Tools Explained: Key Differences, Use Cases & Common Mistakes
Understanding the difference between project and task management tools is critical for improving team productivity and execution. While both are often grouped together, they serve very different purposes – one focuses on tracking individual tasks, the other on delivering complex outcomes. Many organizations choose the wrong type, leading to missed deadlines, poor visibility, and misaligned teams. […]
Instagram confirms live test of its new subscription package
The Instagram Plus offering will give creators new features and is now live testing in some regions.
Meta outlines AI benefits for US construction industry
The company discussed how its AI approach to cement and concrete development can help producers compete on cost and build supply chain resilience.
We Boldly Go Hands-On With Star Trek: Infection & Live To Tell About It
Star Trek: Infection is out today on Quest 3, and we went hands-on with the VR survival horror game ahead of its release.
Ray-Ban Meta Optics Styles Promise “All-Day Comfort” For Prescriptions
The new Ray-Ban Meta Optics Styles promise “all-day comfort” for prescription wearers, with overextension hinges, interchangeable nose pads, and optician-adjustable temple tips.
Rec Room shuts down, and some of its assets have allegedly been acquired by Snap
I’m in complete shock. Today I woke up, I went on X to interact with the XR community, and I immediately saw this post by Bradley: I thought it was an April Fools post, but then I checked the date, and it was definitely too early for that. Googling around, I found that it is […]
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The XR Week Peek (2026.03.30): Meta to launch two new smartglasses, the metaverse dies again and again, and much more!
It’s beautiful here: Spring has brought the Sun, higher temperatures, and also the blossoming of flowers. Everything is so alive now… except for the metaverse, which is dead, as you all know… Top news of the week Meta is slated to launch two new smartglasses According to two new FCC filings, spotted by the journalist Janko […]
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‘Cyberpunk 2077’ is Officially Coming to VR Soon as a Co-op Location-based Experience
CD Projekt Red announced it’s working with Zero Latency VR to bring Cyberpunk 2077 to out-of-home VR destinations. Zero Latency VR calls the forthcoming experience “based on the world of Cyberpunk 2077,” but built specifically for the company’s untethered, free-roam technology. What’s more, the studios say they’re bringing the co-op experience to Zero Latency VR’s locations worldwide […]
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Meta is Releasing 2 New Ray-Ban Smart Glasses for Prescription Wearers, Starting at $500
Meta and eyewear partner EssilorLuxottica announced two new “optical-forward” pairs of Ray-Ban Meta glasses, which are said to support nearly all prescriptions. Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta smart glasses can already be paired with prescription lenses, although the latest pairs of Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses are coming with new ergonomic features: overextension hinges, interchangeable nose-pads, […]
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Crew Kicks Off Week with Cargo Mission Training and Spacewalk Cleanup
Expedition 74 started the week training for the arrival of the next U.S. cargo mission and continuing to clean up after last week’s spacewalk. The orbital residents also practiced medical emergency procedures, unloaded supplies from a new Roscosmos resupply ship, and ensured the International Space Station remains in tip-top shape.
The Best Books, Movies, Video Games, and Podcasts to Check Out After Watching ‘Heated Rivalry’
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There are more AI health tools than ever—but how well do they work?
Earlier this month, Microsoft launched Copilot Health, a new space within its Copilot app where users will be able to connect their medical records and ask specific questions about their health. A couple of days earlier, Amazon had announced that Health AI, an LLM-based tool previously restricted to members of its One Medical service, would…
The Pentagon’s culture war tactic against Anthropic has backfired
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Last Thursday, a California judge temporarily blocked the Pentagon from labeling Anthropic a supply chain risk and ordering government agencies to stop using its AI. It’s the latest development in the month-long…
The Campus Communication Gap: Why Your School PA System Can’t Work in Isolation
Effective communication across a school campus isn’t a nice-to-have, it’s essential. Relaying schedule changes, updating staff on room changes, and coordinating responses to emergencies are all necessary to keep a school running safely and efficiently. Understanding this, many K-12 schools and colleges now use UC platforms like Microsoft Teams or Zoom so staff can remain in contact with each other. This works effectively for anyone […]
What Do the Best AI Productivity Reports Reveal in 2026? The Data on Team Productivity, ROI and Enterprise Adoption
AI productivity research is everywhere in 2026. Analysts, standards bodies, consultancies, and vendors are all publishing new data on workplace AI statistics, ROI, adoption, and risk. The problem for buyers is not a lack of evidence. It is deciding which research actually matters when you are evaluating AI inside unified communications, collaboration, and the wider […]
EU regulators propose banning AI nudification apps
The legislation would prohibit any artificial image and video generation platform, including X’s Grok, from generating unauthorized, sexually explicit images.
LinkedIn will no longer allow real-time livestreams
Starting in June, the platform will require users to schedule events ahead of time, although streams can be planned “just minutes in advance,” per the company.