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13 Fascinating Facts About The Thrust SSC, The World’s Fastest Land Vehicle
If you thought your car was fast, have a look at the record-breaking speed of the Thrust SSC and the technologies that made it possible.
Here’s How Much The Top F1 Drivers Get Paid
Racing in F1 is an adrenaline-fueled, exciting motorsport, and racers are appropriately paid handsomely for fighting to be the fastest on the grid.
Why You Should Use A Kill Switch With Your VPN
VPNs are becoming increasingly common tools, but no VPN is perfect – here’s how you can prevent your data from leaking by using a kill switch with your VPN.
Here’s Why Ford CEO Jim Farley Says You Won’t See A Ford EV Super Bowl Ad This Year
The big game is coming up, but you won’t see an ad for Ford electric vehicles on Superbowl Sunday. Ford CEO Jim Farley has one good reason why not.
After Meta’s Q4 Results, What’s Next for the Embattled Metaverse Firm?
Meta Platforms posted its fourth quarter (Q4) earnings results on Tuesday, revealing a milestone of two billion daily active users. According to the metaverse firm’s figures, it received 2.96 monthly active users (MAUs), or a 2 percent increase year-on-year. It also reported a 23 percent spike in ad impressions across its app portfolio – Facebook, […]
Prisms VR Secures $12.5 M, Following Consumer Launch
This Monday, immersive maths education firm Prisms V.R. (virtual reality) secured $12.5 million in a series A funding round. The move comes as Prisms aims to accelerate math literacy and immersive education across the U.S. Prisms are developing and distributing a V.R. immersive learning platform to accelerate maths and STEM learning. The firm aims its […]
XYZ Reality Atom Review: A Leading AR Headset
XR devices are rapidly emerging as powerful tools for virtually every industry. Not so long ago, most people viewed augmented and virtual reality headsets as solutions specifically tailored to the consumer landscape, intended for entertainment and fun. While there are certainly some great products out there for this purpose, there’s a growing interest in tools […]
What is Meta Reality Labs? An Introduction
In recent years, Meta (previously Facebook) has gone through some major changes. Since purchasing Oculus in 2014, the company’s interest in immersive technologies has grown, prompting the brand to completely reform its business model with a focus on building a new “metaverse.” As adoption of XR solutions has increased, Meta’s immersive focus has evolved too. […]
AI Writer and AI Design Tools for Marketers
Curious about using AI in your work? Wondering how AI can enhance and improve your content creation? To discover AI tools to help marketers design images and write better, I interview Paul Roetzer.
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Twitter Tests New Quick Boost Option for Tweets
The option would enable you to amplify your tweet reach direct from the tweet itself.
Twitter Experiments with Reply Filters, Timeline Controls, and the Capacity to Search Your Tweet Likes
Twitter continues to move fast with its latest updates.
TikTok Launches New Strikes-Based Penalty System for Repeat Offenders
The new system will help TikTok weed out repeat offenders.
Twitter’s Cancelling Free Access to its API, Which Will Shut Down Hundreds of Apps
The decision is the latest in Twitter’s new stance against developer access.
Meta One Step Closer To Completing Supernatural Acquisition
This week Meta made it one step closer to successfully acquiring Within, the studio behind fitness service Supernatural.
Broken Edge Details 2023 Updates, The Viking Releases February 15
Competitive multiplayer fantasy dueler Broken Edge detailed more content plans for 2023 and confirmed a February 15 release for The Viking.
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Quest 3 Will Have Color Passthrough Mixed Reality, Meta Confirms
Quest 3 will have color passthrough for mixed reality, Meta effectively confirmed.
Samsung To Develop New XR Hardware In Partnership With Qualcomm, Google
During today’s Samsung Unpacked event, Samsung announced plans to create new ‘Extended Reality’ (XR) hardware in partnership with Google and Qualcomm.
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Put Your Video Caption Know-how to the Test [Cheat sheet included]
Pop quiz, hot shot. As consumer demand for online videos continues to climb, understanding how audiences interact with this type of content is a crucial consideration for digital marketers. Surprisingly, many people prefer the sound of silence when it comes to their viewing habits. A recent Preply survey found that 41% of Americans choose to […]
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Former Oculus CTO Has Doubts About PSVR 2’s Chance for Success
John Carmack, former CTO of Oculus and key player in the VR startup’s genesis story, says Sony’s upcoming PSVR 2 headset may be see a bumpy road to adoption based on its high price and potential for scattershot geographic distribution. Carmack seems to really like PSVR 2’s hardware from a technical standpoint, saying that the […]
Report: Meta Wins Bid to Acquire VR Fitness Studio Behind ‘Supernatural’, Awaiting FTC Appeal
In 2021 Meta announced it was set to acquire Within, the studio behind popular VR fitness app Supernatural, however the reportedly $400 million deal became subject to investigations by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in respect to Meta’s supposed monopolization of the VR fitness space. Now, according to a Bloomberg report, it appears the FTC has […]
VR Education Startup Raises $12.5M to Teach Math and More Using VR in Schools
Prisms VR, an immersive platform for teaching math, announced it’s raised $12.5 million in a Series A round, which the company says will be used to expand its VR math literacy platform to more schools across the US. Led by Andreessen Horowitz, the latest funding round brings Prisms VR’s lifetime funding to $19.1 million, according […]
Meta Reality Labs Earnings Reveal a Less Successful Holiday Season & Highest Operating Costs Yet
Meta today revealed its latest quarterly earnings results, showing that Reality Labs, the company’s XR and metaverse arm, had a smaller holiday season than the last, while operating costs have reached their highest levels yet. Today during the company’s Q4 earnings call, Meta revealed the latest revenue and operating cost figures for its XR and […]
Spacewalkers Complete Construction Job to Upgrade Station Power
NASA astronaut Nicole Mann and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata concluded their spacewalk at 2:26 p.m. EST after six hours and 41 minutes. Mann and Wakata completed their major objective for today, which was to complete the construction of a mounting platform on the 1A power channel that was started during a …
Astronauts Begin Spacewalk to Continue Power System Upgrades
NASA astronaut Nicole Mann and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata began a spacewalk at 7:45 a.m. EST, approximately 30 minutes ahead of schedule, to complete the construction of a mounting platform on the 1A power channel that was started during a spacewalk on Jan. 20, relocate and install an articulating portable foot …