Change the Game: ‘Among Us VR’ Adds Custom Lobby Settings and Accidental Hats Today

With countless matches played in the last few months, it’s high time we start changing the game in Among Us VR. Today Schell Games, Innersloth,…

GIGXR Debuts Immersive HoloScenarios: BLS Training

Last Thursday, immersive healthcare training solutions provider GigXR updated its HoloSecnarios platform to include new training models to deepen learning curves. The move brings Basic Life Support (BLS) training to the HoloSecnarios platform – a TIME-awarded immersive learning suite. Project partners Morlen Health, a Northwest Permanente, P.C. subsidiary, assisted in integrating the new learning module […]

Metaphysic Appoints Sam Head to Top Gen AI Role

Metaphysic announced on Thursday that it had appointed Sam Head as its Senior Artificial Intelligence (AI) Model Artist to expand the company’s generative AI solutions. Additional appointments include Thomas Salama, AI and Compositing Supervisor, Scott Bourne, AI Compositing Lead, and Matteo Olivieri Dancey, AI Innovation Lead. The new entrants formally worked for major special effects […]

Varjo, Finnish National Opera and Ballet Debut Immersive Opera

In late January, extended reality (XR) hardware provider Varjo and partners The Finnish National Opera and Ballet (FNOB) debuted an immersive opera experience of acclaimed production: Turandot from classic composers Giacomo Puccini and Franco Alfano. The esteemed European art institution premiered its Opera in person on January 27 2022, while hosting Turandot via a varjo-powered immersive […]

Landing Pages That Convert: A Framework for Success

Want to boost conversions on your website? Looking for a process to make a landing page that converts? To discover how to create sales pages that convert, I interview Wes McDowell.

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Pinterest Tests New ‘Premiere Spotlight’ Ads on its Search Page

The new ad units will take up prominent real estate on the search screen.

YouTubers Share Results of First Month of Shorts Monetization

YouTube’s new Shorts revenue share program isn’t making anyone rich yet.

Instagram Expands Age Verification Tools to More Regions

Meta’s making its age checking processes more widely available.

Google Removes Another 6,000 YouTube Channels Linked to Chinese Influence Operations

Google continues to detect and remove thousands of channels linked to ‘Dragonbridge’

The Last Worker Delivers On March 30 For Quest, PSVR 2 & PC VR

The Last Worker, an anti-capitalist VR narrative adventure from Oiffy and Wolf & Wood, arrives this month on Quest, PSVR 2 and PC VR. 

VRNoid Mixes Breakout With Air Hockey This Week On Quest & PC VR

VRNoid brings a mix of retro-themed block breakers and air hockey to VR, which arrives this week on Quest and PC VR. Read more here:

Resident Evil 8 Village PSVR 2 Review: A Stunning & Engaging Horror Shooter

Resident Evil 8 for PlayStation VR2 features intense action alongside stunning visuals that are “a stark and shocking leap” over standalone.

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Third Gen Smart Ray-Bans Reportedly Getting A HUD And Neural Wristband

The third generation Ray-Ban smartglasses set for 2025 will get a HUD and neural wristband, according to a Meta roadmap leaked to The Verge.

9 New and Awesome Content Marketing Tools to Try in 2023

Content marketing is changing, but, luckily, there are smart tools that support the innovation and allow content marketers to stay up-to-date with new technology. In this roundup, I am going to stay off the beaten path and suggest some tools that are not being featured in every other article for you to try something new […]

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Meta is Planning a Cheaper VR Headset for Release in 2024, Pointing to Possible ‘Quest 3 Lite’

Meta is planning to ship a VR headset in 2024 which the company wants to make as accessible as possible to consumers. According to a report by The Verge, Meta’s VP of VR, Mark Rabki, told thousands of employees in a memo that it plans to release a consumer VR headset in 2024, codenamed Ventura. “The goal for […]

Meta Plans Pricier Quest 3 With Features to ‘fire up enthusiasts’

Meta’s Quest 3 headset, which the company has confirmed will land this year, is said to be positioned as a slightly pricier headset with features designed to appeal to VR enthusiasts. For Quest 3, due out sometime later this year, Meta may be focusing more on its existing VR customers rather than trying to reel […]

Elon Musk Crypto Scams Promise Free Neuralink Brain Chip In Paid Ads On Twitter

An online website that claims Elon Musk started a Neuralink-themed business. It was set up by cryptocurrency scammers … [+] coin. Twitter Twitter has been swamped in recent years with crypto scammers using Elon Musk’s…read more

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She Slept On The Floor In Her Office. Then Twitter Fired Her

This photo illustrates the Twitter logo in Warsaw (Poland), 21 September 2022. Twitter … [+]The management announced that a new verification stamp will replace the previously issued blue check to only verified accounts. Esther Crawford,…read more

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Meta Horizon Worlds v99 Release Notes

Meta Horizon Worlds v99 is here! This week we’re introducing longer sound recordings along with an improved flow for adding audio to your worlds. We’re…

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HCLTech Debuts Portable 5G Solution at MWC 2023

Indian tech firm HCLTech has showcased its portable 5G solution at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 in Barcelona, it announced this week. The novel solution aims to expand enterprise 5G adoption with hyperfast, ultra-low latency internet connectivity for demoing extended reality (XR) solutions. Both HCLTech and HCLSoftware, the company’s software solution wing, service 222,000 clients […]

Twitter Updates Violent Speech Policy to Add More Elements

The updates don’t greatly expand Twitter’s rules, but do add some new provisos.

TikTok Implements New Usage Limits for Teen Users, Adds More Parental Control Options

New restrictions and parental control options for TikTok

Incoming YouTube CEO Neal Mohan Outlines His Vision for the Future of the App

Enhanced monetization, podcasts, generative AI – all coming to YouTube

US TikTok Ban Moves a Step Closer, with Biden Given Approval to Rule on the App

Biden now has expanded powers to ban the app, if he deems such a move necessary.