Category: News from the web

Swords of Gargantua is returning to Meta Quest and PC VR storefronts on March 2, marking a “relaunch” after Thirdverse sunset the game last year.

In this week’s episode of the Between Realities VR Podcast, Alex and Skeeva host Igor Hardy, Lead Game Designer at Played With Fire, developers of Mixture.

Elon Musk (center), chief executive officer at Tesla Inc. leaves court in San Francisco … [+]California (USA), Tuesday January 24, 2023 Marlena Sloss/Bloomberg © 2023 Bloomberg Finance LP Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter who’s…read more

The post Elon Musk Resorts To Asking Users To ‘Like’ Competing Electric Car Ad On Twitter appeared first on Social Media Explorer.

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Musk claims that many Twitter accounts, which were verified before Elon Musk purchased the platform, will soon lose their blue checkmarks.

The post Musk Vows To Remove ‘Corrupt’ Blue Checks From Twitter Accounts Verified Under Old Regime Soon appeared first on Social Media Explorer.

The Vuzix Smart Swim glasses can display valuable information to swimmers and divers while submerged. Vuzix, a company specializing in wearable augmented reality (AR) technology, recently conducted an experiment in collaboration with OPTAC-X and Kymeta Corporation during which its Vuzix Smart Swim glasses were used to perform a SATCOM-enabled AR scuba dive. According to an […]

The post Vuzix AR Swim Goggles Used For Tactical Scuba Diving appeared first on VRScout.

This week, we released a bunch of titles and updates across the Meta Quest Platform. Here’s a rundown of the highlights….

Quixote Valley is Walkabout’s windmill course and at night it’s one of VR’s most breathtaking places.

Here’s how developers breathed life into the design:

Upcoming action-adventure platformer Mixture will release on February 23 for Quest 2.  

Tilt Five is publishing an AR version of board game Takenoko later this month.

We are living the generative AI hype, with everyone getting crazy about ChatGPT. And every day I read articles about how AI can disrupt the metaverse, how ChatGPT and metaverse are the perfect match, and especially about how the fact that if your XR company doesn’t have an AI strategy, it is already old and […]

The post Why you should use now generative AI in your metaverse company. Or maybe not appeared first on The Ghost Howls.

Earlier today, Feb. 11, the uncrewed Roscosmos Progress 83 cargo spacecraft docked automatically to the aft end of the Zvezda service module at the International Space Station. The rendezvous and docking operations were conducted with no issues. Meanwhile, engineers at the Russian Mission Control Center outside Moscow recorded a depressurization in the unpiloted Roscosmos Progress …

Photo by Chesnot/Getty images Getty Images The EU has criticised Twitter for not providing enough information regarding its disinformation efforts. It failed to submit a detailed report on how it was executing its obligations, in…read more

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Trump supporters attack the police and security force as protestors storm the US Capitol. … [+]6, 2021 Washington, DC. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images). Getty Images Donald Trump was able to have his Instagram and…read more

The post Donald Trump Gets His Facebook Account Back After Failed Coup Attempt appeared first on Social Media Explorer.

Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of Tesla Inc. arrives at San Francisco Court, California, USA. … [+]February 24, 2023, Tuesday Marlena Sloss/Bloomberg Photographer © 2023 Bloomberg Finance LP In recent months, Twitter accounts that have…read more

The post Elon Musk Fires Engineer Who Delivered Bad News About Twitter’s Engagement: Report appeared first on Social Media Explorer.

(Original caption) A row between Federalist Roger Griswold, and Republican Matthew Lyon at Congress … [+]February 15, 1789 Woodcut, 1807. Caricature, Comic Art. BPA2# 5176 Bettmann Archive Politicians are not new to violent feuds. John…read more

The post Political Feuds Are Increasingly Out In The Open Thanks To Social Media appeared first on Social Media Explorer.

Finally, a functional AR device that’s perfect for the opera. The augmented reality (AR) market is poised to explode over the next decade with companies such as Apple and Meta supposedly working on their own respective AR glasses for consumers. Then there’s Brilliant Monocle, a unique-looking AR device from Brilliant Labs designed to work with […]

The post This AR Monocle Device Is Designed To Be Hacked appeared first on VRScout.

Welcome back to our weekly spotlight on the people building for Meta Horizon Worlds and their amazing creations….

Netspend and Papa Johns have teamed up with Basketball Legend Shaquille O’Neal to promote his Shaq’s Fun House event’s augmented reality (AR) experience ahead of Super Bowl LVII Sunday. O’Neal is set to post the promotion on his Instagram account on Friday, 10 February, revealing the world-first AR experience with technologies from tech partner VideoBomb. […]

Some quick pointers for your social media marketing strategy.

The listing provides an overview of all of Meta’s teen protection features.

The prompts could be another way to spark more interaction in the app.

Elon called an engineers meeting to demand an investigation into his declining engagement rates.