Meta Announces New Business Messaging Accelerator Program to Highlight DM Opportunities

The program will highlight the opportunities of business messaging to more brands.

Meta Achieves MRC Accreditation for Brand Safety in Ad Placement

The accreditation will provide more assurance for Meta ad partners.

PSVR 2 Launches February 22 For $550

Sony is taking pre-orders for the PlayStation VR2 headset starting November 15 priced at $550.

Meta Bans Children 12 And Under Using Rec Room On Quest

Meta is requiring Rec Room block children 12 and under from using the popular social app on Quest.

AWE 2022: SyncReality turns your room into a cross-realities playground

One of the most interesting products I have tried at AWE has been SyncReality, a solution to turn every physical space into a mixed reality experience. This is something I thought about also doing myself, so I have been very happy to see that someone was carrying on that vision for real. Let me explain […]

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How to Grow Your Instagram Engagement

Recent COVID and work-from-home restrictions have been a boon for Instagrammers and other social media marketers … if they were giving followers valuable, engaging content. While followers were locked inside, engaging visual content connected those wannabe travelers into global communities. But it takes a lot more than pretty pictures to grow your Instagram account.  You […]

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PSVR 2 to Launch February 22nd for $550, Pre-orders Coming November 15th

Sony today announced the long-awaited price and release date for PSVR 2, its next-gen VR headset for PS5. Pre-orders for PSVR 2 are slated to start on November 15th, priced at $550 for the headset and controllers, or $600 for the Horizon Call of the Mountain hardware bundle. PlayStation VR2 is officially launching on February […]

Sony Reveals 11 More PSVR 2 Games Coming in 2023, Including 4 Brand New Titles

Alongside Sony’s big reveal of the long-awaited price and release date for PSVR 2 today, the company also dropped some new info on 11 games coming to the headset in 2023. Firstly, four newly revealed games, then seven ports which are making their way to PSVR 2. You’ll find expanded descriptions of the games over on the […]

U.S. Cargo Rocket at Launch Pad as Crew Works Science, Exercise Gear

The Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus space freighter has rolled out to the launchpad in Virginia counting down to its launch toward the International Space Station. While the Expedition 68 crew members await the new cargo mission, they studied blood flow to the brain, inspected space exercise gear, and prepared for future spacewalks. Northrop Grumman’s …

Flickplay: What are Immersive NFTs?

Watch on YouTube. XR Today’s Rory Greener hosts Pierina Merino, CEO of FlickPlay. In this session, we discuss the following: Insight into Flickplay’s experience developing and deploying Web3 content at scale What are “social media” NFTs? What B2B and marketing opportunities exist within the Flickplay ecosystem? Experience with the Disney XR Accelerator and the benefits […]

IIoT World 2022 Probes Disruptive Industrial Metaverse

The industrial metaverse is rapidly developing, both as an emerging technology for reshaping global supply chains, but also for transforming future products and infrastructure. To date, companies capitalising on the industrial metaverse face significant challenges in applying solutions. These firms aim to receive tangible returns on investment (ROI), streamlined logistics and production processes, and deploy […]

RealWear Launches Voice-Controlled Thermal Camera

Manufacturers of immersive industry 4.0 solutions RealWear launched a hands-free, voice-controlled thermal camera attachment for its Navigator 500 augmented reality (AR) headset. The new add-on allows Navigator 500 operators to capture high-resolution visible-spectrum, thermal, and colour images. This feature enables a RealWear worker to identify temperature anomalies in industrial equipment like pumps, pipes, wiring, and […]

Are Holograms the Future of the Enterprise?

Holograms could soon become the next wave of communications, connecting people with spatially-designed virtual objects to add depth, realism, and emotional impact to face-to-face communications. Over the last few years, technology has advanced significantly by reconnecting how people communicate. Phone calls became video calls, namely amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and allowed millions of people to […]

Musk Outlines New $8 Per Month Twitter Blue Package, Including Verification Ticks

Elon seems convinced that charging users a monthly fee is the best way forward for the app.

Will Twitter be a New World of Pain for Elon Musk? [Infographic]

Elon Musk could be confronted with a range of business conflicts in his new role as ‘Chief Twit’

10 Benefits of Seeking Leads vs Waiting for People to Come to You [Infographic]

By establishing a more direct lead generation process, you can maximize your marketing results.

Google Adds New Elements to Its ‘Ads Data Hub’ Insights Platform

Ads Data Hub matches aggregated ad response data with your first-party ad info.

Ghostbusters: Rise Of The Ghost Lord Launches For Quest 2 & Quest Pro In 2023

Sony marked Halloween by revealing the name for its upcoming Ghostbusters game.

The XR Week Peek (2022.11.01): Quest Pro gets released, Quest 3 slated for 2023, and more!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE! Even if it is not part of the Italian tradition, probably Halloween is the right festivity for me, since I’m a ghost :). And in fact, for me, this one has been a pretty cool week: HTC Vive has selected me as one of the top 100 VR influencers (whatever this word means), […]

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Qualcomm Says Multiple Snapdragon XR2+ Devices Will be Announced by Year’s End

Semiconductor giant Qualcomm says its latest XR chipset, the Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 1, will find its way into multiple virtual and mixed reality (MR) headsets by the end of 2022. We know of at least two headset that already feature Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon XR chipset: the recently launched Meta Quest Pro and Lenovo ThinkReality VRX, both of […]

Blood Work, Robotics Training, and Lab Upkeep Fill Station Crew’s Day

Tuesday’s main activities for the Expedition 68 crew included examining how the blood system is affected in weightlessness and working on a trio of different robotics activities. The four astronauts and three cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station also inspected a new toilet system and continued unpacking a new cargo craft. The human body must …

ARWall Debuts ARFX Pro Plugin for Virtual Production

Today, ARWall, a virtual production product and services merchant, updated its augmented reality effects (ARFX) Pro Unreal Engine Plugin to streamline workflows for end-users incorporating immersive backdrops for media productions. The update consolidates all integrated features from Unreal Engine, by Epic Games, under the ARWall infrastructure for increased ease of use. The update invites virtual […]

The Enterprise Metaverse with Lenovo’s Jason McGuigan

Watch on YouTube. XR Today’s Demond Cureton hosts Jason McGuigan, Head of Commercial Virtual Reality for Lenovo. In this session, we discuss the following: The rise of the industrial metaverse Lenovo’s latest immersive solution, the ThinkReality VRX Upcoming plans for the company amid the Lenovo Tech World 2022 For more information and a recap of […]

A Complete Guide to Virtual Reality

Of all of the various forms of extended reality (XR), virtual reality (VR), is the most familiar. The technology allows people to create ‘virtual’ landscapes and environments that simulate the real world. Interest in VR is rapidly increasing with a forecasted 48.7 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2021 and 2026. The COVID-19 pandemic […]

Musk Looks to Revamp Subscriptions, Considers Bringing Back Vine in First Twitter Moves

The Musk era at Twitter is now underway, with a range of projects being considered to re-form the app.