What the Bat? presents an experience dripping in charm and creativity that’s only held back by a slightly shaky transition into VR.
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News from various tech sites, space, animals and more!
Star Wars: Squadrons Is Free On The Epic Games Store For One Week
The VR-compatible space combat game Star Wars: Squadrons is free on the Epic Games Store for one week, starting from today.
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VR Operatives: How Espire Created One Of Australia’s Leading VR Game Studios
For Melbourne-based VR game studio Digital Lode, things are about to change.
Here’s the full story of how Digital Lode and the Espire franchise came to be:
Demeo’s Next Adventure, Reign of Madness, Arrives On December 15
Resolution Games confirms its next Demeo campaign, Reign of Madness, arrives next month on Quest and PC VR.
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Honor Magic Vs Gives Samsung’s Galaxy Fold Some Flexible Competition
The Honor Magic Vs could easily give Samsung’s foldables a run for their money — even if the Chinese foldable may not release in the U.S. any time soon.
The Best Video Games Of 2022
2022 saw a host of great video games, from FPS to open world adventures to cozy games, we have a best video game pick for every kind of gamer.
The Hardware That Makes The New Honda Civic Type R Magical
Honda’s latest hot hatch may promise a simple formula for driving fun, but there’s engineering magic behind the scenes making sure the Civic Type R delivers.
Here’s What Makes The Tech In Black Panther 2 So Realistic
The technology featured in Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever is fantastic, but a lot of it already exists, at least in a primitive form. We have the details.
Ericsson to Build New UK Facility for 6G Research
Ericsson is set to build a new 6G research facility in the United Kingdom with tens of millions in investment over ten years’ time, the company announced on Wednesday. The initiative aims to create next-generation wireless connectivity infrastructure across the nation. It will also develop Britain’s 6G innovations with network security, artificial intelligence (AI), green […]
A Guide to Comparing RT3D Engines in 2022
As Extended Reality technologies continue to evolve, becoming increasingly popular, business leaders, and developers are searching for new ways to create and share immersive content. RT3D engines have emerged as one of the most valuable tools for designing 3D experiences. Defined as graphical tools capable of generating interactive content at a speed faster than human […]
Niantic, Qualcomm Partner for Snapdragon Hardware Scalability
Last Wednesday, augmented reality (AR) software studio Niantic partnered with Qualcomm to leverage the latter’s Snapdragon Spaces extended reality (XR) platform for geotagged immersive content and supporting hardware. The partnership sees Niantic integrate its Lightship Visual Positioning System (VPS)? — a service for designing and distributing location-based AR content ?— into Snapdragon to optimize immersive […]
Social Media is Becoming Less ‘Social’ and More ‘Media’
As making connections takes a back seat to being entertained, the fundamentals of social media marketing are evolving.
Political Content is on the Decline on Facebook, According to the Latest ‘Widely Viewed Content Report’
Though tabloid-style junk is taking its place.
Meta Showcases New AI System That Can Use Strategic Reasoning to Solve Problems
AI is developing fast – maybe too fast for regulatory oversight to keep up.
Meta Quest 2 Will Finally Be Sold In Germany Very Soon
Quest 2 will finally be sold in Germany by the end of this year, more than 2 years after Meta stopped selling VR headsets in the country.
Most Meta AR/VR Spending Is Building AR Glasses, Horizon Less Than 10%
Over 50% of Meta’s AR/VR spending is going to the research & development of AR glasses.
Contrary to popular belief, Horizon makes up less than 10%.
Pico 4 Black Friday Bundle Includes 3 Free Games: After The Fall, Ruinsmagus & More
Pico’s Black Friday bundle includes After the Fall, Ruinsmagus and Les Mills Bodycombat for free with any purchase of a Pico 4 headset.
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Camouflaj Working On Batman VR For Quest, According To FTC
According to Federal Trade Commission court documents, Camouflaj is working on a Batman VR game for Quest headsets.
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Meta to Resume Quest Sales in Germany Following 2-year Antitrust Case
Over the past two years Meta has been blocked from selling its VR headsets in Germany based on the linkage between its virtual reality products and Facebook. Now it seems Germany-based customers will soon be able to order Quest headsets in-country. As reported by German VR publication MIXED, residents of Europe’s largest economy will soon […]
‘Peaky Blinders VR’ to Release on Quest 2 and Pico 4 in March 2023
Maze Theory today announced that its long-awaited Peaky Blinders VR game is officially set to launch on March 9th, 2023. Called Peaky Blinders: The King’s Ransom, the dark action-adventure game is set to release on Meta Quest 2 and Pico 4. The studio is also slated to release the game on SteamVR headsets, however the studio hasn’t […]
‘Batman VR’ App Allegedly in the Works for Quest, FTC Filing Claims
Among documents released by the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) earlier this week is a claim that Meta’s VR studio Camouflaj, the developers behind Marvel’s Ironman VR, have also planned a Batman VR app for release on Quest. The apparent leak was found by Janko Roettgers, formerly of Protocol and Variety. The document in whole can be viewed […]
Quest 2 Black Friday Sale Brings Discounted Headset & Game Bundles
We’re keeping an eye on the best Oculus Quest 2 Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2022 deals, don’t blink or you might miss the best Quest 2 sale of the year! Updated – November 22nd, 2022 The Best Oculus Quest 2 Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2022 Sales Oculus Quest 2 (128GB) The best Oculus […]
Crew Goes into Thanksgiving with Spacewalk and Dragon Preps
Four Expedition 68 astronauts will relax on Thanksgiving day as three cosmonauts continue preparing for a spacewalk on Friday. The International Space Station residents are also expecting a space delivery this weekend bringing new roll-out solar arrays and science experiments. Three NASA astronauts and one astronaut from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) spent Wednesday …
SpaceX CRS-26: Scrubbed; NASA, SpaceX Now Targeting Nov. 26 for Launch
Due to poor weather conditions in the area along Florida’s Space Coast for today’s planned launch of SpaceX’s 26th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station, SpaceX and NASA now are targeting liftoff for 2:20 p.m. EST Saturday, Nov. 26, from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Launch coverage will begin at …