Norway’s government has begun its own Web3 venture after launching a metaverse-based tax office. The move aims to connect with Gen Z and Millennials and build Web3 technologies, it announced on Wednesday. Norway’s central register and tax authority, or Brønnøysund and Skatteetaten, respectively, announced the news at the Nokios conference it had partnered with Ernst […]
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Yoom Captures $15 Million amid Rebranding
This Tuesday, volumetric capture firm Yoom (formerly Tetavi) raised roughly $15 million to expand its real-time 3D (RT3D) avatar creation solution amidst a company rebranding. Yoom got its capital from representatives of various entertainment giants, including Interscope Records, Beats Electronics, and Finneas O’Connell, a Grammy Award-Winning Artist. Yoom’s volumetric video capture solutions enable brands to […]
Meta Faces Restructure amid Q3 Profit, Stock Losses
Meta Platforms reportedly saw earnings fall 4 percent in the third fiscal quarter (Q3), or $27.7 billion USD compared to the same period last year at $29 billion, its Wednesday quarterly report revealed. News of the losses triggered a massive Wednesday sell-off of stocks and fall in shares. As of Thursday, Meta’s shares plunged 22 […]
Taqtile Launches Manifest Maker Remote Guidance App
This Wednesday, Taqtile released its Manifest Maker application, an augmented reality (AR) remote guidance software for enterprise and industrial environments. Taqtile’s free solution provides a suite for on-site experts to create custom digital, step-by-step instructions for deskless and dispersed workers. Manifest Maker version 1.0.0 is available for head-mounted AR devices and iPads via Apple’s online […]
Earning Trust: A Method for More Sales
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Snapchat Rolls Out ‘Director Mode’ to All Users, Providing New Creative Options in the App
‘Director Mode’ includes a range of additional editing tools to help you create more standout video clips.
TikTok Publishes New Holiday Marketing Guide to Assist in Your Planning
The 17=page guide includes a range of helpful planning notes and tips.
Meta Outlines Key Areas of Focus, and Business Opportunity, Following Downbeat Earnings Report
Meta wants to reassure investors that it has a plan to get its revenue growth back on track.
Meta Reports Increasing Costs, Lower Ad Revenue in Q3 Performance Update
Some concerning signs in Meta’s latest performance and revenue numbers.
Synth Riders Drops A Free Spooky Update In Time For Halloween
A new Synth Riders update is now available, celebrating Halloween with a free song and spooky-themed decals.
VRChat Adds Experimental Support For Hand Tracking On Quest 2 & Quest Pro
The latest beta release of VRChat enables experimental hand tracking support on Quest 2 and Quest Pro.
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Quest Pro Mixed Reality Apps: Games & Experiences With Color Passthrough
Looking for Quest Pro mixed reality games and apps that use color passthrough?
Here’s our list of the ones available at launch.
Meta Quest 3 Launches ‘Later Next Year’
The “next generation consumer Quest” launches “later next year”, Meta’s CFO told investors.
Earlier this month Mark Zuckerberg said Quest 3 will be priced around $300-$500.
Top 6 Proven Strategies To Boost Your Employee Experience
In this day and age, companies can’t just get by with basic offers like health insurance and PTO. They must go the extra mile to deploy employee experience strategies that will ultimately foster a more engaged, happier, and productive workforce. Essentially, employee experience is the combination of all the interactions workers have with your company. […]
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Quest Pro Review – Impressive Hardware With a Value Proposition That’s Kind of a Mess
Quest Pro is here and brings with it some welcomed hardware improvements but a dubious value proposition that’s highly dependent on someone else making the right apps. There’s two ways to look at Quest Pro: A better and more expensive Quest 2 A headset with new features that wants to transform the way you work […]
Steam Halloween Sale: 10 Horrifying Deals on PC VR Games This Week
Steam is looking to knock the cobwebs from your wallet this week by offering up some very spooky savings on PC VR games. Here’s a look at our favorite games currently on sale that are sure to give you a fright this Halloween. Steam’s Scream Fest takes place from now until November 1st. You’ll find […]
Meta Confirms Next-gen Consumer Quest Headset Planned for 2023
Meta quietly confirmed that its next consumer-focused Quest headset (likely called Quest 3) will launch in 2023. While it was a bit more than a year between the launch of the first Quest and Quest 2, it’s now been more than two years since the launch of Quest 2 and Meta has yet to formally […]
Meta Reality Labs Latest Revenue & Operating Cost Figures Aren’t Going to Make Investors Happy
In Meta’s most recent quarterly earnings call the company shared the latest revenue figures of Reality Labs, the company’s XR division. In the third quarter of the year the division hit new milestones… unfortunately not the kind investors like to see. Meta has been clear about its plan to spend aggressively on its XR initiatives […]
Space Delivery Arriving Tonight as Crew Scans Eyes and Veins
A Roscosmos space freighter is due to arrive at the International Space Station tonight and replenish the Expedition 68 crew. While they wait for the space delivery, the orbital residents stayed busy throughout Thursday working on more eye and vein scans, a plant habitat, and a spacesuit. At 10:49 p.m. EDT tonight, two cosmonauts will …
Ozzy Osbourne to Join Metaverse Music Festival
Rock legend Ozzy Osbourne is set to perform at a key metaverse festival along with some of the world’s biggest artists, it was revealed last week. In a tweet, top metaverse platform Decentraland announced it would open the Metaverse Music Festival 2022, a novel platform hosting over 100 artists, including the Godfather of Heavy Metal, […]
HaptX Opens Preorders for Enterprise Haptic Gloves
HaptX opened on Tuesday preorders of its Gloves G1, an enterprise-grade haptic device for $4,500 per pair – a decrease in cost compared to previous models. The firm plans to ship the G2 product in Q3 2023. Jake Rubin, Founder and CEO of HaptX, believes that haptics are the cornerstone of next-generation human-machine interface (HMI) […]
Top 5 Reasons to Invest in Spatial Audio in 2022
Demand for immersive interactions is on the rise. Everything from the increase of remote and hybrid work, to growing interest in the “Metaverse” has prompted rapid adoption of powerful new experiences in “Extended Reality”. However, the more companies explore the XR environment, the more they discover new demands for tools which help to embed users […]
TikTok Launches ‘TikTok Academy’ Marketing Education Platform
The courses provide key insight into how to make best use of TikTok for marketing.
LinkedIn Provides More Tools to Facilitate Internal Promotion and Movement
As businesses revise their recruitment strategies, LinkedIn’s looking to help highlight opportunities.
LinkedIn Adds New Security Features, Including New Info on When an Account Was Created
Scammers on LinkedIn have been getting more attention of late…