Meta Expands Automated Ad Optimization Options via ‘Meta Advantage’ Program

Meta’s automation tools are getting better, and it’s looking to make them available to more businesses.

Instagram Launches New Hands-Free Recording Support for Samsung Flip Phones

Flip phones are back, and now there may be another reason to get one.

Tennis League VR Demo Coming Tomorrow For Quest, Full Release In Fall

Tennis League VR is a new sports game coming to Quest headsets later this year, with a free playable demo launching tomorrow.

Public Beta For Half-Life 2 VR Mod Releases Next Month

A public beta for the community-made Half-Life 2 VR mod will release in September. 

More info here.

My experience at Dreamscape

Some months ago, when I was in Los Angeles to attend AWE, I had the opportunity of trying one of the experiences offered by Dreamscape, one of the leading companies for LBVR (Location-based VR) entertainment. It has been my first time at Dreamscape, so let me tell you how it was! (And by the way, […]

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8 Tips for How to Optimize YouTube for Search

As a marketer, you likely know the importance of fine-tuning content for SEO to capture a primed audience in their search journey (if you don’t, check out our primer here). What you might not be thinking about, though, is how to get the same search optimization from your YouTube content. Similar to how you optimize […]

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‘Rec Room’ Launches Western-style Shooter Today with ‘Showdown’, Releases Weapon Maker Tools

Rec Room today announced the launch of a new game coming to the popular social VR platform that lets you suit up for a PvP western-style shootout with your squad. Called ‘The Showdown’, the mini-game releases today in early access, and will see a wider global launch across PC VR, Quest, iOS, Android, PlayStation, and Xbox […]

‘Iron Man VR’ Developer Remains “All-in on VR” and “Can’t wait to tell you more”

Developer Camouflaj has been pretty quiet since the 2020 release of one of our favorite PSVR games—Iron Man VR. But the developer recently teased that it has “exciting things on the horizon” and remains “all-in on VR.” Iron Man VR was a PSVR exclusive released by Camouflaj in 2020 which won the studio multiple VR game […]

Crew Studies Life Science, Botany and Prepares for Spacewalk

Healing wounds in space and growing crops in low-Earth orbit and beyond were the main research topics aboard the International Space Station on Thursday. Meanwhile, the Expedition 67 crew is also packing a U.S. cargo craft and preparing for a Russian spacewalk next week. Two-time space station resident Kjell Lindgren of NASA set up hardware …

Aging Process, CubeSat Preps, and Space Physics Fill Station Research Schedule

Human research, nanosatellites, and space physics topped the research operations aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday. The Expedition 67 crew also continued packing a U.S. cargo craft while servicing Russian spacesuits. NASA Flight Engineer Jessica Watkins peered at tissue stem cells through a microscope in the U.S. Destiny laboratory module today to understand how …

ShapesXR Debuts Mixed Reality on Meta Quest

On Wednesday, immersive learning platform ShapesXR is debuting a toolkit for creating mixed reality (MR) assets and experiences. The free toolkit also supports shared MR content, allowing teams to collaborate remotely on a design. #ShapesXR #XRDesigner Matt Davis took fandom to a new level with this experimental Space in ShapesXR. What a creative uses of […]

South Korea to Host Global Metaverse Conference

South Korea’s second-largest city, Busan, is set to host the Global Metaverse Conference and ASEAN-ROK Forum from 18-19 August, it was announced on Wednesday. City Mayor Heong-Joon Park will host the event with Busan IT Industry Promotion Agency (BIPA) Chief Executive and President, Mun-Seob Jeong, for global and domestic tech firms. The event will take […]

Virtual Reality vs Augmented Reality: Understanding 6 Key Differences

Augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) are technologies that overlay or replace physical environments with virtual content. While AR enhances surroundings by incorporating digital components into live view, VR is an experience that replaces the actual world with a computer-generated simulation. The difference between VR and AR creates divergent potential and use cases. For instance, the […]

Taqtile Manifest Adds Microsoft Azure Support

This Monday, Taqtile, creators of the augmented reality (AR) remote guidance tool Manifest, announced the integration of Microsoft’s Azure Remote Rendering tools for its service. The update lets Manifest stream real-time 3D (RT3D) visualisations with greater efficiency and quality. By integrating Azure Remote Rendering tools, Taqtile allows a broader range of workers to access RT3D […]

Twitter Shares New Insights into Rising Soccer Discussion Heading into The World Cup [Infographic]

The World Cup is fast approaching, which will see football hype reach new levels.

Social Commerce May Not be the Trend That Many Had Hoped – Which is Bad News for TikTok

With Meta scaling back its in-app commerce plans, that could signal a bigger issue for TikTok and its growth plans.

Meta Launches New B2B Advertising Audiences to Help Marketers Reach Key Decision Makers

The new audience segments will provide another way for B2B brands to reach key decision makers across Meta’s apps.

WhatsApp Adds New Privacy Tools, Including Online Activity Controls and the Ability to Silently Leave Group Chats

WhatsApp continues to add in more privacy tools, despite ongoing concerns from various authorities.

Chinese Analyst: Pico 4 Launches September With Subsidy To Take On Quest 2

Chinese analyst claims Pico 4 launches globally in September, priced with an “aggressive subsidy” to take on Quest 2.

Lenovo Teases ‘Legion VR700’ Headset In Chinese Poster

Lenovo is teasing a ‘Legion VR700’ headset in a Chinese poster. It’s unknown whether it will also launch in the west.

How To Create An SEO Content Brief That ACTUALLY Gets Results

Endless revisions. Countless opportunities lost. Missed deadline after missed deadline. Does that seem familiar? Look, my SEO agency had to deal with the same content setbacks, too … until we embraced the SEO content brief and made it our own. What is a content brief? A content brief is a document that tells a writer […]

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Blaston Hosts Championship with over $10K in Prizes

Blaston Hosts Championship with over $10K in Prizes

The Blaston Championship 2022 is underway! Compete with other top ranked players through November for a prize pool of over $10,000, enjoy the biggest VR esports competition of the year, and see if you can claim championship title glory.

Blaston is a Matrix-like experience from Resolution Games where players duck, dodge and weave to avoid slow-motion bullets.

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App Lab Gem ‘Dead Second’ Update Adding Manual Reload, Dual Wield, & New Levels

App Lab shooter gem Dead Second is getting a big update this Friday ahead of a price increase; the update gives players many more ways to play, extra levels, and more polish. In a sea of many experimental App Lab apps, Dead Second stands out as a highly optimized (120Hz) and polished Time Crisis-esque VR cover shooter designed […]

Multilateral Coordination Board Joint Statement

The International Space Station Multilateral Coordination Board met Friday, July 29, to discuss the status of the combined work aboard the microgravity laboratory. Partner representatives from NASA, the Canadian Space Agency, the European Space Agency,  the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan / the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and Roscosmos discussed a variety …

SoFi Opens Web3 ETF for Crypto, Blockchain

SoFi Technologies, a major provider of online personal financing services, announced it had launched a Web3-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) for cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and other emerging technology investments, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. The San Francisco-based bank will use the new ETF to track its Solactive ARTIS Web3 Index, which targets non-fungible tokens (NFTs), […]