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20 Best Tools to Scale Your Content Marketing
Despite investing a lot of time and resources into creating quality content consistently, is your content marketing ROI still underwhelming? You’re not alone. Today content marketing has grown beyond just producing quality content. With over 97% of marketers incorporating content marketing into their marketing strategies and creating thousands of pieces of content daily, it can […]
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New Footage Shows ‘Red Matter 2’ Pushing the Limits of Quest 2 Graphics
In its announcement of Red Matter 2 earlier this year, developer Vertical Robot made the ambitious claim that it would deliver the “best graphics on mobile VR to date.” And now a new video shows the studio backing up its claim with some evidence. While the Quest 2 library certainly has some great looking games, most […]
‘Moss: Book II’ Review – A Refined & Satisfying Sequel That Sticks With What Works
A whopping four years after its opening chapter, Moss: Book II is finally here to continue the story of Quill, a tiny adventurer destined for an epic journey. While the game doesn’t think too far outside the box compared to the original Moss, developer Polyarc has refined the best parts of the game to deliver a […]
‘Space Explorers’ Celebrates the Moon Landing with First Spacewalk Captured in Cinematic VR
In celebration of the historic Moon landing, which took place on July 20th, 1969, Felix & Paul Studios and TIME released the latest installment of Space Explorers, a VR docuseries that lets you experience the final frontier from both inside and outside the International Space Station (ISS). Called Expand, the new episode in the series […]
Spacewalkers Exit Station to Configure New Robotic Arm
Expedition 67 Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of ESA (European Space Agency) began a spacewalk at 10:50 a.m. EDT to continue outfitting the European robotic arm on the International Space Station’s Nauka laboratory by opening the hatch of the Poisk docking compartment airlock. Coverage of the spacewalk continues on NASA …
Spacewalkers to Set Up European Robotic Arm Live on NASA TV
NASA Television coverage is underway of today’s spacewalk with a Russian cosmonaut and an ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut to continue outfitting the European robotic arm on the International Space Station’s Nauka laboratory. Coverage of the spacewalk is on NASA Television, the NASA app, and agency’s website. Expedition 67 Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos and …
Nissan Launches Electrified Art Web3 Campaign
Global automotive company Nissan began steering towards the Metaverse in a campaign to promote its latest all-electric vehicle, the Ariya, it announced on Wednesday. The Yokohama-based manufacturer announced a partnership between TBWA/London and Meta Creative Shop to debut the web3-ready marketing campaign. Nissan’s ‘Electrified Art’ promotion challenges five UK artists to design artworks depicting the […]
Microsoft’s Project AirSim ‘Launches’ Drone Metaverse
Microsoft debuted Project AirSim, a novel platform to develop, train, and test autonomous aerial vehicles, at the Farnborough International Airshow, it was announced on Monday. The new platform taps Microsoft Azure to simulate millions of high-fidelity flights to test and predict real-world scenarios across city and rural flight paths, requiring huge artificial intelligence (AI)-backed data […]
Dubai Government Launches Metaverse Tech Strategy
The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) most populous city, Dubai, had launched a major metaverse strategy in a bid to become one of the top 10 extended reality (XR) economies worldwide, the Emirates News Agency reported this week. Vice-President, Prime Minister, and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid al-Maktoum, and Crown Prince of Dubai […]
Meta Platforms Faces Fresh IP Violation Accusations
Metaverse tech giant Meta Platforms is under fire with legal trouble from two separate entities, global media reported this week. Accusations stem from Meta’s rebranding from Facebook, which occurred last year during the Facebook Connect 2021 event and saw Meta Platforms transition from a social media company to an immersive technology group. The move sparked […]
Google Will Begin Public Testing of its AR Glasses Next Month
Google moves to the next stage of development for its AR wearables.
TikTok Provides New Insight into the Potential of Live-Stream Shopping [Infographic]
Live-stream shopping has been a major winner for TikTok in China.
Amazon Launches Legal Action Against Fake Review Groups on Facebook
Amazon joins Meta in pushing to crack down on review fraud and online scams.
Reddit Publishes 2022 Holiday Marketing Guide to Assist in Campaign Planning
The holiday season is fast approaching, and Reddit has provided some new insights and tips to help guide your marketing approach.
Backseat VR Developer: Demeo With Resolution Games’ Gustav Stenmark
In this week’s episode of Backseat VR Developer Alex and Skeeva play Demeo joined by Producer Gustav Stenmark from Resolution Games.
Google Testing AR Glasses Prototypes In Public Settings
Google will begin testing AR prototypes with “in-lens displays, microphones and cameras” in public settings.
Ready At Dawn Moves On From Lone Echo II & Echo Combat
Lone Echo II won’t get further updates and Echo Combat will only get major bug fixes, Ready At Dawn confirmed.
Hands-on XCOM Labs streaming… and more from AWE!
There is one last experience I want to tell you about from my trip to AWE USA a few months
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10 Best AI Tools and Trends Set to Rule in 2022 and Beyond
AI is now more mainstream than ever. Seriously, it’s everywhere. With impacts affecting virtually every aspect of our lives – from everyday activities like shopping and content creation to innovative events like space exploration and medical research – it is set to be one of the most transformative things in the 21st century. According to […]
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‘All On Board!’ VR Tabletop Simulator Now Fully Funded on Kickstarter
The Game Kitchen, developers behind action-platformer Blasphemous (2019), launched a Kickstarter last week that promises to let you play any board game in VR. Now, only a week in, the studio has pushed past its initial funding goal and revealed more licensed board games coming to the platform. Update (July 20th, 2022): All on Board! is […]
Google to Publicly Test AR Prototypes Starting in August
Google announced that the company will be conducting real world tests of its early AR prototypes starting next month. The company says in a blog post that it plans to to test AR prototypes in the real world as a way to “better understand how these devices can help people in their everyday lives.” Some of the […]
Hidden SteamVR Feature May be Another Clue to Valve’s Rumored Standalone VR Headset
A recent SteamVR beta release included a hidden feature that allows the user’s playspace boundary to be set up in a passthrough mode which could eventually be used for existing SteamVR headsets or a future headset from Valve. Users of Quest or Rift S will be familiar with passthrough playspace setup. This when you outline […]
Station Set for Thursday Spacewalk as Advanced Space Research Continues
A Russian cosmonaut and an Italian astronaut are finalizing preparations for a spacewalk on Thursday to configure the International Space Station’s third and newest robotic arm. As the pair was being assisted by two cosmonauts the rest of the Expedition 67 crew ensured ongoing advanced space research was proceeding full speed ahead aboard the orbiting …
Vicon Launches Valkyrie XR Mocap Camera
Motion capture (mocap) specialist Vicon launched its Valkyrie camera solution boasting the world’s highest-quality specifications, the company announced on Tuesday. The Hauppauge, New York-based firm created the system to capture greater detail and fidelity for content creators and innovate the market for location-based virtual reality (LBVR) providers. The new solution will work with Vicon’s Origin […]