NASA Television coverage is underway of today’s spacewalk with Roscosmos cosmonauts to prepare hardware on the Rassvet module for installation on the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module. Coverage of the spacewalk is on NASA Television, the NASA app, and agency’s website. Expedition 68 Commander Sergey Prokopyev and Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin, both of Roscosmos, will prepare a radiator …
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Microsoft Teams Hopes To Boost Productivity By Adding Minesweeper And Solitaire
Microsoft added some simple classic games to Teams in an effort to promote team building through the app. Games include Solitaire and Minesweeper.
Twitter May Be Reviving End-To-End Encryption For DMs
A feature that was previously scrapped before Musk’s takeover, Twitter may be once again planning to implement end-to-end encryption for direct messages.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Serves Up Three-Month Trials To Apple Music, Apple TV+
Microsoft is throwing in a great perk for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members, especially for Apple users looking to take the dive into Apple Music or Apple TV+.
Lucid Gravity Previewed: Electric SUV With Supercar Performance
Lucid has finally unveiled the ‘Gravity’ — an all-electric SUV with a futuristic aesthetic, plenty of room, and plenty of range for an electric vehicle.
Will The Metaverse Need Policing?
The transition into the next digital age is already underway. Conversations about the metaverse – an open-source, interoperable platform for digital environments, ecosystems, and assets – are becoming increasingly commonplace. In February 2022, Gartner even predicted 25 percent of people will spend at least one hour per day in the metaverse by 2026. Backed by […]
GigXR launches Insight Series in Partnership with ANIMA RES
Today, GigXR (extended reality), a firm designing immersive healthcare training solutions, announced the availability of the Insight Series, an integrated selection of holographic, hyper-realistic, real-time 3D (RT3D) models that simulate organs. GigXR debuted the new content library options with assistance from ANIMA RES, a firm distributing RT3D medical animations and interactive assets for healthcare clients […]
Is Huawei’s Smart Visor a Serious Nreal Competitor?
Last Saturday, during the 2022 World Conference on the VR Industry in Nanchang, Jiangxi, leading telecommunications product manufacturer Huawei Technologies announced Smart Vision Glass, a virtual reality (VR)-lite device designed for streaming media. The device connects to a smartphone to stream content on immersive digital displays. Because the hardware does not use an internal CPU […]
Why Should Enterprises Invest in XR?
Extended reality (XR) has gained a lot of attention over the last few years. Companies worldwide have begun investing in virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) solutions. Questions on whether investing in XR will pay off reveal the brutal truth: XR is not right for every business. Firms should assess their situation before investing in […]
TikTok Launches New Audience Insights Tools to Dig Into Your Audience Data
A heap of valuable new data filtering tools in TikTok Ads Manager.
Snapchat Highlights the Opportunities of Post-Christmas Ad Campaigns
Snapchat is labeling the period post-Christmas and till the end of January as ‘Q5’.
LinkedIn Launches New ‘Brand Safety Hub’ to Manage Audience Network Placements
The new hub will provide more options to control LinkedIn ad placements.
Snapchat Launches New Features to Celebrate the 2022 World Cup
Snap’s added a range of new features to help users engage with the 2022 World Cup.
Among Us VR, Bonelab & More Nominated For Best VR At The Game Awards 2022
It’s that time once again – The Game Awards are back on December 8 and the nominations for 2022’s Best VR/AR titles were revealed this week.
Check out the list here:
Cosmonauts Prep for Thursday Spacewalk, Dragon Targets Monday Launch
Two Roscosmos cosmonauts are finalizing their preparations for a spacewalk on Thursday for hardware transfers and electronics connections on the International Space Station. Meanwhile, two NASA astronauts are cleaning up after a spacewalk on Tuesday readying the orbiting lab for a pair of rollout solar arrays to be installed beginning at the end of the …
NASA Astronauts Complete Spacewalk to Prep for Upcoming Solar Array Upgrades
Expedition 68 Flight Engineers Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio of NASA concluded their spacewalk at 4:25 p.m. EST after 7 hours and 11 minutes in preparation for upcoming solar array installation. Cassada and Rubio completed the majority of the primary objectives for today to assemble a mounting bracket on the starboard side of the station’s …
Netflix Adds A New Feature To Let You Kick Off Moochers
Netflix added a new feature that allows you to log moochers out of your account by seeing past logins and logging devices out that you are no longer using.
These Samsung Galaxy Devices Are Getting The Android 13 Update
The latest Pixel owners were the first to get the big Android 13 update, but it’s now rolling out to other models, including Samsung phones and tablets.
Steve Jobs’ Old Sandals Just Sold For A Ridiculous Amount Of Money
An old pair of Steve Jobs’ sandals which are over 40 years old and retain an impression of Jobs’ feet went to auction and fetched a princely sum.
When And How To Watch NASA’s Artemis 1 Launch This Week
NASA has provided the go-ahead for the Artemis 1 launch on November 16. Here’s how and when to watch the space mission begin from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
Nike Opens SWOOSH Web3 Community Platform
Nike, one of the world’s biggest sportswear brands, unveiled its .SWOOSH Web3 platform to host digital creative content. Powered by the blockchain, the novel platform will provide visitors with a digital space for creatives, consumers, and athletes., it announced on Monday. Nike will host the website as a community for learning about Web3 technologies, including […]
ENGAGE LINK Launches Business Metaverse
Watch on YouTube. XR Today’s Rory Greener hosts the CEO of Engage XR, David Whelan. In this session, we discuss the following: Engage LINK, introducing the platform, its features, and who it is made for How does a business operate on a Metaverse platform, what benefits exist over conventional video conferencing software? Launch partners and […]
The State of XR in Retail and Ecommerce for 2022
The retail world has changed drastically in recent years. For some time now, digital shopping experiences have been growing more appealing to the wider consumer market. Many businesses have been forced to embrace a “hybrid” approach to sales, where they can interact with, support, and serve their customers both offline and online. XR (Extended Reality) […]
Healthcare Case Study in Focus: ManageXR and OVR
ManageXR (extended reality) is a hardware administration service for deploying virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (AR/VR/MR) devices and software across a dispersed workforce. The service helps with immersive hardware distribution by assisting businesses in adopting modern solutions enabling industry 4.0, digital transformation, and XR workflows in the wake of hybrid work environments. ManageXR also includes […]
5 Twitter Updates that Elon Musk Should Consider to Maximize Revenue at the App
Rather than constantly criticizing, we’ve come up with some ways that Elon could generate more revenue from the app.