Four Ways to Prioritize Customer Experience

As many marketers will tell you, customer experience is a key topic of conversation in 2022. In reality, it’s always been at the core of what we do, but the last few years have upended what it actually means.  The pandemic accelerated us into the all-digital world, and marketers have had to sink or swim […]

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Meta Quest Gaming Showcase Returns April 20th – New Game Announcements, Updates & More

Meta announced it’s returning this year with another installment of its Quest Gaming Showcase, which means we’ll soon be getting our annual download on upcoming Quest games and updates coming this year. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg today announced the second annual Meta Quest Gaming Showcase, which is slated to take place on April 20th at […]

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Fall Out Boy Music Pack Coming to ‘Beat Saber’ March 31st

Beat Saber, the popular block-slashing rhythm game, is getting a new paid music pack soon that will feature eight tracks from Fall Out Boy. The American rock band announced the news via Twitter, and included a full tracklist too. Listed below, the music pack spans the band’s early 2000s period as well as more recent tracks […]

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The Metaverse Saved My Life, Now I’m Using it to Save Others

I’ve spent over 10,000 hours in ‘the metaverse’—or at least the proto-metaverse—virtual worlds inhabited by real people represented as avatars. The experiences and relationships I had there saved me from a dark place and set me on a mission to do the same for others. Guest Article by Noah Robinson Noah is founder and CEO […]

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Crew Returns to Earth with NASA-Record Breaking Astronaut

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei ended his record-breaking time on the International Space Station with a parachute-assisted landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan, southeast of the remote town of Dzhezkazgan, at 7:28 a.m. EDT (5:28 p.m. Kazakhstan time). Vande Hei, along with Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov, began the journey back to Earth in the early morning …

Station Trio Returning To Earth Today

NASA Television coverage of astronaut Mark Vande Hei and two Roscosmos cosmonauts’ end of mission aboard the International Space Station and return to Earth is underway. Vande Hei, along with Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov, began the journey back to Earth in the early morning hours on the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft. The Soyuz spacecraft undocked from the Rassvet module …

Soyuz Crew Ship Undocks, Expedition 66 Mission Ends

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and two Roscosmos cosmonauts’ end of mission aboard the International Space Station and return to Earth begins with the successful undocking of the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft from the Rassvet module. At 3:21 a.m. EDT, Vande Hei, along with Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov, undocked the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft to begin the journey back to …

Expedition 66 Trio Go For Undocking Live on NASA TV

NASA Television coverage of NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and two Roscosmos cosmonauts’ end of mission aboard the International Space Station and return to Earth is underway. At 3:21 a.m. EDT, Vande Hei, along with Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov, will close the hatch to the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft to begin the journey back to Earth. The Soyuz will …

Unity for Humanity Grant Winners Revealed

Unity Technologies has selected the winners of its acclaimed Unity for Humanity Grant and Unity for Humanity Imagine Grant, it was announced on Monday. The world’s top real-time 3D (RT3D) content creation platform picked Songs of Culture as its Imagine Grant Winner, with Augment Therapy, My Lovely Planet, Darkening, and TOGUNA receiving Unity for Humanity […]

2022’s Metaverse Real-Estate Virtual Land Boom Explained

Demand for virtual land on the Metaverse is skyrocketing, and in the last week of November 2021 alone, the industry saw a record high of metaverse real estate transactions totaling $5 million in just seven days. According to industry analyts, Metaverse land sales reached $500 million USD in 2021 and could more than double this […]

What Are Omnidirectional Treadmills?

Omnidirectional treadmills could revolutionize how we navigate virtual reality (VR) and can recreate lifelike movement in all directions without the user having to move around in the real world or trip over objects. The best example of omnidirectional treadmills is possibly from Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One, where the protagonist spent days on end in […]

Top XR Vendors Majoring in the Automotive Industry in 2022

The automotive industry represents an incredible opportunity for XR vendors. Every kind of immersive technology has a role to play in this space. Virtual reality can help with training drivers and pilots or provide a virtual showroom experience for modern clients. Augmented reality can assist with the maintenance of crucial vehicle components, and mixed reality […]

Messenger Adds New ‘Shortcuts’ to Streamline Messaging Communication

The new shortcuts will make it easier to activate various Messenger functions from within the app.

LinkedIn Launches ‘Career Pathfinder’ Which Maps Educational Pathways for Professional Opportunities

The new initiative aims to help LinkedIn members upskill or re-skill as we move beyond the pandemic.

TikTok Adds New GIF ‘Library’ Option to Facilitate New Creative Elements

The option provides another way to integrate GIF content into your TikTok clips.

LinkedIn Shares and Overview of Key Insights and Advice Shared at its ‘Spark’ 2022 Conference

LinkedIn’s Spark conference provided a range of insights and tips on how to maximize your professional connections.

Meet The Cast Of Cosmonious High

It’s time to meet the cast of Cosmonious High.

Check out exclusive character bios from Owlchemy Labs’ latest right here.

Beat Saber Fall Out Boy Pack Announced, Tracklist Revealed

Beat Saber is getting a Fall Out Boy pack soon.

Full tracklist here. Warning: Fans of 2005 emo anthems will be missing something.

Cosmonious High Reveals Among Us Crossover

Owlchemy Labs announced an unexpected crossover – when Cosmonious High launches this Thursday, it will feature the red crewmate from Among Us. 

Warplanes: Battles Over Pacific Launches March 31 On Quest Via AppLab

Surprise! Warplanes: Battles Over Pacific will release via App Lab for Quest headsets this Thursday, March 31. 

Station Crew Changes Commanders Live on NASA TV

NASA Television coverage of Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov’s hand over of the space station to NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn will begin at 9:45 a.m. EDT during a change of command ceremony. The event will air live on NASA TV, the NASA app, and the agency’s website. Mark Vande Hei, along with Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr …

Trio Set to Go Home Wednesday; First Private Astronaut Mission Nears

Three Expedition 66 Flight Engineers are returning to Earth in less than two days as four private astronauts prepare for their mission to the International Space Station. The crew activities haven’t stopped the ongoing space research as the orbital residents studied biology, botany, and physics on Monday. NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei is nearing the …

Big XR News from Meta, Virbela, Ithra Center, Osso VR, and MVFW

XR Today reported on the global XR industry with news from several virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/MR/AR) firms, covering a huge range of developments across business, politics, and fashion. The following are our top picks from the previous week. Don’t forget to sign up for our regular newsletter at https://www.xrtoday.com/sign-up/ for continued updates! Virbela […]

Trimble Execs Discuss XR for AEC, Industry 4.0

Trimble is an immersive technology company and mixed reality (MR) vendor that works with Microsoft to deliver the XR-10, an enterprise-grade industrial solution based on the powerful HoloLens 2 headset. Additionally, Trimble is designing Fieldlink as a cloud-based tool for architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) teams that quickly converts real-world objects into 3D digital twins. […]

Autodesk Buys The Wild to Boost AEC Workspaces

Autodesk, one of the world’s largest platforms for digital content creation and visual effects (VFX), announced on Friday it had inked a deal to buy out extended reality (XR) firm The Wild along with the latter’s The Wild and IrisVR tools. The Wild provides professionals in architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) with collaborative, agile tools, […]