‘The Last Clockwinder’ Nabs Publishing & Funding Support, Affirms Summer 2022 Release

Fixing up an old tower without tools sounds tough, but much less so when you have an army of robotic clones at your disposal. That’s the idea at least behind The Last Clockwinder, a VR automation game from Pontoco which is slated to hit Quest 2 and SteamVR headsets sometime in Summer 2022. Update (April 13th, 2022): The […]

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Geenee AR, Ready Player Me Partner for WebAR Avatars

Geenee AR, a WebAR publishing platform for Metaverse services, and virtual reality (VR) avatar designers Ready Player Me announced a partnership to create wearable AR avatars with no code needed. The partnership creates a platform that enables individuals to wear their virtual avatars by overlaying digital accessories in the real world, including NFT support, physical […]

Canadian Media Groups Back Black XR Accelerator

Several Canadian organisations have announced 11 Black-owned content creation firms selected for a major accelerator programme aimed at promoting racial diversity in the immersive filming industry. The OYA Black Arts Coalition (OBAC), Canadian Film Centre’s Media Lab (CFC Media Lab), and Dark Slope recently revealed the names of founders selected for the Scale Up Immersive […]

Bytedance Launches AR-Enhanced TikTok Effects

This Monday, Bytedance, Pico Interactive’s parent company, announced new augmented reality (AR) tools for its massively popular social media platform TikTok following a successful beta testing stage late last year. TikTok is introducing Effect House, an in-app creator platform that enables users to design and share AR effects and experiences with others on the platform. […]

What Is the Nakaverse? Here’s What we’ve Found

As the war for building the one true Metaverse heats up, there is another contender that demands our attention: Nakamoto Games, or the Nakaverse. The platform has been in beta testing for a while and its first title ‘Duck Hunter’ launched in an exclusive community in October last year. The following December, the platform went […]

Pinterest Announces New Partnership with WooCommerce to Expand Product Listings

The integration will feed a lot more product listings into the Pinterest ecosystem.

YouTube and TikTok Add New Options for Automated Captions, Improving Accessibility

YouTube’s offering new caption editing capacity, while TikTok’s rolling out auto-captions by default.

Pinterest Launches API V5 to Facilitate New Pin Presentation and Management Tools

Pinterest’s new API will facilitate all new use cases for third-party management apps and tools.

Twitter Acquires OpenBack to Improve the Timeliness and Relevance of Push Notifications

The acquisition will help Twitter alert users to the most relevant content in the app in real-time. 

Pico Hints Next Gen Headset Within 12 Months With Discount For Neo 3 Buyers

Pico says it will give Neo 3 Link buyers a 35% discount should it launch a new headset “within 12 months”.

Is this a Neo 4 hint?

Pico Neo 3 Link Supports Uncompressed PC VR Via DisplayPort Cable

Pico Neo 3 Link, the €449 Quest competitor launching in Europe, supports uncompressed PC VR via the included DisplayPort cable.

Pico Neo 3 Link Launch Lineup Includes Superhot VR, Walkabout Mini Golf, Demeo & More

Pico says Neo 3 Link will have Eleven Table Tennis, Walkabout Mini Golf, Superhot VR, Puzzling Places, Demeo, After The Fall, and more.

Pico Neo 3 Link: €449 Standalone VR Headset Launching In Europe

BREAKING: The Pico Neo 3 Link consumer standalone headset is coming to Europe.

More details here.

Pico launches Pico Neo 3 Link: the first true Quest 2 competitor (in Beta)

Today is a watershed moment for virtual reality: Pico has finally done what everyone in the XR community was waiting

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How to Perform a LinkedIn Audit for Brands

LinkedIn is undoubtedly the best social network for B2B marketing in the last few years, and it keeps growing. With over 80% of leads for B2B businesses coming from LinkedIn compared to 12% from Twitter and around 6% from Facebook – LinkedIn is a powerful social media tool that should not be ignored. However, to […]

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Pico Neo 3 Link is a Standalone Hoping to Compete with Quest 2 in Europe

Pico Interactive primarily targets enterprise users outside of China, however now the company says it’s taking a step into European consumer markets soon. And surprisingly, its new Neo 3 variant is priced to be competitive with Meta Quest 2. Called Neo 3 Link, the headset is aiming to straddle the PC VR and standalone headset segments […]

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PSVR Shooter ‘Fracked’ is Coming to PC VR in May

Fracked (2021), the action adventure game from veteran VR studio nDreams, is set to leave PSVR exclusivity in May, as it’s landing on PC VR headsets via Steam and Viveport. The run-and-gun VR shooter is slated to release on PC VR headsets (including Quest via Link) on May 5th. It will also be available on the Meta […]

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Meta Plans to Take Nearly 50% of Creator’s Earnings in ‘Horizon Worlds’

This week Meta announced that it was beginning to test selling tools so that creators can sell things inside of Horizon Worlds and earn real money. Now the company has offered up more detail about how that will work, including the fees creators will pay on earnings made through the platform. Meta says the goal of its […]

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Science, Spacewalks Preps Underway as Crew-4 Targets Launch

It was a very busy day aboard the International Space Station as the 11-person crew focused on human research experiments and spacewalk preparations. Back on Earth, four Commercial Crew astronauts are in quarantine ahead of their planned to launch to the orbiting lab in less than two weeks. Expedition 67 Commander Tom Marshburn of NASA …

Busy Science Day Explores Human Research and Space Physics

The 11 astronauts and cosmonauts living aboard the International Space Station today worked on a multitude of science experiments that may improve life for humans on and off the Earth. The space research on the orbiting lab ran the gamut of biology, physics and Earth observations. Expedition 67 Commander Tom Marshburn set up a glucometer …

Meta is Testing New Monetisation Tools

This Monday, Meta, the company behind the upcoming Horizon Worlds Metaverse platform, announced a selection of new tools to support the monetisation of user-created content. The firm is only testing its tools with limited US developers currently, although Meta is slowly rolling out the tools to more developers. The Menlo Park-based firm is testing its […]

Can I Invest in the Metaverse? TLDR: Yes, in 6 Ways

The Metaverse is now a multi-billion-dollar investment opportunity, and across 2021, mention of the term increased exponentially during board meetings and earnings calls, and investors are taking notice. The Metaverse has also transformed the economy in two ways – first, by providing an alternative investment instrument by way of blockchain, and second, by opening up […]

Meta Launches New Creator Funding Programs to Fuel Development of the Metaverse

Meta’s looking to kick-start metaverse development with new programs to incentivize creator experiments.

The Kids Apps That Collect The Most Data [Infographic]

What kinds of data are your kids providing via the apps that they use? Take a look at this study.

Landing Page Optimization: 15 Best Practices to Maximize Conversions [Infographic]

Ensure you’re getting the most out of your landing pages with these optimization tips.