The campaign specifically highlights the value that LinkedIn’s gender pronounss profile option has added.
Category: News from the web
News from various tech sites, space, animals and more!
7 Benefits of Content Curation [Infographic]
Content curation can play a key role in establishing your brand as a leader in your respective space.
What Are NFTs? Mapping the NFT Ecosystem [Infographic]
Struggling to get a handle on NFTs? This might help.
Somnium Space Plans Modular 2800×2800 Standalone VR Headset With XTAL Maker
Somnium Space is planning a modular 2800×2800 standalone VR headset with PC compatibility in partnership with XTAL makers.
But, wait, who are Somnium Space?
The XR Week Peek (2021.12.21): Google is building an AR OS, Nike acquires RTFKT, and more!
I’m super-late with this newsletter because we of New Technology Walkers are working on some cool stuff for our game
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Road to VR’s 2021 Game of the Year Awards
Whether you’re off dodging lasers and defusing bombs, shooting back hordes of zombies with your friends, or just sitting down for a quiet night alone with a photogrammetric jigsaw puzzle, there’s plenty of options out there on how you to teleport yourself to another universe through the magic of virtual reality. And as we look […]
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Unity’s Incredible Mixed Reality Demo is Coming to Quest in 2022
Earlier this year the Unity Labs team shared an incredible proof-of-concept mixed reality demo that shows the power of blending the real and virtual worlds together. Now the developers behind the project say you’ll be able to get your hands on the experiment on Quest sometime next year. At Facebook Connect at the end of […]
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Crew Gets Ready for Cargo Dragon after Visitors Leave Station
SpaceX has rolled out its Falcon 9 rocket with the Cargo Dragon vehicle attached to the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Falcon 9 is due to lift off at 5:06 a.m. EST on Tuesday placing the Cargo Dragon into orbit for a docking at the International Space Station at 4:30 a.m. …
Trio of Russian, Japanese Station Visitors Back on Earth
Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin along with spaceflight participants Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano landed on Earth around 10:13 p.m. EST Sunday, Dec. 19 in Kazakhstan (around 9:13 a.m. Monday, Dec. 20, Kazakhstan time). The trio departed the International Space Station in their Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft at 6:50 p.m. Misurkin, now a three-time space visitor, commanded the Soyuz …
NASA TV Covers Soyuz Crew Ship Trio Landing Soon on Earth
NASA Television, the agency’s website, and the NASA app are now broadcasting live coverage of the return to Earth of a veteran Russian cosmonaut and two Japanese private citizens. The Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin will join spaceflight participants Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano will make its deorbit burn at 9:18 p.m. …
Russian, Japanese Visitors Leave Station and Head Home
The Soyuz spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station at 6:50 p.m. EST, carrying three people back to Earth. Live coverage on NASA TV, the agency’s website, and the NASA app will resume at 9 p.m. for the deorbit burn and landing of the spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin along with spaceflight participants Yusaku …
STYLY Introduces Real-World AR Overlaying
This week, Psychic VR Lab, the team behind the STYLY creative platform announced support for augmented, mixed reality (AR/MR) content creation and distribution. Typically, extended reality (XR) creators using STYLY could create a variety of immersive virtual reality (VR) experiences that cover many use cases such as remote meetings, collaborative spaces, product showrooms, virtual events, […]
Big XR News from IEEE, CORDIS, Huawei, Meta, and VictoryXR
XR Today has stepped into the industry to speak to figures from some of the world’s top organisations and follow some of the hottest trending topics across the sector. The IEEE and European Commission, as well as major firms such as Meta, VictoryXR, and Huawei topped headlines for last week’s high-performing XR stories. In case […]
Rise of Vertical World To Split Metaverse, Futurist Says
Fault lines in the technology sector have sparked tensions and polarisation among firms, governments, and organisations. As the Metaverse race becomes a key focal point of the global extended reality (XR) community, firms will need to consider how it will develop amid these renewed tensions. In this featured interview, XR Today spoke with Abishur Prakash, […]
Spark AR Review: Facebook’s New AR Studio Suite
Of all the extended reality opportunities appearing in today’s digital environment, augmented reality is perhaps the most accessible. Suitable for use with or without a dedicated headset, AR applications have already made their way into our tablets, smartphones, and computer screens. Everywhere, developers and business leaders alike are beginning to discover the potential of AR. […]
Meta Publishes New Trending Gift Guide Based on Facebook Marketplace Activity
The guide covers a range of Marketplace trends, highlighting key products of interest among Facebook shoppers.
Meta Launches New Legal Effort Against Phishing Scammers Who had Been Operating Over 30k Fake Pages
Meta’s ongoing legal efforts play a key role in deterring future criminal activity.
UploadVR’s Best VR Of 2021 Awards – Nominees
It’s time. Our Best VR of 2021 nominees are now live!
Recognizing the best developers, hardware, design and, of course, games. Did your picks make the cut?
Warplanes: WW1 Fighters Review – A Versatile Flight Sim That Delivers
This week on Upload we’re catching up on some 2021 VR reviews we missed out on early in the year.
First up: the thrilling versatility of Warplanes: WW1 Fighters!
‘Horizon Zero Dawn’ VR Support Arrives from Modder Behind ‘GTA’ & ‘Red Dead Redemption’ VR Mods
Luke Ross, the modder who brought VR support to a host of non-VR games such as GTA V, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Mafia II, surprise-released a VR mod for the PC version of Horizon Zero Dawn. YouTube channel Cas and Chary got an exclusive first look at the mod. Casandra Vuong (aka ‘Cas’) went hands on, revealing just how the mod’s first and […]
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Social VR App ‘Rec Room’ Raises $145M Funding, Now Valued at $3.5B
Social VR platform Rec Room has sealed another big funding round to close out the year. The Seattle-based startup today announced it’s secured a new $145 million financing round, bringing the company’s total valuation to $3.5 billion. The funding round was led by Coatue Management, with participation from existing investors Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures, and Madrona Venture […]
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How to Choose a Color for Your Website [Infographic]
Using a consistent color palette can enhance brand recognition, and drive better response.
P.T.’s Horrific Hallway Comes To Quest Home
This fan-made Quest Home environment brings the horrific world of P.T. to VR.
Joy.
Visiting Trio Says Farewell to Station Crew Before Departing
NASA is providing live coverage on NASA TV, the agency’s website, and the NASA app as Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin along with spaceflight participants and Japanese private citizens Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano prepare to return to Earth from the International Space Station. The trio, concluding an 11-day mission aboard the station, will bid farewell to the …
TikTok’s Planning to Open its Own ‘TikTok Kitchen’ Chain of Delivery-Only Restaurants
Let’s see Instagram copy this…