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Meta Partners with Popular Mobile Apps for New End-of-Year Stories Collaborations
The collaborations provide more TikTok-like creative functionality, which could help to keep users within Meta’s apps instead.
Horizon: Zero Dawn VR Mod Revealed For PC
A Horizon: Zero Dawn VR mod was just released for PC.
Gameplay and details here!
The 2021 VIVEPORT Holiday Specials are Here!
Get everything you want and more this holiday with VIVEPORT INFINITY. #ad
RC Airplane Challenge Comes To Quest, PSVR Next Week
RC Airplane Challenge brings micro-flight gameplay to Quest and PSVR next week.
More details here!
Watch: Blaston Passthrough On Quest Turns Your Living Room Into An Arena
Thanks to Passthrough API support, Blaston can now transform your living room into a VR arena. Check out our gameplay footage of this new feature on Quest 2.
VR Cover accessories for Oculus Quest 2 Review
I got a package from VR Cover with some cool accessories for Oculus Quest 2 to review. Since they know
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A Big Update to ‘Bigscreen’ Boosts Room Sizes, Video Quality, & Quest Performance
Social VR hangout app Bigscreen just got a bunch of improvements in a new update available now. The update brings a range of enhancements across all supported headsets, including boosting room size to 15 people. Bigscreen is a social VR hangout app that lets users bring their PC into VR to share gaming, streaming, work or, […]
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Meta’s Acquisition of ‘Supernatural’ Reportedly Cost $400 Million, Under Scrutiny by FTC
Earlier this year Meta announced the acquisition of Within, the studio behind the VR fitness app Supernatural. While the price of the acquisition wasn’t disclosed, a report this week claims Meta hoped to pay $400 million for the studio but the deal may not have closed yet due to ongoing scrutiny by the US Federal Trade […]
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6G, eMBB+ Vital to Building Metaverse, Huawei Says
The next phase of Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB+) in potential future 6G connections will allow telecommunications firms to join the “physical and cyber worlds” as well as build new methods of interacting in the Metaverse, Huawei Technologies has said in a recent report. In latest book ‘6G: The Next Horizon,’ the Chinese telecoms giant explained […]
DARPA Awards PARC $5.8m for AR Training Tool
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a $5.8 million contract to the Paolo Alto Research Center (PARC) to collaborate with several key universities to develop augmented reality (AR) technologies, it was announced on Thursday. The Xerox company will work on projects with AR firm Patched Reality as well as two institutions—the […]
Oculus for Business Review: An Introductory Guide
When Virtual Reality first emerged in the marketplace, it was considered by many to be a novelty product for consumers. Gaming and entertainment companies alike jumped at the opportunity to meet their customers in a new world. However, the benefits of VR for the commercial and business worlds were temporarily overlooked. Fortunately, now the world […]
What is Meta’s Insight SDK? Quest gets Revolutionary New MR Capabilities
Amid all the hoopla around augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR), the potential of mixed reality (MR) is often ignored. When in fact, mixed reality has the power to engage with users in more meaningful, organic, and possibly more natural ways than AR/VR. Research suggests that MR coupled with AR can increase customer confidence when shopping […]
Meta Publishes New Study on the Importance of Maximizing Inclusion in Gaming [Infographic]
The study looks at the importance of inclusion in game development, which could also be extended to many other elements.
Pinterest Publishes New Guide on Optimizing Your Product Catalog Feed for Product Pins
The guide covers all aspects of uploading your product catalog to Pinterest in order to optimize your listings.
Instagram Adds New Option to Embed User Profiles on Third-Party WebsItes
Another consideration for your Instagram marketing approach.
TikTok Provides Insights and Tips to Help Brands Connect with Female Users
TikTok says that its more open, authentic content ethos is more welcoming for female users.
Meta Supernatural Acquisition: FTC Opens Antitrust Probe For $400 Million Deal – Report
A new report claims the FTC has opened an anti-trust probe into Meta’s acquisition of VR fitness platform, Supernatural.
The First $100 You Should Spend on Quest 2 Games
So you’ve got your greasy mitts on a Meta Quest 2, and you’re wondering what to buy after you’ve exhausted all of the best free games and experiences available on the standalone headset. Whether you’re into active games, puzzles, or just want to slice or shoot the ever-living crap out of something, we’re here to help […]
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‘After the Fall’ Earned $1.4M in 24 Hours, Beating First Month of ‘Arizona Sunshine’ Sales
After the Fall (2021), the recently released co-op zombie shooter, has done pretty well for itself. Developers Vertigo Games announced it not only surpassed the $1 million mark within the first 24 hours of going live on all major VR platforms earlier this month, but it’s also put early VR game revenues to shame in […]
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Crew Ramps Up for Visitors’ Departure and U.S. Cargo Mission
Next week will see a U.S. resupply ship launch toward the International Space Station following Sunday’s departure of three orbiting lab visitors. Meanwhile, the seven Expedition 66 crewmates continued their space biology and physics research while maintaining station systems. SpaceX is due to launch its Cargo Dragon spacecraft from Florida on Tuesday at 5:06 a.m. …
Zuckerberg Teases Hands-Free Smart Glass Features
This week, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, teased a series of upcoming features for his firm’s ‘Ray-Ban Stories’ augmented reality (AR) smart glasses. Zuckerberg took to his Facebook account to announce the update, which introduced news features such as voice controls to allow a user to navigate audio controls, send messages, message playback, and make […]
Google Posts Job Advert for ‘Noogle’ AR Developers
Google Inc has begun hiring a team of developers to build its “Augmented Reality OS” for an upcoming “innovative AR device,” 9to5 Mac reported this week. According to Mark Lucovsky, Senior Director of Engineering, Operation Systems, and AR for Google, he was searching for fresh talent after becoming a ‘Noogler’ for the second time. ‘Noogle’ […]
Meta, VictoryXR to Launch 10 Metaverse Campuses
VictoryXR has announced a major partnership with Meta Platforms, Inc to create 10 digitised university campuses across the United States by 2022, it was learned this week. The Davenport, Iowa-based firm is working under Meta’s recently-debuted ‘Immersive Learning’ platform to ensure the VR campuses are suitable for remote learning. Victory XR will use digital twin […]
Spatial Rebrands as Cultural Metaverse Platform
Spatial, a firm specialising in virtual and augmented reality virtual spaces, is set to launch its Bozo Island immersive NFT space on Thursday, the company said in a statement this week. The news comes amid announcements it had rebranded as a Metaverse firm with a new website and would focus on hosting non-fungible tokens (NFTs) […]