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Meta’s First Big Proto-metaverse Project Finally Launches (kinda)

4 years ago
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Nearly two and a half years in the making, Meta’s most ambitious social VR project, Horizon Worlds, has finally reached open beta. Well kinda. Starting today, the platform is available to those in the US & Canada who are 18 years old or older—on Quest 2 and Oculus PC. If you’re part of that group you’ll […]

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‘Blaston’ Gets New Game Mode, Passthrough AR Support on Quest & More in ‘Arctic Blast’ Update

4 years ago
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Blaston (2020) is getting an update today that will bring a few new things to the futuristic 1v1 dueling game from Resolution Games, including a new dueling mode, character, arena and a passthrough AR mode on Quest. Called ‘Arctic Blast’, the free update launching today adds a new mode to the game that lets you […]

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‘Cyberpunk 2077’ VR Mod to Arrive in January, Letting You Take a Virtual Braindance

4 years ago
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Cyberpunk 2077 doesn’t officially support VR headsets, but leave it to prolific VR modder Luke Ross to get under the hood and beat CD Projekt Red to the punch—one they haven’t exactly prioritized given the litany of bugs the studio has needed to fix over the past year. As first reported by PC Gamer, the mind […]

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New Visitors Adapt to Station During Space Biology, Physics Research

4 years ago
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Three individuals are adapting to life aboard the International Space Station following Tuesday’s launch and docking aboard a Russian crew ship. The seven-member Expedition 66 crew is back on science duty today while helping the new space travelers get up to speed with station systems and safety procedures. 10 people are living on the orbiting …
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RealWear Debuts Navigator 500 Assisted Reality Tool

4 years ago
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RealWear debuted its ‘RealWear Navigator™ 500’ immersive mixed reality (MR) headset on Monday to improve safety, comfort, and productivity for frontline workers. The US firm’s latest product follows its flagship RealWear HMT-1 augmented reality (AR) headset, which is used by enterprises such as Volkswagen, BMW, and Total. Qualcomm powers the HMT-1 with its popular Snapdragon […]
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Apple Posts Job for ‘Next-Gen’ AR/VR Engineer

4 years ago
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US tech giant Apple Inc quietly announced on Monday it is seeking new professionals to boost its augmented and virtual reality framework, indicating a push to innovate its extended reality (XR) plans. Hayden Lee, AR/VR Software Engineering Manager for Apple, announced the news on Twitter, stating the company was seeking an engineer “with a focus […]
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Peterbilt Deploys ARTech Solution for Apple iPads

4 years ago
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Peterbilt Motors Company recently hit a major milestone in the deployment of its ARTech augmented reality (AR) solution aimed at transforming services for dealerships and service repair workers. The new solution, which uses 3D AR visuals for “chassis-specific Peterbilt trucks”, will work jointly with PACCAR Solutions Service Managment systems, allowing service technicians to rapidly access […]
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XR Predictions 2022: Virtual and Augmented Reality in the Future of Work 

4 years ago
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In the last couple of years, extended reality, or “XR” has evolved from a novel concept into a crucial, disruptive technology for the future workplace. Between 2020 and 2026, MarketWatch predicts that global XR production will grow by 46.5% per year.   While several factors have undoubtedly contributed to the rise of XR, the pandemic was one of the industry’s […]
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Google Shares Top Search Trends of 2021

4 years ago
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Google’s search trends provide a somewhat dizzying reminder of the last 12 months – which feels much shorter than that.

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Facebook Launches ‘Professional Profiles’ to Help More Creators Maximize their Presence

4 years ago
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Facebook’s making a push to win over more creators, as part of its broader effort to win back young audiences.

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Reddit Reveals the Top Posts, AMA Sessions, Live-Streams and More in 2021

4 years ago
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Reddit has shared a new overview of the top posts of the year along with some new performance stats.

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Twitter Tests New, TikTok-Like Full-Screen Display for Explore

4 years ago
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“It’s beginning to look a lot like TikTok…”

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Hand Tracking Now Works Properly In OpenXR On Quest

4 years ago
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Controller-free hand tracking now works properly in OpenXR Unity apps on Quest.

This means apps can now use both hand tracking and passthrough at the same time, since the Passthrough API requires OpenXR.

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Hands-On: Ultrawings 2 Could Be The Flight ‘Simulator’ VR Really Needs

4 years ago
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Ultrawings 2 feels like the flight ‘sim’ VR needs in 2022.

Hands-on with the Quest 2 version of the game and words from developer Bit Planet!

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Speech Recognition And Experimental Spatial Anchors Now Available To Quest Developers

4 years ago
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Developers can now add Meta’s speech recognition to Oculus Store & App Lab apps, and can experiment with mixed reality spatial anchors.
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Meditation App Maloka Releases Dec 14 For Quest, Neil deGrasse Tyson Joins

4 years ago
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Mediation app Maloka is set for a full Oculus Store release for Quest on December 14, with scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson joining as the voice of the Universe.
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Project Caliper: the journey of prototyping optimal controllers for VR

4 years ago
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Today is a special day in Italy when families prepare the Christmas Tree, so I decided to publish a very

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SEO Trends for 2022: How to Get on Top of Google Search

4 years ago
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SEO is one of the youngest marketing disciplines out there, and it’s also incredibly fast-paced. It looks almost nothing like what it did when we started. While the fundamental principle remains the same — SEO is about making websites easy to find and understand — the tactics involved are very different than they were 15, […]

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‘After the Fall’ Review – VR’s Best Stab at ‘Left 4 Dead’

4 years ago
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After the Fall is a four-player co-op shooter that, like Valve’s Left 4 Dead series, pits you against hordes of zombies across a handful of linear levels, all of which are characteristically dotted with safehouses. After the Fall modifies this familiar feel somewhat by introducing in-game currency, called ‘harvest’, which aims to keep players engaged as they make […]

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Sony Reveals VR Headset Prototype with Display Tech That Could Wind Up in PSVR 2

4 years ago
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During an online showcase today, Sony revealed a VR headset prototype with a 4K OLED microdisplay. While it appears to be a wholly different project than the upcoming PSVR 2, the company says it expects the display itself to be “used in the entertainment field,” which could include other VR headsets. Today during the Sony […]

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Soyuz Crew Ship Docks to Station with Three Visitors

4 years ago
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Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin and spaceflight participants Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano on the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station at 8:40 a.m. EST while the station was traveling 260 miles over the Atlantic Ocean. Coverage of hatch opening and welcome remarks will air at 10:15 a.m. on NASA Television, the NASA …
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Soyuz Trio Blasts off to Station for 11-Day Stay

4 years ago
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Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin and spaceflight participants Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano are safely in orbit on the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft after launching at 2:38 a.m. EST from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan (12:38 p.m. Baikonur time). After a four-orbit, six-hour journey, the Soyuz will dock to the station’s Poisk module at 8:41 a.m. About …
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Three Visitors Prepare to Launch to Station Live on NASA TV

4 years ago
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NASA TV coverage now is underway for the launch of a veteran Russian cosmonaut and two Japanese private citizens to the International Space Station. Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin joins spaceflight participants Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano on the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 2:38 a.m. EST (12:38 p.m. Baikonur …
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Funk AR Brings Home Xmas with New AR App

4 years ago
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This week, augmented reality (AR) creative content developer Speed 3D Inc unveiled its ‘FunkAR: AR Gifting Service Platform,’ a webAR digital gifting platform with advanced eCommerce functions. The new platform is a service that enables friends and family to send AR greeting cards globally just ahead of the Christmas season. Funk AR combines remote communications […]
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Snoop Dogg Opens Sandbox Metaverse LAND Sales

4 years ago
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US Hip Hop Superstar Snoop Dogg has stepped up his investments in the Metaverse after launching the sale of his LAND digital real estate on Thursday last week, the Sandbox announced in a press release. The rap icon opened sales of 122 LANDs and 67 premium LANDs plots on the Metaverse platform along with an […]