Dubai’s Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) is the latest organisation to tap the Metaverse for future technologies aimed at improving the lives of its citizens, the Khaleej Times reported on Tuesday. The government body debuted the new Metaverse customer happiness service centre to meet customer needs such as answering queries and tasks in digital […]
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Psychic VR Lab, KDDI Team Up for XRScape AR Adverts
Telecoms firm KDDI Corporation and STYLY parent company “Psychic VR Lab” announced plans on Tuesday to launch its XRScape solution on February 1 in a new partnership. Powered by STYLY’s immersive content creation and distribution platform, XRScape enables advertisers, marketing teams, and event organisers to place augmented reality (AR) immersive content anywhere in urban environments […]
Meta Unveils AI Research SuperCluster Plans
Meta Platform Inc has unveiled its latest solution for processing and hosting next-generational artificial intelligence (AI) — the AI Research SuperCluster (RSC), it announced in a blog post on late Monday. According to Meta, it plans to build the massive supercluster in mid-2022 and aims to become the world’s fastest supercomputer, namely for natural language […]
Crozer Health Employs ThirdEye X2 Smart Glasses
ThirdEye, a world-renowned vendor of enterprise-grade mixed reality (MR) smart glasses, announced on Tuesday a partnership with Crozer Health to supply the healthcare firm with its X2 MR headset. Thirdeye is working with the Springfield, Pennsylvania-based healthcare facility, with more locations across the country, to provide its first responders with immediate information access and treatment […]
LinkedIn Launches New Promotional Campaign Focused on the Evolving Professional Environment
The new campaign aims to highlight LinkedIn’s role in the evolving professional environment,
TikTok Launches ‘Instant Pages’ Ad Display Option to Improve Load Times and Response for Promotions
The new option will provide a faster, more responsive way to showcase your brand and products from your TikTok ads.
TikTok Faces Creator Backlash Over Flawed Payment Models
TikTok could have a new battle on its hands, with top creators calling for a bigger slice of the platform’s revenue pie.
Which LinkedIn Ad Option Generates the Best Response? [Survey]
Which LinkedIn ad will produce the best results for your brand? We recently asked our community for their insight.
Avicii Invector: Encore Edition VR Review – A Good Music Game Gets A Simplistic VR Port
Avicii Invector is still a good music game on Quest 2, even if it doesn’t really take advantage of its new platform.
Read on for our review.
Where Thoughts Go Creator Reveals His Next Project, Flat Earth VR
Lucas Rizzotto, the creator of the acclaimed VR experience Where Thoughts Go, revealed his next project last week, titled Flat Earth VR.
My predictions for virtual reality in 2022
As always in January I like to play the speculation game and make my personal predictions for augmented and virtual
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Crew Hearing Checks, Lab Cleanup after Dragon Splashes Down
A U.S. resupply ship completed its 24th International Space Station cargo mission after returning to Earth on Monday afternoon. Meanwhile, back in space the Expedition 66 crew had hearing tests while working on a myriad of orbiting lab and science maintenance tasks. The SpaceX Cargo Dragon space freighter parachuted to a splashdown off the coast …
Cargo Dragon Splashes Down Ending SpaceX CRS-24 Mission
SpaceX’s upgraded Dragon cargo spacecraft splashed down at 4:05 p.m. EST off the Florida coast, marking the return of the company’s 24th contracted cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station for NASA. The spacecraft carried more than 4,900 pounds of valuable scientific experiments and other cargo back to Earth. Splashing down off the coast …
Big News from Microsoft, Google, Meta, Walmart, and Huawei
Several of the world’s leading technology firms unveiled impressive developments in virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR), shaking markets with renewed drives to conquer the digital frontier. Companies such as Microsoft, Meta, Google, Varjo, Huawei, Walmart, and many others announced major Metaverse solutions and strategies aimed at building tomorrow’s virtual horizons. In case you missed […]
Huobi Launches $100m Metaverse Crypto Promo
Popular digital investment platform Huobi Global announced on Monday the launch of its Lunar New Year Metaverse promo campaign, where it is offering attendees roughly a total of $100 million USD in digital rewards such as cryptocurrencies and NFTs. According to the Singapore-based firm, the Metaverse platform will integrate virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), […]
South Korea Eyes World’s 5th Place for Metaverse
The South Korean government announced on Thursday it had outlined a massive long-term road map to become the fifth-largest global market for Metaverse solutions, Yonhap News reported on Thursday. Seoul’s Information and Computer Technology and Science Ministry (MSIT) said it plans to develop roughly 220 Metaverse firms valued at $4.2 million USD (5 billion KRW) […]
A Guide to Comparing VR Headsets: The Basics
Virtual Reality (VR) headsets are quickly becoming more than just a novelty for today’s business leaders. Critical tools for everything from training to collaboration, these headsets are changing the way we interact on a daily basis. Since the pandemic hit, VR has become even more valuable. Access to the right VR headset has emerged as […]
TikTok’s Experimenting with New Video Avatar Tools, Audio-Only Live-Streams
TikTok’s avatars look similar to Apple’s ‘Memoji’, with responsive features based on your actual expressions.
TikTok Partners with Zefr to Offer Increased Assurance on Safe Ad Placement
The new partnership will help brands ensure that their TikTok ads are not shown alongside potentially harmful or dangerous content.
Meta’s Developing the World’s Fastest AI Supercomputer to Fuel its Metaverse Vision
Meta’s RSC project will give it significant advantages in building for the next stages of digital connection.
How to Expand Your Reach with Newsletter Advertising
With effective targeting and high engagement rates, this up-and-coming medium is an effective choice for advertisers of all sizes and budgets.
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners – Chapter 2 Announced
BREAKING: The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners – Chapter 2: Retribution has been announced!
This is a standalone follow-up to the original game. With a chainsaw. More details here.
The XR Week (2022.01.24): Google AR headset is “Project Iris”, Microsoft acquires Activision Blizzard, and more
The international situation scares me a bit, but I’m trying to focus on the good things that happened to me
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