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This week, US augmented reality (AR) software development firm Niantic announced it has secured $300 million in funding, valuing the company at roughly $9 billion, according to reports. Niantic will use the awarded capital to expand on its powerful ‘Lightship’ AR software development kit (SDK), increase support for its preexisting apps, develop new immersive experiences, […]

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” When Mark Zuckerberg concluded the Facebook Connect 2021 main keynote, he spoke about a better beginning. Facebook’s Metaverse is a promise of a futuristic tomorrow, where the rules of reality change to converge in a virtual world of your imagination. Simply put, Facebook’s Metaverse is a […]

HTC Vive has quickly become one of the biggest names in the virtual reality (VR) landscape. Known for delivering incredible immersive experiences, the HTC Vive headsets are powerful, feature-rich, and ever-evolving. With the HTC Cosmos Elite, the company introduced a new “tethered” VR headset for the Cosmos line-up to address some of the issues with […]

The option will streamline the upload process, especially for videos in a series.

So you’re getting into VR with Quest 2? Here’s our updated list of the best free games and experiences to try out first! (And let us know if you have any more suggestions to add)

An update for Aldin Dynamic’s Waltz of the Wizard will add voice recognition functionality, allowing you to talk to characters and cast spells using your voice.

Meta, Inc has begun exploring the full potential of the Metaverse with a new language processing solution, the company announced last week. The new speech model, XLS-R, is a self-supervised tool which decodes and processes roughly 128 languages to execute numerous speech tasks by learning with around 10 times more hours of public multilingual data, […]

XYZ Reality announced on Monday it had launched its Atom augmented reality (AR) headset for construction workers, allowing the company to expand its solutions and advance in the global XR building industry. According to XYZ Reality, the Atom AR headset is the most accurate AR device for the construction industry and using HoloSite along with […]

This week, Taiwanese consumer electronics firm HTC VIVE announced updates its security and privacy policies so that organisations using its solutions can responsibly protect user data as well as personally identifiable information (PII). Due to privacy and security updates, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) granted the tech firm ISO27001 and ISO27701 certifications. The ISO […]

Reddit’s adding some new camera enhancements, as it merges the functionality from Dubsmash.

Some users are now able to post 60-second videos in Stories, without them being split up into 15-second segments.

TikTok will run a series of live-streams throughout December to highlight various charitable groups and causes.

The data shows that people are planning earlier, while fashion-related topics are high on the agenda.

Pistol Whip released two years ago this month with a simultaneous release on PC VR and the original Oculus Quest. What’s next for the hit shooter from Cloudhead? Find out in our live interview today!