Facebook Eases Social Issues Ads Policy to Allow Product-Focused Ads to Run Without a Disclaimer

Facebook has announced some changes to its social issues ads requirements.

ForeVR Darts Announced For Oculus Quest With Hand-Tracking, Coming Next Month

ForeVR Darts brings hand-tracked darts games to Oculus Quest next month.

Trailer and details here!

Resident Evil 4 VR Mercenaries Mode Arriving In 2022, Leak Reveals

Resident Evil 4 VR will get the Mercenaries mode added for free in 2022, a new leak reveals.

Best Quest Action Games: 10+ Combat Titles To Play Now

Slice! Shoot! Chop!

It’s our list of the best Quest action games.

Holo-Light showed me that AR cloud rendering may already work

There is a lot of talking about cloud rendering, and at AWE I have been able to try the solution

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Oculus Quest is Now Meta Quest as New Branding Hits Official Website

It’s the beginning of the end for Oculus Quest and the start of the beginning for Meta Quest, as Meta (formerly Facebook) moves to erase the Oculus brand in order to bring its XR division more in line with its fresh brand identity. Following its big rebranding from Facebook to Meta, the company is beginning […]

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Cygnus Departs Station Ending Cargo Mission

At 11:01 a.m. EST, flight controllers on the ground sent commands to release the Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft from the Canadarm2 robotic arm after earlier detaching Cygnus from the Earth-facing port of the Unity module. At the time of release, the station was flying about 260 miles over the South Pacific Ocean. The Cygnus spacecraft …

Cygnus Ready to be Released Live Now on NASA TV

Live coverage of the departure of Northrop Grumman’s uncrewed Cygnus cargo spacecraft from the International Space Station is underway on NASA Television and the agency’s website, and the NASA app, with its release from the robotic arm scheduled for 11 a.m. Flight controllers on the ground sent commands earlier this morning for the space station’s …

Crew Prioritizes Science, Training, and Exercise Before Cygnus Departure

The Expedition 66 crew focused on science, training, and exercise aboard the International Space Station on Friday and prepared for the Cygnus departure tomorrow. NASA Flight Engineers Raja Chari and Kayla Barron continued the GRIP experiment that they began earlier this week. The experiment studies how long-duration spaceflight affects crews’ ability to regulate grip force and upper limbs …

AIXR Announces Winners of 5th Annual VR Awards

The Academy of International Extended Reality (AIXR) announced the winners of its 2021 annual VR Awards ceremony, which featured over 128 nominations from firms, content creators, and organisations across the world. A panel of 70 judges selected winners from 98 finalists for a prestigious evening of virtual and real-world discussions. The event, hosted by Mike […]

XRA Chief to Join 5th Annual Virtual Reality Day

The Extended Reality (XR) Association has announced its top official will attend the fifth annual Virtual Reality Day event on Saturday. The industry-wide organisation in the United States, representing some the world’s top global XR firms, said Elizabeth Hyman, Chief Executive of the XRA, will join the event for a series of talks on the […]

Spatial to Sell Virtual Environment as NFT

This Monday, mixed reality (MR) collaboration platform Spatial opened online bidding for “The Meeting Room” (TMR), an immersive environment available as a non-refundable token (NFT) on SuperRare Lab’s online auction platform. Spatial has started the online auction at a reserve price of 25 Ether – a popular cryptocurrency. Once a buyer matches the reserve, other […]

Snoop Dogg, Deadmau5 to Join Outlier Ventures Partnership

The Metaverse has a new set of heavyweight supporters from the entertainment industry, who plan to invest in the rising platform as strategic members of Outlier Ventures, it was reported on Friday. US hip hop giant Snoop Dogg and Canadian music producer Deadmau5 have announced they would join the firm to invest in and advise […]

New Study Looks at Optimal Hashtag Usage in Instagram Feed Posts, Based on 18m Examples

How many hashtags should you include in your IG posts? Some new insights to consider.

New Survey Underlines TikTok’s Rise Versus Instagram a the App of Choice Among Teen users

The latest report once again underlines the rise of TikTok, a key concern for Meta’s next-level metaverse shift.

Facebook’s Working on a Universal Translation Engine that Can Understand 128 Different Languages

The process could open up a range of new connection and business opportunities.

Hootsuite Outlines Key Social Media Marketing Trends for 2022, Based on 18k Responses [Infographic]

The new report outlines what’s coming next in the social media marketing sphere.

Demeo Wins Best Game At VR Awards, Reverb Omnicept Takes Hardware

Delightful VR dungeon crawler, Demeo, has taken the Game of the Year prize at the annual VR Awards.

Meta Quest Branding Takes Over Oculus Website

Quest’s transition from Oculus to Meta is nearly complete as new logo arrives on Oculus website.

Epic’s Tim Sweeney Says Metaverse A ‘Multitrillion-Dollar’ Opportunity

The Chief Executive Officer of Epic Games sees the “metaverse” as a potentially “multitrillion-dollar part of the world economy.”

HaptX Gloves hands-on: one of a kind haptic device for VR

In my long streak of articles about my hands-on at AWE 2021 (I hope you are liking them!), today I

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What Brands Need to Know About Misinformation and Disinformation

 There are no earthworms in beef jerky sticks. It is important I state that up front, lest anyone not read this post in its entirety. Misinformation Opened A Can Of Worms For Me Beef jerky was my earliest memory of encountering misinformation. I always seemed to be running late at lunch when I was in […]

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4 Reputation Management Realities That All Brands Now Face

What do Beyoncé, Kate Middleton, and Harrison Ford have in common? Other than having devoted fan bases, they’re celebrities who have a reputation for giving very few interviews. They control their messaging tightly.  While Beyoncé and Kate Middleton choose to go directly to their fan bases with highly choreographed messaging through their social media channels, […]

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Leading Hand-tracking Company Ultraleap Raises $82 Million Investment

Ultraleap, a leading company focused on hand-tracking interfaces, this week announced it has secured a £60 million (~$82 million) Series D investment, with the goal of expanding its hand-tracking and mid-air haptic tech in the XR space and beyond. Formerly known as Ultrahaptics, Ultraleap was formed after the UK-based haptics company acquired leading hand-tracking company Leap […]

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SRDTU, Meta to Host Spark AR Workshop

Delhi Technological University’s Society of Robotics (SRDTU) and eLearning platform Reskill are teaming up to host ‘Spark DTU,’ an online workshop supported by Meta, to instruct augmented reality (AR) content creators of all skill levels on the Spark AR Studio software development kit (SDK). Reskill is hosting the digital workshop via its online learning platform […]