Next up on our catchup reviews for 2021 – Cooking Simulator VR is a fantastic celebration of VR realism and chaos.
Category: News from the web
News from various tech sites, space, animals and more!
Eleven Table Tennis To Receive Meta Avatar Support, Currently In Beta
Eleven Table Tennis is set to receive support for the new Meta avatars, allowing players to use their avatar with full upper body representation.
Oculus Rift Store Download Issues Being ‘Actively’ Worked On – Meta
Meta says it’s “actively working” on issues some Oculus Rift users are experiencing that prevent them from downloading games.
Mojo Vision AR contact lenses demos hands-on
At AWE 2021, I have finally been able to meet in person the people from Mojo Vision, the amazing startup
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How to Use Video Marketing for Lead Generation
According to forecasts, 2022 is the year where online videos will make up more than 82% of all consumer internet traffic—putting platforms like YouTube, TikTok, Instagram at the center of any marketing strategy. But how can you use video marketing to generate highly qualified leads or even hit a given marketing goal? In this article, […]
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Buying Guide: The Best VR Headsets in 2021
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Crew Unpacks Cargo Dragon and Sets up New Space Research
The SpaceX Cargo Dragon arrived just in time to deliver holiday treats, crew supplies and new science experiments to the Expedition 66 crew today. NASA Flight Engineers Raja Chari and Thomas Marshburn were on duty Wednesday morning monitoring Dragon’s automated approach and docking to the Harmony module’s space-facing port that occurred at 3:41 a.m. EST. …
Cargo Dragon Docks to Station with Brand New Science
While the International Space Station was traveling more than 260 miles over the South Pacific Ocean, a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft autonomously docked to the space-facing side of the orbiting laboratory’s Harmony module at 3:41 a.m. EST, Wednesday, Dec. 22. NASA astronauts Raja Chari and Thomas Marshburn were monitoring docking operations for Dragon. The Dragon …
UPWorlds, XR Bootcamp Launches Accelerator Fund
Last Friday at the ‘Virtual and Augmented Reality Association’s (VRARA) Immerse Global Summit: Metaverse’ event, Metaverse platform UPWorlds announced an accelerator and funding opportunity to encourage developers to create monetisable, immersive content on its platform. In a session hosted by XR Bootcamp Co-Founders Ferhan Ozkan and Rahel Demant, and Sonya Seddarasan, Founder of UPWorlds, the […]
Renders Show New Apple MR Headset Designs
Fresh renders of Apple’s anticipated mixed reality (MR) headset have surfaced on social media, offering fans a teaser ahead of the product’s expected release date next year, 9to5 Mac reported on Monday. Using data published by The Information in February this year, Concept Designer Ian Zelbo released several renders of the long-awaited headset, which he […]
ThirdEye Targets EPA Green Goals for Metaverse
New virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) solutions are regularly being designed to fulfil a growing number of tasks for enterprise and individual use, but regarding sustainability, a small group of firms have dedicated resources to tackling a major challenge: the ongoing effects of climate change. ThirdEye, a Princeton, New Jersey-based AR/MR firm, is doing […]
Metaverse Data Protection and Privacy: The Next Big-Tech Dilemma?
When a survey asked if 6000+ users had ever interacted with AI, almost a third (34%) said yes. In reality, 84% of users had met with an AI interface, which means that 50% could not tell if they were interacting with AI or a human service provider. Now, what happens when the AI requests your […]
Messenger Adds New Group Effect for NYE, in Partnership with Cosmopolitan
It’s the latest in Meta’s rising push to win back young users.
LinkedIn Launches New Campaign to Highlight the Importance of Representation in the Workplace
The campaign specifically highlights the value that LinkedIn’s gender pronounss profile option has added.
7 Benefits of Content Curation [Infographic]
Content curation can play a key role in establishing your brand as a leader in your respective space.
What Are NFTs? Mapping the NFT Ecosystem [Infographic]
Struggling to get a handle on NFTs? This might help.
Somnium Space Plans Modular 2800×2800 Standalone VR Headset With XTAL Maker
Somnium Space is planning a modular 2800×2800 standalone VR headset with PC compatibility in partnership with XTAL makers.
But, wait, who are Somnium Space?
The XR Week Peek (2021.12.21): Google is building an AR OS, Nike acquires RTFKT, and more!
I’m super-late with this newsletter because we of New Technology Walkers are working on some cool stuff for our game
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Road to VR’s 2021 Game of the Year Awards
Whether you’re off dodging lasers and defusing bombs, shooting back hordes of zombies with your friends, or just sitting down for a quiet night alone with a photogrammetric jigsaw puzzle, there’s plenty of options out there on how you to teleport yourself to another universe through the magic of virtual reality. And as we look […]
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Unity’s Incredible Mixed Reality Demo is Coming to Quest in 2022
Earlier this year the Unity Labs team shared an incredible proof-of-concept mixed reality demo that shows the power of blending the real and virtual worlds together. Now the developers behind the project say you’ll be able to get your hands on the experiment on Quest sometime next year. At Facebook Connect at the end of […]
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Crew Gets Ready for Cargo Dragon after Visitors Leave Station
SpaceX has rolled out its Falcon 9 rocket with the Cargo Dragon vehicle attached to the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Falcon 9 is due to lift off at 5:06 a.m. EST on Tuesday placing the Cargo Dragon into orbit for a docking at the International Space Station at 4:30 a.m. …
Trio of Russian, Japanese Station Visitors Back on Earth
Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin along with spaceflight participants Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano landed on Earth around 10:13 p.m. EST Sunday, Dec. 19 in Kazakhstan (around 9:13 a.m. Monday, Dec. 20, Kazakhstan time). The trio departed the International Space Station in their Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft at 6:50 p.m. Misurkin, now a three-time space visitor, commanded the Soyuz …
NASA TV Covers Soyuz Crew Ship Trio Landing Soon on Earth
NASA Television, the agency’s website, and the NASA app are now broadcasting live coverage of the return to Earth of a veteran Russian cosmonaut and two Japanese private citizens. The Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin will join spaceflight participants Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano will make its deorbit burn at 9:18 p.m. …
Russian, Japanese Visitors Leave Station and Head Home
The Soyuz spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station at 6:50 p.m. EST, carrying three people back to Earth. Live coverage on NASA TV, the agency’s website, and the NASA app will resume at 9 p.m. for the deorbit burn and landing of the spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin along with spaceflight participants Yusaku …
STYLY Introduces Real-World AR Overlaying
This week, Psychic VR Lab, the team behind the STYLY creative platform announced support for augmented, mixed reality (AR/MR) content creation and distribution. Typically, extended reality (XR) creators using STYLY could create a variety of immersive virtual reality (VR) experiences that cover many use cases such as remote meetings, collaborative spaces, product showrooms, virtual events, […]