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SEO Trends for 2022: How to Get on Top of Google Search
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’
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
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
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 …
Soyuz Trio Blasts off to Station for 11-Day Stay
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 …
Three Visitors Prepare to Launch to Station Live on NASA TV
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 …
Funk AR Brings Home Xmas with New AR App
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 […]
Snoop Dogg Opens Sandbox Metaverse LAND Sales
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 […]
Marriot Joins Metaverse with NFT Travel Art
Marriot Bonvoy has joined with several digital content creators to launch three non-fungible tokens (NFTs) aimed at promoting the global tourism industry, the company announced last week. Digital artists TXREK, Erick Nicolay, and JVY are designing the new NFTs to promote the massive hospitality franchise’s “Power of Travel” global campaign, which debuted on Saturday at […]
Nanome Review: Accelerate Drug Discovery Using 3D Visualisations
Nanome is a 2015 founded virtual reality (VR) collaboration company that’s recently gained tremendous traction in the wake of the pandemic. It helps researchers, academics, pharmaceutical and biotech organisations collaboratively conduct drug research and development. It provides a VR environment in which to visualise molecular structures and correlations. It includes remote collaboration tools, helping academia […]
Twitter Acquires Messaging App Quill, Which Points to Coming Upgrades for Professional Users
New pro tools could be coming to Twitter, with the acquisition of messaging app Quill.
Instagram Adds New Features to Offer More Protection and Well-Being Prompts for Young Users
The new tools aim to address concerns that the app can be harmful for young users.
Instagram’s Testing a ‘Dancify’ Option for Reels Which Would Automatically Sync Video and Music
‘Dancify’ appears to be an auto-synch tool, much like TikTok’s music sync feature.
Meta Adds New Interactive Elements to Facebook Gaming to Help Build Community Engagement
Meta’s looking to expand Facebook Gaming as part of its broader push to win back younger users.
PSVR Game Of The Year 2021 Voting Open, Hitman 3, Doom 3 Nominated
Voting has opened for the PlayStation Blog’s 2021 Game of the Year awards, including the PSVR Game of the Year category.
Spacefolk City Gets Christmas Update Today
A new update is available for Spacefolk City today, adding a few holiday touches and some Christmas decorations.
Vertigo Explains Why After The Fall Cut Melee Combat, Teases Possible Return
Vertigo Games explains why it cut melee combat from After The Fall, and talks the possibility of it returning.
OZWE Games Share New Anshar 2: Hyperdrive Trailer, Coming Soon To Quest
OZWE Games shared a trailer and new beta footage of the Anshar 2: Hyperdrive remaster for Quest, including a look at the new first-person cockpit camera.
The XR Week Peek (2021.12.06): Upload VR Showcase, Apple headset rumors, and more!
I guess all companies have finished their important announcements before US Thanksgiving and now we are in a calm moment
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‘The Matrix Resurrections’ is Getting a Tie-in Game Experience But It isn’t in VR and That’s a Crime
The Matrix Resurrections, the fourth installment in the famed series, is set to debut on December 22nd. Later this week the film will get a tie-in game experienced based on Unreal Engine 5, but it won’t be available in VR and that’s a terrible shame. Here we are, 20 years after the original Matrix, a […]
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Crew Keeps Up Research as Station Visitors Prep for Wednesday Launch
A Soyuz crew ship is counting down to its launch early Wednesday carrying three individuals to the International Space Station for an eleven-day visit. Back in space, the seven-member Expedition 66 crew moved along Tuesday studying space physics and biomedical science. Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin will lead Japanese spaceflight participants Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano …
Meta, Africa No Filter Launch XR Media Initiative
Social change media organisation Africa No Filter and US tech giant Meta announced on Monday it had launched a partnership to integrate virtual reality (VR) in African storytelling. The programme, “Future Africa: Telling Stories, Building Worlds,” will support content creators using virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) as a medium with grants and mentorship, the […]
Big XR News from Meta, Apple, Dent Reality, Arvizio, and OFF
Metaverse news has climbed the charts once again as fresh startups and major tech giants aim to build new platform, which is set to radically reshape global communications over the next few years. Companies such as Meta and Apple announced huge changes to their current and upcoming products, while rising firms began fundraisers to introduce […]
How do you Build a Responsible Metaverse? An Overview
I feel the responsibility of the occasion. Responsibility is proportionate to opportunity Thomas Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, famously said that responsibility corresponds with opportunity. He seemed to have captured the essence of what Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has set out to do — to develop the metaverse, but responsibly. So, what is […]