Category: News from the web

The XR industry has been rocked by massive developments from several of the world’s largest companies and organisations, leading to some exciting news stories on the menu of updates. Major tech firms and organisations such as Meta, Microsoft, and the XR Association topped our list of headliners last week, which namely included Meta’s ongoing saga […]

Mark Zuckerberg, Meta CEO and Founder, hit back at critics in a Facebook post last week triggered by the firm’s 2021 fourth quarter (Q4) earnings report. He addressed the 26 percent drop in shares last week following the news, which public reports attributed to increased competition from rival firms Tiktok and Snapchat. Meta’s 2021 Q4 […]

XR Today’s Rory Greener hosts Arun Gupta, Director of Postgraduate Education, Cambridge University Health Partners,  and David King Lassman, Founder and CEO, GigXR. Watch and subscribe on YouTube. In this session we discuss the following: The ways NHS institutions are implementing XR technology to best address the Covid-19 pandemic. GigXRs immersive eLearning solution for Healthcare and general […]

Fresh reports have emerged on Monday disputing claims Microsoft Corporation had officially cancelled its HoloLens 3 headset. Alex Kipman, Microsoft Technical Fellow, tweeted last week the HoloLens 3, codenamed Project Calypso, was “doing great,” Tech Radar reported on Monday. He tweeted the HoloLens had been “shipped with success,” refuting previous claims from the initial Endgadget […]

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Have you ever made a valuable new connection as a result of somebody viewing your LinkedIn profile?

LinkedIn’s new guide includes a range of insights into platform usage and audience.

The Transformers VR game hits PSVR and PC VR next month.

Gameplay and details here!

Tobii says it’s “currently in negotiation” with Sony to be the eye tracking tech provider for the PlayStation VR2 headset.

Tune in today at 10 am Pacific as David Heaney and Ian Hamilton discuss the latest news live from virtual reality on the VR Download!

A report from Insider claims morale in Microsoft’s mixed reality team is low amid shifting strategic priorities, internal conflict, and the apparent cancelation of HoloLens 3 in favor of a Samsung partnership. More here:

Ultrawings 2 will soon be beta testing multiplayer support, and the PC VR version is coming in hot.

More details here.

In this week’s episode of the Between Realities Podcast, Alex and Skeeva are joined by Kyle Riesenbeck, Operations Manager at UploadVR.

An inevitable consequence of enhanced connection will be negative interactions, which tech CEOs often seem to overlook.