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TikTok Publishes 2023 Holiday Marketing Guide
Some handy notes to help maximize your TikTok outreach this holiday season.
X Will Soon Add Job ‘Matchmaking’ to Help Brands Highlight Relevant Opportunities in the App
Can X create an effective job-matching algorithm?
The 7th Guest VR Releases This October For Quest, PSVR 2 & PC VR
The 7th Guest VR arrives on Quest, PSVR 2 and SteamVR on October 19.
More info and new trailer here:
The XR Week Peek (2023.08.22): VRChat Android alpha released, Kinect For Azure discontinued, and more!
It’s been a very pleasant week for me: on the 15th I celebrated the 7th Birthday of my blog, and it was terrific to receive greetings, compliments, and kind words from many people in the community! I’ve even been mentioned on Forbes by the amazing Charlie Fink! I thank you all for the love you […]
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‘Half-Life 2: RTX’ Remaster Could Mean Big Upgrades for ‘Half-Life 2’ VR
NVIDIA this week announced Half-Life 2: RTX, a community-made remaster of the legendary game featuring all-new assets, textures, and lighting. Pieces of the remaster are likely to make their way to the already existing Half-Life 2: VR Mod. When it rains, it pours, as they say. After years of delays, Half-Life and VR fans have been treated over […]
Fast Travel Games Teases Mysterious VR Multiplayer, Full Reveal Coming in September
Fast Travel Games teased a mysterious new multiplayer title today that the VR studio and publisher says we’re due to learn more about sometime next month. The studio tweeted out a short teaser with a cryptic message, which reads: “The [redacted] have frozen time. I don’t know how it’s even possible. We need to work […]
Meta Shows Off Quest Hand-tracking Improvements, Claims “almost as responsive as controllers”
Apple is going all-in with hand-tracking for its upcoming Vision Pro, but can hand-tracking really replace proper VR controllers? Meta, Apple’s main competitor in the space, isn’t going so far as to make that particular claim, however the company says Quest’s recent hand-tracking improvements are now “almost as responsive as controllers” thanks to its recent […]
Sandbox VR Reeled in $23M Annual Revenue from Most Popular Location-based VR Experience
Sandbox VR, the location-based VR destination, announced that its most popular experience has generated $23 million in ticket sales in the last 12 months. Launched in the summer of 2022, Deadwood Valley is said to be the company’s most cinematic game, letting players defend against a horde of zombies as a squad. It’s been so […]