NASA Television and the agency’s website are providing live continuous coverage of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, Kayla Barron, and ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer, flying on Crew Dragon Endurance, currently are ahead of the planned mission timeline. The international crew of four now are expected to dock with the …
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Tencent’s Metaverse Plans to Follow Chinese Law
Tencent Holdings hopes the Chinese government will allow it to develop Metaverse services which follow national regulations, Reuters reported on Thursday. The Chinese tech giant’s top executive stated in a third-quarter earnings conference call it welcomed the rising platform, but would need to adjust it for Chinese rules. Martin Lau, President of Tencent, said in […]
Wave to Host Justin Bieber Metaverse Concert
US tech startup Wave is hosting a browser-based virtual reality (VR) concert experience with pop superstar Justin Bieber performing as a digital avatar for home audiences. The company is hosting the online event on November 18th to promote Bieber’s upcoming real-life ‘Justice World Tour.’ Wave provides a browser-based VR Metaverse platform for fans to connect, […]
HP Builds XR Printer Tool on Microsoft’s HoloLens 2
US tech firm Hewlett-Packard (HP) has launched a new extrended reality (XR) printing service for Microsoft’s HoloLens 2, it announced on Wednesday. The partnership between both firms will allow further investment and development of printing services for XR devices by allowing customers to link with HP engineers for technical printer advice. HP’s xRServicves solution will […]
LG’s U+ DRIVE to Create 3,000 XR Assets by January
South Korean tech giant LG announced this week the launch of U+ DRIVE, an immersive experience platform for smartphones. U+ DRIVE is a mobile content library that facilitates the distribution of XR content and already has around 1,500 XR assets ranging from education, gaming, entertainment, and tourism experiences. According to reports, LG is planning to […]
TikTok Strategy: A Proven Growth Plan
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Instagram Provides Tips on How to Maximize Customer Engagement with Instagram Stories [Infographic]
Looking for ways to maximize your Instagram Stories efforts?
Instagram Adds New Text-to-Speech and Voice Effect Options in Reels
Instagram continues to chase TikTok, by adding more, similar creative tools in the app.
TikTok Launches ‘Creative Exchange’ Platform to Connect Brands with Top Creators
The new platform will make it easier for brands to collaborate with TikTok creators on ad campaigns.
Twitter Looks to New Crypto and NFT Projects with the Expansion of its Twitter Crypto Team
Twitter has already launched several crypto projects, and is now looking to expanded applications throughout the app.
ShapesXR From Tvori Brings Free And Robust Co-Creation To Quest
ShapesXR is available now free on Quest.
Hands-On: After The Fall Promises Near-Seamless Social VR Shootouts
After The Fall is promising near-seamless social VR shootouts.
Hands-on with a near-final build of the game, right here!
AWE 2021: Hands-on The 8th Wall new Reality Engine!
On my second day here at AWE US 2021, I have tested a lot of interesting things, and of course,
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HalfDive VR Headset Takes Design Cues from ‘Sword Art Online’ NerveGear, Coming to Kickstarter in December
Japanese startup Diver-X is looking to launch a SteamVR-compatible headset that seems to be taking a few ideas from popular anime Sword Art Online, which prominently features a fully immersive metaverse. While it’s not a brain-computer interface like the “full dive” NerveGear featured in the show, the heavy-weight hardware presents a pretty interesting approach to VR headset […]
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Niantic’s Pokemon: Go Engine Free to Developers
US augmented reality (AR) software development firm Niantic announced this week it would begin licencing its ‘Lightship ARDK,’ software development kit (SDK) to third-party AR development teams. Niantic is giving Lightship away for free to developers for the first six months, and in early May next year, the AR firm will charge roughly $5.00 per […]
Nextech AR Launches ‘ARitize’ Metaverse Studio
Nextech AR Solutions announced on Tuesday plans to launch a software-as-a-service (SaaS) Metaverse Studio software development kit (SDK) to allow clients and customers build their own metaverses. The company’s Aritise Metaverse Studio will upgrade the Canadian firm’s ARway Studio to boost technologies to build the developing Metaverse industry, as well as interoperability with other platforms […]
Tin Drum Explores ‘ARt’ with Medusa Project
Art and technology have consistently shared a permanent relationship in human history, where creatives have relied on brushes, paints, stencils, spraypaint, and other physical mediums to express their works. With the growth of emerging technologies, artists have begun exploring new mediums to communicate complex, abstract ideas to audiences with methods never experienced in previous exhibitions. […]
Why Did Facebook Change its Name to Meta?
Why did Facebook change its name to Meta? Or, more accurately, why did Facebook rebrand as Meta, and what are the reasons for its recent spate of investments in an AR/VR-based metaverse environment? There are several explanations for this major move by social media giant Facebook, and they have to do with the future direction […]
Google Shares Key Product Trends for the Holidays, Based on Google Search Volume
The listing highlights the key products that are gaining more consumer focus heading into the holiday rush.
YouTube’s Announces Removal of Video Dislike Counts in Order to Limit Downvote Brigading
The removal of public downvotes will reduce insight into a video’s performance, but may help encourage more creators to keep posting.
Twitter Announces New Video Content Partnership with ViacomCBS
The new deal will see Twitter host streaming content from popular ViacomCBS properties.
Facebook Announces the Removal of Thousands of Ad Targeting Categories Relating to Sensitive Topics
Facebook will remove thousands of targeting categories to align with data privacy regulations.
Best VR Action Games: Melee Combat And More On Quest, PSVR & PC VR
Blade And Sorcery! Gorn! Iron Man!
It’s our list of the best VR action games.