Meta’s looking to expand Facebook Gaming as part of its broader push to win back younger users.
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News from various tech sites, space, animals and more!
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 […]
BrainLab Review: Mixed Reality Viewer
Mixed Reality technology is quickly gaining attention in the extended reality (XR) space, as innovators find new ways to link the virtual and physical worlds. While the future of Mixed Reality is still uncertain, we’ve already begun to see its potential for enabling improved collaboration, product ideation, and even enhanced communication through holoportation. The BrainLab […]
WhatsApp Adds New Auto-Delete Options, Enabling You to Set All Your Chat Threads to Self-Erase
The new option will enable you to auto-delete all your WhatsApp threads after 24 hours, a week or 90 days.
Messenger Kids Adds Dark Mode, Voice Effects and New Collaborative Gaming Options for the Holidays
Dark mode will help protect young eyes when using the popular messaging app.
Instagram Launches New Series of Live Shopping Events for the Holidays
Instagram’s next round of live shopping streams has been announced, helping to highlight its evolving tools.
Pinterest Acquires Video Editing App Vochi to Expand its Creation Tools
The app, which enables users to add visual effects to their video clips, will help in Pinterest’s expanding video push,
After The Fall Review-In-Progress: The VR Co-Op Shooter To Beat?
After The Fall isn’t the most immersive VR shooter out there, but extensive online support and a fun gameplay loop might make it the co-op FPS to beat.
Read more in our review-in-progress
VR Ears Review: Great Sound, With Issues
Rebuff Reality’s VR Ears offer powerful sound that’s much better than Quest 2’s own audio.
But it’s not quite as easy a sell as the VR Power. Read on for our VR Ears review!
New Trailer Debuts For Lovecraftian Horror Game The Shore VR
A new trailer is here for The Shore VR, a Lovecraftian horror game coming to PC VR sometime next year.
Art Studio VR Brings Canvas And 3D Model Painting To Quest
Another painting tool is on its way to Quest — Art Studio VR will launch on App Lab on December 10, with support for painting on canvas or imported 3D models.
PvP Dueling in VR: An In-Depth Look at Resolution Games’ Blaston
In one of the trailer parks where I lived as a child, there was an acre-sized wooded area that was a fantastic place to build forts and play war games. It was basically a small loblolly pine forest with trees over 100 feet tall and pinecones that scattered the ground year round.
Station Visitors Near Launch as Crew Stays Busy with Research
The Expedition 66 crew is getting ready to welcome three new visitors to the International Space Station on Wednesday. In the meantime, the seven orbital residents have started the work week on human research, space physics, and artificial intelligence. In Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-20 crew ship has rolled out from its processing facility and is …
Valve’s CEO Confirmed Work On New Headsets Ages Ago And We All Missed It
Back in May, Valve CEO Gabe Newell made some comments confirming work on “new headsets and games” at Valve, which went unnoticed until recently.
Watch: First Quest 2 Footage Of Ultrawings 2 Debuts
Check out the first-ever Quest 2 footage of Ultrawings 2!
More details right here, straight from the Upload VR Showcase.
Kristina Podnar: We must fight for our privacy and digital rights in XR
On the occasion of the XR Safety Week that will start next week, I had the pleasure of talking with
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