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TikTok Expands Marketing Partner Program to Provide Assistance on Audio Elements
The new partners will help brands create effective, engaging music-based approaches for their TikTok campaigns.
Facebook Announces New $10 Million Funding Program for VR Developers
Facebook’s looking towards the next stage of digital connection, and playing a key role in facilitating new social and engagement activities.
Don’t Install Windows 11 Yet If You Use Oculus (Air) Link
Thinking of installing Windows 11? If you’re an Oculus user, here’s why you might want to wait:
Exclusive: SideQuest Raises $3M To Help VR Developers Go Beyond Oculus Quest
SideQuest is leveling up from an initial $650K investment last year to a $3 million seed round as its founders look to build tools to aid VR developers.
After The Fall Devours Upload Access In October!
Grab a buddy or three, stock up on ammo and prepare to face the hordes – After The Fall is our Upload Access game for October!
New Arashi Update Aims To Fix PSVR Exclusive’s Biggest Issue
Arashi: Castles of Sin just got a huge new update that addresses many of the game’s biggest issues.
Aligning Nano & Micro-Influencers with Your DEI Marketing
You’ve probably heard it a million times already, but authenticity and relatability is EVERYTHING. Social justice movements continue to surge on social media platforms and more people are speaking up about matters that align with their own values. It’s taking a lot more than just simple traditional marketing to speak to your audience. According to […]
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Physics-based Combat Sim ‘Swordsman’ Coming to Oculus Quest Next Year
Swordsman (2020), the physics-based combat sim for PSVR and PC VR headsets, is bringing its bloody sandbox battles to Oculus Quest at some point next year. Developers Sinn Studio announced in a recent tweet that Swordsman is slated to arrive on Oculus App Lab in early 2022. The team says they’re were in discussions with Facebook […]
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Ultra Configurable Sci-fi Flight Sim ‘Tinker Pilot’ Now Available in Alpha
Tinker Pilot has been in the works for a few years now, aiming to deliver a PC VR simulator experience that lets players build their own sci-fi cockpit and outfit it with 1:1 digital counterparts of things like HOTAS flight sticks, pedals, joysticks and more. Now you can get a taste of the highly configurable flight […]
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Facebook Offers up $10 Million to Draw Creators to ‘Horizon’
Horizon, Facebook’s social VR space built around user-generated content, was announced more than two years ago, but the company still isn’t quite ready to send it out the door. Instead, Facebook this week announced it is rebranding the project as Horizon Worlds, while also announcing a $10 million fund to support creators building content within. […]
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High-end Headset Maker Teases ‘most anticipated product reveal’ Just Days Before Facebook Connect
Facebook Connect is certainly the marquee VR event this month, but it looks like other companies are hoping to steal a bit of the spotlight. First HTC teased an upcoming product to be revealed next week, and now high-end headset marker Varjo says it plans to unveil its “most highly anticipated product release yet” on […]
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Advanced Housekeeping Keeps Station in Tip-Top Shape
The Expedition 65 crew focused on a variety of advanced housekeeping activities today aboard the International Space Station. There was also time for robotics research, crew departure preparations, and filmmaking activities. Five station astronauts had their hands full on Friday working on everything from electronics, cleaning, plumbing, and setting up temporary crew quarters. Some of …
Bank of America Rolls Out Global VR Employee Trainer
Bank of America (BoA) has become the first global financial services company to adopt virtual reality (VR) training for its nearly 4,300 financial centres across the globe, it announced on Thursday. The novel training course will facilitate training for numerous routine and complex tasks for over 50,000 workers, and allow employees to practice simulated client […]
VRARA Global Summit Europe Concludes Online Event
The VR/AR Association’s (VRARA) Global European Summit took place September 29th to October 1st, uniting over 300 speakers across numerous sessions, keynotes and virtual booths for attendees. The summit featured presentations by representatives sharing ideas on extended, augmented, virtual, and mixed reality (XR/AR/VR/MR) solutions and practices across verticals such as eCommerce, healthcare, entertainment, and tourism. […]
Delta Reality Opens NFT Sale of MoDaL Metaverse Platform
Croatian extended reality (XR) developers Delta Reality recently listed its Museum of Digital Life (MoDaL) Metaverse platform as a single non-refundable token (NFT). The starting bid for MoDaL currently sits at 8.88 ETH (roughly 31,591.22 USD) and the top bidder will own the entire MoDaL Metaverse platform. MoDaL is a virtual reality (VR) digital gallery […]
NVIDIA AI Proposes Novel Mixed Reality Framework
Researchers have found new methods to detect 3D spatial lighting, shapes, and reflections for 3D content creation using a novel rendering process, it was revealed in a recent report. Academics and researchers from the University of Toronto, the Vector Institute, and US tech giant NVIDIA proposed in a report in mid-September a new Volumetric Spherical Gaussian […]
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Facebook Adds New Assistance and Awareness Resources for World Mental Health Day
Facebook’s added a range of new resources to provide support and assistance.
Google Shifts AdSense to First-Price Auction to Better Align with Other Ad Exchanges
The change will add more transparency to the AdSense process, and better enable Google to compete with other exchanges.
Pinterest Launches ‘Pinterest Havens’ Mental Health Support Project
The project aims to provide Pinners with tips and tactics to reduce mental stress.
Clubhouse Expands Clips Access to All Users on iOS, Adds New Link-Sharing Option for Rooms
Clubhouse has added some new features to help maximize discovery and broadcast awareness.
Espire 1: VR Operative Invictus Update Available Now For Oculus Quest
The Invictus Update for Espire 1, available on Oculus Quest now, adds a new map and support for Oculus Challenges.
Facebook Rebrands Social VR Platform ‘Horizon Worlds’, Offers $10M To Makers
Facebook removed its brand from social VR platform Horizon and plans to focus the effort around VR-based building tools with a $10 million fund to encourage creators.
Lone Echo II Launch Trailer Debuts Ahead Of Next Week’s Release
Facebook debuted a new trailer for Lone Echo II a few days out from its release on October 12.