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Facebook Inc plans to change its name ahead of a key event, sources familiar with the matter told The Verge on late Monday. The Verge’s Alex Heath said the rebranded name was a “closely-guarded secret” and not disclosed to full senior leadership, but could potentially link to the Horizon name switch. The leak comes ahead […]

German luxury automotive brand Mercedes-Benz has announced its Canadian division will deploy Microsoft Hololens 2 headsets and ‘Dynamics 365 Remote Assist’ solution across its entire network of national dealerships and repair centres. The news indicates Mercedes-Benz Canada is the first automotive company in the country to do so. According to reports, Mercedes-Benz started its digital […]

The Realities Centre, a London-based extended reality (XR) centre working with firms, startups, and creative designers, announced on Wednesday its second annual XR Art Fest will take place on November 25. Psychic VR Labs, the company who created the rising XR content creation platform STYLY, has sponsored the event. Key partners for the Centre include […]

Varjo Technologies is teasing fans ahead of its upcoming product release on October 21 with a hidden message on a recent Twitter video post. Time to raise virtual reality to new heights. Join us this Thursday for the live reveal of all-new Varjo hardware and software. Register here: https://t.co/iNKfppH9ir pic.twitter.com/Z1USjSIAwc — Varjo (@varjodotcom) October 18, […]

If you haven’t checked your YouTube video chapters, it may be time to give them a look.

The updated rules will institute more limits on users who regularly push the limits of platform rules with their posts.

The new, interactive options could provide another talking point for your Messenger chats.

Pinterest has announced a range of new features and updates as part of its annual Creators’ Festival event.

No Man’s Sky’s latest update adds ridable sandworms just in time for Dune.

If you’re wondering, Resident Evil 4 VR doesn’t include the bonus Mercenaries or Ada campaigns.

Snap Inc announced on Tuesday it has launched a studio to build augmented reality (AR) advertisements and experiences for major brands as it aims to expand use cases of the new technology. The Snapchat owner’s social media platform allows people to use AR filters to modify real-time video and images and aims to launch a […]

Multinational IT consultancy firm Accenture has shattered records after it ordered 60,000 Quest 2 virtual reality (VR) headsets for training and onboarding procedures. The record-breaking sale will secure VR training opportunities for the company’s vast remote workforce and provide an engaging on-boarding process for up to 125,000 new hires. After the news broke yesterday about […]

Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) are working at the institute’s Laboratory for Experimental Museology (eM+) to launch a beta version of VIRUP, an open-source virtual reality (VR) graphics engine, the institution revealed last week. To mark the occasion, EPFL researchers released ‘Archaeology of Light,’ a short VR movie that […]

China has kicked off the 2021 World Conference on the Virtual Reality (VR) Industry on Tuesday, Xinhua News reported. The conference, which is taking place in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, will cover some of the nation’s top achievements in the virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) industry and promote use cases for the implementation and development […]

Instagram’s added some more detail to its Insights element, providing more ways for marketers to optimize their content approach.