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VR Puzzler Arcsmith From Bithell Games Available Now On Oculus Quest
Arcsmith, the new VR puzzler from Thomas Was Alone developer Bithell Games, is now available on Oculus Quest.
‘Moss: Book II’ Will Be Bigger Than the Original, Introduce New Progression & Interactions
Moss: Book II, a direct sequel to the lauded original, was finally announced earlier this month. And it hopes to answer what was perhaps the original game’s biggest problem: it was too short! In an interview with the game’s Design Director, Josh Stiksma, we learned that, this time around, the second ‘book’ in the series is set […]
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Social VR Platform ‘ENGAGE’ Generated Over $1.4M in Revenue in First Half of 2021
VR Education, the virtual reality software firm behind ENGAGE, has reported a significant uptick in revenue generated by the social VR platform so far this year, with revenue from Engage in 2021 nearly doubling over the same period last year. The Waterford, Ireland-based company has created a number of bespoke educational experiences over the years alongside […]
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Popular App Lab Game ‘Warplanes: WW1 Fighters’ Releases on Oculus Store for Quest
World War I dogfighting game Warplanes: WW1 Fighters has done fairly well for itself since it launched on Oculus’ App Lab platform earlier this year. Now Warplanes: WW1Fighters has made the leap to the official Oculus Store for Quest. Update (July 30th, 2021): Warplanes: WW1 Fighters is now live on the Oculus Store for Quest, priced at $20. In […]
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Targeting Aug. 3 for Orbital Flight Test-2 Launch
NASA, Boeing and United Launch Alliance now are targeting 1:20 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Aug. 3, for launch of the Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) with the International Space Station ready for the arrival of the Starliner spacecraft. NASA’s live launch coverage begins at 12:30 p.m. Docking is targeted for 1:37 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 4. OFT-2, Boeing’s …
Snapchat Launches New Ad Campaign to Maximize its Growth Momentum
The new ad campaign will run in various major cities and regions.
Pinterest Loses 24 Million Users as Lockdowns Ease and Physical Stores Re-Open Around the World
The numbers show a significant decline in users, though underlying ad performance remains solid.
Snapchat Shares New Insights into How Friends Connect in the App [Infographic]
The report coincides with International Friendship Day, which is being celebrated this week.
Twitter Adds New Spaces Sharing Options, New Search Tools to Improve Spaces Discovery
The new options will be important as Twitter moves to put more emphasis on its audio social option.
The Secret Of Retropolis review: a noir adventure in VR
Yesterday night I have tried The Secret Of Retropolis, a VR game inspired by LucasArts’s point and click adventures developed
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Gorilla Tag: High Intensity Fitness, Fun & Esports
Reject humanity. Embrace your inner ape. Become gorilla.
The mottos of Another Axiom’s Gorilla Tag, an immersive VR game created by Kerestell “Lemming” Smith, remind us that sometimes people just want to “be a little monke.”
The game itself is relatively basic.
nDreams Opening Second VR Studio Focused on Live-service Games
nDreams, the studio behind Phantom: Covert Ops (2020) and the upcoming PSVR exclusive Fracked, announced today it’s opening a second VR development studio called nDreams Studio Orbital, which will focus on creating games as a service for VR. nDreams Studio Orbital will be headed by Chris White, who previously worked as a senior product manager at FitXR, […]
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Update to NASA’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 Mission
NASA and Boeing have decided to stand down from Friday’s launch attempt of the agency’s Orbital Flight Test-2 mission. Currently, launch teams are assessing the next available opportunity. The move allows the International Space Station team time to continue working checkouts of the newly arrived Roscosmos’ Nauka module and to ensure the station will be …
Space Station Stable After Earlier Unplanned MLM Thruster Firing
Following the docking of the Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM), named Nauka, to the International Space Station at 9:29 am EDT, Russian cosmonauts aboard the space station conducted leak checks between Nauka and the service module. At 12:45 pm, the flight control team noticed the unplanned firing of MLM thrusters that caused the station to move out of orientation. …
New Module Successfully Docks to Space Station
The uncrewed Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM), named Nauka, the Russian word for “science,” arrived at the International Space Station’s Poisk module on the space-facing side of the Russian segment at 9:29 a.m. EDT, eight days after lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Nauka will serve as a new science facility, docking port, and spacewalk airlock for future operations.
Pro Tips: Pinterest Provides Insights into How to Maximize Your Pin Strategy in 2021
Looking to maximize your Pin marketing efforts? Check out these tips, direct from Pinterest’s business growth team.
Reddit Launches New Holiday Guide to Assist in Campaign Planning
The new guide includes a range of key insights to assist in holiday campaign planning.
YouTube Adds in Live-Stream Trailers and Live Polls as it Builds its New Streaming Commerce Options
The new tools are part of YouTube’s renewed focus on live-streams as an eCommerce option.
Facebook Posts Strong Revenue Result, But Daily Active Usage is Stalling in Key Markets
The numbers show that Facebook continues to go from strength to strength, but its daily active usage numbers are slowing in some markets,
The 25 Best PSVR Games And Experiences Available Now – Summer 2021
What are the best PSVR games you can play today? Find out in our full list! Sony’s PSVR headset has proven to be something of a white knight for VR in the industry’s early years. Despite being technically inferior to the Oculus Rift S, Valve Index and even older headsets like the HTC Vive on…
Registration Open For Official Eleven Table Tennis August Tournament
Registration is now open for the Eleven Table Tennis August Ranking tournament, the latest in a series of monthly tournaments that offer a $500 prize pool.
Supernatural Update Makes It Easier To Find The Right Workout
Fitness subscription service Supernatural is getting an update today that overhauls its menu system for quicker navigation to the kinds of workouts you want.
The Exorcist: Legion PSVR Update Offers Graphical Improvements
A new update is available for The Exorcist: Legion VR on PSVR, which makes some graphics and quality of life improvements.
New York Times Revives Its AR Storytelling on Instagram with Tokyo Olympics Experiences
Old school media stalwart The New York Times launched its augmented reality news content in 2018 with a feature on the athletes of the Winter Olympics.
However, after a solid year of AR reporting, the Times all but abandoned its AR news coverage via its mobile app, instead opting to publish AR content via the Spark AR platform from Facebook.
Don’t Miss: Google Adds More Olympic Athletes to Its Roster of Augmented Reality Search Content
Now, the publication’s AR journey has come full-circle with a pair of AR camera effects visualizing the physics behind two of the sports of the Summer Games… more