Bigscreen Beyond 2 starts shipping next month with significantly upgraded & adjustable lenses, and Beyond 2e is coming in May with eye tracking too.
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News from various tech sites, space, animals and more!
Prepare Your Rubber Boots As Electrician Simulator VR Launches This Week
Electrician Simulator VR brings the shockingly realistic sim to Quest, PS VR2 and Steam this week.
Meta: “We Are Still Investing Massively In VR Gaming And Don’t Plan To Stop”
Meta says it funded over 100 VR & mixed reality titles that shipped in 2024, as well as over 200 currently in “active production”.
PC VR Headset Bigscreen Beyond 2 Promises Big Boost to Field-of-view & Clarity, Launching Next Month
Bigscreen today announced its next-gen Beyond PC VR headset, promising a big boost in field-of-view (FOV) and clarity thanks to the inclusion of new pancake lenses. Bigscreen is also making the slim and light headset more attractive to at-home and enterprise users too thanks to its new adjustable interpupillary distance (IPD) and a universal Lightseal […]
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LG Closes XR Product Division, Shifts Focus to R&D
LG was previously tapped to partner with Meta to advance its XR efforts, however after high-level talks fell through, LG has now confirmed it’s closed its XR product division, instead focusing on long-term research and development. According to South Korean news outlet The Bell (via UploadVR), LG is tuning down its XR efforts, which included […]
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LinkedIn Shares Top Skills on the Rise Based on Job and Profile Listings
New insights into the top skills that are getting more attention from employers.
YouTube Tests Handy New Shorts Editing Display
The updated editing UI will show when captions and stickers are encroaching on in-app display elements.
YouTube Tests Option To Remove End Screens from Clips
It seems like a minor thing, but some people really don’t like them…
Report Finds Community Notes Fail To Address Proven Misinformation on X
As Meta launches the first Community Notes in its apps, another report finds significant flaws in the process.
Meta’s CTO Says He “Loved And Hoped To Keep” The Oculus Brand
Meta’s CTO says he “loved and hoped to keep” the Oculus brand.
“I hope that story gets told someday but suffice to say it isn’t what everyone thinks and it isn’t something I’m free to talk about just yet.”
LG Ceases XR Product Efforts, But Will Continue R&D
LG has ceased its XR product commercialization efforts, though will continue R&D.
The company was once building a Quest Pro successor with Meta.
Viper Vice On Quest Wants To Scratch Your Grand Theft Auto VR Itch
Viper Vice is an upcoming Quest game that wants to fill the hole left by Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas VR.
Onward Update 2.0 Trailer Teases Next Week’s “Massive” Overhaul
The Onward Update 2.0 trailer teases next week’s “massive” overhaul of every weapon and item, which will also remaster a key map and add a new one.
The XR Week Peek (2025.03.18): Niantic sells Pokemon Go, Meta released passthrough APIs, and more!
This has been a very intense week for me, work-wise. Luckily, intense in a good way. And just when I thought I had already too many things to do, I had to add another task, because Meta decided to release camera access for Quest and I couldn’t resist getting my hands dirty with it! Anyway, let’s […]
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‘Alex and the Jets’ Brings Mixed Reality Dogfights to Your Living Room Next Month
HOOP-O Studios, a new indie creating mixed reality games, announced its remote-controlled dogfighting game Alex and the Jets is coming to Quest 3 next month. As a casual arcade flying game, Alex and the Jets lets you take control of Alex the Squirrel and their tiny fixed-wing propeller plane. Aerial enemies from ‘The Jets’ gang pop in through portals […]
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McDonald’s Japan Launches Official ‘VRChat’ World, Tapping Into Japan’s Massive VTuber Trend
When you think of corporate brand engagement in VR, Meta is typically the prime suspect. In the past, they’ve brokered exclusive deals with Wendy’s for a Horizon Worlds social experience, and KFC for its finger-lickin’ weird escape room. Now, McDonald’s Japan has opened its own little slice of brand engagement heaven in VRChat, underlining just how big […]
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Mil-sim Shooter ‘Onward’ is Getting Its “biggest update ever” in 2.0 Release Next Week
Onward (2020), the mil-sim shooter from Meta-owned Downpour Interactive, announced its big 2.0 update is coming next week, promising to be its “biggest update ever” since the game’s early access launch in 2016. Coming March 25th on all supported platforms, Onward’s 2.0 update is slated to include a “remastered fan favorite map”, a brand new map, […]
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Four New Crewmates Adjust to Station Life Following Crew-9 Return
Four Expedition 72 crewmates are getting used to life aboard the International Space Station following their arrival on Saturday and the departure of the SpaceX Crew-9 mission on Tuesday. Meanwhile, a U.S. cargo craft is poised to be released from the orbital outpost ending a seven-and-a-half-month stay.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Splashes Down Off Coast of Florida
NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov have successfully splashed down in the Gulf of America, off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, at 5:57 p.m. EDT. Hague and Gorbunov have been at the International Space Station since ?Sept. 29, 2024, while Williams and Wilmore arrived on?June 6. This […]
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Return Continues, Dragon Completes Deorbit Burn
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft completed its deorbit burn at 5:18 p.m. EDT. NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are less than an hour away from a splashdown off the coast of Florida. Four minutes before splashdown, the drogue parachutes will deploy at about 18,000 feet in altitude […]
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Prepares for Deorbit Burn
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 crew members are moments away from a deorbit burn on their journey from the International Space Station to Earth. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, carrying NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, undocked from the space station at 1:05 a.m. EDT March 18. The deorbit burn, […]
Snapchat Shares Insights into How to Connect with Film and TV Fans in the App
Snapchatters are highly engaged with film and TV content.
LinkedIn Adds Another In-App Puzzle Game
LinkedIn says that 80% of games players return to the game within a week.
xAI Acquires Text-To-Video AI Project Hotshot
X users will soon be able to generate AI videos in-stream.
Data Shows That Longer Clips Are Gaining Traction on TikTok
It seems that “longer short” videos are now gaining more traction.