Either you’ve had your Nintendo Switch for a while or you just got one as a gift for Christmas from Santa — either way, it’s time to change some settings.
NASA’s InSight Rover Tweets Us A Heartbreaking Goodbye
The final photo from the NASA InSight Mars rover was sent this week — marking nearly two years of dedicated service in exploring the surface of the Red Planet.
Virtual Reality Security and Privacy
Virtual reality (VR) has many excellent benefits for businesses and consumers alike, but security is key. It’s an opportunity to leverage immersive tools and workspaces to enhance office communication and collaboration. However, at the same time, any digitally connected device has its share of privacy and security concerns to consider. Augmented, virtual, and mixed reality […]
TikTok Looks to Provide More Insight into Why it Displays Each Video in Your ‘For You’ Feed
The new notes will provide more context as to why each video is being displayed in your ‘For You’ feed.
Quest Holiday Sale Discounts Bonelab, Iron Man, Resident Evil & More
The Meta Quest ‘Season of Savings’ sale is now live, offering big discounts between bundles and individual games like Bonelab, Marvel’s Iron Man VR, and Resident Evil 4.
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The XR Week Peek (2022.12.19): Carmack leaves Meta, HTC teases its headset, and more!
These days I’m crunching like hell, so this edition of the newsletter will be with very minimal commentaries. Next week, things should be better… in the meanwhile, send me hugs ? (And btw if the header image made you curious… this is a fully modular SteamVR controller built by Rob Cole: https://skarredghost.com/2022/12/16/project-modular-open-vr-controllers-2/) Top news of the week […]
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Adobe’s VR 3D Modeling Tool Now Available on New Headsets, Quest Support Planned
Adobe’s VR modeling tool, Substance 3D Modeler, is now available on Steam, bringing with it support for Valve’s Index headset and possibly others. Adobe released 3D Modeler as part of its ‘Substance’ suite of applications last year. The application supports VR and non-VR modes. In VR, users can intuitively ‘sculpt’ 3D models to their liking, then […]
Spacewalk Preps Under Way During Multitude of Science Experiments
Two Expedition 68 astronauts are preparing to exit the International Space Station on Wednesday and augment the orbiting lab’s power generation system. The duo from NASA, Frank Rubio and Josh Cassada, will spend about seven hours installing the station’s fourth roll-out solar array on the Port-4 (P4) truss structure. Rubio and Cassada spent Tuesday gathering …
Week Begins with Bone Research, Cargo Operations Ahead of Spacewalk
Life science and cargo operations kicked off the week for the Expedition 68 crew aboard the International Space Station. Two astronauts are also planning to exit the orbiting lab on Wednesday for a seven-hour spacewalk. NASA Flight Engineers Josh Cassada and Nicole Mann took turns with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata …