Instagram chief Adam Mosseri says they focused too much on video in 2022.
Meta Prompts Users to Review their Privacy Settings for Data Privacy Day
Data Privacy Day is being held on January 28th.
The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR Delayed By Three Weeks
The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR is no longer a PSVR 2 launch title, as Supermassive Games confirms its been delayed by three weeks. Read more here:
Fruit Ninja VR 2 Slices Up A Full Release In Spring 2023
Following an early access launch, Halfbrick Studios confirms Fruit Ninja VR 2 will receive its full release on Steam and “Oculus platforms” in Spring 2023. Read more here:
Touring Seagull Stacks: Walkabout Mini Golf First Course With Weather
Our tour of Walkabout Mini Golf’s Seagull Stacks highlights the game’s first weather effects and wildlife.
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Thrill Of The Fight 2 Announced, Co-Developed By Halfbrick Studios & Ian Fitz
Thrill of the Fight 2 is in the works, co-developed by Halfbrick Studios and original creator Ian Fitz.
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The XR Week Peek (2023.01.23): Microsoft shuts down Altspace and MRTK, and more!
Welcome to another roundup of AR/VR news of the week! I’m still writing from China, and this week I spent the Chinese New Year here… it was an interesting experience, and if you lost my funny story about it, you can still have a look at it in my dedicated post. Wishing you all a very […]
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‘Thrill of the Fight 2’ Now in Co-development by ‘Fruit Ninja’ Team Halfbrick Studios
Halfbrick Studios announced it’s partnering on development of Thrill of the Fight 2, the upcoming sequel to the popular VR boxing title. Created by Ian Fitz and his studio Sealost Interactive in 2016, Thrill of the Fight focuses on realistic boxing mechanics, eschewing arcadey things like stamina bars and unrealistic knockout blows. Thrill of the Fight […]
Microsoft Axes Social VR Platform & XR Interface Framework Amid Wide-reaching Layoffs
Microsoft is laying off 10,000 employees, and with it the company is axing social VR platform AltspaceVR and its XR interface framework, Mixed Reality Toolkit. We’ve written about the death of AltspaceVR once before. In the summer of 2017, the company announced it was shuttering the social VR platform due to lack of funds. In a Hail Mary that […]
Crew Kicks off Week With Bone Research, Physics Studies
Space medicine was the top research priority aboard the International Space Station on Monday as four Expedition 68 astronauts explored healing bone conditions. The orbiting lab’s three cosmonauts spent the day studying a variety of physics, packing a resupply ship, and servicing station hardware. NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, Josh Cassada, and Frank Rubio joined Flight …