Releases Recap: February 13 – 17

This week, we released a bunch of titles and updates across the Meta Quest Platform. Here’s a rundown of the highlights….

Twitter’s Making SMS Two-Factor Authentication a Twitter Blue Exclusive Feature

Twitter says that scammers have been abusing the current 2FA system. 

Apple Headset Introduction Reportedly Delayed (Yet Again)

Apple’s headset is reportedly delayed yet again, due to issues with its gaze-select pinch-click mechanism.

Yupitergrad 2 Releasing First On Pico; Quest, Vive & PC VR To Follow

A new trailer for Yupitergrad 2: The Lost Station is here, alongside confirmation that the game will release on Pico headsets first, before coming to Quest and PC VR at a later date.

More info here:

Tencent Reportedly Scraps VR Headset Development

Tencent reportedly scrapped development for a new VR headset due to profitability concerns. Read more here:

Rhythm Shooter Gun Jam VR Launches On Quest 2

Rhythm shooter Gun Jam VR launched for Quest 2 this week.

Check out the trailer here:

14 lessons that may improve your career as a VR professional

It’s one of these days where I’m thinking about myself and my career in XR over the years. I don’t define myself as “successful” by any means, but still, after more than 8 years in this field, I’ve gathered some experience in the various jobs I’ve done in this ecosystem, and I had my share […]

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Uncrewed Progress Spacecraft Deorbit Burn Time Set

On Feb. 17, the uncrewed Roscosmos Progress 82 cargo spacecraft undocked without issue from the International Space Station’s Poisk module at 9:26 p.m. EST. Following undocking, Expedition 68 cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin sent commands from the station’s Roscosmos segment to rotate the Progress for additional visual inspections using space station’s external cameras of the general area …

Update on Progress Resupply Spacecraft Deorbit

Following the undocking of the uncrewed Roscosmos Progress 82 cargo spacecraft from the International Space Station at 9:26 p.m. EST on Friday, Feb. 17, flight controllers at Mission Control in Moscow canceled the scheduled 11:02 p.m. deorbit burn, which would have set the vehicle on course to burn up over the Pacific Ocean. Progress 82 …

Progress Resupply Undocks From Station, Ends Cargo Mission

The uncrewed Roscosmos Progress 82 cargo spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station’s Poisk module at 9:26 p.m. EST on Fri., Feb. 17. Following undocking, Expedition 68 cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin sent commands from the station’s Roscosmos segment to rotate the Progress for additional visual inspections of the general area where a coolant …