Musk’s Plans Around Verification, Moderation, and Payments on Twitter are Slowly Becoming Clear

Here’s a look at the latest updates from Twitter HQ, as Elon Musk continues to re-shape the company.

Valve Patents New VR Controller With Quest-Like Tracking Ring

Valve patent may reveal the controller for its in-development ‘Deckard’ standalone headset.

HP Reverb G2 Is Just $300 In The US For Black Friday Week

HP Reverb G2 is just $300 in the US for Black Friday week, a deep discount from the normal $600 price.

Massive Quest Black Friday Sale Discounts Green Hell, Demeo, Resident Evil & More

Meta’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale is live now, including discounts on Resident Evil 4, Demeo, Green Hell, Little Cities and other Quest titles.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.11.21): Qualcomm launches AR2 chip, HTC headset gets leaked, and more!

Another week, another roundup of amazing AR/VR news! Let’s see what have been the most interesting things happening in immersive reality… Top news of the week Qualcomm and Niantic bet on the future of augmented reality with AR2 The biggest news of the week took place in the Hawaii islands, where Qualcomm had its Snapdragon Summit event. […]

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‘Swords of Gargantua’ Studio Thirdverse Secures $15M, Aims to Bring Latest Titles to PSVR 2

Japanese VR studio Thirdverse today revealed it’s raised $15 million, something the Swords of Gargantua developer says will be used to expand global recruitment and develop new Web3 and VR titles. In its latest round, MZ Web3 Fund has signed on as the lead investor, bringing the company’s overall outside funding to $33 million. As […]

FTC: Meta Wanted to Expand ‘Beat Saber’ to Fitness Before Controversial Within Acquistion

During investigations by the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) into Meta’s acquisition of VR fitness game devs Within, a filing revealed that the company was initially looking to expand popular block-slashing rhythm game Beat Saber into a dedicated fitness app. It’s been a little over a year since Meta announced its intention to acquire […]

Niantic Reveals Snapdragon AR2-powered Headset Reference Design for Outdoor Use

Back in early 2021 Pokémon GO developer Niantic gave just a brief tease that it was working on some kind of see-through headset. Now the company has revealed that it’s been working with Qualcomm on a reference AR headset based on the Snapdragon AR2 platform. Niantic has been quietly developing a sleek reference design for what […]

Crew Preparing for Spacewalks as Cargo Dragon Launch Nears

The Expedition 68 crew continues gearing up for more spacewalks at the International Space Station before the end of the year. Meanwhile, a U.S. cargo craft is counting down to its launch this week to resupply the seven-member crew living aboard the orbiting lab. Two astronauts and two cosmonauts are preparing for five spacewalks to …

New Study Suggests That Mars Is Destroying Its Moon Phobos

One of the moons orbiting Mars may not have a neutral relationship with the red planet, as a new study finds its gravity may be destructive to Phobos.