Rendever makes the lives of seniors better using VR

I have had the pleasure of speaking with Tom Neumann, CTO of Rendever, about his work in making the life

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Is Your Business Ready for Holiday Season Ratings and Reviews?

To truly capitalize on the holiday season sales surge, play a strong offense and defense when it comes to your online ratings and reviews.

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Microsoft’s Metaverse Ambitions Grow as Teams Platform to Include 3D Avatars & Immersive XR Meetings

Microsoft is making a strong bid to bolster its version of the metaverse as it looks to roll out 3D avatars and immersive meetings for its Microsoft Teams communication platform. You might define the metaverse as essentially an immersive internet where virtual experiences are interoperable, and also offer a continuity of the user’s digital identity. It’s […]

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‘The Twilight Zone’ VR Game Coming Soon to Quest & PSVR

The Twilight Zone is getting a VR game, and it’s slated to release soon on Quest and PSVR. Based on the iconic anthology series, The Twilight Zone VR is said to feature three self-contained single-player episodes which will span the sort of genres we’ve come to expect from the franchise: hard sci-fi to psychological horror. Developed by […]

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Meta Offered a Glimpse into the XR R&D That’s Costing It Billions

During the Connect 2021 conference last week, Meta Reality Labs’ Chief Scientist, Michael Abrash, offered a high-level overview of some of the R&D that’s behind the company’s multi-billion dollar push into XR and the metaverse. Michael Abrash leads the team at Meta Reality Labs Research which has been tasked with researching technologies that the company […]

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Taqtile Boosts Support for Magic Leap, RealWear Headsets

Taqtile, a US augmented reality (AR) firm, announced on Tuesday it had boosted support for Magic Leap and RealWear headsets on its Manifest platform to further back support for mixed reality (MR) device manufacturers and assist frontline workers with essential solutions to complete their work. Expanding support for head-mounted displays such as Microsoft’s HoloLens 2, […]

Quest to Soon Drop Facebook Logins, Bosworth Says

Following US tech giant Facebook’s major update it had rebranded as Meta, Andrew Bosworth, Vice President of Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), announced the firm is working on new methods to log into Quest devices without a mandatory Facebook account. The upcoming shift reflects how Meta will respond to user and enterprise feedback, Bosworth said, […]

Meta AI’s ReSkin Sensor to Boost Metaverse Plans

Meta AI, formerly Facebook AI, announced in a blog post on Monday it had created a new material and touch sensor capable of boosting the development of the Metaverse. Researchers of artificial intelligence (AI) at the newly-branded Metaverse firm have worked jointly with researchers and scientists at Carnegie Mellon University to build ReSkin: a plastic, […]

Quest 2 Sells 1.4 Million Units, Q3 Figures Reveal

Meta, Inc released its third-quarter (Q3) earnings report that revealed, among other things, the firm had sold over a million Quest 2 virtual reality (VR) headsets, reports revealed. A report from AR Insider estimated the recently-rebranded US tech giant sold roughly 1.38 million units, based upon Q3 revenue figures that revealed Meta made $506 million […]

Instagram Launches Live-Stream Shopping Events for the Holidays, Free Shipping on Purchases

Instagram’s looking to lean into live shopping as part of its push for the holiday season.