Forklift Operating, Warplane Piloting And More Zombies – VR Games On Our Radar This Week

A Warplanes sequel is here, Forklift Operator goes live and, surprise, surprise, zombies are back.

Here’s yet more VR games on our radar this week.

Meta’s Gaming Showcase Will Make Or Break Quest 2’s 2022

With PSVR 2 on the horizon, Meta’s upcoming Gaming Showcase will make or break Quest 2’s 2022.

Here’s why.

Detailed Renders Purportedly Show Meta’s Project Cambria Headset

A YouTuber claims to have seen Meta’s upcoming Project Cambria headset and collaborated with a product designer to produce detailed renders.

Free Relaxation & Meditation App Liminal Available Now For Quest

Liminal is a new relaxation and meditation app on the official Quest store, and it’s available for free.

More info here.

Four Ax-1 Astronauts Enter Station, Meet Expedition 67 Crew

Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) astronauts Michael Lopez-Alegria, Larry Connor, Eytan Stibbe, and Mark Pathy now are aboard the International Space Station following Crew Dragon’s hatch opening at 10:13 a.m. EDT, Saturday, April 9. Ax-1 docked to the orbital complex at 8:29 a.m. while the spacecraft were flying 260 miles above the central Atlantic Ocean. It …

Ax-1 Private Astronaut Mission Docks at Station

After a journey of almost 21 hours, Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) astronauts Michael Lopez-Alegria, Larry Connor, Eytan Stibbe, and Mark Pathy arrived at the International Space Station at 8:29 a.m. EDT Saturday, April 9. Crew Dragon Endeavour docked to the orbital complex while the spacecraft were flying about 260 miles above the central Atlantic Ocean. …

Dragon Endeavour with Ax-1 Crew Approaches Station

NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website are providing live coverage for the arrival of the Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) to the International Space Station. Ax-1 astronauts Michael Lopez-Alegria, Larry Connor, Eytan Stibbe, and Mark Pathy are scheduled to dock about 7:45 a.m. Saturday, April 9, to the space-facing port of the station’s Harmony module. The …

Unilever, Decentraland Marry Metaverse Couples

Closeup, a Unilever brand for oral and dental care, has recently launched its own Metaverse platform for couples seeking marriage and to receive minted marriage certificate NFTs. The company’s opened the doors to its Closeup City Hall of Love on the Decentraland platform in late March, allowing bubbly couples across the world to tie the […]

Avatar Dimension Opens Volumetric Hardware Sales

US volumetric video (VV) capture technology vendor Avatar Dimension announced on Thursday it had opened direct sales of its technology to clients following a significant rise in demand. The CEO of Avatar Dimension, Dennis Bracy, commented his clients “asked so many times” about setting up volumetric stages in customer locations, adding that “given the amount […]

Ziva Debuts Soft Tissue Animation on Maya 2022

This Monday, Ziva Dynamics announced a new real time-3D (RT3D) VFX plugin for Maya 2022 to simulate and animate soft tissue on virtual characters. Maya 2022 is an RT3D amination suite from Autodesk that helps artists create and collaborate efficiently, with a hub of tools made for designing accurately animated characters. Additionally, the design suite […]