2024 End of Year XR Round Up – Big XR News Show

Watch on YouTube. In this episode of the Big XR News show, Rory Greener, Tech Journalist, XR Today welcomes some of XR’s top analysts to talk about the latest news from Meta Connect 2024 and other immersive collaboration topics. Our guests include: Kevin ‘O Donovan, Co-Chair, Industrial Metaverse & Digital Twin Committee, VRARA Letitia Bochud, […]

US Supreme Court Will Hear TikTok’s Appeal Over Sell-Off Bill

TikTok will have another chance to argue against the US sell-off bill.

YouTube Shares its Top Ad Campaigns of 2024

Some tips and pointers based on the top performing YouTube campaigns of the year.

Threads Adds New Way to Re-Share Media While Crediting the Creator

A clever way to encourage sharing with credit to the creator.

Threads Announces Test of Post Scheduling

A highly requested feature is coming to Threads soon, enabling users to schedule a post from the in-app composer.

How Figmin XR’s Colocation Works And Why Other Apps Need To Emulate It

How to use Figmin XR’s “scene center” menu to colocate headsets from Apple, Meta and others.

Starship Troopers: Continuum Is Now Available On PlayStation VR2

Following last month’s delayed launch, VR co-op shooter Starship Troopers: Continuum is now available on PlayStation VR2.

Mannequin Gets Major Update With New Map And Official Mod Support

Mannequin, the 2v3 hide-and-seek VR multiplayer game, gets official mod support and a new map in its latest update.

Watch Meta’s New ‘Audio To Expression’ Quest SDK Feature In Action

Here’s Meta’s new ‘Audio To Expression’ Quest SDK feature in action, compared to the old Oculus Lipsync.

Quest Holiday Sale Brings Big Discounts to Huge Games like ‘Asgard’s Wrath 2’ and ‘Assassin’s Creed VR’

Meta has launched its Quest Holiday Sale, bringing big discounts to some of the platform’s top titles. From now until January 6th, you’ll be able to grab up to 50% off a large list of Quest games, which also includes savings on apps and DLC. You can check out the whole list over on the Horizon Store. […]

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‘Alien: Rogue Incursion’ Review – A Thrilling but Repetitive Fight Through Xenomorph Hordes

Alien: Rogue Incursion is the first full-blown VR-native in the storied franchise, serving up hordes of Xenomorphs in an authentically ‘Aliens’ universe. Developed by VR veteran studio Survios (Creed: Rise to Glory, The Walking Dead: Onslaught), Rogue Incursion presents a veritable balancing act of combat and exploration through its dark and gritty cinematic universe, which definitely offers pulse-raising […]

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Lynx Confirms Android XR For Next Headset, Sony & XREAL Also On-board for Google’s OS

Although Android XR isn’t properly open-source for the time being, Google hopes the OS will run on multiple partner headsets. While Samsung is said to be the first to launch an Android XR headset, Sony, Lynx, and XREAL are also planning to use the operating system. Meta announced earlier this year that it intends to […]

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Crew Works Advanced Exercise and Space Tech, Gets Ready for Thursday Spacewalk

A new exercise system, spacecraft fire safety, and advanced life support gear were the main research priorities aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday. The Expedition 72 crew is also ready for a spacewalk to conduct science and robotics work on Thursday. Commander Suni Williams and Flight Engineer Butch Wilmore, both from NASA, were back …

Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses Gets Live AI and Live Translation

Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses have received a software update, which enables live AI, live translation, and support for Shazam. ENGAGE 3.10 Update Enhances Meta Llama AI Integrations, Desktop Support, and Session Accessiblity Microsoft, Meta Quest Usher in New Spatial Productivity Tools Meta and Lightstorm Vision Pioneer 3D Movie Technology Users can now apply Meta AI […]

GIPHY Shares Key Discussion Trends of 2024

GIPHY looks at the most searched terms of the year.

LinkedIn Leans Into the ‘Agentic Era’ of AI Connection

LinkedIn is looking to add more AI agents to guide your process.

X Announces Expanded Content Partnership With The NBA

The new deal will see X continue to host exclusive NBA content.

Threads Reaches 300M Active Users

Threads’ growth momentum continues to rise as it reaches a new milestone.

Devs Worked Overtime To Ship Skydance’s BEHEMOTH

Advice from the Skydance BEHEMOTH team to devs thinking about releasing on 3 platforms at once? “Don’t”

Tentacular Builds New Islands In Today’s Playgrounds Demo On Steam

Tentacular’s free Playgrounds demo lets you create islands from scratch in the physics-based VR puzzle game, and it’s out now on Steam.

Party Versus Feels Like A Good Introductory Game For Social Mixed Reality

Party Versus is a new mixed reality social party game from Among Us VR studio Schell Games, and it’s out now on Quest 3. Here’s our full impressions.

A CPAP Mask Company Is Selling A Unique Apple Vision Pro Strap

CPAP mask company ResMed is selling a unique Apple Vision Pro strap with attachable counterweights and proprietary “ultra-premium materials”.

Party Versus cracks the formula for social mixed reality gaming and is out now

Schell Games has just launched its new game, Party Versus, and in my opinion, it is the first game to find a great formula for multiplayer social mixed reality. It uses a genius idea to make people feel connected in the same mixed reality even if they are remote, and I’m pretty sure that many […]

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The XR Week Peek (2024.12.16): Android XR announced, Samsung headset showcased, and more!

This week has been pretty cool for me because I’ve announced that I’m attending CES in January for the first time in my life! I’m already organizing the trip, and setting up some appointments to try AR/VR glasses. If you’ll be there, let me know! And if you have some pieces of advice on how […]

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Life Science, Spacewalk Preps on Station as Dragon Splashes Down

The Expedition 72 crew continued its life science research and spacewalk preparations on Tuesday as a U.S. resupply spacecraft splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico. The orbital residents also serviced advanced exercise gear and reconfigured a science airlock on the International Space Station. NASA Flight Engineers Don Pettit and Nick Hague worked on two …