Last week, Bitcoin rewards and payments providers ‘Fold’ debuted an augmented reality (AR) add-on to its smartphone application, meaning that users can earn Bitcoin by exploring an immersive and interacting with an AR environment. Fold partnered with US augmented reality (AR) software development firm Niantic – known primarily for Pokemon: Go – to introduce the […]
Five Augmented Reality Apps Revolutionizing Healthcare
Light-hearted consumer apps like Pokémon Go are what first spread awareness of augmented reality (AR) on a global scale, but its value doesn’t end there… In fact, AR is already having a huge impact on the way businesses and organizations learn, collaborate, visualize and grow, and its power to transform entire industries is only just […]
When Will the Metaverse Be Here?
While Mark Zuckerberg’s keynote at Connect would have you believe that the metaverse is almost at the gates, the reality is slightly more complex. The reality is that the metaverse is both several years away, and also here, available for your use. Depending on how you define the metaverse, the metaverse can be a futuristic […]
GIPHY Reveals the Most Popular GIFs on its Platform in 2021
GIPHY’s Top 10 GIFs of the year list captures the prevailing emotions of the previous 12 months.
Meta Provides New Insights into the Benefits of General and Narrow Ad Targeting Approaches
The report shows that brands often go too narrow with their ad targeting in the early stages, limiting performance.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Stands Down Effective Immediately, Replaced by CTO Parag Agrawal
It’s the end of an era at the social media giant.
Kuo: Apple Headset To Launch Late 2022 With 4K Displays & Macbook Performance
Apple’s rumored upcoming headset will have 4K micro OLED displays and M1 MacBook level performance, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims.
The XR Week Peek (2021.11.29): Black Friday deals, investments in Niantic, and more!
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope that you all American friends have celebrated it with your families and have eaten a lot
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Astronauts Ready for Tuesday’s Spacewalk
Two NASA astronauts are preparing for a spacewalk on Tuesday to replace a faulty antenna system on the International Space Station. Flight Engineers Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron will exit the orbiting lab tomorrow after setting their U.S. spacesuits to battery power at 7:10 a.m. EST signifying the start of their spacewalk. The duo was …
TikTok’s Testing a New ‘Business Registration’ Option to Confirm Business Information in the App
The new option adds a business category listing to your TikTok profile.