Animated Quest Series ‘Tales From Soda Island’ Releases Another Patently Charming Episode Today

Tales from Soda Island, an animated VR series built in Quill, just released its latest free chapter which takes users on another wild and beautiful voyage through a world of pure imagination. Called ‘The School Trip’, chapter five is accessible starting today for Oculus Quest users in Facebook’s new VR Animation Player app (formerly Quill […]

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Cult-favorite PC Game ‘Deep Rock Galactic’ Opens Door to VR Mods With New Update

Deep Rock Galactic is a cult-favorite PC co-op game where teams of up to four players dive into perilous caverns in search of precious minerals while battling hordes of alien bugs along the way. The excellently atmospheric game has been subject to requests for VR support ever since launching in Early Access back in 2018. […]

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New Quest Rendering Tech Promises Massive Gains in App Performance

At Connect 2021 last week, Meta revealed a new Quest rendering technology called Application Spacewarp which it says can increase the performance of Quest apps by a whopping 70%. While similar to the Asynchronous Spacewarp tech available to Oculus PC apps, Meta says Application Spacewarp will produce even better results. Given that Quest is powered […]

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VR, Space Biology Studies as Crew Nears Departure

A pair of astronauts aboard the International Space Station studied advanced piloting controls using virtual reality today. In the meantime, four Expedition 66 crewmates are turning their attention to returning to Earth this month. An experiment sponsored by ESA (European Space Agency) is using virtual reality in the space environment to help engineers optimize workstations …

ByteDance’s Zhang Yiming Resigns amid Restructure

In an internal memo released to staff this week, Tiktok parent company ByteDance Ltd announced its chairman would step down amid a major company restructure to reach the firm’s long-term goals towards virtual reality (VR) and content creation, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. Bytedance announced it would split into six businesses to manage parts […]

Twitter Leaks Reveal Meta’s Project Cambria Details

Just a week after being announced at Meta’s Connect Event, leaked photos on Twitter have revealed details of the Menlo Park-firm’s upcoming Project Cambria: a virtual reality (VR) headset to succeed the highly-popular Oculus Quest line of products. Users Bastian and Samulia posted the leaks on Twitter revealing a series of images of 3D models […]

Blockchain Firm BHPA to Invest in Metaverse Future

US tech firm BHPA announced on Thursday it would invest key resources to build infrastructure for the Metaverse, which comes amid a massive spike in global interest in the emerging technology. According to the Irvine, California-based enterprise, developing the Metaverse could help bring people closer together and may “dramatically change people’s daily life for the […]

Terranet, NEVS Partner for VoxelFlow Vision Solution

Terranet, a peer-to-peer wireless services company, announced on Thursday it had partnered with autonomous mobility provider NEVS for a new mixed reality (MR) tool to boost safety in urban autonomous driving conditions. The Swedish firms plan to integrate VoxelFlow technologies into NEVS’ autonomous mobility systems to create safer and more sustainable urban metropolitan regions. Named […]

Becoming Irresistible: How to Maximize the Impact of Your Message

Want to motivate more people to do business with you? Wondering how to deliver a message people can’t ignore? To learn how to become so irresistible to prospects and customers that they can’t help but engage with or buy from you, I interview Tamsen Webster.

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Facebook Announces New Groups Tools at its 2021 Communities Summit

New engagement tools, paid subgroups, merchandise shops – Facebook’s adding a range of new groups tools.