Meta is doubling down on VR fitness with the acquisition of the Quest-exclusive Supernatural fitness service.
Black Box VR Gym Members Lift 1 Billion Pounds In Virtual Reality
The Black Box VR community has lifted one billion pounds collectively in their virtual reality workout experience.
Yes, you can you actually lift weights in virtual reality? It’s possible at the Black Box VR gym.
Black Box VR combines real strength training and high-intensity cardio with an addictive esports-style video game to help people gain muscle, lose fat, and completely level up their real-life fitness.
Meta Plans to Reverse Controversial Facebook Account Requirement for Oculus Headsets
Meta (formerly Facebook) created quite a stir in the VR industry when it announced last year that it planned to require Facebook account logins for new users. The move didn’t go over well in the VR space or among critics at large. This week the company said it plans to roll-out a non-Facebook option for […]
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Meta Buys Dev Behind VR Fitness App ‘Supernatural’, Its Sixth VR Studio Acquisition in Two Years
Meta (formerly Facebook) today announced its sixth VR studio acquisition. This time it’s Within, the studio behind the popular Quest exclusive VR fitness app Supernatural. Meta announced the acquisition of Within on the Oculus blog saying that the studio will be run under Meta Reality Labs, the company’s XR organization. The price of the acquisition was not […]
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Russian Cargo Ship Docks to Station with Food, Fuel and Supplies
An uncrewed Russian Progress 79 spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station’s Zvezda module at 9:31 p.m. EDT, two days after lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Carrying almost three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 66 crew, the Progress 79 resupply spacecraft will spend about seven months at the station. Learn more …
Meta Introduces New Metaverse Communication Tools
US tech giant Facebook revealed on Thursday it had rebranded as Meta to reflect its shift from building social media apps to developing its upcoming virtual reality (VR) ‘Horizon’ Metaverse platform. During the Facebook Connect 2021 event, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta CEO and Founder, announced the major refocus as well as new product lineups and software […]
Vault Hill To Open Doors to New Metaverse City
British tech startup Vault Hill announced on Friday the launch of a new website ahead of its Initial Land Offering for its Metaverse platform and a further pre-sale of the firm’s Vault Hill City (VHC) token. The London-based enterprise’s Metaverse platform revealed its ambitious plans to reshape human interactions with the digital world with a […]
Zuckerberg Teases Project Cambria, Naraze VR/AR Kit
US tech giant Facebook, now known as ‘Meta’ in a major company rebranding, livestreamed its ‘Facebook Connect 2021’ event on Thursday, where Mark Zuckerberg, Meta CEO and Founder, revealed the company’s new Oculus virtual reality and augmented reality (VR/AR) devices. During the virtual event, Zuckerberg unveiled Project Cambria and Project Nazare, a pair of wearables […]
Facebook Reveals ‘Meta’ Rebrand, Explores Metaverse
Facebook revealed on Thursday it would change its name to Meta to encompass the work it wished to achieve in the next phase of the social media giant’s development. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s Chief Executive and Founder, explored the possible use cases for Meta’s future extended reality (XR) goals at the Facebook Connect event. The Metaverse, […]
Facebook’s Coming Projects will Make it a Bigger Part of Our Daily Lives – Is That a Good Thing?
The evolution of Facebook could have big impacts, good and bad.