In the last couple of years, extended reality, or “XR” has evolved from a novel concept into a crucial, disruptive technology for the future workplace. Between 2020 and 2026, MarketWatch predicts that global XR production will grow by 46.5% per year. While several factors have undoubtedly contributed to the rise of XR, the pandemic was one of the industry’s […]
Google Shares Top Search Trends of 2021
Google’s search trends provide a somewhat dizzying reminder of the last 12 months – which feels much shorter than that.
Facebook Launches ‘Professional Profiles’ to Help More Creators Maximize their Presence
Facebook’s making a push to win over more creators, as part of its broader effort to win back young audiences.
Reddit Reveals the Top Posts, AMA Sessions, Live-Streams and More in 2021
Reddit has shared a new overview of the top posts of the year along with some new performance stats.
Twitter Tests New, TikTok-Like Full-Screen Display for Explore
“It’s beginning to look a lot like TikTok…”
Hand Tracking Now Works Properly In OpenXR On Quest
Controller-free hand tracking now works properly in OpenXR Unity apps on Quest.
This means apps can now use both hand tracking and passthrough at the same time, since the Passthrough API requires OpenXR.
Hands-On: Ultrawings 2 Could Be The Flight ‘Simulator’ VR Really Needs
Ultrawings 2 feels like the flight ‘sim’ VR needs in 2022.
Hands-on with the Quest 2 version of the game and words from developer Bit Planet!
Speech Recognition And Experimental Spatial Anchors Now Available To Quest Developers
Developers can now add Meta’s speech recognition to Oculus Store & App Lab apps, and can experiment with mixed reality spatial anchors.
Meditation App Maloka Releases Dec 14 For Quest, Neil deGrasse Tyson Joins
Mediation app Maloka is set for a full Oculus Store release for Quest on December 14, with scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson joining as the voice of the Universe.
Project Caliper: the journey of prototyping optimal controllers for VR
Today is a special day in Italy when families prepare the Christmas Tree, so I decided to publish a very
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