The second season will feature insights from the social media managers behind Target, BarkBox and more.
NASA Integrates Microsoft HoloLens into Regular Maintenance Operations on International Space Station
As NASA nears the launch of another mission to the Moon in 2024, and a subsequent mission to Mars in the 2030s, augmented reality is increasingly being woven into the normal space operations to test various capabilities.
The latest example comes via the current International Space Station (ISS) crew, several of whom are using the Microsoft HoloLens to carry out vital procedures.
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Currently, crew members are engaged in the T2 Augmented Reality (T2AR) project, which… more
Arcade Flight Sim ‘Ultrawings 2’ Promises 40–60 Hours of Gameplay, Launching Early 2022
Ultrawings is an arcade VR flight sim that’s been on the market since 2017 and has become something of a classic in its own right. Now developer Bit Planet games says it’s “all-in” on the sequel, Ultrawings 2, which is poised to launch in early 2022 on Quest and PC VR. Ultrawings charmingly combines flight sim mechanics […]
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Promising VR MMO ‘Zenith: The Last City’ Just Got a Huge Boost With $10 Million in Funding
Ramen VR, the studio behind the upcoming VR MMO Zenith: The Last City announced today that it has raised $10 million in venture capital. The game is set to launch later this year on all major headsets. Zenith: The Last City got its start with a successful Kickstarter back in 2019. Despite raising $280,000—significantly more than its […]
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AR Glasses Creator Nreal Secures $100M Series C Financing to Expand Internationally
Chinese AR glasses startup Nreal announced it’s raised a fresh $100 million Series C financing round, something it says will be used for R&D and to fund wider international expansion. As first reported by CNBC, the latest round reportedly brings the company’s valuation to $700 million. That figure was obtained by an anonymous source with […]
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Crew Gets Ready for Russian, U.S. Spaceship Activities This Week
A Soyuz crew ship with three Expedition 65 crew members aboard will move to a new docking port on Tuesday. Two days after that a U.S. cargo craft will depart the International Space Station and return to Earth packed with science experiments and station hardware for retrieval. NASA Flight Engineer Mark Vande Hei and Roscosmos …
Virtual Desktop Gets Video Downloads & 120Hz Flat Game Streaming
A Virtual Desktop update adds a new videos tab to download videos from your PC for local playback on Oculus Quest.
Rec Room Introduces Vehicles, Multiplayer Racing With Rec Rally On Sep 29
The Rec Rally update brings multiplayer racing and vehicles to Rec Room for the first time ever.
Resident Evil 4 VR Releases Oct 21 For Quest 2, New Gameplay Trailer Debuts
Resident Evil 4 VR releases on October 21. For the new trailer for the Oculus Quest 2 exclusive right here.
The XR Week Peek (2021.09.27): Huge leaks on Quest 2 Pro (and Quest 3?), Nreal to launch new glasses, and more!
This is the first newsletter of Autumn 2021: I think I’ll miss the sun but for sure not the mosquitos.
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