With the Olympics coming up, and live crowds returning, interest in sports is on the rise.
Facebook Adds New Tools for Groups, Including ‘Expert’ Badges and Automatic Invites for Page Fans
The new options will help provide recognition for top voices, while also helping to reduce the group moderation workload.
Instagram Adds New Safety Check-Up Tool Amid Rising Reports of Suspicious Activity and Hacking
Instagram says that it’s seen a rise in scammers looking to dupe people via DMs over the past few months.
Key Google AR/VR Director Heads To Facebook Reality Labs
Google continues to bleed experts in AR and VR technology as Facebook Reality Labs staffs up for a bigger push into hardware.
Music By Calvin Harris, Tiesto & More Comes To FitXR With New Label Partnerships
A bunch of new music is coming to FitXR, including tracks by Calvin Harris and Tiësto, thanks to partnerships with labels like Sony Music and Warner Music.
The XR Week Peek (2021.07.13): Lynx now aims at the consumer market, App Lab to enable DLCs, and more!
Sorry if this newsletter is one day late. Probably I should tell you that I was busy with VR projects,
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Community-Building Esports Event Coming to Population: One VR Game
Since the release of Population: One in October 2020, players have been forming clans, independent leagues, and super secret societies accessible only to the elite, but community leaders are coming together to host the Population: One Community Cup where affiliations will be irrelevant, enemies will become friends, and players better quickly learn to sink or … well, they’ll have one week to learn to work as a team or die.
Facebook Headsets Now Account for More Than 60% of VR Headsets Used on Steam
Facebook’s growing grip over the VR space reached new heights last month as the company’s Oculus headsets exceeded 60% of the share of monthly-connected headsets used on Steam. Facebook was already a major player in the VR market before the launch of Quest and Quest 2, but those headsets have significantly accelerated the company’s share […]
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‘Rec Room’ Adds More Flexibility to Avatar System with New Full-body, Animated Costumes
Ever since the social VR platform Rec Room launched in 2016, its avatar system has notably lacked full-body inverse kinematics like you see in its contemporary VRChat, which essentially leaves users with a stylized appearance lacking arms and legs. Now the studio says it’s releasing an update that will allow you to buy more articulated avatar […]
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12 Tools for Painting, Sculpting, & Animating in VR
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