Meta Releases New Audio Ray Tracing Tool for More Immersive Soundscapes on Quest

Meta announced its released a new Acoustic Ray Tracing feature that will make it easier for developers to add more immersive audio to their VR games and apps. Released in the Audio SDK for Unity and Unreal, the new Acoustic Ray Tracing tech is designed to automate the complex process of simulating realistic acoustics which […]

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Spacesuit Check and Student Robotics Contest Today as Station Orbits Higher

Spacesuits, robotics, and maintenance were the main priorities for the Expedition 71 and NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test crews after the International Space Station raised its orbit on Wednesday. The nine orbital residents also split their day on a variety of human research activities and docked crew spaceship activities. NASA Flight Engineer Matthew Dominick evaluated …

Blood Tests, Eye Scans on Station Helping Doctors Improve Crew Health

Blood sample collections and eye scans took a big part of the day on Tuesday as the International Space Station residents continuously explore how living in space affects their bodies. The two crews representing Expedition 71 and NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test also trained for robotics activities, serviced spacesuits, and kept up household tasks aboard …

STYLY Upgrades Spatial Computing Content Platform

This week, spatial content creation platform provider STYLY announced the release of a new location alignment feature which optimizes content distribution and pre-event testing for AR/MR/spatial applications. The new STYLY Studio feature is free for users to test; however, to get full access to the location alignment feature, users must pay for pro access, namely […]

Meta Quest Headset Gains First Party Service and Optimisations

This week, Meta released its Quest v68 software update, which introduces a new first-party application for innovative passthrough situations and optimisation of other application processes.  The update improves how augmented visualisations interact and exist in a real-world environment, and the optimisation assists with application management. The rollout started this week, and Quest headset owners will quickly gain […]

Publicis Groupe Acquires Influencer-Marketing Giant Influential

The agency holding company will use Influential’s platform in concert with Epsilon’s insights to help clients find influencers to engage consumers.

X Shares Insights Into Olympics Engagement

The 2024 Paris Games is a critical opportunity for X, which is struggling to win back advertisers.

Meta Launches Custom AI Bot Creation Platform in the US

Is there really a need for bots that can answer common fan questions and story replies on a creator’s behalf?

Report Looks at How Top Brands Are Winning on TikTok

The top TikTok brands, by earned media value, are Amazon, NBA, NFL, Sephora and Fortnite, according to CreatorIQ’s research.

Meta XR Audio SDK Now Has Acoustic Ray Tracing For Realistic Sound Propagation Simulation

Meta’s XR Audio SDK now has Acoustic Ray Tracing, realistically simulating how sound propagates through the geometry of the virtual world to your ear.

Virtuix Says Its Omni One Home VR Treadmill System Will Finally Launch In September

Virtuix Omni One, an integrated home VR treadmill system with a Pico 4 Enterprise, is set to finally launch in September.

Starwave Soars With A Supersonic VR Journey Through The Stars

New VR rhythm games face tremendous competition, but Starwave certainly has potential.

Tilda Swinton Will Narrate MR Documentary Impulse: Playing With Reality

Impulse: Playing with Reality is an interactive documentary narrated by Tilda Swinton that explores ADHD through mixed reality.

The XR Week Peek (2024.07.30): HTC teases a new headset, Quest 3s picture leaked, and more (+ giveaways)!

It’s so hot here that I can almost cook pasta with the water directly coming from the faucet! Probably I should put on a VR headset and visualize myself at the North Pole to feel better…  … or I could just concentrate on these FRESH pieces of VR news of the week… (and on the TWO […]

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‘Alien: Rogue Incursion’ Shows off Stealth Action in First Gameplay Trailer, Coming Holiday 2024

Alien: Rogue Incursion just got its first gameplay trailer, showing off its first real look at the game’s Xenomorph enemies, weapons, setting and more. When it was revealed back in April, Veteran VR studio Survios said the upcoming action-horror game was set to include an “all-new storyline full of heart-pounding action, exploration, and terrifying Xenomorphs.” […]

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Hands-on: ‘Attack on Titan VR’ Could Be a Diamond in the Rough — Emphasis on Rough

Attack on Titan VR: Unbreakable is here, officially bringing the hit anime to VR for the first time, albeit in early access. We got an eye-full last month when developer UNIVRS released its first trailer, which admittedly looked pretty rough. While that’s still true for the game in its current state, it actually packs in […]

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NASA, Boeing Complete Second Docked Starliner Hot Fire Test

Engineering teams with NASA and Boeing completed a hot fire test of the Starliner spacecraft’s reaction control system jets on July 27 to evaluate the spacecraft’s propulsion system. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, assigned to the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, were seated inside the docked spacecraft during the test as part of …

Meta Quest v68 Update: A New ‘Layout’ Utility App, Faster App Downloads, and More

The Meta Quest v68 software update begins rolling out today, and we’re introducing a new Layout utility app for redesigning your real-world spaces, making it…

Boz to the Future Episode 19: The Future According to Michael Abrash

Welcome back for another episode of Boz To The Future, a podcast from Reality Labs. In today’s episode, our host, Meta CTO and Head of…

Is this a First Look at Microsoft Co-pilot AR Smart Glasses?

As reported by Windows Latest, Microsoft recently filed a patent request showing a potential first look at a pair of augmented reality smart glasses. In two USPTO filings—”Composite Poes Estimate For Wearable Computing Device” and “Resolution Enhancement in Spatital-Frequency Space “—Microsoft seemingly is building AR smart glasses with Co-Pilot genAI integration. Patents do not always […]

HTC VIVE Speaks on the Future of GenAI, Enterprise XR, Industrial Metaverse, Virtual Reality

GenAI is undoubtedly one of the most significant potentials in recent technology history. Unlike other technology promises, which quickly follow hype cycle expectations with a fairly prominent drop-off, genAI appears to be bucking this trend. GenAI is proving its massive cost and time-saving benefits, which are truly workplace agnostic and ready for many industries. On […]

Big XR News from Meta, HTC VIVE, Magic Leap

Big news came in last week. Meta is making big moves to scale its smart glasses and AI investments, as the two technologies are becoming closer as parallel use cases emerge. The XR hardware space is growing to include more hardware variety than in years past when the general market focused on VR headsets. Now, […]

The 6 Hottest Eye and Hand Tracking Trends to Watch

The extended reality landscape is transforming faster than ever, thanks to increasing worldwide adoption, advancing technology, and enhanced accessibility. While “tracking” technologies aren’t new in this landscape, new eye and hand-tracking trends are emerging as we move towards a new future of immersive, spatial computing. Embedding cutting-edge tracking technologies into sensors, headsets, and accompanying XR […]

How To Improve Your Website’s Reputation With Google [Infographic]

Some tips to drive high-quality backlinks and improve your Google Search rankings.

Justice Department Shares Details of Case Against TikTok

Why is TikTok facing a potential ban in the U.S.? The Justice Department claims the platform tracked users’ views on sensitive issues.