Following a successful funding round last year, UK XR training leaders Luminous received roughly £1 million from the North East Venture Fund. The funding comes as the firm looks to build an enterprise Metaverse platform for health and safety upskilling. Thanks to the European Regional Development Fund’s award, with assistance from Mercia Ventures, Luminous can […]
NVIDIA and Meta CEOs Reveal Bombshell Future of GenAI, Smartglasses, VR Headsets, Quest Mixed Reality at SIGGRAPH 2024
Meta Connect is coming, and with this being a paradigm-shifting year for XR, Meta needs to keep itself focused on a roadmap that’ll continue the company’s XR lead amid growing competition. While the future is not set in stone, Meta seems keen to become a provider of XR headsets, smart glasses, and open XR operating […]
E.l.f. Gets in on ‘Hot Girl Walk’ TikTok Trend in Time for Olympics
To boost its position as an entertainment brand, the cosmetics company parodied sports broadcasts in a video featuring Olympian Gabby Douglas.
How Creators and Marketers Can Protect Themselves While Using AI
The tech’s emergence underscores the importance of proper attribution and collaboration, according to Growth Stack Media’s Jordan Mitchell.
Here Are The Meta Quest+ Monthly Games For August 2024
The Meta Quest+ games for August 2024 have been confirmed, available to download from tomorrow.
Maestro Orchestrates An October Launch On Quest & Steam
Maestro, an orchestra conducting VR rhythm game, launches this October on Quest & Steam.
Retro VR FPS Compound Targets PSVR 2 Launch Next Month
Compound, a retro-themed VR FPS influenced by Wolfenstein 3D, will launch on PlayStation VR2 next month.
Living Room Turns Your Home Into An MR Animal Sanctuary
Living Room uses mixed reality to turn your home into a wildlife sanctuary on Quest 3.
XR News Bits – ‘Thrasher’ Launches, Kojima Explores Vision Pro, Big Game Updates, & More
In this edition of XR News Bits we see a newly released Walkabout Mini Golf DLC course, a big update to Contractors Showdown, game director Hideo Kojima exploring Vision Pro, the release of VR action-arcade game Thrasher, and signs of life from cooperative WWII VR bomber game The Mighty Eighth. XR News Bits An incredible amount of exciting XR […]
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Latest Quest Update Includes Meta AI, New ‘Layout’ Utility App & Performance Boosts
Following Meta’s big v67’s multitasking update earlier this month, the company announced it’s now rolling out its v68 software update for Quest, which features experimental access to Meta AI, a new utility app centered on home improvement, and some performance boosts too. Previously only available on Ray-Ban Meta smartglasses, Meta AI lets you do your standard […]
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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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