“Writing Help” can make suggestions when it comes to tone and other writing components.
TikTok Launches Campaign To Highlight Music Discovery
The campaign will feature artists who got their start in the app.
Spatial Ops Update Adds bHaptics, New Enemies & More
Mixed reality shooter Spatial Ops added bHaptics support, new enemies, and more in today’s update.
Hands-On With Cosmic XR: Exploring The Universe From My Living Room
Cosmic XR brings space right into your living room in mixed reality, teaching you a thing or two about the universe.
Horizon Worlds Creators Can Now AI-Generate Islands, Add AI NPCs “Very Soon”
Meta’s Horizon Worlds Desktop Editor now lets creators AI-generate island environments, and will let them add conversational AI NPCs “very soon”.
Big interview with Kyle Riesenbeck about Upload VR, the XR space, the “good old days”, and more!
To celebrate 9 years of my blog, I interviewed a very special person: Kyle Riesenbeck, who is now Editor-in-Chief and Operations Manager at Upload VR. He is one of the people in the industry I esteem the most, and I was very happy to finally meet him in person at CES this year, and so […]
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Meta’s Reported $800 Smart Glasses with Display Won’t Shoot for the Stars, Claims Respected Analyst
Meta’s smart glasses with display, codenamed ‘Hypernova’, are reportedly slated to cost less than initially expected, with Meta allegedly slashing price expectations from the rumored $1,000 – $1,400 range to $800. Now, respected supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says Meta is nearly ready to begin mass production, although sales expectations aren’t very high. Bloomberg’s Mark […]
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Mixed Reality’s Best Laser Tag-style Multiplayer Gets Better Spatial Stability, New Enemies & More
Spatial Ops (2024) is a bit like laser tag for Quest, letting you set up barriers and squad up with your friends for everything from room-scale to arena-scale mixed reality shootouts. Now, developer Resolution Games released an update today that brings more stability to co-located gameplay, more enemies, support for bHaptics gear, and more. Called ‘Pulse […]
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‘Horizon Worlds’ is Getting AI-powered NPCs Soon That Talk, Guide and React in Real Time
Meta laid out the next step of its AI integration strategy for social VR platform Horizon Worlds, noting that “very soon” creators will be able to add AI-powered NPCs to their worlds. Earlier this year Meta introduced non-embodied NPCs, essentially letting Horizon Worlds creators plug in ‘background’ AI agents, which were meant to offer help, but […]
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Head and Eye Health, Dragon Reboost Preps, and Emergency Drill Fill Crew Day
Preventing space-caused head and eye pressure impacts using specialized medical hardware was the top research theme aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday. The Expedition 73 residents also continued unpacking a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft and practiced an emergency drill aboard the orbital outpost.
End of an Era: Adobe Pulls the Plug on Aero as AR Industry Reality Bites
Adobe’s AR Dreams Crumble: Why Creative Cloud’s Mixed Reality Exit Signals Industry Turbulence As someone who’s witnessed the ebb and flow of emerging technologies, Adobe’s recent announcement about discontinuing Aero feels like a seismic shift in the augmented reality landscape. If you’re an innovation leader, creative professional, or enterprise decision-maker who’s been banking on AR […]
What Chinese XR Giants Sunny Optical and Goertek Can Teach Us About M&A
The latest move by Goertek and Sunny Optical Technology is more than just another headline-grabbing deal – it’s a blueprint for how capital-intensive industries like AR optics can consolidate without draining resources or stifling innovation. And if it works, this “asset-light consolidation” approach could ripple far beyond the XR sector. A Smarter Way to Merge […]
Instagram Launches Video Education Series for Edits App
Valuable pointers on video creation via Instagram’s Edits app.
Reddit Adds Trend Insights on Mobile, Guidebook for Brands
More insight and brand-building tools from the Reddit team.
YouTube Expands Access to Hype, Adds New Creator Tools
YouTube is also expanding its AI-generated video summaries.
The VR Retail Experience Needs A Hard Reboot
VR retail needs a hard reboot. Trying out a headset for the first time should not be like this.
No Man’s Sky Is The First VR Game To Use PS5 Pro’s PSSR AI Upscaling
No Man’s Sky is the first PS VR2 game to use PS5 Pro’s PSSR AI upscaling, which combines with eye-tracked foveated rendering to deliver “ultra-high definition and incredible detail” in VR.
No Man’s Sky Voyagers Update Lets Friends Come Aboard Your ‘Corvette’
The No Man’s Sky Voyagers update lets you build larger, more ambitious ships with friends, and it’s out now.
Quest 3 Unity SDK Update Lets Developers Easily Track QR Codes
The latest Meta MR Utility Kit SDK update for Quest 3 lets Unity developers easily decode and 6DoF track QR codes.
‘No Man’s Sky’ Brings Massive Multi-crew Starships in Latest Update
No Man’s Sky (2016) is well beyond its redemption arc now, having just shipped ‘Voyagers’ across VR and flatscreen platforms, making for one of its biggest updates yet. Starting today, you’ll be able to step aboard even bigger starships that you can crew with your friends. From the trailer, it certainly feels like No Man’s […]
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‘Aces of Thunder’ Still Coming in 2025 Despite Recent Store Glitch Showing September Release
If you recently spied the September 2nd release date for VR combat flight sim Aces of Thunder on the PlayStation Store, sorry to burst your bubble: developer Gaijin Entertainment says it was “a malfunction at the store.” Gaijin Entertainment says in a recent X post that while the PlayStation Store release date was indeed a flub, […]
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Rokid Glasses Kickstarter Tops $500K Amid Growing Demand for Smart Glasses with Displays
Chinese AR startup Rokid launched a Kickstarter campaign yesterday for Rokid Glasses, a new version of the company’s smart glasses with green monochrome displays which previously launched in China. Now, after 24 hours, the project has already garnered over $500,000, marking an undeniable demand for smart glasses that go beyond the audio-only experience of Ray-Ban […]
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Crew Sets Up Liver Tissue Research and Preps for Dragon Reboost
Expedition 73 opened the hatch to the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft shortly after its arrival on Monday and has begun unloading advanced science experiments to continue benefitting humans living on and off the Earth. The International Space Station residents also prepared for next month’s Dragon reboost and kept up lab maintenance and Earth observations.
Vivo’s Vision Headset Has Apple Squarely In Its Crosshairs
While Apple positioned the Vision Pro as a premium consumer breakthrough, Vivo’s approach might hint at a different strategy. The Chinese smartphone maker’s Vision mixed reality headset launch suggests they may have identified enterprise adoption as a more viable pathway than chasing individual early adopters willing to drop $3,500 – a method which has proven […]