Bigscreen Beyond Headset US Preorders Delayed Into Q4 Amid Production Issues

Most Bigscreen Beyond US preorders originally slated to ship in Q3 have slipped into Q4 as the startup experiences production delays.

Meta Reportedly Laying Off Custom Chip Staff As Qualcomm Partnership Strengthens

Meta is reportedly conducting layoffs in its custom chips team as its close partnership with Qualcomm strengthens.

Immersed Cancels Cheaper 2.5K Visor As 96% Chose The 4K Model

Immersed canceled the cheaper 2.5K per eye model of Visor as the startup says 96% of people chose 4K.

Collegiate VR Esports League Announces New Season With Breachers

Collegiate VR Esports League Announces New Season With Breachers

Collegiate VR Esports League (CVRE) was established in January 2018 as a fun, friendly community that would cater specifically to the needs of collegiate level VR and esport enthusiasts. Since that time, over 50 different universities, colleges, and post-secondary schools have participated. CVRE recently launched their 11th season and there are already 29 different universities registered with over 115 players.

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Spacesuits, Research, and Treadmill Work Top Crew’s Day

The Expedition 70 crew continues preparing for a pair of spacewalks for science and maintenance outside the International Space Station. The orbital residents are also studying space piloting, observing Earth, and working on a treadmill today. NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen are getting ready for their first spacewalk …

Hoses at the Ready: ‘PowerWash Simulator VR’ is Coming to Meta Quest 2, 3, and Pro on November 2

There’s an inescapable human urge to clean things: You just feel better when you have clean teeth, wear clean clothes, and drive a clean car….

Meta Horizon Worlds v130 Release Notes: World Chat Rolls Out Widely

Meta Horizon Worlds v130 is here! Thanks to all who attended Meta Connect 2023 last week. This week, we’re rolling out access to world chat…

Virtualware Inks Multi-Year VR Trainer Deal with US Energy Firm

Virtualware, a Spanish virtual reality (VR) firm specialising in enterprise training solutions, has inked a massive multi-million dollar deal with a US energy firm. With its VR training platform, Virtualware will offer its services to the unnamed company to rapidly upskill its workforce for entering their on-side working environments.  The five-year renewable contract will allow […]

XR Analytics in Enterprise Use Cases

Watch on YouTube. XR Today’s Rory Greener hosts Tony Bevilacqua, Founder & CEO of Cognitive3D to discuss the following: Introducing Cognative3D, what analytics are you helping clients track and why? How does this assist in building the foundation of XR-based consumer and worker behaviour analytics? How are clients gaining from investments in XR analytics? Will […]

XR Storytelling Shows the Future of Content is Spatial, VNCCII Says

As the Creativity Conference kicks off its first day of speakers, many esteemed experts have begun sharing their perspectives on creativity and how it applies to their respective fields. With the need to innovate industries, many speakers at the online event will showcase groundbreaking approaches to creativity in XR content creation, building information modelling (BIM), […]

Meta Launches Verification for Businesses in New Zealand

Meta’s expanding its paid verification package to businesses.

LinkedIn Expands the Display of Its Profile CTA Buttons to More Surfaces

More ways for creators to drive traffic from their LinkedIn presence.

X Experiments With New Game Streaming Process To Expand Its Content Options

Gaming is already huge on X, and this could help to build on its opportunities.

X Signs Exclusive Content Deal With Paris Hilton To Build on Its Entertainment Efforts

The deal is the first celebrity partnership under new CEO Linda Yaccarino.

VR MMORPG Ilysia Targets Early Access This Month On Quest & Steam

VR MMORPG Ilysia targets an early access launch this month on Quest and Steam.

PowerWash Simulator VR Reaches Quest This November

PowerWash Simulator VR cleans up a release date, arriving next month on Quest.

Former Oculus CTO John Carmack ‘Unconvinced’ By Mixed Reality In VR Headsets

Meta is focused on mixed reality with Quest 3, but former Oculus CTO John Carmack remains unconvinced.

The XR Week Peek (2023.10.02): Meta Quest 3 launched, Vive Ultimate Tracker leaked, and more!

Welcome to this new edition of the XR Week Peek, which this week will be a bit special because I will summarize here what happened during the Meta Connect, the event during which Mark Zuckerberg launched the Quest 3, the Ray-Ban Meta smartglasses, and new techniques for data harvest… cough cough I mean, new AI […]

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Valve Hires Creator Behind Popular ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Mod

Like many of Valve’s best titles, Half-Life: Alyx (2020) is a lot more moddable than your average game, which for PC VR headset owners means hundreds of new modes, missions, and mini-games. Now one of the HLA’s most talented modders announced they’ve been snapped up by Valve. Nate Grove was responsible for two of the best HLA campaign-style […]

Crew Preps for Spacewalks to Analyze Microbes, Replace Hardware

Spacewalk preparations and exercise gear maintenance were the primary tasks for the Expedition 70 crew aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday. Hearing tests and a variety of science and hardware tasks rounded out the day’s plan for the orbital crewmates. Three astronauts are stepping up preparations for a pair of spacewalks planned this month …

Vantari VR Expands Training Solution to Middle East, Italy

Virtual reality (VR) medical training firm Vantari VR has begun rolling out its software platform across the Middle East and Italy to help democratise medical training worldwide, the company announced last week. With the expansion, the Sydney, Australia-based firm aims to boost access for clinicians seeking remote medical training solutions and democratise the use of […]

Meta Connect 2023: Where was the Metaverse?

That is a wrap. After weeks of anticipation from the XR community, audiences were ready to see how Meta concluded its 2023 following a dip in faith at the start of the year. XR audiences fully expected Meta to unveil its Quest 3 product during the event, which the firm announced with an October 10 […]

Metagravity Ramps Up Cloud Computing for the Metaverse

Watch on YouTube. XR Today’s Demond Cureton hosts Rashid Mansoor, Chief Executive, Metagravity. In our interview, we discuss the following, The importance of serious gaming technologies and how the tackle issues of building and developing the Metaverse. How Metagravity leverage AI, IoT, 5G, the blockchain, cloud and edge computing, and other emerging technologies Advantages of […]

Creativity Conference to Advise XR with ‘Human-Centric’ Approach

The Creativity Conference will open its virtual doors to the public from 3 to 5 October. The event has regularly hosted some of the world’s most prolific thinkers and visionaries across emerging technologies. This has included extended reality (XR), building information modelling (BIM), global telecommunications, and artificial intelligence (AI). However, the event also delves into […]

Reddit Rolls Out Expanded Topic and Audience Matching Options in Ads Manager

Reddit continues to build on its ad focus tools, as it works to maximize its revenue potential.