Assessing the Electricity Requirements of AI Development [Infographic]

Microsoft’s use of electricity has doubled since embarking on its AI push, per Visual Capitalist. 

The Psychology of Sharing: Emotions Content Must Evoke To Go Viral [Infographic]

Viral content often evokes a specific emotion like joy, anticipation or fear, per Salesforce. 

Meta Explores Celebrity-Voiced AI Chatbots

Meta’s celebrity-faced bots didn’t work, but maybe this will be different?

Snapchat+ Reaches 11 Million Paying Subscribers

Snapchat+ has been the most successful of the new wave of paid subscription features.

Zero Caliber 2 Review: A Thrilling VR Action Romp

Zero Caliber 2 is a strong follow-up to the original game, delivering a thrilling action-packed VR romp. Our full review.

Between Realities Podcast Season 8 Community Finale

In the Season 8 Finale of the Between Realities VR Podcast, Alex and Skeeva hosted a wide variety of guests from the virtual reality community.

HTC Cuts Vive XR Elite Price Ahead of New Headset Reveal

HTC has reduced the price of Vive XR Elite, its flagship standalone headset, cutting it from $1,100 to $900. The deal appears to only be available in the US, as Vive XR Elite is still selling for its launch price across other major regions—€1,449 in Europe and £1,299 in the UK. Released in February 2023, […]

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‘Garry’s Mod’ Sequel Adopts OpenXR to ‘Expand VR Feature Set’ and Support More Devices

Facepunch Studios announced that s&box, its upcoming physics sandbox and game development platform, is now using OpenXR, which will not only allow the studio to expand its VR feature set, but also the range of supported devices. VR support has been on the table since Facepunch announced in 2015 it was working on a spiritual successor […]

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NASA’s Northrop Grumman Cygnus Completes Solar Arrays Deployment

Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft completed the deployment of its two solar arrays at 2:21 p.m. EDT after launching at 11:02 a.m. Aug. 4 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to the International Space Station for NASA. Shortly after launch, the spacecraft missed …

VRChat Spotlight: Magnetize, The Edge & Astral Bounds

Don Hopper goes deeper into VRChat visiting three more community-recommended worlds…

Where will he end up this week?