Facebook Adds Video Display Elements to Marketplace Listings

A new option to help showcase your Marketplace listings.

Twitter Restricts Linkage to Substack, Raising Questions About ‘Free Speech’ in the App

Elon Musk’s ‘free speech’ ethos clearly has limits…

This AR Drum Kit Makes a Compelling Case for the Future of Music Lessons

There’s a million things you could do to enhance your life if you had the power to seamlessly augment the world around you with digital and interactive information. And while we’re far from the “seamless” part of that reality, we’re getting early glimpses of how the world could be better with this power. Take, for […]

Fruit Ninja VR 2 Fully Available Today On Quest, PC VR

A new weapon type and PVP multiplayer keep the nostalgic arcade game feeling fresh. After over a year in Early Access, Fruit Ninja VR 2 has officially launched on PC VR headsets via Steam as well as Meta Quest headsets, offering players a whole new lineup of immersive fruit-slicing challenges to enjoy. Fruit Ninja VR […]

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Meta Horizon Worlds Spotlight: Kawaii’s Grocery – Meta Food Shopping

Welcome back to our weekly spotlight on the people building for Meta Horizon Worlds and their amazing creations….

How Are Firms Leveraging ARHT’s Holopresence Platform?

Canadian holopresence firm ARHT has been pioneering such technologies since 2014. The company’s solutions allow people to communicate across the world while saving time and resources. It also eliminates the need to travel to remote locations while interacting with live crowds using its remote viewing technologies. Using holopresence technologies, executives, film stars, and advertisers can […]

Instagram Shares Tips on How Brands Can Make Best Use of DMs

Instagram’s looking to help businesses adapt to the consumer shift towards DMs.

WhatsApp’s Testing a New ‘Channels’ Broadcast Chat Functionality

This follows the launch of Channels on Instagram in February.

Twitter Promotes Updated Visual Branding Offerings as it Looks to Secure More Ad Spend

Twitter’s tweaked its visual branding options, which could help to spark more interest.

TikTok Announces New Programming for Earth Month

TikTok will highlight a range of content and creators to raise awareness of sustainability initiatives.

Tennis League VR Spins Onto Quest 2 This Month – New Trailer & Arcade Mode Revealed

Tennis League VR is coming to Quest headsets this month, set to release on April 20. 

VR is dead, the metaverse is dead. Maybe.

Here we are again. A few days ago, I was reading some suggested posts on Twitter, and I found a comment from a guy to a post from someone in our VR community saying something like “Admit it, VR is the 3D TV of our times” and getting lots of likes. I hoped that that […]

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Skateboarding Sim ‘VR Skater’ Coming to PSVR 2 This Summer, Trailer Here

VR Skater, the skateboarding sim for PC VR headsets, is making its way to PSVR 2 this summer. First launched on Steam Early Access in 2021, VR Skater offers up a unique way of sidestepping the fact that most people don’t have tracked feet (or skateboard perioherals) in VR yet. In it, you move your motion controllers […]

Joy Way’s New Roguelike Shooter Looks Like Spider-Man Meets ‘DOOM’, Coming to Quest May 18th

Joy Way, the studio behind STRIDE and AGAINST, revealed a new VR game which seems to combine the web-slinging action of Spider-Man with the demon-slaying melee carnage of DOOM. Called Dead Hook, the studio calls the upcoming Quest title an “explosive mix of roguelike and shooter genre with brutal combat and captivating storytelling.” Prior to […]

Heart Research, Space Physics, and Spacewalk Preps End Workweek

Heart research and space physics topped the microgravity research schedule aboard the International Space Station on Friday. The Expedition 69 crew also continues packing a U.S. cargo craft while gearing up for a series of upcoming spacewalks. A variety of research into microgravity’s affect on the human heart has been ongoing aboard the orbital outpost …

Half-Life 2: VR Mod – Episode Two Is Available Now

The final chapter in Gordan Freeman’s epic saga can now be experienced in VR. In September 2022, the Source VR Mod Team released a VR mod for Half-Life 2, immersing players in Valve’s near-perfect first-person shooter game like never before. The mod introduced everything from full room-scale VR with support for motion controls to manual […]

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How VR Technology Can Help Stop Wildfires

Intellic Technologies is just one company using immersive technology to train pilots. A new partnership sees wildland fire simulation software provider Becker Support Services team up with Anchor Flank & Pinch, a purveyor of ground and aerial firefighting training services, to form a new company, Intellic Technologies, dedicated to providing various organizations with safe and efficient […]

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Become A Pirate Mercenary In This Comedic VR Game

Embark on a comic book-style adventure filled with arcade-style combat and puzzles. Since the premiere of the film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, pirate-themed entertainment has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity, not unlike that of the zombie and horror genres. This extends not only to film & television but the […]

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Ready, Set, Slice: Fruit Ninja VR 2 is Now Available on Meta Quest 2 + Pro

Developed by Halfbrick Studios, Fruit Ninja VR 2 takes slicing virtual fruit to the next level with new weapons, new modes, power-ups, and even more…

Expect Turbulence: ‘Gambit!’ Brings Four-Player Co-Op Mayhem to Meta Quest 2 Today

Your mission was supposed to be simple: infiltrate a heavily guarded train and take the gold and cash onboard back to your client for a…

‘Puzzling Places’ Releases Monthly Pack #12, Celebrates 101 Puzzles With Flash Sale

Fans of Puzzling Places are getting a double dose of good news. Monthly Pack #12 is now available on the Meta Quest Platform, featuring six…

Ostloong Innovations to Ship LYRA Smart Glasses in September

This year, Ostloong Innovations will start shipping its LYRA smart glasses, an AR wearable the firm purpose-built to support outdoor use. Ostloong Innovations is shipping the LYRA product in September 2023, bringing a new solution to the busy smart glasses market. While many smart glasses are available to consumers via firms such as Meta, Nreal, […]

The Biophilic Metaverse with Freyja Sewell and Amelia Kallman

Varjo, Twinmotion Team Up for AEC Designers

Varjo Technologies, a leading high-end manufacturer of extended reality (XR) headsets and solutions, integrated Twinmotion’s architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) tools for professional designers. The joint effort will allow Varjo headset owners to work on Twinmotion’s solution this year. Designers can inspect 3D models using Varjo’s class-leading virtual reality (VR) headsets for optimal realism and […]

Glue Collaboration Gains KPMG Security Certification

Last Thursday, KPMG IT Certification Ltd awarded its ISO/IEC 27001 certificate to Glue Collaboration, a Metaverse application for enterprise end-users. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) gave the award. The ISO offers a systematic approach to managing the security of assets like customer/company data, intellectual property, financial data, and personal data. The award shows that […]