Performance Max campaigns automate the campaign creation process, based on your existing listings.
Google Expands Local Service Ads to Five More Categories
Local Services Ads provide another way to reach local searchers with your offerings.
Facebook Chief Outlines Plans to Re-Integrate Messaging into the Main App
Seven years after separating the two elements, messaging is coming back to the main Facebook app.
Meta Plans to Cut Thousands of Jobs in a New Round of Layoffs
Meta continues to re-shape its corporate structure.
Quest Pass: Screenshot Suggests VR Games Subscription In The Works
It looks like Meta is considering a new ‘Quest Pass’ subscription service for the Quest platform, which could include two games or apps per month that users can redeem for free and keep while subscribed.
The XR Week Peek (2023.03.07): Meta roadmap unveiled, Xiaomi shows its AR glasses, and more!
This week is going to be great because I’m going to attend the SXSW (I will write a dedicated post about it). Before traveling, I’m trying to finish a few tasks for my job and I was hoping that this week there wasn’t much to write in this roundup so that I could write this […]
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Pimax Aims to Attract VR Devs with 100% Revenue Share & $100K Game Fund
Users of Pimax’s wide field-of-view (FOV) PC VR headsets have always relied upon third-party stores like Steam for VR content. Now the company is looking to incentivize VR developers to publish their games on the new Pimax Store. Pimax quietly launched its PC VR content store in September 2022, ostensibly in preparation for the yet-to-release […]
Crew of 11 Staying Focused on Advanced Space Research
The International Space Station’s 11 residents are comprised of three individual crews that arrived at the orbital outpost on three different crew ships. The most recent crew to arrive was SpaceX Crew-6 docking on Friday at 1:40 a.m. EST in the Crew Dragon Endeavour vehicle. The four Crew-6 members are now Expedition 68 flight engineers …
Expanded Station Crew Works Together Before Quartet Departure
The newly-expanded International Space Station crew of 11 members kicked off a busy work week today conducting a variety of research and visiting vehicle activities. Meanwhile, four Expedition 68 crew members are also getting ready to complete their mission and return to Earth. New station residents Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg of NASA, who commanded …
The workers the mass Twitter layoffs left behind
These workers were left behind after the mass Twitter layoffs SME interviewed three ex-Twitter employees, their lawyer and about their last days with the company following Elon Musk’s takeover. They also discussed their life after…read more
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She was weeks away from maternity leave at Twitter. Then Elon Musk took over
New York SME — Bim Ali became pregnant early during her first child when Elon Musk, a billionaire, agreed to purchase Twitter. She worked on Redbird’s core technology team as an engineer. Ali stayed with…read more
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Twitter Still Littered With Crypto Scammers Buying Ads Featuring Elon Musk’s Face
Elon Musk in a file photo at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. … [+](Photo by Trevor Cokley of the U.S. Air Force) U.S. Air Force Academy Have you noticed a deluge of…read more
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Big XR News from Qualcomm, NTT DOCOMO, Varjo, Morpheus, GigXR, and CoSo Cloud,
The extended reality (XR) industry continues to build its technological renaissance by developing fresh virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) solutions. The Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 in Barcelona, Spain, provided a premier backdrop for the immersive and emerging technologies industry. Numerous firms showcased their latest creations amid the event, which took place from 27 […]
How Will Xiaomi’s AR Smart Glasses Square Up with Rivals?
Chinese electronics manufacturer Xiaomi has debuted its Wireless AR Glass Discovery Edition, leading to the company’s first-ever wireless augmented reality (AR) smart glasses. Unveiled at the Mobile World Congress 2023, the new device includes a trove of innovative features such as a “retina-level” electrochromic adaptive display, lighting adjustment, Snapdragon Spaces tethering, and hand tracking, among […]
Facebook Depreciates Hashtag Topics in Groups
Facebook’s on-again, off-again relationship with hashtags continues.
New Social Media Restrictions for Youngsters Could Lead to Broader Limits in Access
The state of Utah is considering new restrictions on teen social media usage.
Twitter Suffers More Outages as Former Staff Warn of Significant Internal Problems
Twitter continues to experience outages and issues, which could be indicative of larger back-end problems.
Bigscreen Avatars Grow Arms, Hand & Eye Tracking Coming Later This Year
Bigscreen overhauled its avatars with a new look, estimated arms, and necks.
Hand tracking and eye tracking are coming later this year.
Samsung Files Trademark for ‘Galaxy Glasses’ AR/VR Headset
Samsung announced last month it was partnering with Google and Qualcomm to develop an XR device, something the company said at the time was “not too far away.” While we’re still left guessing as to what sort of headset the Korean tech giant has in store, a new trademark filing has come to light which may suggest […]
Echo VR Fans Plea To Zuck With Meta Ad
Fans of Echo VR brought the metaverse to Mark Zuckerberg this week.
Walmart Now Makes Quest 2 Accessories: Onn Strap, Link & Case
Walmart now carries Onn brand VR accessories for Quest 2 starting under $25.
Details on the products here:
Meta Quest 2 & Quest Pro VR Headsets Get Price Cuts
These discounts will go into effect this Sunday. Earlier today, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced via Instagram that the company will be reducing the prices of its Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest Pro headsets. Beginning March 5th, 2023, the 256GB Quest 2 will be available for $429.99 (previously $499.99) in the US, Canada, Australia, […]
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Releases Recap: February 27 – March 3
This week, we released a bunch of titles and updates across the Meta Quest Platform. Here’s a rundown of the highlights….
Meta Reduces the Price of its VR Headsets in Order to Maximize VR Adoption
Meta’s reducing the price of its Quest Pro headsets by $500 as it looks to boost VR take-up.