A relevant note for social media marketers – Meta will now list profiles reached as ‘Accounts Center accounts’.
YouTube Will Provide More Context on Policy Violations with Two Coming Updates
The updates will make it easier for users to understand policy violations, and how to address them.
Touring Arizona Modern: Walkabout Mini Golf’s First Desert Course
Architecture inspires the developers of Walkabout Mini Golf even as VR allows them to do things they never could in the physical world.
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Divine Duel Quest Beta Running Next Week On Quest, Registration Open Now
Upcoming multiplayer 1-on-1 VR fighter Divine Duel is running a beta on Meta Quest headsets next week from January 27 to 30.
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NASA, Space Station Partners Approve Next Axiom Private Mission Crew
NASA and its international partners have approved the crew for Axiom Space’s second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2). Axiom Space’s Director of Human Spaceflight and former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson will command the privately funded mission. Aviator John Shoffner of Knoxville, Tennessee, will serve as pilot. The two mission specialists will be announced later. Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on …
Spacewalkers Wrap Up First Spacewalk of 2023
NASA astronaut Nicole Mann and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata concluded their spacewalk at 3:35 p.m. EST after 7 hours and 21 minutes. Mann and Wakata completed work left over from a previous spacewalk for a platform on which a set of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (iROSAs) for the station’s …
Here’s Why Twitter Blue Is A Complete Waste Of Time
This photo illustrates the Twitter Blue Checkmark. It was taken in Warsaw (Poland) on 21 September. … [+] 2022. Twitter announced that a verification label will be introduced to replace the previous blue check given…read more
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Please Don’t Ask For A Refund, Begs Broken Twitter App Developer
Apps that use third-party Twitter to advertise have seen their businesses go up in flames getty Twitterrific, a third-party Twitter application developer is appealing to customers for refunds after it was removed from the market….read more
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A Different Kind of Startup Community in Silicon Valley: Meet Launch House and Its Venture Arm, House Capital
Launch House was created to help founders take their ideas to the next level in Silicon Valley, which is no small feat these days. Thanks to founders Brett Goldstein, Michael Houck, and Jacob Peters, the…read more
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This Upcoming VR Game Lets You Control Shadows
Silhouette arrives on Quest 2 and Quest Pro headsets later this month. Silhouette is a VR adventure puzzler for Meta Quest headsets that allows you to manipulate shadows with your bare hands. Developed by Team Panoptes, the same company behind Panoptic, this single-player experience tasks you with guiding tiny shadow creatures, referred to as “Shadowies,” […]
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VR Puzzle-Platformer PathCraft Launches On Quest 2
Okay, this game looks straight-up adorable. Available now on Meta Quest 2 and Quest Pro headsets, PathCraft is a new VR game developed by Devil Cow Studio and published by Vertigo Games that tasks you with safely escorting an adorable-looking companion through a series of increasingly complex puzzles. According to the official release, the colorful-looking […]
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Celebrate The Lunar New Year With This VR Puzzle
Realities.io is kicking off 2023 with a new free puzzle. The VR puzzle game Puzzling Places has added a new 3D puzzle inspired by the Lunar New Year. Available now on Meta Quest, PlayStation VR, and PICO 4 VR headsets, this latest puzzle has you constructing the entrance to an ancient scholar building located in […]
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Meta Horizon Worlds Spotlight: Sensei_Jay
Welcome back to our weekly spotlight on the people building for Meta Horizon Worlds and their amazing creations….
Here’s Why Your iPhone’s Weather App Is Wrong So Often
The iPhone Weather app is convenient, but when its predictions consistently clash with reality, you might start to wonder whether there’s a better alternative.
Two Things You Should Do To Avoid The WhatsApp Account Hack
One of the newest WhatsApp flaws allows an attacker to take control over your account, even if you don’t engage with the prompts that spawn from their attempts.
Should You Choose The 2023 Hyundai Santa Fe Calligraphy Over The Sante Fe Hybrid? An Honest Opinion
You have a choice to make when it comes to the next Hyundai Santa Fe you buy. Do you go for speed with the Calligraphy, or keep it green with the Hybrid?
Google Taps Co-Founders Larry Page And Sergey Brin In AI Push To Combat ChatGPT
In the race to iterate and improve on artificial intelligence, Google is tapping into its co-founders to help bolster efforts in improving its search engine.
The Latest Hand-Tracking Innovations from Meta and Shopify
January is a productive month for extended reality (XR) technologies following CES 2023; as February approaches, Meta and Shopify have introduced hand-tracking innovations for their customers, continuing the journey of XR innovation. Each companies hand-tracking solutions leverage the Meta Quest product portfolio of virtual reality (VR) headsets. The Meta Quest and Quest Pro models contain […]
VR Firm Moth+Flame Opens AI Generative Content Beta
Moth+Flame, a New York City-based provider of virtual reality (VR) immersive learning, launched an artificial intelligence (AI) generative content authoring tool for VR content this week. Invesco trialled the solution in a first-ever enterprise demo of the product at its Sales Symposium last week to develop use cases for the VR application. The efforts aim […]
Google Parent Firm Alphabet to Lay Off 12,000 Jobs
Google parent company Alphabet announced layoffs on Friday of roughly 12,000 workers, totalling 6 percent of its global workforce. Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai wrote in a memo to staff sent to Reuters it had increased its staff count over the last few years “for a different economic reality than the one we face today.” Google […]
TikTok’s 2023 Marketing Calendar [Infographic]
A handy guide to the big events of the year, from TikTok.
LinkedIn Removes ‘Curious’ Reaction Option on Posts
Users have noted that the ‘curious’ reaction has disappeared in the latest version of the app.
Twitter Expands Display of Community Notes, Flags Coming Improvements
Community Notes has emerged as key element in Elon Musk’s push to enable users to moderate debates in the app.
Meta Launches Centralized Data Privacy and Ad Targeting Controls for Facebook, IG and Messenger
The updated tool will better enable users to manage their settings across Meta’s apps.
Microsoft Kills Off AltspaceVR Amid Major Layoffs
AltspaceVR is shutting down in March, Microsoft confirmed.
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