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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Windlands 2 Swings Onto Quest 2 Next Month
Nearly five years since its PC VR launch, Windlands 2 makes its way to Meta Quest 2 next month. Read more here:
Pavlov Confirmed For PSVR 2 As A Launch Game
Vankrupt Games confirmed Pavlov is coming to PSVR 2 next month as a launch game.
Touring Cherry Blossom: Walkabout Mini Golf’s Course Inspired By Japanese Zen Gardens
Walkabout Mini Golf’s creator dives deep into their VR design progression in our tour of the Zen garden-inspired Cherry Blossom course.
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High-flying Co-op Adventure ‘Windlands 2’ is Finally Coming to Quest 2 Next Month
Psytec Games announced its grappling hook-flavored platforming adventure Windlands 2 (2018) is finally swinging its way onto Quest 2, coming to Meta’s standalone for the first time on February 2nd. Like the original Windlands (2016), which is currently available through App Lab on Quest, Windlands 2 is all about swinging from tree to tree in a […]
Hands-on: Pimax Crystal Touts Impressive Clarity, But Suffers From a (potentially fixable) Flaw
At CES 2023 Pimax was showing off its latest high-resolution headset, the Pimax Crystal, which uses new lenses and new displays for what the company says is its clearest looking image yet. And while it’s definitely an improvement in many areas over the company’s headsets, there’s a key flaw that I hope the Pimax will […]