Arvizio Demos AR Instructor on Qualcomm, Lenovo Devices at AES 2022

This Tuesday at the Augmented Enterprise Summit (AES) 2022 in San Diego, Arvizio, a provider of augmented and mixed reality (AR/MR) industry 4.0 solutions, showcased its Instructor service, its immersive remote guidance solution on Qualcomm and Lenovo hardware. Arvizio highlighted how frontline workers could leverage the AR Instructor platform on Qualcomm Snapdragon Spaces and Lenovo […]

Meta Paints a Picture of an Idealistic Metaverse in New Future Planning Report

Meta’s latest report looks into the future of the metaverse, and the potential opportunities therein.

TikTok Launches New ‘StemDrop’ Music Remix Initiative

The program will provide new ways to interact with music in the app.

Pinterest Provides New Music Option for Idea Pins, Including Tracks from Popular Artists

Now, you’ll be able to add trending hits to your Idea Pins.

Instagram’s Testing a New Option Which Would Enable You to Add a Song to Your Profile

Yes, like MySpace.

Fitness Service Supernatural Now Supports Single Controller Mode

Fitness service Supernatural now supports a single controller mode.

Will HP End Reverb G2 Production & Exit The VR Market?

A rumor claims HP will end Reverb G2 production next year & exit the VR market.

The 10 Pillars of Customer Experience Your Customers Care About Most

Got an appetite for all things CX? Check out our entire CX series. Part 1:  The Two CXs You Have to Deal With — Customer Experience vs Customer Expectations Part 2:  The Audience Experience is More Important than Customer Experience Part 3:  Why Brands Believe Their CX is Better Than It Really Is Part 4: […]

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Quest Store Now Supports Timed App Trials Without Devs Creating a Standalone Demo

Meta has announced that developers will be able to opt their apps into providing users with a free timed trial which the company hopes will increase conversion while giving developers an easier path compared to creating and maintaining a standalone demo app. VR apps can be harder to sell than traditional games because the VR […]

NASA is GO for U.S. Spacewalks Outside International Space Station

NASA completed a flight readiness review in October, and is “GO” to resume routine spacewalks outside of the International Space Station. The first of three planned spacewalks is targeted to begin around mid-November to continue the work to install roll out solar arrays, called iROSA. The review marks the completion of an investigation into the cause …

Meta Quest Pro Has 1-2hr Battery Life, Reports Find

Last week, at its Connect 2022 event, extended reality (XR) technology firm Meta announced its long-awaited Quest Pro device. Among other vital updates, Meta used its virtual stage to introduce its new mixed reality (MR) headset, among other XR technology updates. Meta announced it would open pre-orders for the Quest Pro on October 25 for […]

Lenovo Outlines Metaverse, Sustainability Pledge

Lenovo, the world’s largest computer firm by sales units, kicked off its Tech World 2022 event on Tuesday, offering attendees a sneak peek on the firm’s latest product innovations and green strategies. The massive event features C-Suite speakers from AMD, VMware, Accenture, Intel, DreamWorks, Qualcomm, and many others to discuss the future of interoperable, sustainable […]

Twitter Provides New Insights into NBA/WNBA Engagement via Tweet [Infographic]

The NBA season is back, bringing with it new brand tie-in opportunities.

Snap Celebrates the 15th Birthday of Bitmoji Maker Bitstrips

With over a billion Bitmoji characters created, Snap’s now eyeing the next stage of Bitmoji development.

Meta Forced to Divest Giphy After Long-Running Court Battle in the UK

But it’s okay – Giphy says that GIFs aren’t cool anymore either way.

New Report Looks at the Growth of the Creator Economy, and Opportunities of New Platforms

The report looks at how creators are monetizing their work, based on input from over 9k creators.

The Exorcist: Legion VR Receives Visual Overhaul On Quest For Halloween

Developer Wolf & Wood just released a major The Exorcist: Legion VR update overhauling the graphics and lighting on Quest headsets.

More info here:

Pico 4 Review: Should You Actually Buy One Instead Of A Quest 2?

Pico 4 ships today – but should you actually buy one instead of a Quest 2?

Here’s our full review:

Pico 4 Games: All Major VR Apps Available Today At Launch

Wondering what you can play on Pico 4?

Here are some of the major VR games and apps available on Pico 4 at launch.

The XR Week Peek (2022.10.18): Meta announces Quest Pro, new rumors about Apple, and more!

This has been the week of the Meta Connect, which brought with it many important announcements. I thought that there could be nothing else to say in this roundup apart from the Connect, while actually, digging into the various XR magazines and social media feed, I have been able to find a lot of interesting […]

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The 20 Best Rated & Most Popular Quest Games & Apps – October 2022

While Oculus doesn’t offer much publicly in the way of understanding how well individual games & apps are performing across its Quest 2 storefront, it’s possible to glean some insight by looking at apps relative to each other. Here’s a snapshot of the 20 best rated Oculus Quest games and apps as of October 2022. […]

‘DAVIGO’ Brings Quest Support & Online Multiplayer in Third Alpha Tomorrow

DAVIGO is an upcoming asymmetric game that tosses you into a David vs. Goliath-style battle, offering up a unique PC and VR cross-play experience. Now nearly 18 months since the release of its second alpha phase, the indie developers behind Davigo announced they’ve reworked the entire game in effort to release a new multiplayer alpha, […]

Pico 4 Shipments Delayed in Europe Due to High Global Demand

Pico released its standalone VR headset Neo 3 Link this summer, marking its first real push to launch a consumer device outside of Asia. Now it’s getting ready to ship the follow-up standalone Pico 4, and the company seems to be struggling to keep up with demand in some regions. Pico opened up pre-orders of […]

Muscle and Crop Studies Helping Crews Adapt to Space Missions

Today aboard the International Space Station, the Expedition 68 crew explored how to maintain healthy bodies and grow crops in the weightless environment of space. Learning to live long-term in microgravity and farther away from Earth orbit requires astronauts to sustain themselves without relying on visiting resupply missions. Humans lose muscle and bone mass much …

Brain Science, BEAM Work as Station Orbits Higher for Cargo Mission

The seven-member Expedition 68 crew was busy aboard the International Space Station at the beginning of the week studying how the central nervous system adapts to microgravity and stowing hardware inside the BEAM module. The orbital residents also trained to operate Europe’s new robotic arm and packed a Russian cargo craft ahead of its upcoming …