Iron Man VR on Quest 2 ditches the loading screens and cords, resulting in a more freeing experience.
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Meta’s Next-gen Avatar Presentation Was Too Good to Be True… For Now at Least
This week Meta showed off a preview of its next-gen avatars during the Connect keynote. Frankly, they looked great! However, there’s… less than meets the eye here. When Mark Zuckerberg appeared in Horizon during the Connect 2022 keynote sporting a next-gen Meta avatar with complete body tracking I was frankly blown away. Compared to the existing […]
YouTube is (finally) Coming to Horizon Home Making it Easier to Watch with Friends
Meta announced that Quest users will soon be able to watch YouTube content inside Horizon Home, the first-party social VR space that’s finally making it easy to hang out in VR with friends. Meta is slowly… painfully slowly… building out the core social features of its Quest series of headsets that first launched all the […]
Google’s Project Starline Starts Real-world Testing, Bringing Light-field Video Calls to Enterprise Partners
Google’s Project Starline is an experimental system for immersive video chatting that aims to close the distance between people without needing an AR or VR headset. At Google’s annual Cloud Next conference, the company announced it’s rolling out the booth-sized device in early access to select enterprise partners, officially taking it beyond the walls of […]
Dragon Freedom Undocks with SpaceX Crew-4 Astronauts
The SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft with NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Jessica Watkins, as well as ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti inside undocked from the space-facing port of the International Space Station’s Harmony module at 12:05 p.m. EDT to complete a nearly six-month science mission. NASA will continue to provide live …
Hatches Closed, SpaceX Crew-4 Astronauts Prepare to Undock
At 10:20 a.m. EDT Friday, Oct. 14, the hatch closed between the Dragon Freedom spacecraft and the International Space Station in preparation for undocking and return to Earth of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission with NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Jessica Watkins, as well as ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. NASA Television will …
The SpaceX Crew-4 Astronauts Prepare to Undock Today
Watch live coverage now on NASA TV, the NASA app and the agency’s website as hatch closure and undocking preparations are underway for the return of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission. NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Jessica Watkins, as well as ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti are in the process of boarding …
Microsoft Updates Mesh Avatars at Ignite 2022
Microsoft has unveiled its Mesh avatar solution for Teams, where people conduct meetings and conversations with real-time 3D (RT3D) avatars, it was announced in a blog post amid the Microsoft Ignite event on Wednesday. The tech giant will begin rolling out Private Preview options for Technology Adoption Program (TAP) customers to receive feedback for the […]
Strivr CTO Speaks on Joining the XR Association
Immersive firm Strivr has joined the XR Association (XRA) as a member of the rapidly expanding trade group, it was learned recently in an interview with XR Today. The XRA is a trade group representing major immersive firms providing a forum for outlining the future of the XR industry, including legislation and policy. Strivr joined […]
NVIDIA, Autodesk Unveil Cloud AEC Tool for AWS
NVIDIA, a major supplier of graphics technologies, and Autodesk, a provider of graphics and design solutions, have teamed up to bring their respective CloudXR and VRED technologies to Amazon Web Services (AWS), the companies announced in a joint blog post on Wednesday. The new partnership will provide immersive, hyperrealistic experiences as a ‘Quick Start’ option […]
Creating Quality Videos With Smartphones
Want to produce professional-grade videos without a costly camera? Wish your Reels, TikTok, and YouTube videos looked amazing? To learn everything you need to know to create quality videos using your smartphone, I interview Steve Wright.
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TikTok Announces New Partnership with Linktree to Facilitate More Referral Traffic Options
The integration will improve your linking options between the two apps.
TikTok Announces New Ad Tools and Performance Insights at Second ‘TikTok World’ Event
TikTok’s shared a range of new ad updates and performance insights.
Instagram’s Working On New ‘Achievement’ Badges to Incentivize Reels Creators
The new badges could help to inspire Reels creators to keep posting.
Twitter Launches New ‘Link Spotlight’ CTA Button for Professional Accounts
The new Link Spotlight could help drive more referral traffic – though there are some restrictions on its use.
Virtual Desktop Now Available On Pico Headsets For Wireless PC VR Streaming
Virtual Desktop is now available to owners of Pico 4 and Pico Neo 3 headsets.
Basketball Game Gym Class VR Now Available On Quest Store
Basketball game Gym Class VR is now available on the official Quest store, after a successful stint on App Lab.
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What Will Meta’s 8 Gaming Studios Deliver On Quest 3?
What will Meta’s 8 VR-focused gaming studios deliver on the upcoming Quest 3?
Adobe Bringing Substance 3D Modeler And More To Quest Next Year
Meta announced a partnership with Adobe that will bring several creative tools and programs, including Substance 3d Modeler, to Quest 2 and Quest Pro.
How to apply for the $12M fund of the Pico Developer Incentive Program
After I published my detailed article about the launch of the Pico 4 in Europe, many developers reached out to me to understand how to apply for the announced $12M fund for developers, dubbed Developer Incentive Program. I reached out to Pico to have further explanations, so now I can tell you! Pico Developer Incentive […]
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How to Foster Employee Creativity to Keep Your Marketing Strategy Innovating
Digital marketing is hard to organize, but it is even harder to innovate. Once a business discovers a tactic that really works well, it becomes too easy to just focus on that one method and pour all your resources into it. I’ve seen this happen again and again for a good reason: It is profitable. […]
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Meta Quest ‘Active Pack’ Accessory Bundle Will Bring Index-like Straps to Quest 2 Controllers
If you haven’t already cobbled together your own third-party solutions, Meta is now offering an ‘Active Pack’ that includes a few things to keep your Quest clean, and Touch controllers safely in-hand as you work out in VR. And that last one seems to be taking some clear inspiration from Valve’s Index controllers. Despite the […]
‘Bonelab’ Made $1M in First Hour on Quest, Setting Record as Fastest Selling Game on Platform
At its annual Connect developer conference this week Meta revealed that Stress Level Zero’s Quest 2 game Bonelab (2022) made its first $1 million in revenue less than an hour after launch, making it the fastest-selling app in Quest history. Released late last month, Bonelab capitalizes on the physics-based fun of Stress Level Zero’s popular PC VR action-adventure game, Boneworks […]
Quest Pro vs. Quest 2: Beyond the Paper Specs
Quest Pro has finally been revealed, and while it’s a much more expensive headset, inevitably people are interested in knowing how it compares to Meta’s next best headset, Quest 2. So here we’re going to look at Quest Pro vs Quest 2 specs side-by-side and break down what they really mean in detail. There’s so […]
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 Targets New Return Date Weather Permitting
NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 11:35 a.m. EDT Friday, Oct. 14, for the agency’s Crew-4 undocking from the International Space Station to begin their return trip to Earth completing a nearly six-month science mission in orbit. Splashdown is targeted several hours later at approximately 4:50 p.m. off the coast of Florida. …