Hideo Kojima Talks Up Tokyo Game Show VR Project But Don’t Expect A New Game

Hideo Kojima is talking up a Tokyo Game Show VR project on Twitter, but don’t expect a new game.

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Lessons learned from Tokyo Game Show VR 2021 and the evolution to TGSVR2022

Today I am very happy to host on my blog a guest post by ambr, the Japanese company that is hosting these days the TGSVR, which is the VR edition of the Tokyo Game Show. I have talked about TGSVR also last year when I had the pleasure also of interviewing ambr’s Tomoko Ushiro and […]

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Overcoming The Local-Corporate Social Media Posting Predicament

Individual store operators know this social media predicament well: Localized content and advertising drive better engagement than corporate content, but localized content takes staff time. And some technical know-how. And some marketing know-how. And some branding awareness. And, well, some way to not get swallowed up by it all because you’re in the retail business, […]

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Here’s Every Game Announced for PSVR 2

Sony still hasn’t tossed out a launch day lineup for PSVR 2, although we’re starting to get a good idea of what the next-gen VR headset might have in store when it releases sometime in early 2023. Here’s a look at what we hope will be a quickly growing list of all games announced for […]

Crew Studies Foams, Fires, and Liquids to Benefit Humans On and Off the Earth

Foams, fires, and liquids in space were the main research topics aboard the International Space Station on Thursday to improve the quality of life for humans living on and off the Earth. The Expedition 67 crew also checked out a new U.S. toilet while gearing up for crew departure activities at the end of the …

Central Nervous System, Space Physics Studies Benefit Astronauts and Earthlings

The Expedition 67 crew members kept up their studies today exploring how the human body adapts to weightlessness and ways that space physics can benefit humans on Earth. Europe’s robotic arm is also being tested for its performance on the International Space Station’s Russian segment. NASA astronauts Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins partnered together again …

Disney Opens First AR Film amid Immersive Push

Last Thursday, as part of its Disnery+ Day, which celebrates the meteoric rise of the streaming service, the media conglomerate debuted its first-ever augmented reality (AR) movie. Elijah Allan-Blitz directed the AR short film Remembering, which stars Brie Larson as a character discovering her inner child and analyzing an individual’s source of creativity. The inspirational short […]

ARTISANT, Red DAO Join Spatial for Fashion NFTs

Non-fungible token (NFT) and virtual fashion platform ARTISANT has joined with Red DAO for a novel benchmark measurement for a Web3 fashion NFT utility, it announced on Wednesday The partnership’s decentralised autonomous organisation (DAO) hosts a massive catalogue of fashion NFTs along with a series of CloneX avatars from RTFKT. ARTISANT’s Leila Ismailova will speak […]

XR Firms Share Keys to Success for Frontline Wearables

Developers of immersive products must consider various elements when designing frontline hardware. A primary key is hardware management and tailor-made augmented, virtual, and mixed reality (AR/VR/MR) wearables for specific use cases or environments. Extended reality (XR) hardware must consider certain specifications to suit industrial and business environments. During the first XR Summit, Enzo Jia, Chief […]

Tobii, HeadVantage To Offer Sports Fans ‘First Look’

Eye tracking solutions firm Tobii announced it had inked a major deal on Tuesday with US startup HeadVantage to provide athletes with cameras, sensors, and cutting-edge eye tracking technologies. HeadVantage currently works with major sports entertainment firms such as NBC Sports and Sky Sports, and following its partnership with Tobii, the enterprise aims to offer […]

Meta Moves to the Next Stage of its Full Messaging Integration Plan

Soon, you’ll be able to access any of your WhatsApp, IG or Messenger chats in a single, unified inbox.

Twitter Publishes New Strategy Guide for Businesses and Professionals

Make sure you’ve checked off all the key Twitter elements with this new guide.

Meta Adds ‘Community Chats’ on Messenger as it Searches for New Ways to Prop Up Falling Engagement

Meta seems to be trying everything to boost in-app engagement.

Meta Publishes New ‘Measurement 360’ Guide to Assist in Marketing Optimization

The guide provides some key pointers for adapting your marketing process in 2022.

PlayStation VR2 Hands-On In Horizon Call Of The Mountain, Resident Evil Village, And More

We went hands on with PlayStation VR2 in Horizon Call Of The Mountain, Resident Evil Village, and more.

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Marvel World Of Heroes Is An Upcoming AR Mobile Game From Niantic

Revealed during the Disney & Marvel Games Showcase, Marvel Entertainment is teaming up with Pokémon Go developers Niantic for a new mobile AR game. 

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A Beginner’s Guide: Convince & Convert’s Favorite SEO Tools

A beginner’s guide: Convince & Convert’s favorite tools for conducting SEO checkups, reviews, and audits As part of our content marketing discovery process, the Convince & Convert team always takes a look at the state of our clients’ SEO efforts. That’s because, in order to make the best content marketing strategies and recommendations possible, we […]

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Hands-on: ‘Horizon Call of the Mountain’ on PSVR 2 is Bringing a Full Campaign with Insightful VR Gameplay

One of the big questions on my mind ever since the announcement of Horizon Call of the Mountain for PSVR 2 is whether it would be a short ‘experience’ designed as a simple demo for the headset, or a full blown game. After going hands-on with the title I’m happy to report that it not only aims […]

PSVR 2 Hands-on: Across-the-board Improvements Are Coming to Sony’s VR Headset

Sony’s long awaited PSVR 2 isn’t here just yet but after an extensive hands-on with the headset it’s clear it’ll be worth the wait. Last week I visited Sony’s PlayStation headquarters in San Mateo, CA to see PlayStation VR 2 in person for the first time. Though we’ve known the full on-paper PSVR 2 specs […]

‘Metal Gear Solid’ Creator Teases Interest in VR with Virtual Booth at TGS

Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear franchise and founder of Kojima Productions, definitely isn’t presenting a VR game at this year’s Tokyo Game Show (TGS) like a recent tweet suggests, although it’s clear the studio is taking more interest in the medium. “Doing the final check of KJP VR that we are going to show […]

Crew Studies Space Physics, Cognition, and Exercise and Checks Robotic Arm

The Expedition 67 crew was on duty Tuesday focusing its science activities on space physics and human research. Robotics was also a big part of the day as the European robotic arm continued its verification process on the International Space Station. Fluid physics is an important part of the research program on the station as …

Meta’s Quest Pro Leaked Ahead of Connect 2022

Yesterday, a Facebook video emerged showing a hotel worker finding an abandoned pre-release model of the Meta Quest Pro, formally known as Project Cambria, a mixed reality (MR) headset. The major leak comes ahead of Meta Connect, where the Menlo Park-based firm plans to debut the device on October 11th officially. Just in! Meta Quest […]

Roadmaps Key to Quality XR Projects, Journey Says

Augmented reality (AR) has become an essential tool for developing customer experiences in retail, where brands can interface with consumers for a host of use cases, including instantaneous access to key food and beverage information, trying on AR clothing, real-time product updates, and non-fungible token (NFT) promotions, among others. To learn more, XR Today interviewed […]

Businesses have Countless Opportunities for Web3 Disruption

The convergence of smart technologies, including extended reality (XR), the internet of things (IoT), 5G, and machine learning, brings together contextual real-time 3D (RT3D) information in new ways. During a chat for the first ever XR Summit, the CEO and Co-Founder of Poplar Studios, David Rippert and Connor Borrego, Founder and Chief Product Officer, UniPro, […]

Building the Customer Experience with AR Technologies

In this session, we discuss the following: 1) The most important factors to consider when developing customer journeys for brands 2) How brands can leverage compelling Web3 and AR experiences 3) The Metaverse as an instrument for creative content and human experiences If you’re looking for more information on this topic visit Journey at https://journey.world/. […]