Journey To The Center Of The Earth and Twenty Thousands Leagues Under The Sea becoming mini golf courses in Walkabout!
Quest v43 Officially Transitions From Facebook To Meta Accounts
Quest 2 officially makes the transition from Facebook to Meta accounts with the arrival of its v43 system software, rolling out now.
More details here.
Valve Adds Bugs in Latest SteamVR Update
Valve this week released the SteamVR 1.23 update which brings with it a new set of bugs. Dead bugs, that is. The latest update to SteamVR includes a curious addition… a new SteamVR Home destination that includes CT scans of dead bugs “found lying on the ground” outside of Valve’s office. The company explains: A […]
The 20 Best Rated & Most Popular Quest Games & Apps – August 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 August 2022. […]
Astronauts Study Skin Healing; Cosmonauts Ready for Robotic Arm Spacewalk
The Expedition 67 crew split up today with the astronauts studying wound healing techniques and the cosmonauts preparing for a spacewalk to prepare a new robotic arm for operations. A U.S. space freighter has also been given the “go” to return to Earth at the end of the week. Researchers are exploring tissue regeneration in …
Arhead Launches ‘Virtual’ Reality Show W3RLDS
Arhead, a virtual world-building platform for content creators to monetise creative content, recently announced it would launch the world’s first XR reality show, W3RLDS. The show will unite 15 of the world’s top talent across the Web3 market, including visual artists, musicians, developers, and others, to build immersive Metaverse worlds via the company’s ecosystem. Arhead […]
Snap to Lay Off Workers Amid Poor Q2 Performance
Last Monday, rumours circulated that Snap Inc is laying off a number of its 6,000 employees. The leaks emerge as the company attempts to land on its feet following a disappointing second quarter (Q2) earnings report. The Snapchat parent company has faced roadblocks in its expansion to become an extended reality (XR) hardware vendor through […]
Big XR Acquisitions and Fundraisers: FTC blocks Meta
As web3 and extended reality (XR) solutions grow in demand, many firms wish to scale offerings to meet an expanding market. Use cases for frontline workers are increasing due to the rising presence of industry 4.0 solutions and digital transformation opportunities from immersive technology firms such as RealWear and Vuzix. The following are roundups from […]
Royal Mail Honours Transformers Series with AR Stamps
The UK’s Royal Mail postal service has opened sales of its augmented reality (AR) postal stamps, global media reported on Sunday. The Royal Mail launched the series to commemorate British contributions to the original Transformers series, with sales launching on 1 September, and will feature popular characters from the hit series such as Optimus Prime, […]
Snapchat Announces New Features for Snapchat+, Provides Insights on Snapchat+ Take-Up
Snapchat’s subscription offering now has over a million paying subscribers.
11 Tips to Improve and Refine Your SEO Strategy [Infographic]
Some key SEO tips from the team at SEMRush.
Instagram Publishes New Guide to Setting Up Shops and Product Tags in the App
Considering Instagram Shops in your holiday planning?
The XR Week Peek (2022.08.15): NVIDIA makes many announcements at SIGGRAPH, new leaks on Apple and Pico, and more!
As you’ve read in my other article written today, this is a special day for this blog… but it is also Monday, so I won’t skip writing a new amazing roundup of AR/VR news ? So, wishing you a happy Ferragosto (the name of today’s holiday in Italy), I leave you to the best XR news of […]
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The Ghost Howls turns 6!
Ladies and gentlemen, I don’t know how I reached this point, but today my blog becomes 6 years old! The Ghost Howls started as a way to promote my startup Immotionar, and I had no idea someone could be interested in reading what I had to write. 6 years later, I’m still unsure why people […]
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Spacewalk, Dragon Ops Near as Health Research Continues
Mission managers have given the “go” for the seventh spacewalk of the year scheduled to take place in the middle of the week. A U.S. cargo craft is also nearing the end of its mission with its undocking and return to Earth planned for the end of the week. Two cosmonauts are gearing up for …
5 B2B Social Media Trends That Will Change Your Whole Strategy [Infographic]
Some insights into key B2B marketing trends on social media in 2022.
Instagram Shares New Insights into How it Selects Recommended Posts to Highlight in User Home Feeds
The report looks at how Instagram looks t highlight recommended content in user feeds.
Meta Publishes New Report on the Increasing Consumer Reliance on Business Messaging
The report looks at how APAC consumers are increasingly turning to messaging options to connect with businesses.
Dead Second Update Brings New Levels & Many More Features
A massive update for bullet time shooter Dead Second brings two new levels, manual reloading and much more.
More details here.
This $145 VR Manga App on Quest 2 is a Better Deal Than it Seems
As I was perusing Quest App Lab for interesting games, a VR manga app priced at a whopping $145 caught my eye. Surely it must have been a mistake… or a scam? While we’ve seen pricey apps on Quest’s official unlisted ‘App Lab’ store before, almost all of them are some sort of medical or […]
RealWear to Become Platform Solution Firm, CEO Says
Last Tuesday, RealWear launched a cloud-based solution to assist frontline industrial workforces in managing fleets of augmented reality (AR) wearables. Today @realwearinc launched #RealWearCloud – moving us further from h/w focused to #solution focused w/ a #platform that scales. Easier #deployments. Better #analytics. Superior #insights. Easy #configuration and set up. #RealTime device #support. See below:#AssistedReality […]
XR Chipmaker GravityXR Completes pre-A Fundraiser
Chinese chipmaker GravityXR has wrapped up an angel-round investment and pre-A financing round totalling hundreds of millions in Chinese yuan over six months times, Pandaily reported on Friday. Investors such as Gaorong Capital, Sequoia Capital, Jinshajiang Venture Capital, and IDG led the funding round along with Lenovo Capital & Incubator Group. Funding raised in the […]
XR Gaming Case Study in Focus: MLB Home Run Derby and VIVE
As the world of extended reality grows increasingly “mainstream”, we’re seeing a host of companies experimenting with the engaging, and entertaining aspects of the technology. While there’s more to XR than just the potential for amazing games, the novel and fun experiences offered by immersive technologies allows all kinds of companies to reach their audience […]
NVIDIA Unveils Open Metaverse Tools at SIGGRAPH 2022
NVIDIA delivered a speech on Tuesday at the SIGGRAPH 2022, revealing a fresh lineup of metaverse solutions to audiences, including virtual world-building, digital twin, and avatar platforms. In his speech, Jensen Huang, Founder and Chief Executive of NVIDIA, said in a statement the combination of artificial intelligence and computer graphics would “power the metaverse, the […]
LinkedIn Adds New Templates for Posts to Facilitate More Creative Updates
A new way to make more colorful, stand-out LinkedIn posts. If you want.