Augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) are technologies that overlay or replace physical environments with virtual content. While AR enhances surroundings by incorporating digital components into live view, VR is an experience that replaces the actual world with a computer-generated simulation. The difference between VR and AR creates divergent potential and use cases. For instance, the […]
Taqtile Manifest Adds Microsoft Azure Support
This Monday, Taqtile, creators of the augmented reality (AR) remote guidance tool Manifest, announced the integration of Microsoft’s Azure Remote Rendering tools for its service. The update lets Manifest stream real-time 3D (RT3D) visualisations with greater efficiency and quality. By integrating Azure Remote Rendering tools, Taqtile allows a broader range of workers to access RT3D […]
Twitter Shares New Insights into Rising Soccer Discussion Heading into The World Cup [Infographic]
The World Cup is fast approaching, which will see football hype reach new levels.
Social Commerce May Not be the Trend That Many Had Hoped – Which is Bad News for TikTok
With Meta scaling back its in-app commerce plans, that could signal a bigger issue for TikTok and its growth plans.
Meta Launches New B2B Advertising Audiences to Help Marketers Reach Key Decision Makers
The new audience segments will provide another way for B2B brands to reach key decision makers across Meta’s apps.
WhatsApp Adds New Privacy Tools, Including Online Activity Controls and the Ability to Silently Leave Group Chats
WhatsApp continues to add in more privacy tools, despite ongoing concerns from various authorities.
Chinese Analyst: Pico 4 Launches September With Subsidy To Take On Quest 2
Chinese analyst claims Pico 4 launches globally in September, priced with an “aggressive subsidy” to take on Quest 2.
Lenovo Teases ‘Legion VR700’ Headset In Chinese Poster
Lenovo is teasing a ‘Legion VR700’ headset in a Chinese poster. It’s unknown whether it will also launch in the west.
How To Create An SEO Content Brief That ACTUALLY Gets Results
Endless revisions. Countless opportunities lost. Missed deadline after missed deadline. Does that seem familiar? Look, my SEO agency had to deal with the same content setbacks, too … until we embraced the SEO content brief and made it our own. What is a content brief? A content brief is a document that tells a writer […]
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Blaston Hosts Championship with over $10K in Prizes
The Blaston Championship 2022 is underway! Compete with other top ranked players through November for a prize pool of over $10,000, enjoy the biggest VR esports competition of the year, and see if you can claim championship title glory.
Blaston is a Matrix-like experience from Resolution Games where players duck, dodge and weave to avoid slow-motion bullets.
App Lab Gem ‘Dead Second’ Update Adding Manual Reload, Dual Wield, & New Levels
App Lab shooter gem Dead Second is getting a big update this Friday ahead of a price increase; the update gives players many more ways to play, extra levels, and more polish. In a sea of many experimental App Lab apps, Dead Second stands out as a highly optimized (120Hz) and polished Time Crisis-esque VR cover shooter designed […]
Multilateral Coordination Board Joint Statement
The International Space Station Multilateral Coordination Board met Friday, July 29, to discuss the status of the combined work aboard the microgravity laboratory. Partner representatives from NASA, the Canadian Space Agency, the European Space Agency, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan / the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and Roscosmos discussed a variety …
SoFi Opens Web3 ETF for Crypto, Blockchain
SoFi Technologies, a major provider of online personal financing services, announced it had launched a Web3-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) for cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and other emerging technology investments, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. The San Francisco-based bank will use the new ETF to track its Solactive ARTIS Web3 Index, which targets non-fungible tokens (NFTs), […]
Unity, Microsoft Leverage Cloud for RT3D Content
Unity Technologies has teamed up with Microsoft Azure to add the former’s Create Solutions to the Cloud, allowing users to distribute games across Windows and Microsoft Xbox systems. Marc Whitten, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Unity Create Solutions, said in a blog post that his company’s partnership with Microsoft would offer more cloud-based […]
Meta Quest Debuts ‘First Hand’ Tracking Demo
Meta Platforms unveiled last week the latest iteration of its hand-tracking technologies as a demo for developers, allowing users to explore virtual worlds with their hands rather than physical controllers. The company’s First Hand demo leverages Meta’s Presence Platform Interaction software development kit (SDK) to solve challenges in immersive environments to build robotic gloves with […]
Snap Tests Next Stage of In-Stream Commerce with New Product Stickers for Snaps
Snapchat’s developing new, more interactive product display options.
Pinterest Launches New Board Sticker to Help Drive More Pin Traffic
The option could help to drive more traffic to your Pins via upfront prompts in the Idea Pin display.
TikTok Launches New ‘Order Center’ eCommerce Tracking Hub with Selected Users
TikTok needs eCommerce to work, which is why it continues to push ahead with new in-stream shopping tools.
Snap Outlines New Advances in Virtual Object Creation, Which Could Accelerate the Metaverse Shift
The new process enables developers to create 3D objects from existing online images, as opposed to scanning in new visual inputs.
Co-op Shooter Drop Dead: The Cabin Coming To Quest 2 This Year
A new co-op survival shooter, Drop Dead: The Cabin, is coming to Quest 2 later this year.
More details and trailer here:
Meta’s PC VR Dominance Continues as Quest 2 Passes New Milestone
Quest 2 quickly rose to become the most-used VR headset on Steam, but last month it crossed a new milestone as the majority of headsets used on the platform. Quest 2’s aggressive price point and ability to be used as both a standalone and PC VR headset propelled it to become the most-used VR headset […]
Biology, Botany Research on Station Promoting Healthy Humans
Understanding how microgravity affects humans and plants is key to supporting not only astronauts on long-term space missions but also improving life on Earth. The Expedition 67 crew explored those very subjects today while also working on U.S. cargo activities and checking Russian spacewalking gear aboard the International Space Station. NASA Flight Engineers Kjell Lindgren …
Lenovo ThinkReality to Drive Enterprise Metaverse
Ongoing challenges across the virtual, augmented, mixed, and extended reality (VR/AR/MR/XR) industries have tasked some of the largest tech firms in the world with building interoperable systems, solutions, and infrastructure needed to realise the full potential of the Metaverse. The Metaverse, the next iteration of communications combining spatial computing and the Internet, is set to […]
Magic Leap’s Peggy Johnson Joins Wharton School Metaverse Programme
Peggy Johnson, Magic Leap’s Chief Executive, joined an interview in the Metaverse for a new online university programme on the role of spatial technologies in supporting the global economy. The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania’s Aresty Institute of Executive Education recently opened its Business in the Metaverse Economy programme to students, where learners […]
Top XR Vendors Majoring in Gaming for 2022
XR has rapidly emerged as one of the most powerful new trends in the gaming landscape. Attracting players all over the world to a new kind of immersive experience, XR allows game developers to connect with users on a different level. Already the, virtual reality in gaming market is expected to grow to a value […]