Report: Pico 4 Controllers Appear in Leaked Images, Revealing New Ergonomic Design

ByteDance’s Pico Interactive is getting ready to launch a new line of standalone VR headsets soon looking to compete with Meta, dubbed Pico 4 and Pico 4 Pro. Now a leak has allegedly revealed Pico 4’s controllers, and they look to be a significant step forward in terms of ergonomics. The news comes courtesy Antony Vitillo, […]

Crew Kickstarts Week Configuring Plant Habitat, Transferring Cargo, and Completing Vision Tests

The Expedition 67 crew members kickstarted their week aboard the International Space Station by configuring a plant habitat, transferring cargo, and completing vision tests. NASA Flight Engineers Jessica Watkins and Bob Hines made adjustments to the plant growth chamber. The system monitors vegetables grown in space that could help sustain astronauts on future missions. Meanwhile, NASA Flight …

Pinterest Launches Real-Time Analytics in its Mobile App

More insights to help inform your Pin approach.

YouTube Shares New Insight into How to Use Shorts to Boost Your Channel Performance

YouTube has answered some common questions about its algorithms, and how it ranks Shorts content.

Twitter Announces Price Hike for Twitter Blue Subscriptions

Twitter’s upping the price of its subscription service, without adding any new features.

Between Realities VR Podcast: Season 5 Episode 22 Season 5 Finale

In the Season 5 Finale of Between Realties, Alex and Skeeva invited members of the live show audience to join the conversation for a special extended broadcast.

Zero Caliber PvP Modes Available Now On Quest

The latest update for the VR FPS Zero Caliber is now available, adding a full multiplayer PvP mode to the game on Oculus Quest and Meta Quest 2.

Giveaway: Enter For A Chance To Win A Quest 2 Sponsored By Incuvo

You can enter for a chance to win a BRAND NEW standalone Quest 2 VR headset right here sponsored by @greenhellVR developer @incuvogames.

New Software Turns Audio into Text on AR Glasses

Startup XRAI Glass has launched software that turns audio into text on augmented reality (AR) glasses, with the prime use case to improve conversation quality for deaf people. The programme, which runs on Nreal glasses, lets people “see” the conversation they’re having in real-time through closed captions via a screen in the glasses. Speaking to […]

FaceCake, Company.com to Scale AR Digital Checkouts

FaceCake and Company.com formed a strategic partnership on Wednesday to scale an augmented reality (AR) self-service digital checkout system to prepare for a global launch in the fourth quarter of 2022. The “first-to-market” solution provides small to medium businesses, influencers, and content creators with an AI-driven, automated onboarding system that reduces digital checkout time with […]

Half Of Shoppers Want More XR Experiences, Study Finds

Immersive technologies, including virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR), gamification, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) were set to influence the next generation of shoppers, a new research survey has learned. Findings from a Bazaarvoice survey 98 percent of those surveyed in the UK responded they would shop based on their customer experiences over prices. The survey […]

What is BCI and How Will it Impact Enterprises?

NextMind, a Human-Computer Interface (HCI) startup that recently acquired by Snap, produces technologies that allow users to communicate with machines without spoken or written commands. Beyond HCI, the next epoch of development will see the rise of brain computer interface (BCI) technologies where no gestures are required. NextMind’s latest innovations include a controller that can […]

Instagram Seeks Data on Users’ Ethnicity to Improve User Experience

The survey will prompt users to share info about their race/ethnicity.

Snapchat Launches New ‘Sounds Creator Fund’ to Encourage Unsigned Musicians to Share Their Music

The program will offer cash incentives for musicians that see the most engagement with their tracks.

YouTube’s Added a New Option to Cut Your Long Form Videos into Shorts

The process will make it much easier for more YouTubers to move into Shorts.

YouTube Launches Commercial Music Program for Creators, Expands Test of Disappearing Community Posts

The new program will enable creators to add popular tracks to their clips.

Half-Life: Incursion Brings New Waved-Based Combat Campaign To Alyx

Half-Life: Incursion is a new mod for Half-Life: Alyx that adds a one-hour campaign with wave-based combat and randomized enemy spawns.

Myst Update Adds Hand Tracking Support And More On Quest

A new update is available for Myst, which adds hand tracking support and other requested features.

Hands-on Quest 2 hands tracking v2 (and comparison with Ultraleap)

Finally, after waiting for it for weeks, I have received the update to Hands Tracking v2 on my Quest. Do

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Microsoft’s Battlefield AR Headset in Jeopardy After Deep Budget Cuts

Microsoft’s big defense contract that looks to supply the US Army with modified HoloLens AR headsets isn’t going so well. As first reported by Bloomberg, the Senate panel that oversees defense spending announced significant cuts to the Army’s fiscal 2023 procurement request for the device. Microsoft announced last year it had won a US Army defense […]

Crew Wraps Week with Maintenance Work, Exercise, and Air Sampling Test

The Expedition-67 crew members focused on maintenance checks, exercise, and space research as part of their activities aboard the International Space Station today. NASA Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren concluded a busy work week by transferring cargo from the SpaceX CRS-25 Dragon spacecraft and completing a fitness test on the exercise cycle. He attached sensors to his chest and pedaled …

Sony’s PSVR 2 to Offer VR Passthrough, Streaming Updates

This Tuesday, Sony, the firm behind the Playstation line-up of console gaming devices, announced new details for its upcoming PlayStation Virtual Reality 2 (PSVR 2) headset. In an official blog post, Sony introduced several new features to improve the PSVR 2 user experience. According to industry analysts like Ming-Chi Kuo, rumours find the sophomore device […]

Metaverse, DAOs to Change Future of Work, WEF Reports

This Monday, World Economic Forum (WEF) advisors Ravin Jesuthasan, Senior Partner and Global Leader for Transformation Services, Mercer, and George Zarkadakis, Senior Fellow, GeoTech Centre of the Atlantic Council, posted a report exploring the role of extended reality (XR) technologies in the future of the work. The WEF representatives spoke positively of immersive technologies such […]

Qualcomm, Samsung Extend Snapdragon XR Partnership

Qualcomm Technologies announced on Thursday that it had boosted its partnership with Samsung Electronics to expand collaboration on the former’s Snapdragon XR platform. The strategic deal will allow the Santa Clara-based firm to expand collaboration for future Samsung products, namely in extended reality (XR), smartphones, laptops, tablets, and others. It will also extend patent licence […]

Most Popular XR Hand and Eye Tracking Reviews 2022

As XR technologies become more accessible for companies and consumers alike, the demand for immersive hand and eye tracking solutions is growing. With tracking technologies, companies can build more immersive experiences for XR users. Eye tracking helps users to navigate a space more effectively, while improving software performance and minimising discomfort. Hand tracking, on the […]