The price for a new Quest 2 is jumping to $399 as Meta says “the costs to make and ship our products have been on the rise.”
Beat Saber Free With Quest 2 Purchase Before 2023
Quest 2 buyers get Beat Saber free if they purchase the standalone headset new between August 1 and December 31 of 2022.
PSVR 2 Reveals Passthrough View And Virtual Boundary System
PSVR 2 can scan your room to help set up virtual boundaries, and record your reactions in streams (if you have a PS5 camera).
Newly-revealed details are right here.
Warplanes: Battles Over Pacific Quest 2 Release Date Brought Forward
The release date for Warplanes: Battles Over Pacific has been brought forward on Quest 2.
Yes, forward. As in you’ll be able to play it earlier.
Newly Revealed PSVR 2 Features Add Long Overdue Conveniences
Even though the original PSVR headset is still getting some new game releases, it’s decidedly a last-gen headset… or maybe even a last-last-gen headset depending upon how you look at it. Luckily the forthcoming PSVR 2 is ready to match the latest and greatest headsets with modern features like passthrough view and a system-wide playspace […]
Physics, Life Sciences, and Dragon Cargo Transfer Top Tuesday’s Task List for Crew
The Expedition 67 crewmembers aboard the International Space Station spent Tuesday predominantly on research, maintenance, and cargo transfer operations. Research beneficial to humans on Earth and future crews in space is happening around the clock aboard the orbiting laboratory. NASA Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren used a majority of his day to service samples for the Immunosenescence investigation inside the Life Science …
Telefónica’s Wayra Joins Gamium for Avatar-Centric Metaverse
Telefónica’s open innovative, Wayra, has boosted efforts to build the Metaverse with Gamium, a major tech startup and decentralised metaverse platform based on the digital identity of its users, it announced last week. Users can build their own bespoke avatars as their digital identities that can operate on the Gamium metaverse and others, including on […]
Reality Scan Vs NVIDIA NeRF – Photogrammetry for Developers
In April, real-time 3D (RT3D) engine developers Epic Games and NVIDIA debuted easy-to-use photogrammetry tools to streamline the creation of RT3D assets. The companies are designing solutions that enable developers to create accurate digital twins for augmented, virtual, and mixed reality (AR/VR/MR) immersive experiences as well as other industries. Accessible photogrammetry tools also allow developers […]
Meta Rolls Out Mature Horizon Worlds Content Mandate
Meta Platforms has begun monitoring and labelling content for users on its Horizon Worlds, industry media reported on Friday. UploadVR said in its report that the Menlo Park-based firm will issue 18 and up tags for mature content on its immersive world-building platform. It would also warn mature content developers to mark their worlds as […]
XR Travel Case Study in Focus: Qualcomm, Skylights and Alaska Airlines
Often, when asked to imagine what kind of use cases might be available for travel companies in the XR world, people imagine a try-before-you-buy scenario. Virtual Reality headsets and AR apps offer an excellent way for people to experience an environment before purchasing a travel ticket. However, the potential for XR in the travel industry […]
Snapchat Shares New Insights into How it Can Drive Stronger Connections for Brands [Infographic]
The report highlights the value of personal connections, as opposed to an ‘endless scroll o UGC’.
9 Best Practices for Creating Handles and Usernames [infographic]
Picking the right social media handle is getting harder every day, as more and more names get snapped up.
8 Content Marketing Metrics You Should Actually Care About [Infographic]
Ensure you’re working towards the right content goals for your business with this listing.
Stress Level Zero: Bonelab Now ‘Playable From Logos To Credits’
Bonelab is now playable from the opening logos to the end credits, according to Brandon J Laatsch from Stress Level Zero.
More info here.
The XR Week Peek (2022.07.25): Google to test AR glasses in the wild, Pico 4 spotted, and more!
The heat hasn’t killed me yet, so this week I can still write a new roundup of interesting news about
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‘Ultrawings 2? Has ’10x More Sales’ on Quest, Developer Says, Despite Design Focus on PC VR
In a seemingly unprompted tweet this week, Ultrawings 2 developer Bit Planet Games said that despite building its latest game with a focus on the PC VR platform, the studio has seen significantly more sales volume on Quest 2. Adding to a growing heap of evidence that the addressable audience of VR players on Quest […]
Pico 4 & Pico 4 Pro Standalone VR Headsets Spotted in FCC Filing
Pico Interactive, the VR hardware subsidiary to Chinese tech giant ByteDance, is apparently getting ready to release a new series of standalone VR headsets. As first reported by Protocol, Pico filed the devices with the FCC late last week, saying in the filing that it intends to launch both a Pico 4 Pro and Pico 4 standalone headsets. […]
‘The Twilight Zone VR’ Review – Fun Psychological Horror Marred by Crappy Combat
The Twilight Zone is an anthology franchise that’s spawned multiple TV shows throughout the decades following the iconic 1959 series. While the VR game stays mostly true to its roots, tossing out sci-fi horror themes and narrative twists aplenty, its inclusion of a finicky shooter-based combat system pitted against paper-thin enemies is a sore spot that […]
Prep for New Research and Orbital Plumbing on Crew’s Monday Schedule
The Expedition 67 crew members kicked off their work week setting up for experiments later in the week and completing orbital plumbing duties. NASA Flight Engineer Jessica Watkins and ESA (European Space Agency) Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti supported the Rodent Research-22 experiment. The space biology experiment observes how microgravity affects tissue regeneration. In the morning, NASA Flight …
Warplanes: Battles Over Pacific Launches August 18 For Quest 2
After releasing on App Lab in March, Warplanes: Battles Over Pacific will fly onto the Oculus Store for Quest 2 in August.
More info here.
Meta Commits $150 Million to Support the Ongoing Operation of its Oversight Board
The Oversight Board provides another avenue for appeal on Meta’s content decisions, while also highlighting why this is a necessary element.
Meta Adds New ‘Mature’ Content Classifications for Horizon Worlds
Meta needs to factor in the impacts that more immersive digital environments will have on users.
Twitter Adds 9 Million Users, Posts Lower Revenue Result Amid Musk Takeover Fiasco
Twitter’s Q2 numbers underline the impact of the Elon Musk takeover drama.
Cooking Simulator VR Coming To Quest 2 On July 28
Cooking Simulator VR is coming to Meta Quest 2, releasing next week on July 28.
More details here.
Pico 4 & Pico 4 Pro Spotted In FCC Filings
Pico 4 & Pico 4 Pro standalone VR headsets appeared in FCC filings.