Meta to Reduce Quest’s Minimum Age Restriction to 10 Years

Meta announced it’s reducing age requirements for Quest users, bringing the previous 13+ minimum down to 10+. The company says the policy change will come alongside new parent-managed accounts for Quest 2 and the upcoming Quest 3, which the company says will help keep preteens safe. As anyone who has dipped their toes into social […]

Teaching Social Media—Adding To K-12 Curriculum

Some people argue that social media should at the very least be introduced to students. … [+] media. The “3 Rs”, as it is known, could also be used for this. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty…read more

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Releases Recap: June 10 – 16

This week, we released several titles and updates across the Meta Quest Platform. Here’s a rundown of the highlights….

The Top XR Field Services Vendors for 2023

Extended Reality solutions have quickly proven themselves to be more than just a tech novelty. Over the years, as the technology in the ecosystem has evolved, companies have begun to uncover endless new ways to leverage XR in day-to-day operations.   For field services professionals, the right immersive tools can make it easier to collaborate with […]

Between Realities ft Demo Akuro

In this week’s episode of the Between Realities VR Podcast, Alex and Skeeva host Creative Director at LIV Productions, Demo Akuro.

AR Lets You Fly The Rainbow Flag In Banned Cities

#SavetheRainbowFlag In honor of Pride Month, the Gilbert Baker Foundation—an organization dedicated to the original creator of the LGBTQ Rainbow Flag—has partnered with full-service ad agency INNOCEAN and creative production partner Tool to launch an augmented reality (AR) filter that allows you to proudly fly the Rainbow Flag anywhere in the real world. This includes […]

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LinkedIn Removes Native Carousels, Profile Videos and In-Image Links

The features are being retired due to lack of usage.

Meta Showcases New ‘Voicebox’ Speech-to-Text Translation Tool

The system enables improved text-to-audio translation.

Meta Reduces Age Requirements for VR Accounts

Surely this will go smoothly with no problems at all…

Many Subreddits Still Out of Action as Reddit’s API Pricing Protest Continues

Many top Reddit communities remain in private mode.