Little Cities presents a distilled and pleasant take on the city simulator genre, built from the ground up for VR.
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Kiwi Announces Battery Strap For Quest 2, Coming Soon
Kiwi announced its take on a Quest 2 battery strap, featuring a 6400MAh Amprius battery, coming soon.
Horizon Worlds Adds 100+ Pre-Made Items With New Asset Library Feature
Horizon Worlds is adding an asset library for quickly generating items and props.
More details here.
Meta To Reveal Project Cambria Mixed Reality Details Tomorrow
BREAKING: New Project Cambria details will be revealed tomorrow.
The Higher Education Content Marketer’s Summertime Bucket List
During my years as a higher education marketer, summer always felt like a small reprieve. Campus was quieter, parking was more plentiful and coffee shop lines were shorter. It was also that magical time of year that I had just a little more time to plan content for the academic year starting in August. Or […]
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New Kat Walk VR Treadmill Aims to Impress At-Home Users, Kickstarter Coming May 14th
Known for kickstarting its original Kat Walk VR treadmill in 2015, Kat VR is heading back to the crowdfunding platform to launch the second generation of its ‘Kat Walk C’ VR treadmill, which again promises to appeal to at-home consumers looking for more immersion. Like the KAT Walk C, which launched on Kickstarter back in 2020, the […]
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‘Ultimechs’ Looks Like ‘Rocket League’ with Missile-firing Robots, Gameplay Trailer Here
Developers Resolution Games unveiled their upcoming VR sport Ultimechs in late 2021, although it wasn’t clear from the cinematic trailer exactly what sort of game we were dealing with. Now the studio has tossed out its first gameplay trailer, showing off some very Rocket League-inspired action mixed with teleporting, missile-firing mechs. Ultimechs promises to serve up 2v2 […]
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Astronauts Train for Starliner Mission, Crew Keeps Up Human Research
The Expedition 67 crew is ramping up for the arrival of Boeing’s new Starliner crew ship due to launch next week to the International Space Station. Meanwhile, the orbital residents continued their ongoing human research, cleaned spacesuits, and maintained lab hardware. NASA Flight Engineers Kjell Lindgren and Bob Hines trained on Wednesday for next week’s …
XR Innovators Worth Watching in 2022
Demand for extended reality is growing at an incredible pace. Currently, the virtual reality market is growing at a rate of 44.84% CAGR, towards a value of $84.09 billion in 2028. The market for augmented and mixed reality is equally impressive, growing at a rate of 43.8%, to a projected value of $340.16 billion by […]
What Is WebAR and Will it Boost Mass AR Adoption?
Until recently, augmented reality (AR) experiences required the download of special software or mobile applications or even the use of specific AR smart glasses. This meant that the immersive power of AR experiences was hidden behind a wall, posing a significant barrier to entry for the average user. WebAR, or web-based augmented reality, is revolutionizing […]
Teamviewer, SAP Partner to Augment Warehouse Operations
Today, TeamViewer developers of augmented reality (AR) solutions for frontline workers announced a partnership with German software corporation SAP to integrate AR services on the SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM) application ecosystem. SAP EWM is debuting TeamViewer Frontline Augmented Reality, an immersive application to assist with logistics procedures. Warehouses incorporating the AR application can […]
Top 7 Metaverse Cryptocurrencies
Metaverse finance offers new opportunities to investors by allowing users to purchase cryptocurrency tokens or metaverse coins that could potentially appreciate in value and earn them a stake in the platform’s operations. Here are the top seven metaverse tokens that investors should watch this year. Decentraland (MANA) Decentraland is a Metaverse platform where users can […]
15 Behind the Scenes Content Ideas to Share on Instagram [Infographic]
Stuck for content ideas? Some quick prompts to get you thinking about your next Instagram post.
Google Announces a $14 Million Expansion of its Digital Skills Training Initiative with Goodwill
The program aims to provide digital skills and literacy training in underprivileged communities.
New Study Outlines Key Snapchat Ads Best Practices, Based on 14,000 Campaigns
The study looks at key best practices for Snap ads, which could help you develop a more effective marketing approach on the platform.
TikTok Expands Ad Data Verification Partnership with Integral Ad Science
The expanded partnership will provide more assurance on TikTok’s ad performance data.
Incredible Unreal Engine 5 Video Gives A Taste Of Photorealistic VR
An incredible new demo for Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5 gives us a peek of what photorealistic VR could one day look like.
Manus Begins Pre-orders for Latest VR Gloves, Quantum Metagloves
VR glove creator Manus has launched pre-orders for its latest device, Quantum Metagloves, an input solution targeted at enterprise users. The Netherlands-based company is looking to offer up more precise finger tracking than not only its past VR gloves, but also optical trackers current used in the industry. Manus launched pre-orders for Quantum Metagloves last week, […]
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Human Research Underway as Station Awaits Boeing Starliner Mission
Human research took precedence aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday as the seven-member Expedition 67 crew explored how living in space affects the human body. Meanwhile, Boeing’s first crew ship to visit the orbiting lab is targeted to launch late next week. Exercise research and a central nervous system study were the main experiments …
Big XR News from Unity, Meta, Sensorium, Humanity 2.0, and Portsmouth University
Numerous tech companies across virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) have opened up fresh solutions for the global extended reality (XR) industry in a major push forward for Metaverse solutions, many of which are set to grow and support the future of immersive talent. The following are the top picks in extended reality (XR) from […]
NVIDIA, Stanford University Design Holographic Glasses
This week, a collaboration between NVIDIA Research and Stanford University has led to a paper on a prototyped holographic virtual reality (VR) glasses with a lightweight design for improved accessibility. The research and development (R&D) team debuted the document ahead of SIGGRAPH 2022 set to take place from 08 to 11 Aug this year, where […]
Microsoft, Volkswagen Build AR Navigation Service
In a blog post released last week, Microsoft, the company behind the popular HoloLens 2 mixed reality (MR) headset, introduced “Moving Platform” alongside German automotive giant Volkswagen. The experimental project is an augmented reality (AR) service for the HoloLens 2 device with an accurate heads up display (HUD) to assist with driver navigation and safety […]
Epic Games, WPP to Upskill Metaverse Clients
British creative transformation firm WPP and Epic Games, a leading software firm for interactive content, announced a partnership last week to help the former’s client brands build digital experiences for the Metaverse. According to the partnership, both companies have launched a programme to “upskill thousands of WPP creatives and technologists” on developing brand experiences via […]
Instagram Launches Initial Test of NFT Display Options, Which Are Also Coming to Facebook Soon
NFTs are coming to Meta’s apps, with Instagram launching an initial test of its new NFT display options.
Maximizing creator content on social media: Tips from CEOs and influencer marketing thought leaders
Shifts in the digital landscape made one thing clear: Consumers now want to follow people—not companies.