Kuo: Apple Headset Is 300-400 Grams, Second Gen Will Be “Significantly Lighter”

Apple’s rumored upcoming headset will weigh 300-400 grams, and the second gen model will be “significantly lighter”, according to a new note from Ming-Chi Kuo.

Kuo estimates the first gen will sell around 3 million units, while the second gen could sell 10 million.

7 Best Practices to Create the Perfect SEO Report

SEO Report Best Practices Few digital marketers relish the opportunity for reporting. SEO reports can be tedious and time-consuming to create, and it’s frustrating when we realize our clients (or bosses) are only skimming them for top-line insights. But showing the work and results pay off. Consistent reporting builds trust and creates the conditions for […]

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A Three-game VR Workout Routine That’s as Fun as It Is Physical

VR is finding uses in everything from art and design to training, research, and entertainment. An unexpected byproduct of VR’s immersion is its ability to flip the notion of in-home entertainment being necessarily sedentary. With the right games and techniques, VR can be in fact be an excellent workout. Here we’re sharing a VR workout […]

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HTC Improves VIVE Flow User Experience

Taiwanese technology firm HTC announced on Friday a key update to its HTC Flow virtual reality (VR) headset that greatly improves the device’s functionality and user experience. New features offer updated cross-platform functions, media playback and streaming capabilities, and overall hardware performance. Additional upgrades to the Flow headset include: Compatibility with smartphones using Samsung’s Exynos […]

ThinkReality A3 To Boost XR ‘At Scale’, Lenovo Says

Building the Metaverse and the industrial capacity to lead workforces with extended reality (XR) technologies requires hardware and software solutions that meet strict criteria and capabilities. Lenovo’s ThinkReality series of devices, which have launched in recent months, aim to build the future of XR-empowered workforces and remote, deskless workers. In the age of the ongoing […]

Croatia’s Mesic Pledges Support to Metaverse World

Metaverse World, a fintech firm set on developing Metaverse technologies, equipment, applications, and digital currency trading, has received backing from the Croatian government for its launch. The firm aims to develop a decentralised Metaverse Digital Citizen Platform for global users, based on blockchain technologies, to provide all digital citizens with a unique non-fungible token (NFT) […]

Meta Horizon Worlds Launches in US, Canada

Closing the week, Meta has once again updated its Metaverse platform by debuting its highly-anticipated ‘Horizon Worlds’ multiplayer app, just months after the Menlo Park-based firm announced it would work towards becoming a Metaverse company. Horizon Worlds is only available for users in the United States (US) and Canada over 18 years of age, and […]

Facebook Announces New Comment Moderation and Support Features, including Live Chat for Some Account Issues

Live chat for those locked out of their Facebook accounts will address a key issue for many users.

Meta Takes Next Steps Towards VR Social with the Expansion of Horizon Worlds

The next stage of immersive digital connection is coming, with Horizon Worlds now available to all VR users in the US and Canada.

Twitter Shares the Top Tweets and Trends of 2021

The big tweet trends of 2021 revolved around US politics and TV shows.

Meta’s Novi Cryptocurrency Project Launches New Trial on WhatsApp in the US

Meta’s crypto project moves to the next stage of testing, which could help build the case for the option.

Cities: VR May Come To Other Platforms Beyond Quest 2 In The Future

Cities: VR might come to headsets other than the Meta Quest 2 later down the line…

More details here. Where would you want to play the game?

Blaston’s New Update Adds Quest Passthrough Play

A big new Blaston update lets you play in Passthrough mode on Quest!

More details here.

Resident Evil 4 VR Wins Best VR/AR At The Game Awards 2021

Resident Evil 4 VR took home the award for Best VR/AR at The Game Awards tonight, beating out Hitman 3, Lone Echo 2 and more.

Among Us VR Announced For Quest, PSVR And PC VR

Discuss! Among Us VR is coming to Quest, PSVR and PC VR soon!

First details and trailer right here.

What’s On The Line When Sales and Marketing Are Misaligned? [Research]

Let’s review some mindsets and see if they sound familiar to you. [Marketing Team POV] Your team creates some stellar content and executes corresponding campaigns… leads come in. The leads are handed off into the abyss that is the Sales Team where you assume they take excellent care to turn them into customers (How could […]

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HTC is Getting into the NFT Craze with the Opening of Its Own Store Soon

HTC is opening a non-fungible token (NFT) store soon that its says will host all forms of digital art, including AR, VR, and XR pieces. The store, which will open on December 17th, is set to first offer NFTs featuring the works of Art Nouveau artist Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939), which is being offered as a part of […]

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Meta Aims to Further Ratchet Down on Security with Bug Bounty for Quest 2, Portal & Ray-Ban Stories

Meta today announced it’s updating a bug bounty program for its hardware products, something intended to reward anyone outside of the company who reports security vulnerabilities. With some new payout guidelines in place, Meta is ostensibly aiming to highlight its commitment to security following a total rebrand that’s put significant focus on its XR hardware […]

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Hit Party Game ‘Among Us’ is Getting a Full-blown VR Remake

Social party game Among Us rose to viral success in the midst of the pandemic. Calls to bring the game’s ‘imposter-hunting’ gameplay to VR were immediate, and unofficial VR versions of the game sprang up in no time. Now the game is getting a full blown Among Us VR remake, headed by one of VR’s most experienced […]

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More Hit Songs Come to ‘Beat Saber’ with Surprise Launch of Lady Gaga Music Pack

Continuing a trend of tapping music from some of the world’s most popular artists, Beat Saber today sees the surprise launch of a new Lady Gaga music pack which adds 10 of the pop-star’s songs to the game. Following DLC music packs from the likes of Skrillex and Billie Eilish, today VR’s hit rhythm game Beat Saber […]

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Ten Residents Aboard Station Wrap Up Week with Space Biology

Space biology led the research schedule for the seven-member Expedition 66 crew aboard the International Space Station on Friday. The orbiting lab’s three guests also spent their day on a variety of Russian space experiments. NASA Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei and Kayla Barron partnered up throughout the day replacing components inside the Advanced Plant …

HTC VIVE Opens VIVE Arts NFT Trading Platform

HTC VIVE has opened a bespoke Metaverse arts and culture store for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), with the new platform aiming to build immersive spaces for content creators as well as host digital art in virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR), the tech giant announced on Thursday. HTC will host content on the VIVE Arts trading […]

Sony Fills Patent for Playstation VR Controllers

Last week, documents emerged showing that Japanese technology firm Sony Interactive Entertainment had filled a patent for an improved virtual reality (VR) controller. Sony has built its latest controller for the highly-anticipated PlayStation Virtual Reality 2 (PSVR2), the follow-up to the firm’s initial consumer-grade PSVR hardware. The latest iteration improves Sony’s previous VR controller by enhancing […]

Taqtile Adds AR Manifest Support for Apple iPads

US mixed reality firm Taqtile has boosted support for its Manifest platform for use on the Apple iPad, the company announced on Thursday. The move to back Apple’s top-selling tablets will allow frontline workers and businesses to use Manifest across additional devices, the company explained in a statement. Manifest’s upgraded spatial computing tools, enhanced content […]

Michigan University, GigXR Build XR Medical Trainer

This month, the University of Michigan and GigXR, a global provider of extended reality (XR) healthcare training solutions, partnered to create the ‘XR Procedure Training Suite’ medical training hub. The training suite uses digital humans as patients, displays informative user interface (UI) pop-ups, and instructs medical students with interactive, lifelike, and immersive procedures. GigXR’s solution […]