LG’s U+ DRIVE to Create 3,000 XR Assets by January

South Korean tech giant LG announced this week the launch of U+ DRIVE, an immersive experience platform for smartphones. U+ DRIVE is a mobile content library that facilitates the distribution of XR content and already has around 1,500 XR assets ranging from education, gaming, entertainment, and tourism experiences. According to reports, LG is planning to […]

TikTok Strategy: A Proven Growth Plan

Do you want to use TikTok to grow your following and your business? Are you looking for a strategy that works? To learn a four-step method for creating TikTok content that will help you achieve your business goals, I interview Jackson Zaccaria.

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Instagram Provides Tips on How to Maximize Customer Engagement with Instagram Stories [Infographic]

Looking for ways to maximize your Instagram Stories efforts?

Instagram Adds New Text-to-Speech and Voice Effect Options in Reels

Instagram continues to chase TikTok, by adding more, similar creative tools in the app.

TikTok Launches ‘Creative Exchange’ Platform to Connect Brands with Top Creators

The new platform will make it easier for brands to collaborate with TikTok creators on ad campaigns.

Twitter Looks to New Crypto and NFT Projects with the Expansion of its Twitter Crypto Team

Twitter has already launched several crypto projects, and is now looking to expanded applications throughout the app. 

ShapesXR From Tvori Brings Free And Robust Co-Creation To Quest

ShapesXR is available now free on Quest.

After the Fall impressions, Medal of Honor release date & more Take-Two VR? – VR Gamescast

After The Fall Hands-On

Hands-On: After The Fall Promises Near-Seamless Social VR Shootouts

After The Fall is promising near-seamless social VR shootouts.

Hands-on with a near-final build of the game, right here!

AWE 2021: Hands-on The 8th Wall new Reality Engine!

On my second day here at AWE US 2021, I have tested a lot of interesting things, and of course,

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HalfDive VR Headset Takes Design Cues from ‘Sword Art Online’ NerveGear, Coming to Kickstarter in December

Japanese startup Diver-X is looking to launch a SteamVR-compatible headset that seems to be taking a few ideas from popular anime Sword Art Online, which prominently features a fully immersive metaverse. While it’s not a brain-computer interface like the “full dive” NerveGear featured in the show, the heavy-weight hardware presents a pretty interesting approach to VR headset […]

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Niantic’s Pokemon: Go Engine Free to Developers

US augmented reality (AR) software development firm Niantic announced this week it would begin licencing its ‘Lightship ARDK,’ software development kit (SDK) to third-party AR development teams. Niantic is giving Lightship away for free to developers for the first six months, and in early May next year, the AR firm will charge roughly $5.00 per […]

Nextech AR Launches ‘ARitize’ Metaverse Studio

Nextech AR Solutions announced on Tuesday plans to launch a software-as-a-service (SaaS) Metaverse Studio software development kit (SDK) to allow clients and customers build their own metaverses. The company’s Aritise Metaverse Studio will upgrade the Canadian firm’s ARway Studio to boost technologies to build the developing Metaverse industry, as well as interoperability with other platforms […]

Tin Drum Explores ‘ARt’ with Medusa Project

Art and technology have consistently shared a permanent relationship in human history, where creatives have relied on brushes, paints, stencils, spraypaint, and other physical mediums to express their works. With the growth of emerging technologies, artists have begun exploring new mediums to communicate complex, abstract ideas to audiences with methods never experienced in previous exhibitions. […]

Why Did Facebook Change its Name to Meta?

Why did Facebook change its name to Meta? Or, more accurately, why did Facebook rebrand as Meta, and what are the reasons for its recent spate of investments in an AR/VR-based metaverse environment? There are several explanations for this major move by social media giant Facebook, and they have to do with the future direction […]

Google Shares Key Product Trends for the Holidays, Based on Google Search Volume

The listing highlights the key products that are gaining more consumer focus heading into the holiday rush.

YouTube’s Announces Removal of Video Dislike Counts in Order to Limit Downvote Brigading

The removal of public downvotes will reduce insight into a video’s performance, but may help encourage more creators to keep posting.

Twitter Announces New Video Content Partnership with ViacomCBS

The new deal will see Twitter host streaming content from popular ViacomCBS properties.

Facebook Announces the Removal of Thousands of Ad Targeting Categories Relating to Sensitive Topics

Facebook will remove thousands of targeting categories to align with data privacy regulations. 

Best VR Action Games: Melee Combat And More On Quest, PSVR & PC VR

Blade And Sorcery! Gorn! Iron Man!

It’s our list of the best VR action games.

Quest Apps Can Soon Send You Notifications

Quest apps can soon send notifications if you allow them, delivered to your headset and the Oculus mobile app.

Will developers use this feature responsibly, or could marketing spam be a problem?

VR FPS Into The Radius Gets A Huge 2.0 Update With Graphics Overhaul, Weapon Upgrades

STALKER-like VR shooter, Into The Radius, just got a huge 2.0 upgrade with plenty of new features.

Escape From Galaxen Traps You In An Arcade Machine, Oculus Quest Demo Out Now

Escape From Galaxen isn’t just a VR arcade game – it’s a game where you fall into an arcade machine.

A free Oculus Quest demo is on SideQuest now.

AWE 2021: my first impressions about AWE and hands-on with Ray-Ban Stories!

Hello everyone from Santa Clara, USA! Today I have had my first day at AWE, so let me tell you

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