A Week In Italy: Everything We Saw At Venice Immersive 2023

UploadVR attended Venice Immersive last week.

Here’s our summary of the VR/AR projects we saw and our talk with the curators:

TikTok Expands its ‘Creativity Program’ Funding Initiative to More Regions

TikTok’s giving more creators the chance to make money from their clips.

X Faces Potential FTC Scrutiny Over Missing Ad Labels, While Creators Complain of Ad Revenue Share Errors

The challenges keep coming for the X team. 

Hands-On: Gargoyle Doyle Merges Mixed Reality Museums With VR Comedy

Gargoyle Doyle crosses mixed reality museums with VR comedy.

Our full impressions:

401k Plans: 6 Things You Should Know

We’ve all heard of 401(k) plans and many of us are already contributing to one in some form or another. But the number of people who truly understand how 401(k)s work is a much smaller…read more

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Understanding Data Recovery from Damaged Portable Drives

External hard drives find widespread application in creating backups and increasing the storage capacity of computers equipped with internal hard drives that are insufficiently spacious. Given their portable design, typical external hard drives endure significant…read more

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‘Citadel’ Delivers Rogue-Lite Action and Adventure in Meta Horizon Worlds

It’s been six weeks since we launched Super Rumble in Meta Horizon Worlds. It’s the first of many experiences to come that leverage improved graphics,…

Metaverse AI: The Rise of AI in the Metaverse

Metaverse AI innovations could be the answer to the problems innovators are facing today. Hype for the metaverse peaked last year after Facebook rebranded to “Meta”. Analysts even began predicting a lucrative future for metaverse technologies. According to Grandview Research, the global metaverse market will grow by around 41.6% CAGR up to 2030. Yet despite […]

The Rise of the Full Body Avatar: The Benefits of Realistic Avatars

For Metaverse and XR fans, the full-body avatar has long seemed like a distant dream. Through the years, even the most innovative metaverse companies have struggled to provide users with fully realistic avatars. For the most part, your digital identity on channels like Microsoft Teams and Zoom is likely to consist of a face and […]

Big XR News: Meta, ARuVR, Apple, Wildix, and Metaverse Taxation

Connect is the news of the month. As September moves along, Meta is prepping its immersive product portfolio for a refresh showcase during the event later this month. Meta is moving towards MR headsets instead of purely VR devices. This year saw massive interest in MR headsets following Apple’s Vision Pro debut, and Meta looks […]