Meta and UFC Sign Deal to Tighten Partnership Across All Meta Platforms, Including Quest & Smart Glasses

Meta has signed a multiyear deal with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) to become its ‘Official Fan Technology Partner’, which means we could see even tighter integration of the organization’s mixed martial arts matches across Quest and the companies other platforms. The UFC says it’s set to leverage Meta’s “leading technologies to deliver unprecedented engagement […]

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VR Therapy for Seniors Rolls Out to 150 Living Communities Across the US

Mynd Immersive, the immersive healthcare provider, announced its expanding its XR services to an additional 150 senior living communities across the United States. The company says its recent milestone represents the largest deployment of XR therapies in senior care history, which it hopes will advance treatment options across physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Founded in […]

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Nintendo Switch 2 Won’t Support the Original ‘Labo VR’ Kit

Despite wide-ranging backwards compatibility with Nintendo’s previous consoles, we can’t say we had high hopes for this one. As we suspected, Nintendo has now confirmed that its Labo VR Kit won’t work on the newly unveiled Nintendo Switch 2. Released in 2019, Nintendo’s Labo: Toy-Con 04 VR Kit was the company first public experiment in […]

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Crew Studies Advanced Tech, Space Biology Before Next Crew Departs

3D printing, space navigation, and human research filled the science schedule aboard the International Space Station on Thursday. The Expedition 72 crew members are helping researchers plan missions farther away from Earth with less support from mission controllers.

Station Orbiting Higher to Welcome Next Crew Mission

The International Space Station is orbiting higher today after the Progress 91 cargo craft fired its thrusters for over 17 minutes while docked to the Zvezda service module. The reboost places the orbital outpost at the correct altitude for the arrival of the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft and its three crew members next week.

Snapchat Launches Expanded Agency Partner Program

A new program that’ll enable agencies to showcase their Snap ads knowledge.

Amazon Makes Last-Minute Bid for TikTok US

Could Amazon expand its empire via the video app?

YouTube Adds New Inspiration Elements, Easy Re-Posting of TikToks to Shorts

Some new prompts for your YouTube concepts.

Meta Plans to Launch Advanced Smart Glasses Later This Year

They won’t be AR-enabled, but Meta’s working on a more advanced version of its Ray Bans.

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Is Getting OpenXR Foveated Rendering

The Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 beta now has fixed foveated rendering, and the sim will get eye-tracked foveated rendering support in the future.

Breachers & Thrasher Are The Quest+ Monthly Redeemable Games For April

From a close-quarters firefights to aesthetic abstract puzzling, here are the Meta Quest+ monthly redeemable games for April 2025.

Meta HUD Glasses Price, Features & Input Device Reportedly Revealed

A new Bloomberg report details the price and features of Meta’s upcoming HUD glasses, and claims that Meta’s neural wristband will be in the box.

‘Animal Company’ Tops 100K Reviews on Quest, Striving to Beat ‘Gorilla Tag’ as Most Popular Game

Animal Company, the free-to-play early access game on Quest, has been at the top of the platform’s highest-earning games multiple weeks in a row own, with long-time favorite Gorilla Tag sitting right behind it. And the Lethal Company-inspired game isn’t showing any signs of waning in popularity either. Animal Company crossed a boundary only one other game has managed to do; […]

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Meta’s Next-gen Smart Glasses Reportedly Set to Include a Display & Wrist-worn XR Controller

Meta is reportedly working on a version of its Ray-Ban smart glasses which will include a single display for viewing photos and apps. Now, according to a new Bloomberg report from Mark Gurman, the company is aiming to introduce it sometime later this year alongside its wrist-worn XR controller for hand-gesture input. As per a previous […]

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LinkedIn Shares Tips on How to Run LinkedIn Live Events

Some tips on how to make the most of LinkedIn’s live events.

Google’s Selling Ad Space in Roblox via Immersive Ads

Ads are coming to immersive online gaming worlds.

YouTube Outlines Monetization Options for Creators

YouTube now has a range of monetization pathways to consider.

TikTok Announces New Safety Initiatives for African Users

TikTok is steadily expanding its presence in Africa.

Virtual Desktop’s New macOS Update Is Smoother Than Apple’s Mac Virtual Display

Virtual Desktop rewrote its macOS streamer from scratch. As well as letting you spawn extra monitors, it offers higher framerate and lower latency than even Apple’s Mac Virtual Display.

Walkabout Mini Golf’s Grip-To-Puppet Is A Really Good Time

Walkabout’s new grip-to-puppet feature means you never have to be alone in VR again.

More Bigscreen Beyond 2 Headsets Sold Already Than Original In First Year

Bigscreen says it has now sold more Beyond 2 headsets, after just 11 days, than it did the original Beyond in its first entire year.

visionOS 2.4 Out Now, Bringing Apple Intelligence, Spatial Gallery & iPhone Integration

visionOS 2.4 is out now, bringing Apple Intelligence to Vision Pro, a Spatial Gallery app, an iPhone app for remote installs, and a new iPhone/iPad-driven guest flow.

The breaking news round-up: Decagear launches today, Pimax announces new headsets, and more!

Yesterday I published my usual roundup of the most interesting AR/VR news of the week. But during the night so many important announcements have been done that I felt the need of writing this addendum to my roundup. So enjoy this collection of breaking news about the XR ecosystem! Decagear launches today for $19.99 Today, […]

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The XR Week Peek (2025.03.31): Samsung may launch XR glasses this year, Vivo announces Vision headset, and more!

It’s the last day of March, it’s a beautiful day, I just delivered a project… so it’s a wonderful moment to talk about the most interesting pieces of news of the week in AR and VR! And yes, also to make a little mention of all the “Studio Ghibli” AI hype… Top news of the week […]

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‘Zombie Army’ Coming to All Major VR Headsets Next Month, Trailer Here

Rebellion announced it’s getting ready to release Zombie Army’s first VR game, bringing its co-op campaign to all major VR headsets next month. Coming to Quest 2 and above, PSVR 2 and SteamVR headsets May 22nd, Zombie Army VR brings the franchise’s zombie-ganking madness, enlisting you among the Deadhunters, an elite squad fighting to end […]

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