Passthrough camera access is a hot topic in the XR community right now and while the positions of Meta, Apple, and Pico are known, everyone is wondering what Google will do with Android XR. After I’ve spoken directly with the company, I can tell you that they will offer a solution similar to the one…
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Meta’s metaverse ambitions are evolving rapidly, with younger users and mainstream consumers reshaping the Quest platform over the course of 2024, according to Samantha Ryan, VP of Metaverse Content, which could see free-to-play content flourish as a result. In a recent developer blog post, Ryan highlighted key shifts in user behavior over the course of…
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I’m briefly back in China, and finally, I’ve managed to see a street show for the new year involving the traditional figures of the dragon and the tiger! I’m having a good time here, but I’m eating so much that I think I will explode in a few days. Best death ever. While I renew my…
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth released an internal memo to employees, stating 2025 is going to be “the most critical year” for the company’s XR efforts yet, Business Insider reports. Titled “2025: The Year of Greatness”, the memo (seen below) largely takes an inspirational tone, urging Reality Labs employees to do “the best work of your career…
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LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman became a billionaire when Microsoft bought LinkedIn in 2016 for $26.2 billion in cash, and he has also made his fortune on high-return investments in more than 80 tech startups, including Airbnb, Groupon, and Flickr. He famously made $111 million from his initial $37,500 investment in Facebook. Now Hoffman is turning…
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Hello everyone! This is the first article directly from CES of my life. Yesterday it was the second press day before the big opening of the event, and the only big company explicitly talking about VR in its keynote was Sony that announced the XYN headset. Let me tell you about that announcement, and let…
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Vertigo Games, the studio behind the Arizona Sunshine series and Metro Awakening (2024), announced it’s sold off SpringboardVR, the location-based entertainment (LBE) VR content distribution platform. Vertigo Games acquired SpringboardVR in 2021, announcing at the time it was looking forward to “leading SpringboardVR into the future in this exciting phase of accelerating growth in VR.” Now, leading provider of…
Six months ago, LinkedIn user Lauren Nicholas noticed that something was going on with the casual dining restaurant, Chili’s. “Chili’s is having a moment,” she wrote, posting screenshots of viral TikToks and noting that “brand love” seemed to be at a “fever pitch.” She also said, “Gen Z is obsessed with the Triple Dipper.” It…
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Happy Lunar New Year everyone! May the year of the snake bring you joy, happiness, money, success, love, and a lot of XR headsets! And if you are someone that celebrates this festivity, I wish you to spend some quality time with the people you love… and eat a lot of food 🙂 I’m literally swamped with…
