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Latest News on Bomb Attack at Northeastern University’s VR Lab

September 16, 2022September 15, 2022

Police continue investigating Tuesday’s disturbing incident at Northeastern University’s VR lab, where a package exploded and injured a staff member. This story is still developing, and …

Meta Platforms acquires Berlin-based Lofelt haptic startup.

VR News, Wearables

Meta Continues to Buy its Way to the Metaverse with Lofelt Acquisition

September 13, 2022

With four new headsets coming in the next two years, Meta Platforms is determined to stake its claim to the Metaverse – if not control it …

Meta's Horizon Workrooms drops the account obstacles - is it now a viable alternative to Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and other collaboration platforms.

VR News

Horizon Workrooms – Is VR Collaboration Ready for Primetime?

September 5, 2022September 3, 2022

Horizon Workrooms is critical to Meta’s transition to a company focusing on virtual environments and the coming Metaverse. But Workrooms has yet to become a significant …

VR News

Zuckerberg’s Rough Year: Pale Avatars, Empty Virtual Worlds, and Daily Gut Punches

August 27, 2022August 26, 2022

For Meta Platform’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, the past few weeks – and frankly, all of 2022 – are ones he would like us to forget. With …

SIGGRAPH 2022 - highlights of the conference in Vancouver

VR News

SIGGRAPH 2022: The Latest Tech and Metaverse Developments

August 14, 2022August 14, 2022

It was welcome news to see the SIGGRAPH 2022 conference return to an in-person and online event this year. With its mix of technical papers, talks, …

Meta's First Hand demo of XR hand-tracking reveals the future of realistic virtual experiences.

VR News

Meta’s “First Hand” Demo: A Future of Controller-free XR Experiences

August 8, 2022

For consumer VR headsets, Meta has been a leader in hand-tracking, and its newly released “First Hand” demo is an effort to push developers to embrace …

Meta price increases for popular Quest VR headset

VR News

Meta Quest Price Increase of 30% as Financial Woes Continue

July 27, 2022

We hope you bought a Quest headset recently since if you didn’t, you will find yourself paying significantly more. Meta announced Quest price increases of $100, …

Meta ends the Facebook account requirement for the Quest VR headset.

VR News

Goodbye Facebook! Meta Finally Ends the Facebook Account Requirement

July 8, 2022July 7, 2022

If you’re connected with the VR community, you likely heard a collective sigh of relief as Meta ended the Facebook account requirement. It’s been nearly two …

Senseglove workforce training with LNER railway operator

Learning, VR News

SenseGlove’s Innovative Workforce Training for UK Rail Operator

July 4, 2022

SenseGlove, a company at the forefront of haptic feedback, is partnering with the UK rail operator London North Eastern Railway (LNER) to provide innovative workforce training …

VR News

Highlights of AWE 2022 – Varjo’s Aero and Magic Leap’s New AR Glasses

June 9, 2022

There was much more to follow after a jammed-packed Day One at AWE 2022. The sessions on Day Two and Three were excellent – especially those …

AWE 2022 opens on June 1 in Santa Clara, CA for three packed days of augmented reality news, demos, and talks.

VR News

AWE 2022: New Tech, Amazing Demos, and Visions of the Metaverse

June 18, 2022June 2, 2022

It seems like we were just at AWE – and indeed, we were – since AWE 2021 took place just last November due to the pandemic. …

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