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A Rundown of the Otherside (Ape Metaverse)
The highly anticipated Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC)’s metaverse land sale Otherside is premiering today after weeks of anticipation. It’s billed as the metaverse land sale to crown them all…
Bored Ape to Rake In Over $330 Million in ‘Otherside’ Metaverse Land Sales this Weekend
Yugas Labs, pioneers in NFTs and the creators of the NFT Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), are set to rake in just over $330 million from the sales of 55,000…
Mouth Haptics Device Research Brings Out the VR Kissing Sensation
A mouth haptics innovation by Carnegie Mellon University researchers could see people get a real kissing sensation in the metaverse. The device, which uses ultrasound on the lips could make…
The Graphical Quality of Quest 2 Games Getting Markedly Better
In last week’s Quest Gaming Showcase, Meta showcased new virtual reality games with a much-improved graphical quality, the kind that would have been unimaginable a few years back. This was…
VR Uber Simulator The Last Taxi Launches in May
The Last Taxi is an upcoming game that is a unique conversation starter and which features a very eccentric cast. The indie title was developed by ZenFri and is coming…
Social VR Portal Rec Room Hits 3 Million Active Monthly VR Users
The social VR platform Rec Room has now hit a new usage milestone: 3 million monthly active VR users. The social VR game is also available on other platforms such…
Here are the Meta Quest 2 Games That Support Hand Tracking 2.0 Improvements
Meta Quest 2’s Hand Tracking was unveiled earlier in the week and during the unveiling, the company also announced that it had provided select developers early access to the controllerless…
True Meta AR Glasses Coming in 2024
The AR glasses will have a wristband input. Alex Heath from The Verge published a report last week that details Meta’s plans for AR glasses in the next six years.…
Meta Planning to Launch Augmented Reality Glasses by 2024
Meta’s play in the XRverse currently focuses exclusively on Virtual Reality and VR worlds and it is what its immersive business has been built around for the past 8 years.…
Meta Starts Monetization for Horizons: Platform Will Skim Off Close to 50% of Creator Earnings
Meta will now allow creators on Horizon to sell virtual items on Horizon, heralding the first step towards the monetization of the metaverse platform. The platform has launched a pilot…