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Meta Almost Completing Its Quest Rebranding
Following its rebranding from Facebook to Meta, the company has been gradually rebranding itself for close to one year now. Meta has now completed the rebrand. Almost. Facebook was renamed…
Meta Quest Dominates the VR Market
The Zesty stats also register a “Quest Pro” headset. It is already widely known that the Meta Quest 2 headset is the most widely-used virtual reality headset on the market.…
Silhouette to Launch Hand Tracking Puzzles on Quest in 2023
Silhouette is leveraging hand tracking for an interesting new puzzle game on Quest that uses shadow puppetry to generate a new form of environmental interaction. The theme of hand tracking…
Meta Acquires Berlin-Based Haptics Startup Lofelt
Meta Platforms has acquired the Berlin-based haptic technology startup Lofelt in a bid to bolster its VR ambitions. The acquisition comes barely a month after the company received an FTC…
Meta and Qualcomm Partnering to Develop Custom Chips for Next-Gen VR
Meta and Qualcomm have announced a strategic and multiyear partnership to develop custom chips for next-generation virtual reality headsets. The joint collaboration between the two companies is termed a “multi-year…
Apple Trademark Filings Show a “Reality” Branding for its Mixed Reality Headset
Apple trademark filings show tags such as ‘Reality One,’ ‘Reality Pro,’ and ‘Reality Processor.’ Bloomberg has spotted trademark filings that indicate Apple’s long-rumored upcoming mixed reality headset will have the…
Is the Future of Comics in NFTs?
Will the future of the comics industry collecting be anchored in nonfungible tokens? The emergence of blockchain in recent years has been quite a game-changer. By eliminating central mediation in…
Japanese Unit of Animoca Brands Raises $45 Million in NFT Play
The Japanese unit of the Hong Kong-based gaming software giant Animoca Brands has raised $45 million in an NFT play. The funding was at a valuation of $500 million. Animoca…
Melbourne CBD Has a New Expansive Augmented Reality Art Trail
There is a new augmented reality art exhibition in Melbourne CBD dubbed AR. Trail. The immersive artwork trail is a product of a collaboration between Koorie Heritage Trust, Fed Square,…
Meta’s Horizon Worlds Chief Leaves Company
The head of Meta’s social VR platform Horizon Worlds, Vivek Sharma, is leaving the company, Reuters reports. Meta’s head of virtual reality social platform Horizon Worlds, Vivek Sharma has left…