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‘Moss’ Developer Polyarc Lays Off Two-Thirds of Studio Following “major project” Cancellation
Polyarc, the studio behind VR puzzle-platformer series Moss, announced it’s significantly reducing the size of the company, marking another VR pioneer currently experiencing existential turmoil. The studio released word via a LinkedIn post on Tuesday, noting that layoffs come amid an “unsuccessful team-wide effort to secure funding following the cancellation of a major project.” Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, […]
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Spatial at Southby: The Debrief from SXSW
Another South by Southwest has come and gone, including the tenth annual XR showcase. What were highlights and fan favorites? Emily Olman and Anne Ahola Ward were at the show and break it down in their video debrief.
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Meta Inches Into Health Wearables with New Food Logging Feature for Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
Meta announced it’s pushing an update to Ray-Ban and Oakley Meta smart glasses that’s slated to make nutrition tracking easier by letting Meta AI visually suss out food before you eat it. The News Over time, the company says that a user’s food log will inform “increasingly personalized insights that get more useful, helping you […]
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‘Cyberpunk 2077’ is Officially Coming to VR Soon as a Co-op Location-based Experience
CD Projekt Red announced it’s working with Zero Latency VR to bring Cyberpunk 2077 to out-of-home VR destinations. Zero Latency VR calls the forthcoming experience “based on the world of Cyberpunk 2077,” but built specifically for the company’s untethered, free-roam technology. What’s more, the studios say they’re bringing the co-op experience to Zero Latency VR’s locations worldwide […]
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Meta is Releasing 2 New Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses for Prescription Wearers, Starting at $500
Meta and eyewear partner EssilorLuxottica announced two new “optical-forward” pairs of Ray-Ban Meta glasses, which are said to support nearly all prescriptions. Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta smart glasses can already be paired with prescription lenses, although the latest pairs of Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses are coming with new ergonomic features: overextension hinges, interchangeable nose-pads, […]
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Case Study: Microsoft Integrates Immersive Customer Support
Whether its in IT settings, consumer hardware, or helping relatives reset their router, the lack of visual orientation is a common pain point. Microsoft turned to AR to solve this issue for Xbox tech support. What were the results?
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Virtual Hangout ‘Rec Room’ is Permanently Closing in June, Assets Reportedly Acquired by Snap
Rec Room, one of VR’s most prominent social platforms, is shutting down in June, with its creators noting they “never quite figured out how to make Rec Room a sustainably profitable business.” According to a GeekWire report (via Skarred Ghost), Snap has acquired select assets from Rec Room, which also includes talent moving to its XR-focused […]
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What’s Driving XR Revenues Today?
What’s the spatial computing revenue outlook? And how does that break down by subsegments from VR to AI glasses? Our latest Behind the Numbers installment highlights original market-sizing data from our research arm, ARtillery Intelligence.
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Meta Slated to Launch Two New Ray-Ban Smart Glasses, According to FCC Filing
Meta and EssilorLuxottica appear to be preparing two new Ray-Ban smart glasses for launch, according to US Federal Communication Commission (FCC) filings from earlier this month. As first reported by Janko Roettgers in his Lowpass newsletter, Meta hardware partner EssilorLuxottica has filed with the FCC two new devices which appear to be the next generation of their […]
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Spatial Beats: Siri Gets Shifted, Sora Gets Shelved
Apple concedes the AI model race and sets Siri up as an aggregation layer, while OpenAI’s Sora gets taken out to the woodshed. We have these and other happenings from XR and AI worlds through the lens of Charlie Fink.
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