AR Could Be The Future Of Bowling

Immersive technology lights up the lanes at Stars and Strikes. We’ve seen our fair of high-tech bowling experiences over the past couple of years, but nothing quite like SPARK Augmented Reality Bowling. Available now at select Stars and Strikes venues, this one-of-a-kind immersive sports experience features AR-enhanced bowling lanes that react in real-time to your […]

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‘Pokémon GO’ Developer Niantic Acquires WebAR Company 8th Wall
Niantic, the company behind Pokémon GO, the Lightship AR SDK, and more, announced this week that it has acquired 8th Wall, creators of AR development tools designed to run through web browsers with wide reach across devices. In what the company calls its “largest acquisition to date,” Niantic this week announced that is has acquired 8th Wall, […]

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Niantic Acquires WebAR Platform 8th Wall

WebAR technology could propel the AR industry to new heights. Niantic, the company behind some of the most popular location-based AR experiences currently available (Pokémon GO, Pikmin Bloom), today announced that it has officially purchased the WebAR development platform 8th Wall in what could easily be considered one of the most important acquisitions this year. […]

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Meta’s Fitness App Now Lets You Track Workouts Outside VR

Track your estimated calories burned and total minutes spent working out in VR straight from your smart device. Meta (formerly Facebook) today announced a new update for its VR fitness app Oculus Move that will allow you to track your workouts outside of your VR headset for the very first time. At the moment, checking […]

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‘Virtuoso’ Review – Becoming an Amateur Musician Overnight
Virtuoso bills itself as a “music creation sandbox” but that may be selling it a little short: it’s actually a very intuitive set of training wheels for someone who’s never made digital music before while at the same time being a fun way to make music. You’ll need to go deeper into the practice of […]

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Quest Fitness Tracker is Getting Baked into Apple Health & Oculus App
Oculus Move is Quest 2’s onboard activity layer that tracks just how much you’re moving during gameplay. Now the company says its baking support for Move into both Apple Heath and the Oculus App itself. First introduced in November 2020, Oculus Move lets you view how many calories you burned and minutes you spent moving […]

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Valve: New VR Users on Steam Grew by 11% in 2021, Unique Play Sessions Up 22%

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See How Apple’s Mac Studio Looks On Your Desk Using AR

Save yourself a few thousand dollars with this free AR experience. During yesterday’s “Peek Performance” event Apple unveiled the Mac Studio, a new desktop computer designed specifically for creative professionals looking to get the most out of their workstations. The device is the first to feature Apple’s new M1 Ultra computer chip, offering a significant […]

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Gundam Metaverse In Development By Bandai Namco

The shared virtual world will feature characters from popular games like Pac-Man, Dark Souls, and Gundam. Bandia Namco, the Japanese video game and toy company with massive global appeal, recently announced plans to commit a whopping 13 billion yen ($130M USD) towards the development of a new “metaverse” experience dedicated to its most popular gaming […]

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