Meta is Nudging VR Devs Towards ‘Horizon Worlds’ with Training, Funding & More
Meta today announced it’s expanding the company’s VR developer programs to include training on how to build games and experiences inside Horizon Worlds, Meta’s growing social VR platform. Devs can also nab some cash too—a strong incentive to help Meta build out its fledgling metaverse. “Today, we’re inviting you to further unleash your imagination, expand your […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

23. März 2022
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Meta lockert Metaverse-Regeln

Nur rund einen Monat nach der Einführung neuer Sicherheitsregeln lockert Meta diese wieder – wenn Nutzer:innen das wollen.
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MIXED & Matthias Bastian

14. März 2022
Meta’s ‘Horizon’ Social VR Platform Surpasses 300,000 Users in 3 Months
Meta opened its Horizon Worlds social VR platform in December, rolling out its proto-metaverse project to Quest users in the US and Canada. During an all-hands company call this past week—where CEO Mark Zuckerberg dubbed Meta employees ‘metamates’—the company announced its Horizon platform has now exceeded 300,000 users. Meta’s chief product officer Chris Cox made a statement during […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

18. Februar 2022
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Second-Life-Comeback: Gründer setzt nicht auf VR

Überraschend kehrte Second-Life-Gründer Philip Rosedale zu seinem Ursprungs-Metaverse-Projekt zurück. Doch VR sieht er weiter skeptisch.
Der Beitrag Second-Life-Comeback: Gründer setzt nicht auf VR erschien zuerst auf MIXED.
MIXED & Matthias Bastian

22. Januar 2022
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Kinder und Virtual Reality: Braucht es mehr Schutz?

Mit der steigenden Verbreitung von VR-Brillen kommen auch immer mehr Kinder in Kontakt mit der Technologie. Das birgt Chancen und Gefahren.
Der Beitrag Kinder und Virtual Reality: Braucht es mehr Schutz? erschien zuerst auf MIXED.
MIXED & Tomislav Bezmalinovic

Quest’s Home Environment May Soon Get The Social Capabilities We’ve Been Waiting For
Back in October, Meta announced that it would eventually transition its home environment to ‘Horizon Home’, giving it a fuller set of social features like being able to invite party members to visit, hang out, or launch into VR apps together. It seems we’re getting a step closer to the release of those features, as […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

6. Januar 2022
Meta Plans to Fuse Its ‘Horizon’ Apps & Make Them More Accessible… Eventually
Though Meta is steadily building up three social VR apps—Horizon Worlds, Horizon Venues, and Horizon Workrooms—the trio still exist as separate apps and hardly constitute a seamless experience. In the future the company hopes to change that and open the door to non-VR devices. But how long will it take? Meta is undoubtedly bullish about […]

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Road to VR & Ben Lang

Social VR App ‘Rec Room’ Raises $145M Funding, Now Valued at $3.5B
Social VR platform Rec Room has sealed another big funding round to close out the year. The Seattle-based startup today announced it’s secured a new $145 million financing round, bringing the company’s total valuation to $3.5 billion. The funding round was led by Coatue Management, with participation from existing investors Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures, and Madrona Venture […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

20. Dezember 2021
A Big Update to ‘Bigscreen’ Boosts Room Sizes, Video Quality, & Quest Performance
Social VR hangout app Bigscreen just got a bunch of improvements in a new update available now. The update brings a range of enhancements across all supported headsets, including boosting room size to 15 people. Bigscreen is a social VR hangout app that lets users bring their PC into VR to share gaming, streaming, work or, […]

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Road to VR & Ben Lang

18. Dezember 2021
Meta’s First Big Proto-metaverse Project Finally Launches (kinda)
Nearly two and a half years in the making, Meta’s most ambitious social VR project, Horizon Worlds, has finally reached open beta. Well kinda. Starting today, the platform is available to those in the US & Canada who are 18 years old or older—on Quest 2 and Oculus PC. If you’re part of that group you’ll […]

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Road to VR & Ben Lang

9. Dezember 2021