ByteDance, the parent company of social media juggernaut TikTok, has vehemently dismissed rumors suggesting the potential shutdown of its VR enterprise, Pico. With Pico headsets dominating 58% of the VR market in China, ByteDance’s affirmation comes at a pivotal time,
Reddam House schools are leading the charge in a rapidly evolving educational landscape by seamlessly integrating virtual reality (VR) and the metaverse into their classrooms. This approach, which has already succeeded in five international schools, is now being embraced by
Meta’s Quest 3 virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) is hitting stores worldwide, with early users in countries like the U.S. and Canada praising the hardware as an ingenious piece of technology. Yet others haven’t been as generous in
In a new ad campaign, Meta, the company previously known as Facebook, emphasizes the real and pragmatic socio-economic benefits of virtual reality, diverging from its erstwhile futuristic portrayal of the metaverse experience. The core theme behind the ad series is
Tech giants – Apple, Pixar, Nvidia and others have come together to create the Alliance for OpenUSD to develop AR & VR standards. The newly formed alliance will push and standardize Pixar’s Universal Scene Description (USD) technology, a file format
Belfast technology firm Immersonal has been using virtual reality to help victims of crime and witnesses prepare for the daunting experience of giving evidence in court. The startup, which specializes in designing “self-authored, immersive training experiences,” enables individuals to converse
Immersive training experiences promise a number of benefits over traditional learning including greater effectiveness and efficiency. To find out if virtual reality learning lives up to its hype, MetaNews spoke with Alina Vasile, Vice President of Production at Gemba, a
Tech giant Apple is desperate to embrace the metaverse with the launch of its Reality Pro mixed-reality headset as soon as possible, reports the Financial Times. Apple is set to launch its first metaverse product this year, after spending years
Meta Platforms Inc. (META), owners of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, Horizon Worlds, Mapillary, and Workplace has reduced the cost of its Quest Virtual Reality (VR) headset to attract more customers in the growing VR sector. Meta has consistently been named among the
Yesterday, the gaming world had the chance to get to grips with PlayStation VR2, the console giant’s long-anticipated follow-up to its original VR headset released in 2016. While that device reportedly sold five million units, the VR space has come
The Royal Navy, an organization that helps stabilize the sea which keeps the maritime trade that is the lifeblood of the United Kingdom’s economy flowing announced that it has entered the metaverse with 3D virtual reality (VR) simulators to help train
The market can expect to get hold of the much awaited Apple mixed reality headset this year, but the tech giant has shelved its planned follow up product – the Apple Augmented Reality (AR) glasses due to technical challenges. Apple
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