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Passage Showcase: Creating a Life-Size Virtual MIT Campus https://www.passage.io/post/mit-campus-in-passage

Passage Showcase: Creating a Life-Size Virtual MIT Campus https://www.passage.io/post/mit-campus-in-passage

Not really the sign of a healthy developer ecosystem ——Free-To-Play Apps Now Account For 70% Of Time Spent On Quest...

Not really the sign of a healthy developer ecosystem

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Free-To-Play Apps Now Account For 70% Of Time Spent On Quest https://www.uploadvr.com/free-to-play-apps-70-of-time-spent-on-quest-headsets/

Quite the feather in Apple’s cap. Dassault is a great name to have on your platform, the industrial equivalent of Bentley or...

Quite the feather in Apple’s cap. Dassault is a great name to have on your platform, the industrial equivalent of Bentley or Hermes

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Dassault Systèmes partners with Apple to put industrial 3D software on Vision Pro | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/technology/dassault-systmes-partners-with-apple-put-industrial-3d-software-vision-pro-2025-02-25/

Man, it feels like the bottom is dropping out for Meta right now——#1526: Allegations that Meta’s OVRPlugin is Undermining the Spirit...

Man, it feels like the bottom is dropping out for Meta right now

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#1526: Allegations that Meta’s OVRPlugin is Undermining the Spirit of OpenXR by Blocking Non-Meta Headsets on PCVR. – Voices of VR Podcast https://voicesofvr.com/1526-allegations-that-metas-ovrplugin-is-undermining-the-spirit-of-openxr-by-blocking-non-meta-headsets-on-pcvr/

Not just education, but also business - the financial projections must be rough if Meta’s also doing an about-face on not just education...

Not just education, but also business - the financial projections must be rough if Meta’s also doing an about-face on not just education but business as well. Will they uncancel the Quest Pro next? Do they have a plan to bring back the devs they lost with the arbitrary Meta Store changes? Seems like an uphill climb.

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Mixed reality business tools for manufacturing | Meta for Work https://forwork.meta.com/industries/manufacturing/

Interesting. Wonder how hard it’d be to write an A-frame component or Threejs library for these assets. I know all these companies want...

Interesting. Wonder how hard it’d be to write an A-frame component or Threejs library for these assets. I know all these companies want proprietary apps and platforms for better monetization, but the market is sending some pretty strong signals that open collaboration is the key to XR success.

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Voluverse - Volucap https://volucap.com/voluverse/

Just launched - looks like a decent place to keep up on what’s happening with VR software ——The VR Critic - virtual reality reviews...

Just launched - looks like a decent place to keep up on what’s happening with VR software

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The VR Critic - virtual reality reviews https://www.thevrcritic.com/

Why has Meta suddenly rediscovered a passion for the Education market?I have no inside knowledge, but I’m guessing there’s at least one...

Why has Meta suddenly rediscovered a passion for the Education market?

I have no inside knowledge, but I’m guessing there’s at least one metric about their current user base (media age? Revenue per user? Daily active users?) that has scared the crap out of Meta.

In typical Meta fashion, they’re now throwing everything against the wall.

If true, this wouldn’t bode well for the smart glasses market——Humane AI Pin bombed because voice control is too limiting | Cult of...

If true, this wouldn’t bode well for the smart glasses market

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Humane AI Pin bombed because voice control is too limiting | Cult of Mac https://www.cultofmac.com/news/humane-ai-pin-canceled https://www.cultofmac.com/news/humane-ai-pin-canceled#google_vignette

I first read abound Steve Mann in the early 90s in a magazine named Mondo 2000 - he was smart and dedicated, living his life inside his...

I first read abound Steve Mann in the early 90s in a magazine named Mondo 2000 - he was smart and dedicated, living his life inside his “mediated reality” devices that gave him 360-degree vision and otherwise extending his senses.

Well-deserved recognition of his work.

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Steve Mann, Father Of Wearable Computing, Given IEEE Ibuka Award https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomcoughlin/2025/02/13/steve-mann-father-of-wearable-computing-given-ieee-ibuka-award/

Why Big Tech Thinks Augmented Reality is the Next Big Thing - The Daily Upside...

Why Big Tech Thinks Augmented Reality is the Next Big Thing - The Daily Upside https://www.thedailyupside.com/technology/big-tech/why-big-tech-thinks-augmented-reality-is-the-next-big-thing/

Very cool self-hosted procedural modeling tool, runs in-browser and based on threejs ——EliCDavis/polyform: Immutable mesh processing...

Very cool self-hosted procedural modeling tool, runs in-browser and based on threejs

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EliCDavis/polyform: Immutable mesh processing library https://github.com/EliCDavis/polyform

I’m a little surprised to see so many rapid-fire “leaks” from a historically secretive company about a project that they’ve been...

I’m a little surprised to see so many rapid-fire “leaks” from a historically secretive company about a project that they’ve been particularly secretive about

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Apple Is Not Giving Up On Its Planned AR Glasses, But The Plan Has Changed https://techcrawlr.com/apple-is-not-giving-up-on-its-planned-ar-glasses-but-the-plan-has-changed/

Gen Alpha Never Left The Metaverse, Marketers Did...

Gen Alpha Never Left The Metaverse, Marketers Did https://www.forbes.com/sites/dangardner-1/2025/01/15/gen-alpha-never-left-the-metaverse-marketers-did/?Metaver.se

Official Site | Second Life - Virtual Worlds, Virtual Reality, VR, Avatars, and Free 3D Chat https://secondlife.com/

Official Site | Second Life - Virtual Worlds, Virtual Reality, VR, Avatars, and Free 3D Chat https://secondlife.com/

Meta uncharacteristically quiet about $5 billion in VR losses | VentureBeat...

Meta uncharacteristically quiet about $5 billion in VR losses | VentureBeat https://venturebeat.com/games/meta-uncharacteristically-quiet-about-5-billion-in-vr-losses/

Getting more and more interested in revisiting Second Life. It looks like the only virtual world that is both open and free. And has the...

Getting more and more interested in revisiting Second Life. It looks like the only virtual world that is both open and free. And has the bonus of not being primarily targeted at screaming pre-teens.

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Official Site | Second Life - Virtual Worlds, Virtual Reality, VR, Avatars, and Free 3D Chat https://secondlife.com/

The metaverse as the next frontier for visual collaboration | London Daily News...

The metaverse as the next frontier for visual collaboration | London Daily News https://www.londondaily.news/the-metaverse-as-the-next-frontier-for-visual-collaboration/

Which technology will prevail: VR, MR or AR? https://mixed-news.com/en/mixed-readers-ask-which-technology-will-prevail-vr-mr-ar/

Which technology will prevail: VR, MR or AR? https://mixed-news.com/en/mixed-readers-ask-which-technology-will-prevail-vr-mr-ar/

The “race” to AR is not a sprint - it is a marathon. Apple’s shown time and again that thoughtful design kicks the living shit out of...

The “race” to AR is not a sprint - it is a marathon. Apple’s shown time and again that thoughtful design kicks the living shit out of being first. It’s fascinating that the press keeps acting like they’ve forgotten this.

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Apple AR Plan; Meta, Samsung Glasses Are Coming; S25 Edge to Beat iPhone Air - Bloomberg https://archive.is/2025.01.26-174305/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-01-26/apple-ar-plan-meta-samsung-glasses-are-coming-s25-edge-to-beat-iphone-air https://archive.is/kBNkN