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May 19, 2022 by Jon Jaehnig Pico released a video of the Neo3 Link. Now available for preorder in Europe, the headset appears to be a gaming-first modified version of the Neo3 Pro, the company’s stand-alone 6DoF enterprise headset. Pico remains an enterprise-only company in the United States, but has been exploring consumer expansion for years and could become a serious

May 12, 2022 by Jon Jaehnig Are all of your friends crying? Snapchat’s most viral new lens makes the user (or others) appear like they’re crying. According to Snapchat, the lens has been used over 1 billion times since its release less than a week ago, including by celebrities like David Dobrik and Kylie Jenner. AltspaceVR announced a new season of interactive

May 5, 2022 by Jon Jaehnig The XR world celebrated “Star Wars Day” on May the 4th.Blippar created a WebAR game that lets players shoot down waves of TIE Fighters, on their desktops or in their neighborhoods on mobile devices.Enterprise AR headset manufacturer RealWear tweeted that the design for their headsets was inspired by Boba Fett’s targeting system.Meta put a sale

April 28, 2022 by Jon Jaehnig Smartglasses manufacturer Vuzix has donated “a number of their M400 Smartglasses to Ukraine.” With the support of local operators and carriers, the glasses will help medical professionals in particular at a time when communication and transportation have been strained by the war with Russia. LED display inspection and repair company InZiv announced the closing of a

April 21, 2022 by Jon Jaehnig U.K.-based AR experience builder Blippar announced that it is expanding its presence in the United States.While AR experience building certainly isn’t a saturated market in the United States, Blippar may find itself competing more directly with the likes of 8th Wall. Enterprise smart glasses manufacturer Vuzix announced that a Zoom application is now available for their

April 13, 2022 by Jon Jaehnig Hologram creator PROTO, formerly PORTL, has announced that Sean Combs is now an advisor. Combs is also a big investor in the company but more importantly, brings with him valuable insights and connections from his decades-long career as a recording artist, actor, producer and entrepreneur. In other hologram news, XR development studio 8th Wall worked with

April 6, 2022 by Jon Jaehnig The XR Safety Initiative’s Metaverse Citizens Forum took place in AltspaceVR this week and focused, among other topics, on the use of artificial intelligence in building and populating immersive experiences. MultiBrush from Rendever announced updates including passthrough support and avatar integration. The multi-user XR painting platform was created by Rendever after the open sourcing of TiltBrush

March 31, 2022 by Jon Jaehnig Friday saw the opening of the Peace Pavillion within Spatial. Launched in collaboration with artist community The Polycount Newsfeed, the pavilion is a gallery of NFTs with proceeds going to benefit charities in the Ukraine. If that didn’t get you excited about the virtual world of NFTs, virtual gallery experience Mona partnered with Ready Player Me

March 24, 2022 by Jon Jaehnig Verizon continued trailblazing 5G-enabled XR experiences for its customers, this time partnering with Snap, Arcadia, and Cirque du Soleil for an exclusive lens. The lens recreates the “O” experience featuring motion-captured performances that even recorded finger movements of the actual Cirque du Soleil performers.Like other recent XR experiences and applications from Verizon, this experience is

March 17, 2022 by Jon Jaehnig Construction planning app HomeAR launched a product update that includes improved lighting and reflection graphics and a Revit plugin.The platform, which places 3D models of yet-to-be-constructed homes in the real-world build site, also announced that it is working on an in-model annotation tool and in-app video recording, though these features are not yet available. Snap announced