Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth released an internal memo to employees, stating 2025 is going to be “the most critical year” for the company’s XR efforts yet, Business Insider reports. Titled “2025: The Year of Greatness”, the memo (seen below) largely takes an inspirational tone, urging Reality Labs employees to do “the best work of your career […]
AI Startup Anthropic To Job Seekers: No AI on Applications
Anthropic might have advertised its Claude chatbot as proficient in writing, but there’s one writing task that the startup doesn’t want people to use the AI chatbot for: filling out Anthropic’s own job applications. All of Anthropic’s close to 150 open job positions ask applicants to write their materials themselves and not use AI like […]
Meta Plans To Launch “Half A Dozen More” Wearable Devices
In Meta’s CTO’s leaked memo, he referenced the company’s plan to launch “half a dozen more AI powered wearables”. Andrew Bosworth’s memo, which was leaked to Business Insider after apparently being shared with all Reality Labs staff back in November, was a rallying cry for 2025. In it, he told staff that this year will […]
Y Combinator alum Matterport is being bought by real estate juggernaut CoStar at a 212% premium
Digital twin platform Matterport has agreed to be acquired by one of its customers, CoStar, in a cash-and-stock deal of $5.50 per share that gives it an enterprise valuation of about $1.6 billion. Matterport’s tech helps companies create digital replicas of physical spaces. CoStar’s offer represents a premium of a whopping 212% over Matterport’s last […]
Mindshow Unveils Enterprise Virtual Production Suite for XR Animation, Former Hulu Executive Signs on as COO
Mindshow, the real-time CG animation company, unveiled its virtual production platform for enterprise partners looking to use XR headsets to speed up the animating process. The company additionally announced the appointment of David Baron as Chief Operating Officer, a founding executive at Hulu, and industry veteran of Fox Digital Media, Paramount, and Microsoft. You might […]
6 Video Formats That Will Boost Your Business’s Visibility
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In today’s digital world, video content has become a key element for businesses trying to boost their online visibility and engage with their audience. Whether it’s a 15-second social media clip or an extensive podcast, the right video format can be a game-changer for your brand’s online […]
Ahoy! From Picardy On Apple Vision Pro Invites You To Start Again With Spatial Storytelling
Ahoy! From Picardy is an invitation to start again in spatial storytelling. The project from Daniel Jones is available now on Apple Vision Pro headsets priced $5.99. The story Jones tells here made me laugh and cry in its 16-minute runtime, and I recommend it to Vision Pro owners as a standout example of a […]
ArborXR secures $12M to boost its management platform for AR and VR devices
ArborXR, a startup that helps companies remotely manage AR and VR devices, believed that enterprise customers would be the primary targets for AR and VR devices. Now, that bet is paying off. On Tuesday, the company announced it has secured $12 million in funding, a Series A that will be used to develop and scale […]
‘Metro Awakening’ Studio Vertigo Games Sells Off VR Arcade Content Platform SpringboardVR
Vertigo Games, the studio behind the Arizona Sunshine series and Metro Awakening (2024), announced it’s sold off SpringboardVR, the location-based entertainment (LBE) VR content distribution platform. Vertigo Games acquired SpringboardVR in 2021, announcing at the time it was looking forward to “leading SpringboardVR into the future in this exciting phase of accelerating growth in VR.” Now, leading provider of […]
3 Lessons Entrepreneurs Can Learn from Frederick Douglass About Leading in Challenging Times
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. This Black History Month, we can learn a lot about how to move through challenging times by looking back at leaders who have experienced their fair share of challenges, too. It takes bravery, stamina, guts and a vision to move through dark eras and emerge victorious. As […]