It is a tradition of this blog that I write my holiday wishes for you every year at Christmas. I suspect that almost everyone is too busy celebrating to care about my greetings… but I’m happy to write them anyway! I guess it is like this, but whatever 😛 So let me wish you a […]
Pimax Announces Dream Air, a Compact VR Headset With One Totally Unique Feature
The Pimax Dream Air headset represents a new area of focus for the company. While most of its headsets up to this point have been necessarily bulky to achieve their signature large field-of-view, the Dream Air aims to make a headset that’s compact but still feature-rich. One of those features—a headstrap that automatically tightens—would be […]
Kitely doubles region performance, keeps prices the same – Hypergrid Business
Kitely Welcome Center. (Snapshot by Maria Korolov.) Kitely, a leading OpenSim grid, has announced a significant upgrade to its virtual world hosting service, doubling the performance of all Kitely regions without increasing prices. The company has achieved this by adopting the latest Amazon server technology, the M7i generation, while maintaining its existing pricing structure. Ilan […]
What’s Open and Closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day 2024
Despite trying to be prepared and holiday shopping early, the question of what’s open and what’s closed during Christmas inevitably always comes up. From needing last-minute gifts to home-cooked meals gone awry, it’s important to know where you can turn in times of a kitchen mishap or broken present. This year, the holidays fall midweek, […]
COLD VR Is An Exciting Yet Frustrating Imitation Of SUPERHOT
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and COLD VR is as close as you can get. A game where time slows to a crawl while you slash and shoot crystallized foes sounds remarkably similar to Superhot VR’s premise, and you’d be right for thinking so. However, COLD VR does things a little […]
The XR Week Peek (2024.12.16): Android XR announced, Samsung headset showcased, and more!
This week has been pretty cool for me because I’ve announced that I’m attending CES in January for the first time in my life! I’m already organizing the trip, and setting up some appointments to try AR/VR glasses. If you’ll be there, let me know! And if you have some pieces of advice on how […]
They Don’t Solve the Problem
Reducing weight and increasing performance are two of the most important factors in pushing standalone XR headsets forward. While Meta has shown off its own Orion AR glasses prototype using a wireless compute unit, Meta’s CTO Andrew Bosworth doesn’t think a similar setup is the magic bullet for standalone VR gaming. Bosworth, who is also head […]
OpenSim users hit all-time high despite 3rd Rock closure – Hypergrid Business
OpenSim active users are up by 1,039 this month, reaching a new all-time high of 48,234. The total land area also increased, by 489 standard region equivalents. However, the total number of registered users on all the public OpenSim grids fell by more than 10,000 since May. The biggest reason for the drop? 3rd Rock […]
Optimize Business and Personal Expenses with a Year of BJ’s Club+ Membership for $65
Disclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you’ll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce partners. With the holiday season in full swing and as the new year looms, business leaders have a prime […]
UploadVR’s Best of VR 2024 Awards – Game Of The Year & Most Anticipated Of 2025
Welcome to UploadVR’s Best of VR Awards for 2024. 2024 has been a busy year for VR and the wider XR industry, delivering new hardware releases and a strong set of new VR games. As 2024 comes to a close, we’re once again using our Best of VR Awards to highlight the most exceptional picks […]