A new era of the online world: Facebook’s Metaverse
Zuckerberg recently announced his vision for Facebook to become an online ‘metaverse’ What is a metaverse? Described as an online world where people can do all three; game, work and communicate in a virtual environment. This is done utilizing VR headsets
Facebook’s SparkAR Team to take the video conferencing in the new normal by storm
Facebook’s Futuristic Augmented reality glasses are yet to make a drop. However, Zuckerberg’s goals for the company to accelerate in AR experiences are evident in its SparkAR software. Over the last year, Facebook’s SparkAR Team has been exploring innovative ways
VR / AR market is expected to grow exponentially within the next 5 years
Multiple studies have indicated that the VR / AR content creation market is expected to grow exponentially within the next 5 years. Currently, the VR AR Content Creation Market size is valued at US$ 285.5 million in 2018 and is
‘Leaked’ Concept Videos Reveals Samsung’s AR Vision
Samsung has been working behind the scenes on AR (Augmented Reality) and VR (Virtual Reality) for some time and has filed multiple patents. The video was leaked by a well-known tech leaker ‘WalkingCat’ who also leaked images of the Oculus Quest
AR ‘Mario Kart’ ride is coming to Japan’s Super Nintendo World
The official opening of Japan’s Universal Studios Super Nintendo World has finally been set for February 4th 2021, marking the 20th anniversary of USJ’s Osaka theme park. Perhaps the greatest attraction is the Mario Kart-themed ride with AR headsets. In a
LucidWeb is providing digitalised immersive awards ceremonies
Despite the many precautions that the coronavirus has brought to these trying times, the Immersive experience distribution platform, LucidWeb, which has been around for a while now, has taken the opportunity to provide a digital platform to allow film festivals
Facebook is using AR to develop glasses that augment hearing
Facebook’s mission statement ‘to help people connect and communicate with one another’, is being further put to the test with the their research into innovative AR glasses which help people with various hearing challenges. Facebook Reality Lab scientists have been exploring
Students are being transported to new worlds thanks to Lenovo’s VR Classrooms
Lenovo’s virtual reality (VR) technology is transforming the way students learn, with over 500 classrooms across the United States, United Kingdom and several other countries being transformed into a Lenovo Virtual Reality Classroom. The Lenovo VR setup combines hardware, software and
Qualcomm has doubled its industry partners in the XR Enterprise program
Qualcomm Technologies has recently doubled the membership of its Qualcomm XR Enterprise program (XEP). The program aims to allocate a wide variety of industries with extended reality (XR) applications. This comes at a time where advances in mobile computing allow
We’re proud to announce the release of our XR Career Salaries & Insights Guide 2020!
At TechNET Immersive, we are incredibly excited to announce the release of our UK version of the XR Career Salaries & Insights Guide 2020! Since the XR space is growing year on year, we felt it was a no brainer to