Reading Time: 5 minutes Former Oculus CTO John Carmack responded to a request for comment from UploadVR regarding Meta’s planned closure of Echo VR. You can read Carmack’s full statement below. For those catching up, earlier this week Meta shocked fans of one of
Reading Time: < 1 minute In this week’s bonus episode of the Between Realities VR Podcast, Alex and Skeeva host the team behind the newly released VR game Monkey See Monkey Doo Doo. David Burnham from Continuum VR answers questions about the origins and development
Reading Time: 2 minutes The “Always Good” experience will include a Super Bowl TV spot as well as a variety of digital activations powered by AR and AI technology. This coming week, the Kansas City Chiefs will be taking on the Philadelphia Eagles at
Reading Time: 2 minutes A new hands-on video from IGN gave us our first proper look at Gran Turismo 7 gameplay on PSVR 2, alongside confirmation of some other minor details as well. You can see the gameplay in the video from IGN above,
Reading Time: 5 minutes Posted by Zvika Ben-Haim and Omer Nevo, Software Engineers, Google Research As global temperatures rise, wildfires around the world are becoming more frequent and more dangerous. Their effects are felt by many communities as people evacuate their homes or suffer
Reading Time: 2 minutes See iconic locations like the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty like never before with immersive technology. World-renowned fashion house Louis Vuitton has partnered with acclaimed Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama on a colorful new campaign powered by augmented reality
Reading Time: 5 minutes Addressing the recent announcement that Echo VR shuts down in August, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth provided his perspective on the decision and said “John [Carmack] would not have shut down Echo VR.” During his latest Instagram AMA, someone asked Bosworth
Digital and Sustainability Convergence: exploring innovative approaches to balancing environmental stewardship and economic prosperity Forum Abstract: The clock is ticking, and it’s time for corporations to take bold action towards sustainability. The world demands it, and the future of our
Reading Time: 2 minutes Experiment your way through a variety of hydrogen VR lessons in this unique educational experience. VR has proven to be an incredible tool when it comes to education. The technology allows students the ability to immerse themselves in a variety
Reading Time: 2 minutes Climb trees, collect bananas, and use your own digital doo doo to attack your opponents. Despite having launched just two days ago, the VR game Monkey See Monkey Doo Doo has already managed to attract over 10,000 players, thanks in
Reading Time: 7 minutes Today, the NFL is continuing their journey to increase the number of statistics provided by the Next Gen Stats Platform to all 32 teams and fans alike. With advanced analytics derived from machine learning (ML), the NFL is creating new
Reading Time: 8 minutes The National Football League (NFL) is one of the most popular sports leagues in the United States and is the most valuable sports league in the world. The NFL, BioCore, and AWS are committed to advancing human understanding around the
Reading Time: 9 minutes Posted by Phitchaya Mangpo Phothilimthana, Staff Research Scientist, and Adam Paszke, Staff Research Scientist, Google Research (This is Part 3 in our series of posts covering different topical areas of research at Google. You can find other posts in the
Reading Time: < 1 minute Back in December, we had the opportunity to take a look at MSI’s MEG A1300P power supply, the company’s latest flagship PSU. Besides offering plenty of power, the MEG Ai1300P was also MSI’s first ATX 3.0 power supplies – and
Reading Time: 4 minutes Posted by Xingyou (Richard) Song, Research Scientist, and Chansoo Lee, Software Engineer, Google Research, Brain Team Google Vizier is the de-facto system for blackbox optimization over objective functions and hyperparameters across Google, having serviced some of Google’s largest research efforts
Reading Time: < 1 minute This week Meta Platforms made it one step closer to successfully acquiring Within, the studio behind fitness service Supernatural, according to a report by Bloomberg. The United States Federal Trade Commission’s effort to block the deal hit a snag with
Reading Time: 2 minutes John Carmack, former CTO of Oculus and key player in the VR startup’s genesis story, says Sony’s upcoming PSVR 2 headset may be see a bumpy road to adoption based on its high price and potential for scattershot geographic distribution.
Reading Time: 2 minutes In 2021 Meta announced it was set to acquire Within, the studio behind popular VR fitness app Supernatural, however the reportedly $400 million deal became subject to investigations by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in respect to Meta’s supposed monopolization
Reading Time: < 1 minute Competitive multiplayer fantasy dueler Broken Edge detailed more content plans for 2023, as well as confirming a February 15 release for the next playable fighter, The Viking. Broken Edge announced The Viking during our Upload VR Showcase last December, but
Reading Time: 4 minutes Artificial intelligence (AI) has many promising applications for businesses today. Most of these use cases revolve around data-centric, logical decision-making, but AI can be helpful in areas as nuanced and creative as language, too. Natural language processing (NLP) is the
Reading Time: 2 minutes Prisms VR, an immersive platform for teaching math, announced it’s raised $12.5 million in a Series A round, which the company says will be used to expand its VR math literacy platform to more schools across the US. Led by
