Sources: Meta cancels a premium MR headset codenamed La Jolla, in development since November, that was meant to debut in 2027 to compete with Apple's Vision Pro
Meta responds Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac : Meta just canceled its Vision Pro competitor, reportedly it was too pricey to ‘sell well’ Asma Hussain / iThinkDifferent : Meta cancels Vision Pro competitor...
iOS app store AltStore PAL launches in the EU for €1.50/year with two apps: game emulator Delta, which is also live on the App Store, and clipboard manager Clip
but you'll need a controller for the best experience David Nield / TechRadar : The first third-party iOS app store is live in the EU - and another Nintendo emulator just showed up M.G. Siegler / Spygl...
Twitter quietly updates its developer agreement with a clause banning third-party clients, after claiming the company was “enforcing long-standing API rules”
This Twitter Developer Agreement ("Agreement") is made between you … Sean Heber / The Breakroom : Twitterrific: End of an Era Timi Cantisano / XDA Developers : Twitter's next update will no longer for...
Court documents: FTX owes $3.1B to its 50 biggest unsecured creditors, with claims ranging from $21M to $226M; ten claims are over $100M each
I recall hearing or reading that the top dog of Aurora … Brad Dress / The Hill : FTX owes more than $3 billion to biggest creditors: court filing The Information : FTX Owes Top 50 Creditors More Than ...
Meta says the segment at Connect 2022 announcing the addition of legs to Horizon World avatars in 2023 “featured animations created from motion capture”
Parmy Olson of Bloomberg was not impressed with Meta's announcements at Connect 2022: James Troughton / TheGamer : Meta's Virtual Leg Update Was Actually Motion Capture Jonathan Vanian / CNBC : Mark Z...
Meta plans to stop requiring Facebook IDs to log into Quest devices starting in August 2022 and will roll out “Meta accounts” for new and existing Quest users
and that's a win-win for Zuck Lucas Matney / TechCrunch : Meta is dumping Facebook logins as its metaverse ID system Nick Statt / Protocol : Why Meta is killing Facebook logins for VR Tech Advisor : B...
Mark Zuckerberg demos prototype VR headsets from Reality Labs, none of which will ship, that Meta refers to as “time machines” used to test one specific feature
here's your first look Mashable : Meta has a sweet vision for VR, but it's a long way from reality for the rest of us Michael Kan / PCMag : Zuckerberg: These Prototypes Will Help Us Create Next-Gen, L...
Facebook removes its brand from its in-development social VR platform Facebook Horizon, renaming it as Horizon Worlds, and announces a $10M Creator Fund
Ian Hamilton / UploadVR :
VRChat, a free app for Oculus Rift and Steam that lets users create and explore virtual worlds with others, raises $80M Series D, bringing total raised to ~$95M
Ian Hamilton / UploadVR :
Facebook buys BigBox VR, the maker of VR battle royale title POPULATION: ONE, in its fifth VR game development studio acquisition
we're excited to welcome BigBox VR to Facebook and help them achieve their vision for POPULATION: ONE as a state-of-the-art VR social gaming experience and pursue future projects. https://www.oculus.c...