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Meta and Ray-Ban owner Essilor Luxottica are in talks to double or even triple their smart glasses production capacity, Bloomberg reports.Less than a year ago, when EssilorLuxottica revealed that it had sold 2 million Ray-Ban meta glasses to date, it told investors it planned to increase its annual production capacity to 10 million by the end of 2026, citing the product’s “tremendous success.”Then, during its third-quarter investor conference call in October, EssilorLuxottica told investors that its smart glasses business was “extremely strong” and now accounts for more than a third of its revenue growth, and that it was accelerating its…
fall out wrangler season 2 episode 5 Editor’s rating 4 stars **** The true great evil of the wasteland is finally emerging from the shadows. Photo: Lorenzo Sisti/Prime Not only was this a very funny episode with a lot of terrible things happening, but it’s hard to think of a more momentous episode for the series as a whole, with the possible exception of the season 1 finale. I say this mainly because it seems to be fueling the reintroduction of Fallout’s long-time big bad, the Enclave, as the show’s most important behind-the-scenes villain. Previously all signs were pointing to…
Meta states that Supernatural will no longer receive “new content or feature updates.”We reported that Armature, Twisted Pixel, and Sanzaru Games joined the list of studios shut down by Meta, but another Mark Zuckerberg acquisition will “no longer receive new content or feature updates,” according to a note posted to the official Supernatural Facebook group.Subscribers to the $10-a-month VR fitness app will still be able to log in and interact with the ghosts of their coaches like the laugh track on an old TV show, but the trainers who defined the fitness service — humans like Leanne Pedante, who some…
Jason has a penis pump and Angelica can’t stop talking about it. Photo: Bravo Remember when the cast of Vanderpump Rules had undiagnosed drug problems and would rather do nothing? Remember how fun that was? Remember when they stripped off their thick knits in a Las Vegas parking lot and got into an argument over “pasta” and Jax Taylor was clearly sweating from cocaine? Ah, those were the days. Now we’re talking about Shane being sober from fentanyl and meth for over a decade, and we can’t even make fun of him. he wants help. He wants to stay sober.…
Meredith and Lisa are stuck together, but Angie K. shows up with a scroll and a phone number. Photo: Clifton Prescod/Bravo What a bewildering start to the reunion! No, I don’t mean Bronwyn has long hair. After Andy does his usual greetings and introductions to the women sitting on the couch, he asks Meredith, who is of course in the spotlight this season, what her goals are for the reunion. But before answering, she told Whitney she had a question of her own that would set the tone for the day, asking about an interaction at BravoCon where Whitney said…
Smash Drums’ new campaign mode, “God of Drums,” is now available on PlayStation VR2 after being released on Quest in Early Access. First released in early access for Meta Quest last November, the new Smash Drum campaign mode has arrived on PlayStation VR2 today. Dubbed “God of Drums,” the free campaign update adds over 100 missions, along with new legendary skins for the drummer’s head and drumsticks. Unlike the vast stadiums that feature in the base mode, gameplay takes place in new areas. I said in my review that the career mode was welcome, but this update is a nice…
Meta has shut down Twisted Pixel Games (Deadpool VR), Sanzaru Games (Asgard’s Wrath), and Armature Studio (Resident Evil 4 VR).The New York Times previously reported that Meta was laying off more than 10% of its Reality Labs division, specifically targeting teams working on VR and Horizon Worlds.UploadVR can now confirm that these layoffs are taking effect today, and have seen documents showing that the entire three VR game studios acquired by Meta (Twisted Pixel Games, Sanzaru Games, and Armature) will be affected.twisted pixel gameTwisted Pixel Games was founded in 2006, and for the first 10 years of its existence, it…
Hasbro currently offers the Transformers: Age of the Primes Alpha Trion figure, which is part of the Voyager class of products. Alpha Trion is based on his appearance in the Transformers Generation 1 comics, specifically in the episode “Dawn of War”. He can transform into robot mode and also into a Cybertronian spaceship similar to the unused Altered Mode created for the 2005 IDW Comics incarnation. Thank you to BigBadToyStore for sending me the Hasbro Transformers: Age of the Prime Voyager Class 13 Alpha Trion figure for review. BigBadToyStore offers flat rate $4 shipping to the US and the Loot…
Millions of people plan their weekends around visits to virtual reality.Given the competitive nature of the immersive industry, hard total numbers are difficult to come by. Millions of people are wearing VR headsets and flying and driving alone, spending time in single-player offline virtual worlds, watching movies in virtual theaters, shooting at virtual gun ranges, bowling in virtual alleys, fishing in virtual ponds, and playing games in virtual apartments. Often, the designers of these digital spaces have no interest in tracking visitor usage of the spaces they create.Our systems for tracking and monetizing our actions on the internet and on…
Meta will lay off about 10% of its Reality Labs division’s VR team, the New York Times reported.For those who don’t know, Reality Labs is the division of Meta that develops the Quest headset, Horizon software, smart glasses, and sEMG wristbands, as well as researching future technologies like codec avatars and true AR glasses.The New York Times estimates Reality Lab’s staff at about 15,000 people and suggests that more than 1,500 people could lose their jobs.Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth has scheduled an all-hands meeting for tomorrow, both the NYT and Business Insider claim, calling it the “most important” meeting of…