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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…
With one charter left, it’s no wonder our crews are emerging as better professionals and people on the other side of the hard-earned lessons. In a way, that’s true. V started out as a stew and is now one of the most powerful members of the deck team. Kathy took the interior design team to the next level. And Josh has been delivering banger after banger every night. Meanwhile, Asha and Nathan have taken on new roles as principal and assistant in a third-grade classroom. Kitsy and Joe can’t stop touching each other, giggling, and talking to their teacher. Max…
(Welcome to 1945! Jimmy suddenly turns five, Tristan returns from Italy, and the Skeldale kitchen turns into a biohazard. Photo: PBS Hello all you merry Yorkshire fans! Our time has come again. I can’t believe I’ve written a recap like this for six seasons, but I hope I can write ten more. If you watched this premiere episode and felt like you forgot about last season, you’re definitely not alone. We’ve all been victims of time jumps. Jimmy is already a kid! The last time we saw him, it was his first birthday, and now he’s following James around and…
As Angel’s journey falls apart, Giselle smells blood in the water. Photo: Andrew Webers/Bravo Friends groups can have very complex dynamics. People like to argue otherwise, but not everyone gets along with the same level of camaraderie or intimacy when socializing with the same five or more people on a regular basis. Some people only chat in group chats and never spend time together one-on-one. Because while they may all love each other, their individual personalities don’t mesh. At best, natural friction manifests itself in competing meme battles on WhatsApp or arguments over who gets to Venmo. But the only…
As long-time VR developers reel from a lack of viewers for new consumer hardware over the Christmas season, a new era seems to be dawning on immersive hardware.UploadVR spoke to a number of developers who are facing varying degrees of anguish over the overall direction of their VR investments and the sheer cost of communicating their products to people using headsets. Several people spoke on condition of anonymity, fearing their comments could affect their business relationships with platform companies. If you have comments you would like to share with UploadVR, please email [email protected] or message 1-949-610-3857. We think it’s safe…
Landman Plans, Tears, and Sirens Season 2 Episode 9 Editor’s rating 1 star * Taylor Sheridan has officially written the straw man to end all straw men. Photo: Emerson Miller/Paramount+ In many soap operas, the climax of a given season is in the penultimate episode. Think of the dramatic battles and deaths of key characters on Game of Thrones or even further back in The Sopranos and The Wire. But Landman is different from most dramas. Tonight’s penultimate episode of season two feels like an anticlimax. Not only is it generally disappointing, but it’s the exact opposite of the climax.…
Apple’s open-source, on-device AI model instantly turns images into scenes, and Vision Pro owners can try it out in the app Splat Studio.Starting with visionOS 26, Apple’s own Photos app includes the ability to almost instantly turn any image into a “spatial scene” with one click. This is essentially a three-dimensional photo with a limited amount of free viewing area, which can be slightly tilted to ‘peak’.Meanwhile, over the past year or so, we’ve seen the emergence of more advanced, open-source, proprietary AI systems that turn photos into scenes you can freely explore and walk around. For example, with Marble,…