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Meta Reality Labs loses $4.65B in Q4
Venture Beat - 1 Feb 2024 23:30
Meta reported that it lost $4.65 billion in the fourth quarter in its metaverse-focused Reality Labs division.
The language wars of 2024: Apple vs reality
Venture Beat - 1 Feb 2024 22:15
Apple is going too far with its 'spatial computer' phrasing. Why are they pushing to suppress longer-standing language like AR, VR and MR?
Apple Vision Pro will launch with 600 apps made for it
Venture Beat - 1 Feb 2024 22:00
Apple CEO Tim Cook says there are 600 apps tailored for the Apple Vision Pro.
Google Bard gets image generation and a more capable Gemini Pro to take on ChatGPT
Venture Beat - 1 Feb 2024 19:44
We tested image generation on Bard and found that it produces outputs in about 30-40 seconds with good consistency. In some cases, however, it failed to generate the image altogether - even when it did not involve any fa...
Main Street is more optimistic this year even as inflation persists, survey says
CNBC - 1 Feb 2024 19:00
Small business optimism is rising, and owners are feeling better about the economy, even as inflation continues to pose challenges, the survey found.
Xsolla issues State of Play report winter 2024 edition
Venture Beat - 1 Feb 2024 19:00
Xsolla issued the winter 2024 edition of its The State of Play report on navigating the transformative era of gaming.
Muus Collective joins Web3 music accelerator headed by Warner Music Group and Polygon
Venture Beat - 1 Feb 2024 18:00
Muus Collective, an entertainment studio fusing mobile games and digital collectibles, is participating in a Web 3 music accelerator program. Headed by Warner Music Group (WMG), the global music and entertainment giant, ...
Allen Institute for AI releases 'truly open source' LLM to drive 'critical shift' in AI development
Venture Beat - 1 Feb 2024 17:38
The non-profit Allen Institute for AI (AI2) announced today that it has introduced OLMo, which it calls a "truly open-source, state-of-the-art" LLM.
First 'truly' open source LLM from AI2 to drive 'critical shift' in AI development
Venture Beat - 1 Feb 2024 17:38
The non-profit Allen Institute for AI (AI2) announced today that it has introduced OLMo, which it calls the first 'truly' open source LLM.
Eggscape Entertainment raises $4.25M for social gaming on mixed reality headsets
Venture Beat - 1 Feb 2024 17:00
Eggscape Entertainment has cracked into the world of VC funding with its $4.25 million fundraising to bring social gaming to mixed reality experiences.
Lovense unveils long-distance sex toy for Apple Vision Pro
Venture Beat - 1 Feb 2024 16:30
Sex always sells new technology. That old saying will get another test as sex tech pleasure brand Lovense launches its remote sex toy on the Apple Vision Pro.
Video passthrough for mixed reality headsets should be studied more | Stanford researchers
Venture Beat - 1 Feb 2024 16:00
Virtual reality headsets are notorious for making many people who try them nauseous. The mixed reality headsets with video passthrough — which allow you to see through a goggles screen to the outside world — don’t ...
Temple Gates Games launches Dominion digital board game on mobile and PC
Venture Beat - 1 Feb 2024 16:00
Temple Gates Games is launching its Dominion digital board game on mobile and PC after four years of development.
Death Stranding 2: On the Breach isn't coming until 2025
Venture Beat - 1 Feb 2024 01:10
Sony's State of Play gave fans their first in-depth look at Death Stranding 2: On the Breach which is scheduled to release in 2025.
Until Dawn gets a remaster for PS5 and PC
Venture Beat - 1 Feb 2024 00:48
Psychological horror game Until Dawn is getting a remaster from Ballistic Moon for Sony on the PS5 and PC. It is coming in 2024.
Rise of Ronin has fast combat and movement in Edo, Japan
Venture Beat - 1 Feb 2024 00:41
Sony gave some State of Play airtime to Rise of the Ronin, a samurai action-role-playing game coming to the PlayStation in 2024.
Metro: Awakening VR launches on PS VR2 sometime in 2024
Venture Beat - 1 Feb 2024 00:34
One of the new PS VR2 games revealed during the State of Play is Metro: Awakening VR, set in the Metro universe.
Ken Levine's Judas gets a trailer at Sony's State of Play
Venture Beat - 1 Feb 2024 00:31
Ken Levine's Ghost Story Games teased more in-game scenes from its upcoming game, Judas.
Free-to-play game Silent Hill: The Short Message launches today
Venture Beat - 1 Feb 2024 00:24
Silent Hill: The Short Message stealth-launched today during Sony's State of Play event and is free-to-play on PS5.
Stellar Blade gets April 26 release date at State of Play trailer
Venture Beat - 1 Feb 2024 00:14
Sony revealed Stellar Blade's new release date -- April 26 -- in an extended gameplay trailer at its State of Play event.
Sonic Generations is back with an extra dose of Shadow
Venture Beat - 1 Feb 2024 00:14
Sega revealed a remaster of Sonic Generations during today's PlayStation State of Play.