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The tragedy of Supernatural

When you picture a virtual reality headset user, you’re probably not picturing someone like Sherry Dickson. At 69, the snowy-haired, retired elementary school teacher hops into her Meta Quest headset five days a week, for roughly 60 to 90 minutes at a time. She’s not attending live concerts or watching immersive films. Dickson, a fitness […]

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Virtuware’s Vision for Immersive Technology


Virtuware, a technology studio based in the United Kingdom, is focused on building thoughtful digital environments across virtual, augmented, and mixed reality. Its mission is to create accessible experiences considerate of how people spend time in immersive spaces. Through a blend of technical craftsmanship and human-centred design, the company approaches innovation as a means of supporting meaningful interaction and creative expression. The business began as a consulting practice founded by software engineer Hamza Qureshi, whose early career developed alongside the evolution of social virtual reality. “I spent a lot of time working inside a major social VR environment, which gave…

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Meta has discontinued its metaverse for work, too

Two months before it changed its name to “Meta,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally introduced us to his metaverse for work: Horizon Workrooms, envisioned as a virtual space for workers to collaborate. Today, the company announced it’s shutting that space down: “Meta has made the decision to discontinue Workrooms as a standalone app, effective February […]

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Meta plans to lay off hundreds of metaverse employees this week

Meta’s Reality Labs team is expected to lose around 10 percent of its staff, with layoffs concentrated on the division’s metaverse employees, as reported by The New York Times. The layoffs are apparently a side effect of Meta’s AI ambitions, which are pulling focus away from its virtual reality division. According to the Times, Meta’s […]

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Meta pauses third-party Horizon VR headsets program

Meta has “paused” its program to license its VR operating system to other hardware companies so they could build their own headsets using the platform, as reported by Road to VR . With the program, announced in April 2024, Meta announced that it would be licensing the Quest OS headset – which, at the same […]

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