Virtual & Augmented Reality news

After long last, season three of the popular martial arts crime drama Warrior has finally begun airing on Max (formerly HBO Max).
To help promote the new episodes, Max teamed up with a handful of multicultural artists to create a series of interactive murals powered by augmented reality (AR) technology. Each mural features a QR code that, when scanned, brings the 2D images to life in the real world.Credit: Max
Fans of the show can interact with three murals scattered across the United States. On

New shared AR games have also been announced.The Minnesota Twins baseball team is expanding its collaboration with smartphone-based augmented reality (AR) platform ARound to bring AR-powered statistics and new AR mini-games to Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, according to an official release.
The partnership was originally announced back in 2022. This second iteration will introduce real-time player and team data visualizations powered by Sportradar. Upon logging into the ARound app

Step into the role of “mind-breaking” operative.
Available now on PlayStation VR2 headsets, Synapse is a mind-bending VR action shooter from developer nDREAMS (Phantom: Covert Ops, Far Cry: Dive Into Insanity, Fracked) that immerses players in fast-paced combat across an otherworldly battlefield.
In this unique VR FPS, players take on the role of a “mind-breaking” operative tasked with entering the mind of Color Peter Conrad, an enemy of the state hell-bent on world destr

Facebook and Twitter have been blocked in China since 2009, but Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is hoping to get back in that country with Quest, according to a Wall Street Journal report.Citing people familiar with the matter, the report maintains that Meta has held discussions with several Chinese tech companies, making the most progress with massive entertainment conglomerate Tencent.
The Meta-Tencent talks reportedly came to a head late last year, with Tencent Chairman Pony Ma deciding to proceed w