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Meta Re-lowers Quest 2 Price & Drops Quest Pro to $1,000

Road to VR

Meta says in a blogpost that pricing changes to Meta Quest 2 (256GB) will also update across Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the UK. What are your thoughts on the new pricing strategy?

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Meta’s Social VR App is Coming to Web & Mobile Soon, Alpha Begins for Members-only Rooms

Road to VR

As a similar free-to-play app, Horizon Worlds offers an Avatar Store featuring premium digital outfits—very likely only a first step in the company’s monetization strategy. It was too good to be true.

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Report: Meta to Open ‘Horizon Worlds’ to Younger Teens Amid Renewed Retention Push

Road to VR

WSJ only posted snippets of the memo, entitled ‘Horizon 2023 Goals and Strategy’, which was allegedly written by Meta Vice President of Horizon Gabriel Aul. Horizon Worlds on the other hand has been limited to users 18+ since it was launched in 2021, and only to those in US, Canada, UK, France, Iceland, Ireland and Spain.

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Russia Bans Facebook & Instagram, Quest Sees Ripple Effects

Road to VR

For Russia-based users, the first and most obvious workaround to accessing any of the blocked services mentioned above is setting up a VPN, but it’s still too early to tell if that’s an enduring strategy.

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‘The Climb 2’ Review – Ascending to Greater, More Fun Environments

Road to VR

Just like the game’s predecessor, you don’t really need chalk if you can manage the ‘just right’ grip strategy, but it’s nice to know that it’s a slightly less cumbersome action. My favorite by far was the City area, which offered a bunch of unique gadgets and one-off climbing experiences.

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Can Virtual Reality Be TheBold New Frontier of Journalism?

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Print newspapers and television outlets alike place premium importance on digital-first strategies, and recent statistics from the Pew Research Center show that 85 percent of U.S. And, this month, that promise has continued with the release of “Extreme Rescues with the NYPD” (June 6) and “Iceland is Melting” (June 20).

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Future Of Work: The 4 Biggest Workplace Trends In 2023

Bernard Marr

Four-day week trials have taken place in many countries in recent years, including England, Belgium , Sweden and Iceland, and 2023 will see projects starting in the US, Scotland, Ireland, Canada and New Zealand.

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