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The popular social VR platform AltspaceVR was shut down on March 10, 2023 by owner Microsoft. (Microsoft)

AltspaceVR Shuts Down While Peaky Blinders Opens up to Quest Gamers

March 10, 2023January 2, 2024 Jon Jaehnig AltspaceVR, Microsoft, Peaky Blinders, Pico Interactive, Tom Ffiske

Our eye on the markets, Biden’s crypto strategy, the Fed selling Silk Road Bitcoin, a big day for Quest gamers, and news in brief from The Polys, AltspaceVR shuts down, Haven, ByteDance, and PS VR2.

Bigscreen releases the world's smallest VR headset. (Bigscreen, Inc.)

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Bigscreen’s New Little Screen in VR

February 17, 2023January 2, 2024 Jon Jaehnig AltspaceVR, Bigscreen, PlayStation, PSVR2, Snapchat

Our eye on the charts, Bigscreen’s new little screen, updates from Frame and Spatial, the long goodbye to AltspaceVR and slow welcome to PSVR2, and news briefs from Snapchat, Instagram, the XRA, and ZapWorks.

Martha Stewart enters the Metaverse with Oreo

Martha Stewart enters the Metaverse with The Most Oreo Oreo. (Oreo)

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Martha Stewart in the Metaverse, AltspaceVR out

January 27, 2023January 2, 2024 Jon Jaehnig AltspaceVR, Martha Stewart, Oreo

Crypto continues its rise, more states move to adopt Bitcoin and ban TikTok, big banks exploring blockchain, Microsoft sunsets AltspaceVR, and news in brief from Croquet, Meta, AWE, the Poly Awards, Emperia and … Martha Stewart?

FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested in the Bahamas on fraud charges. (Photo: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested on Fraud Charges

December 17, 2022January 2, 2024 Jon Jaehnig AltspaceVR, FTX, Gorillaz, Ready Player Me, XRSI

Our eye on the charts, FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrested on fraud charges, a peak at XR Safety Week, the premiere of a metaverse documentary, AR performances by The Gorillaz, new virtual fashions on Ready Player Me, NFT trading cards from a former president, and a roundup of XR Gaming news including Niantic, Among Us VR, Gorilla Tag, and Population: One.