Microsoft’s social VR platform, AltspaceVR, has been updated with a renewed emphasis on event hosting. While it’s always been possible to hop into AltspaceVR just to hang out and chat, the platform is ...

Bottom line: AltspaceVR parent company Microsoft has started rolling out changes to the platform that will effectively destroy the community users have created. The changes are partially under the ...

Once the focus of a fateful redemption story, Microsoft is getting set to shut down its adoptive VR app AltspaceVR, finally putting an end to one of the earliest social VR platforms. Update (March 9th ...

You’ll also need a Microsoft Account for AltspaceVR soon You’ll also need a Microsoft Account for AltspaceVR soon is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, ...

AltspaceVR has had a few close calls over the years, but the company that built virtual social spaces well before “metaverse” was a household word is shuttering for good this time. After announcing ...

Microsoft is making a handful of changes to AltspaceVR to combat harassment within the virtual reality app. As of today, the company has removed the Campfire, News and Entertainment Commons social ...

Some of Microsoft's developer teams involved with the company's mixed reality and augmented reality work have been eliminated. Those changes, coming with Microsoft's planned 10,000 job cuts, suggest a ...

AltSpaceVR used its Redwood City office space as an event and social hub where it hosted virtual birthday parties and other hangouts as well as live music performances. In August, the virtual reality ...

Facebook announced today that Eric Romo, the former CEO and co-founder of AltSpaceVR, is joining its social VR team as Product Director. He'll be helping with Facebook's nascent but thriving social VR ...

Microsoft is making a handful of changes to AltspaceVR to combat harassment within the virtual reality app. As of today, the company has removed the Campfire, News and Entertainment Commons social ...