Ubisoft's "Splinter Cell VR" will likely have multiplayer capabilities.

• The $12B VR giant posted a job opening in Düsseldorf, Germany for a Senior Lead Game Designer to "define and deliver the multiplayer content of the game" (translated from German).
• Ubisoft has previously said that both of its major titles, "Splinter Cell" and "Assassin's Creed," will be available exclusively to Facebook's Oculus VR.
• The company has not announced a launch date for the new "Splinter Cell VR," nor "Assassin's Creed VR."

XPO Logistics (NYSE:XPO) successfully piloted its VR training program for less-than-truckload (LTL) employees in North America.

• The pilot program creates a VR cross-dock environment for workers to demonstrate safe loading procedures while protecting customer freight from damage.
• XPO identified VR productivity benefits for its LTL business, such as shorter ramp-up times, enhanced safety and efficiency, and faster knowledge retention.
• XPO is looking to expand VR usage into its diversity and inclusion training sessions, as well as for remote sales activities.

Oculus VR and other Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) subsidiaries like Instagram and WhatsApp are delaying a major rollout of new privacy tools after a high number of users complained. The updates affect Facebook's VR platforms and cross-account information sharing. Facebook delayed its proposed date for the privacy changes by approximately three months, with new terms and tools now scheduled to take effect on May 15th.

What happened:

• The company said, "We're now moving back the date on which people will be asked to review and accept the terms. No one will have their account suspended or deleted on Feb. 8."
• The company also admitted that it needs to "do a lot more to clear up the misinformation around how privacy and security works on WhatsApp."
• On Tuesday of last week, the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust lawsuit against Facebook's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp was moved to a Washington D.C. federal judge. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg will oversee challenges from 48 attorneys general.
• The changes had opened Facebook's app to a potential lawsuit, a nationwide investigation, and an exodus of users to ostensibly private messenger services like Signal and Telegram.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Friday has finalized two final rules regarding patent amendments but is requesting input regarding the new requirements account for technologies like holograms and virtual reality. The rules are scheduled to take effect Jan. 20.

More:

• One of the two rules states that the burden of proof lies on the party challenging a patent in an America Invents Act to prove that "proposed substitute claims" are insufficient.
• The USPTO used to place the burden of patentability proof on the patent owner.
• "Because certain new and emerging technologies, such as projections, holographic imagery, or virtual/augmented reality do not require a physical display screen or other tangible article to be viewable, the USPTO is exploring whether its practice should be revised to protect such digital designs," the agency said.
• Comments may be submitted directly to the USPTO and are due by Feb. 5.

Vuzix Corporation (NASDAQ:VUZI) entered into a manufacturing and supply agreement with Shanghai-based microLED manufacturer Jade Bird Display.

• The two companies will develop Vuzix's waveguide systems for smart glasses with superbright microLED display engines.
• Vuzix will provide proprietary waveguides and display engine optics, which will be integrated into Jade Bird's microLED displays.
• Vuzix previously developed monochrome and RGB microLED display solutions for Jade Bird Display customers.

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• There is a new VR mural in downtown Cary, North Carolina.
• Wall Street English chose Vonage (NASDAQ:VG) to provide a digital classroom platform for its customers. Vonage's XR video solutions allow interactive video classes across 350 franchises in 28 countries.
• Facebook has banned ads that feature weapon accessories through Jan. 22 due to the upcoming presidential inauguration, with some video game advertisers experiencing ad rejections.
• TheWaveVR (now simply known as Wave) has retired its VR offerings for live event streaming, and will now only distribute its virtual performances through non-immersive media.
• CNet reviews NextMind's VR dev kit.
• Chinese AR startup Rokid has unveiled a new AR headset with waveguide optics, Rokid Vision 2.
• Microsoft's Flight Simulator is working on adding VR control, Eurogamer reports.
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