If the voice chat option doesn’t show up in the Roblox settings menu, you’ll need to first verify your email address and then your phone number. The feature is locked behind verification and if you’re ...

Microsoft continued to enhance speech functionality in its Visual Studio Code editor with a new accessibility tool that lets developers dictate directly into the editor. The voice dictation feature in ...

There are dozens of Roblox games I can think of that would have benefitted from voice chat, but without an ID, that can present a problem. This is especially true if you’re not quite old enough to get ...

Oculus released their first social platform to the world last week, a Gear VR app called Oculus Social that currently connects up to five people to watch shared viewings of Twitch and Vimeo streams.

As one of the frontrunners in the race to build the metaverse, Roblox is thinking ahead to what virtual worlds really need. And while the platform has had no shortage of growth on its current path — ...

The October 2025 update to Visual Studio Code (v1.106) introduces Agent HQ for managing AI agents, expands Model Context ...

This application, iParty, was an application that was created by intel as a proof of concept and technology test. This was back when Windows 3.11 was in wide use. The application uses both text and ...

The gaming community is abuzz talking about privacy and harassment because of a message that started appearing after an update to the PlayStation 4 dropped on October 14th. According to Sony, the ...

Facebook has been a bit slow to adopt the voice computing revolution. It has no voice assistant, its smart speaker is still in development, and some apps like Instagram aren’t fully equipped for audio ...

Gaming experiences can be undermined, even ruined by bad behavior in text chat or forums. In voice chat and in VR, that bad experience is magnified and so much more visceral, so toxicity is amplified.

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