The Ghost Howls

JUNE 19, 2025

The day before yesterday, for the first time in my life, I had the opportunity to sit down with Philip Rosedale and spend some time with him. Philip is now back as CTO of Linden Lab (hence, of Second Life), so for me it was also the occasion of visiting the offices of the first mainstream metaverse platform. The OG metaverse pic.twitter.com/YdKm9kte3E — TonyVT SkarredGhost (@SkarredGhost) June 18, 2025 When Second Life became super popular, I couldn’t imagine that one day I would be

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AR Insider

JUNE 19, 2025

VR continues to evolve into more capable yet lighter hardware. That state of evolution is best embodied in Bigscreen’s lauded Beyond 2. Despite production delays it's a promising contender in the VR marketplace. We extrapolate a few outcomes and endpoints. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Road to VR

JUNE 19, 2025

Apple confirmed at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) last week that Vision Pro is set to support PSVR 2 Sense controllers when visionOS 26 launches this Fall. While still in developer beta, YouTuber ‘Nathie’ got a chance to go hands-on, showing off just how the controllers work. In the video, Nathie shows off PSVR 2 Sense controllers scrolling through some of Vision Pro’s most basic systems, including browsing apps via its UI, as well as exploring some of the new conte

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AR Insider

JUNE 19, 2025

Google’s Veo 3 AI image generator is hyperscaling meme vlogs and we look at AWE USA 2025's greatest hits, one week later. We have these and other items at the intersection of AI and XR through the eyes of Charlie Fink. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

To avoid awkward and sometimes disastrous learning content, instructional designers must use authentic translation in the right context to get optimal results. For example, even a simple phrase like “got milk” translates to “are you lactating” in Mexico. Can you imagine what a straight translation might do to your course? With over 317 million people in the US and over 6.7 billion potential customers in the world, personalizing training seems logical.

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Upload VR

JUNE 19, 2025

Samsung's Android XR headset will launch in South Korea on October 13, NewsPim reports, with a "sequential" global rollout. The South Korean news outlet claims preorders will open at a Samsung Unpacked event in South Korea on September 29. The report comes a week after a Samsung-focused leaker strongly hinted that the headset would launch in July at a New York Samsung Unpacked event, also saying it would ship to South Korea first.

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Upload VR

JUNE 19, 2025

Zen Studios brings the iconic Lara Croft to life across two new tables in their Tomb Raider Pinball DLC for Pinball FX VR. Read on for our hands-on first impressions. Coming soon after last month's release of nine officially licensed tables with the Williams Pinball volumes 1, 2, and 3 packs, Zen is back at it again, this time bringing one of gaming's most recognizable characters and franchises into the Pinball FX universe.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JUNE 19, 2025

Author: Prakhar Bansal, Analyst, QKS Group Retail Media Networks (RMNs) have become a major part of digital advertising, giving retailers a way to monetise their own channels, websites, apps, and even physical stores. The landscape changed in 2025, it’s no longer just about banner ads or sponsored listings. We’re now seeing a shift from ads to experiences.

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Upload VR

JUNE 19, 2025

Vast's VR experience puts you inside Haven-1, set to be the first-ever private sector space station. The 21st century has seen private companies like SpaceX expand access to space, driving down the cost and increasing the cadence. Next year, no earlier than May, a startup called Vast plans to leverage SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket to launch a private space station it calls Haven-1, and a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft to bring the first set of four visitors to it for up to 30 days.

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Slashgear

JUNE 19, 2025

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With a rapidly changing economy, Avangrid Renewables looked to virtual reality to develop a standardized form of immersive training in order to onboard and upskill technicians faster than ever before.

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JUNE 19, 2025

Real VR Fishing heads for the Southern Hemisphere in next week's Oceania DLC on Quest. Arriving on June 25, Devs United Games revealed that the upcoming DLC pack includes seven different locations across Australia and New Zealand, ranging “from alpine lakes and rocky coastlines to iconic harbors and remote inlets.” That also comes with over 20 new fish species, such as Bull Sharks, Mack Tuna, and Elephant Fish. 🌊 Oceania DLC Launching June 25 – Experience the Wild Waters of the Southern Hemisph

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Slashgear

JUNE 19, 2025

If you have an Android phone, you'd actually have a bit of an advantage if you need to remain connected while dealing with a home internet outage.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 19, 2025

Generative image AI platform Midjourney has introduced its V1 Video Model: This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed. "It's fun, easy, and beautiful," the company posted on X on Wednesday. "Available at 10$/month, it's the first video model for everyone and it's available now." This appears to be a dig at competing generative-AI video programs.

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JUNE 19, 2025

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Speaker: Richard Goring, Director at BrightCarbon

Remote meetings are here to stay - and many are BORING. If you are trying to engage your learners (or any audience), compelling content is critical. But trying to create stimulating content with the same tools you’ve always had is hard, right? Thankfully, wrong! Terrific tools in PowerPoint along with visual assets help you create the kind of dynamic content you need to capture your remote audience’s attention, with functions that allow for interactive sequences and navigation.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 19, 2025

Welcome to Mashable’s official VidCon 2025 live blog — your backstage pass to the internet’s biggest IRL event. Whether you’re braving the crowds in Anaheim, California, or watching from home in fuzzy socks, we’ve got you covered with real-time updates, interviews with your favorite content creators, meme-worthy moments, and fan reactions straight from the convention floor.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JUNE 19, 2025

This week, a new teaser hit the airwaves revealing how Meta is potenitally releasing a new designer AR smart glasses with partner Oakley; a seemingly natural evolution from Meta’s successful Ray Ban AR device, which is continuing to drive captial for Reality Labs-meaning the more recent Oakley partnership could be a another attempt to boost Meta XR profits with AR-lite consumer smart glasses.

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EonReality

JUNE 19, 2025

In a bold step toward reshaping the landscape of AI-enhanced education, EON Reality has launched the EON Agent Orchestrator , a revolutionary platform that merges multi-agent AI coordination with immersive learning technologies to power next-generation XR solutions. Built to serve as the intelligent nucleus of the EON Spatial AI² Academy , EON-XR, and EON Vibe Coders, this groundbreaking system introduces a new era of AI-orchestrated personalization , dynamic XR content creation , and scalable l

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Mashable VR

JUNE 19, 2025

Apple's foldable iPhone could be (finally) right around the corner, with a new report saying the display has "finalized specifications" with production set for autumn 2025. Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo posted an update on X on Wednesday that Apple supplier Foxconn "is expected to officially kick off the project" in late third quarter or early fourth quarter 2025, meaning anywhere between August and November.

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Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

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Slashgear

JUNE 19, 2025

Small form factor PCs are no different from regular computers in the sense that you can tailor them to your needs, but they do take more consideration to build.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 19, 2025

I've got some good news and some bad news about 28 Years Later. The good news: 28 Years Later is a rip-roaring beast of a movie, part stress-inducing nightmare, part searing examination of toxic masculinity's persistence in the apocalypse, and part hopeful look toward the future. The bad news: Oscar winner Cillian Murphy, who played bike courier-turned-survivor Jim in 28 Days Later , is nowhere to be found.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 19, 2025

Everyone's most-hated studio executive will likely be a little less overpaid.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 19, 2025

Pixar's Elio features not just one but two end-credits scenes: One serves as a sweet button to the whole film, and the other teases what's to come in Pixar 's next feature, Hoppers. Let's break them down. SEE ALSO: 'Elio' review: Pixar's cosmic tale of friendship will cure your loneliness The film centers on 11-year-old orphan Elio Solís (voiced by Yonas Kibreab), whose greatest dreams come true when he's abducted by aliens.

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Speaker: Treion Muller, Chief Strategy Officer at ELB Learning

Since when has learning and development (L&D) become such a negative experience with its intended learners? Could it be because learners have been conditioned by very poor learning experiences over the past two decades, combined with the kinks of technological innovation? Or is it because learning has typically been designed as a one-size-fits-all solution, despite the fact that humans are not clones?

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GizModo VR

JUNE 19, 2025

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Mashable VR

JUNE 19, 2025

Sometimes the easiest part of making a video is getting people to click on it by using smart hashtags, a thoughtful title, and an interesting hook. All too often, that's when the real work begins — getting viewers to stay and watch your video all the way through. At VidCon 2025 , Kai Plunk , the managing director of Elevate Talent Management who worked as a creative producer for MrBeast, gave a retention masterclass.

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Slashgear

JUNE 19, 2025

Apple's next operating system will utilize a new concept called Liquid Glass as it's primary UI, but it might have readability concerns. Here's how to fix that.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 19, 2025

YouTube kicked off VidCon 2025 with a panel breaking down how to engage with the platform's algorithm and busting myths on video engagement. The discussion featured panelists Jenny Hoyos, a creator with 9+ million subscribers on YouTube , Rene Ritchie, creator liaison for YouTube, and Todd Beaupré, senior director of growth and discovery at YouTube.

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Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?

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