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JUNE 20, 2025

TDK, the Japan-based electronic component and software company, announced it’s acquired SoftEye, the US-based smart glasses hardware and software maker. TDK calls the acquisition of SoftEye a “key milestone in the development of TDK’s contribution to the entire AI ecosystem and reinforces the business portfolio to establish a leadership position in this critical market.” While financial terms have not been made public, a Reuters report claims the deal is worth “less tha

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JUNE 20, 2025

Oakley Meta HSTN glasses are official, after months of rumors and a tease earlier this week. Ray-Ban and Oakley are both owned by EssilorLuxottica, the eyewear giant with which Meta last year secured an agreement extending their partnership “into the next decade”. The partnership has been a success so far, with EssilorLuxottica announcing in February that 2 million Ray-Ban Meta glasses had been sold, as it vowed to increase annual production capacity to 10 million units by the end of 2026.

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Road to VR

JUNE 20, 2025

Meta today revealed its next smart glasses built in collaboration with EssilorLuxottica— Oakley Meta Glasses. As a part of the extended collaboration, Meta and EssilorLuxottica today unveiled Oakley Meta HSTN (pronounced HOW-stuhn), the companies’ next smart glasses following the release of Ray-Ban Meta in 2023. Pre-orders are slated to arrive on July 11th for its debut version, priced at $499: the Limited Edition Oakley Meta HSTN, which features gold accents and 24K PRIZM polarized lenses

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JUNE 20, 2025

A Quest 3S Xbox Edition box has seemingly leaked, a year after Meta teased a limited-edition Quest "inspired by Xbox", and it's rumored to launch next week. In April 2024, alongside announcing the expansion of Quest's Horizon OS to third-party headsets, Meta said it was also working with Microsoft to "create a limited-edition Meta Quest, inspired by Xbox", and showed a concept render of what appeared to be a black Quest 3 with a green facial interface.

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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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Road to VR

JUNE 20, 2025

Eldramoor: Haven in the Mist is slated to launch a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign next week, aiming to revive the fun of recently shuttered VR MMO Orbus VR. Coming June 24th, the Eldramoor Kickstarter is hoping to garner support for a new VR MMORPG, slated to launch on Quest 3 and SteamVR headsets late next year. Founded by ex-Orbus players, developer Resolute Games took on the challenge early last year, forming the studio in February 2024 to create a VRMMO to pick up where others have

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Road to VR

JUNE 20, 2025

Snap Inc., the company behind the Snapchat social app and Spectacles AR glasses, has teamed up with Niantic Spatial to bring accurate geospatial capabilities to the Snapchat and Spectacles platforms. The partnership could be mutually beneficial as Snap’s platforms will get city-scale positioning capabilities while Niantic could see a massive influx of user-generated data to enhance its ‘Visual Positioning System’ Many AR devices today are capable of localizing themselves within

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Mashable VR

JUNE 20, 2025

VidCon is an annual gathering for video creators, especially YouTube creators, and this year Mashable joined the fray. Our digital culture and shopping reporters are on the ground at the Anaheim Convention Center to check out the top panels and events — and to talk to as many creators as possible. So, what's trending among the trendsetters? We kept our eyes peeled for gadgets, tech accessories, cameras, and cute carry-alls as we roamed the VidCon 2025 convention room floor.

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JUNE 20, 2025

IRVINE, CA – June 20, 2025 – EON Reality, the world leader in AI-assisted Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality-based knowledge transfer for industry and education, proudly welcomes Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital (KSVGH) as its newest partner. By integrating EON Reality’s cutting-edge platforms, EON-XR and EON-AI, KSVGH is set to transform healthcare education, training, and patient care in southern Taiwan.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 20, 2025

Jenny Hoyos is just 19 years old, but she has a thing or two to say about how you should spend your money. "I'm a creator, but I'm an entrepreneur first," Hoyos told Mashable at VidCon 2025. "And to sustain a creator career, entrepreneurship is very important. And that, what I mean by that is like understanding business because there's a lot of creators who know how to get views, but they don't know how to monetize the views.

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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 20, 2025

The Thrill of the Fight 2 received a major update with a new venue, casual matchmaking and more. Following last November's early access launch, Halfbrick Studios confirmed its latest The Thrill of the Fight 2 is now live. Update 0.2.1 introduced a new multiplayer lobby where you can now select 'Casual' matches that don't affect your player ranking, which was previously ranked only.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 20, 2025

Interested in why the moon looks like it does tonight? Wonder no more, here's what you need to know about tonight's moon, as it moves through the lunar cycle. The lunar cycle is a series of eight unique phases of the moon's visibility. The whole cycle takes about 29.5 days, according to NASA , and these different phases happen as the Sun lights up different parts of the moon whilst it orbits Earth.

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JUNE 20, 2025

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Mashable VR

JUNE 20, 2025

At VidCon 2025 , Nick Bornstein, general manager of the Webby Awards, hosted a very demure, very mindful panel with LGBTQ+ creators. The panel included creators Briel Adams-Wheatley , Jools Lebron , Ruba Wilson , Hailee and Kendra , and Naomi Hearts. The panel covered viral fame, the intersectionality of queerness, balancing work and personal life, and future ambitions.

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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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Slashgear

JUNE 20, 2025

Thinking of running power cords under carpets? Learn why it’s a fire hazard, what can go wrong, and how to safely manage cables instead.

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JUNE 20, 2025

During the Rokid & Alipay New Product Launch Media Experience Event, Rokidunveiled its latest Rokid Glasses smart eyewear and announced a partnership with Alipay tointroduce the world’s first smart glasses payment feature—"Look-and-Pay."The “Look-and-Pay” function utilizes the smart glasses’ 12MP camera in conjunction withAlipay’s intelligent QR code recognition algorithm.

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JUNE 20, 2025

Most of us can barely get a day's use from our phone batteries, but researchers from the U.K. have developed batteries that could last thousands of years.

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XROM

JUNE 20, 2025

TCL RayNeo released its 618 sales report on June 19. According to data from JD BusinessIntelligence and Tmall Business Advisor, during the full 2025 618 period, TCL RayNeoachieved a market share of 52%, with sales increasing by 3.36 times year-on-year. It rankedfirst in XR device sales on both JD.com and Tmall, leading the Chinese market.Specifically, the new pocket-sized TV Air 3s Pro ranked No.1 in XR device sales across bothplatforms; the flagship waveguide glasses X3 Pro ranked No.

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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 20, 2025

Woodworkers can use laser cutters and CNC machines for intricate work, but which is best for them will depend on the job and materials. We break it down.

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XROM

JUNE 20, 2025

LLVISION recently hosted a product launch event in Seoul, South Korea, introducing its latestconsumer-grade AR glasses — the Leion Hey2. Weighing just 49 grams, the Hey2 offers real-time translation in over 100 languages with latency under 500 milliseconds. The standalonedevice provides up to 8 hours of continuous use, and with its portable charging case, batterylife can extend up to 96 hours.One of the standout features is its simultaneous interpretation–level translation experience.

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Slashgear

JUNE 20, 2025

The Nintendo Switch 2 Review on SlashGear runs down all the hardware and software features available at launch with a fair look at the value vs the cost.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 20, 2025

Amazon provides a pretty irresistible shopping experience through its speedy shipping (among other Prime member perks), vast range of products, and unbeatable prices. Prime Day , in particular, can often lead to some regretful impulse buys (just because something is at its lowest price ever doesn't mean you need to buy it). With the Amazon shopping holiday on the horizon, officially kicking off on July 8, you may be wondering how to return unwanted items purchased at Amazon.

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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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Slashgear

JUNE 20, 2025

Wondering why some outlets are hard to plug into? It’s likely because of tamper-resistant receptacles—here’s why they’re used and how they work.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 20, 2025

Amazon Prime Day is here to unleash massive savings as we head into summer. Officially the longest Prime Day yet, the shopping event will span four whole days starting on July 8, 2025. There will be plenty of deals to choose from — many of which are already live — but the savings won't last forever. If you're looking to score the deepest of discounts, then you need to mark your calendars now.

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Slashgear

JUNE 20, 2025

Some PC parts work great used, but others need to be new to stay reliable — know the difference to save cash without risking your build.

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JUNE 20, 2025

Since 1975, Oakley has pioneered sport and culture through breakthrough technology and future-forward design. And now, Meta and Oakley are teaming up to deliver a.

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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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