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APRIL 17, 2025

XR indie Flip Axis Studios announced a multiplayer VR skateboarding game that promises to bring actual skating action toQuest 3 and SteamVRminus the risk of rolled ankles and broken limbs. Called Virtual Skate, the newly announced VR game is said to evolve skateboarding games by “giving players full 3D control over their feetdirectly with their hands.” It’s also set to include a physics-based system, letting you control the board and style tricks in “ways not possible wit

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AR Insider

APRIL 17, 2025

Tim Cook is reportedly "hell bent" on beating Meta to market with AR glasses while Infinite Reality acquires Touchcast for $500 million and Sandbox VR finds its groove. We have these and other items from XR and AI worlds. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Road to VR

APRIL 17, 2025

It’s been over a week since Sid Meier’s Civilization VII – VR (2025) launched on Quest 3, and although developer PlaySide Studios has issued a performance update following its April 9th release, players are still struggling with poor performance and crashes of the $60 VR port. Developed by PlaySide Studios in partnership with original developer Firaxis Games, Civilization VII – VR brought the sprawling real-time strategy game to VR for the first time,including both solo a

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AR Insider

APRIL 17, 2025

ARtillery Intelligence today released a new report that calculates global investments in private XR companies in 2024 at $16.5 billion a 4.5 percent year-over-year decrease. What are top drivers, dynamics, and strategic takeaways? 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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Road to VR

APRIL 17, 2025

ILM and Lucasfilm today revealed gameplay of their upcoming Quest 3 game, Star Wars: Beyond Victory – A Mixed Reality Playset, which offers up both virtual and mixed reality gameplay. In partnership with Meta,the studios served up a first hands-on with the game to attendees at Star Wars Celebration 2025, taking place April 18-20 in Tokyo, Japan.

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APRIL 17, 2025

The same developer who got PlayStation VR2's eye tracking working on PC now has HDR partially working too. While PlayStation VR2 officially supports PC VR through Sony's SteamVR driver, the headset currently lacks its standout features on PC, including eye tracking, HDR, headset rumble, and adaptive triggers, though the developer of Cactus Cowboy got the triggers working back in September.

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EON Reality

APRIL 17, 2025

IRVINE, CA April 17, 2025 EON Reality, the world leader in AI-assisted Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality-based knowledge transfer for industry and education, today announced a pivotal strategic initiative designed specifically to support Poland’s ambitious defense modernization program and its critical role on NATO’s Eastern Flank. This initiative launches the specialized “AI Academy for Defense – Polish Modernization Track,” supercharged by EON Realitys revolu

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APRIL 17, 2025

A leaker shared images of what they suggest is the battery cable for the next Apple Vision headset, which they claim is "graphite dark blue". The leaker, who goes by the handle Kosutami, has previously shared apparent images of other Apple prototype cables. Now, Kosutami has shared images that they cryptically suggest show the battery cable for the next Apple Vision headset.

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APRIL 17, 2025

IRVINE, CA April 17, 2025 EON Reality, the world leader in AI-assisted Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality-based knowledge transfer for industry and education, today announced the launch of the EON AI for Manufacturing Renaissance Grant Program , a transformative $6.55 million initiative designed to address the critical workforce skills gap threatening America’s historic manufacturing revival.

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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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APRIL 17, 2025

According to its founder, REK will be a VR robot fighting game where the top players are flown out to pilot humanoid robots in fights at physical events. REK comes from XR entrepreneur Cix Liv, who previously cofounded the VR livestreaming tool LIV and the VR fitness tracker YUR. Cix had previously envisioned REK as a mixed reality fighting game in 2022, but canceled that idea in 2023 citing low audience interest as well as the technical and practical issues inherent in using headsets outdoors.

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APRIL 17, 2025

Google recently surprised tech enthusiasts by showcasing prototype AR glasses during a TED talk hosted by Shahram Izadi , Google’s head of augmented reality and extended reality. While the sleek, lightweight glasses impressed with their capabilities, reports suggest we might need to wait until 2026 before they hit the market. An Impressive Demo During the demonstration, Izadi showed off several notable features of the prototype glasses: Live translation from Farsi to English Document scann

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APRIL 17, 2025

Pirates VR: Jolly Roger is dropping the anchor next month on PlayStation VR2. Developed by Split Light Studio, Pirates VR: Jolly Roger first released on Steam back in January. You find yourself exploring cursed Caribbean islands as you search for treasure while fighting off undead pirates, exploring strange ruins and more, joined by a trusted yet sarcastic parrot companion.

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APRIL 17, 2025

Google ruled guilty of ad-tech monopoly, Meta defends old acquisitions, OpenAI builds a social platform, and Infinite Reality adds AI avatars with Touchcast deal.

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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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APRIL 17, 2025

Atari and Jeff Minter's remake of classic arcade shooter I, Robot is now available on PlayStation VR2. Revealed back in February, I, Robot is a new retro revival by veteran publisher Atari with Jeff Minter's UK-based studio Llamasoft. Featuring 55 levels, unique bonus stages, procedural music and online leaderboards, this arcade-like game sees you play as an ox-headed robot determined to outwit the all-seeing eye within a psychedelic kaleidoscopic visualizer.

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APRIL 17, 2025

Last month, our friends at ILM and Lucasfilm announced Star Wars: Beyond Victory - A Mixed Reality Playset, now in development exclusively for Quest 3.

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APRIL 17, 2025

Resist just received its first update since being released on PlayStation VR2 last week. New to Binary Mills open world city swinger is that 120Hz is the new default mode for PS5 Pro, offering users a more comfortable view of the hectic first-person action. Elsewhere in the Resist update, social screen tearing has been fixed, a rare issue where players were dropping through the world should no longer occur, and the game should no longer hang on a black screen for those attempting to change langu

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Oculus

APRIL 17, 2025

Today, Trombone Champ: Unflattened! releases its new Get A Grip! updateand its a big one for all you budding trombone virtuosos out there (or trombone-based.

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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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APRIL 17, 2025

ILM just revealed the first details of Star Wars: Beyond Victory - A Mixed Reality Playset, including footage of gameplay. The studio behind the Vader Immortal trilogy and Tales from the Galaxys Edge announced the upcoming Quest 3 and Quest 3S exclusive title last month. That initial announcement came with no gameplay footage or screenshots, and minimal details beyond that it will put you inside the world of podracing like never before and let you meet up-and-comer Volo Bolus, who joins forces w

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APRIL 17, 2025

In the rapidly evolving landscape of gaming technology, the OWATCH AR Car Racing simulator stands out as a groundbreaking innovation, blending the thrill of real-world racing with the immersive capabilities of Augmented Reality (AR). This in-depth review aims to dissect the features, performance, user experience, and overall value of the OWATCH AR Car Racing simulator, culminating in practical recommendations for potential buyers. 1.

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APRIL 17, 2025

Eggy, a new dragon-raising mixed reality pet simulator, is now available on Quest 3 and 3S. Developed by Australian studio Spunge Games, Eggy starts inside your home with a glowing dragon egg and a mystical 'Book of Lore' that serves as your guide. Once hatched, your job is to raise the small creature as it learns to walk, explore and eventually fly.

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Oculus

APRIL 17, 2025

In GORN, players punched, stabbed, and slashed their way through hundredsmaybe thousandsof musclebound enemies. But what happened after all those goliaths flopped to the sand.

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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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APRIL 17, 2025

Virtual Skate is a physics-based skating simulator coming soon to Quest 3 and SteamVR. Developed by Flip Axis Studios, Virtual Skate is precisely what it says on the tin: an immersive skateboarding simulator that allows players to Ollie and grind to their hearts' content in virtual reality. A new gameplay teaser for the VR experience dropped yesterday on YouTube, and you can check it out below: 0:00 / 0:21 1 In a press release for Virtual Skate, Flip Axis Studios explained that when skating, pla

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Road to VR

APRIL 17, 2025

Wide sweeping tariffs levied by US President Donald Trump have led to uncertainty in just how the XR hardware industry will react. Now, Bigscreen says its recently announced Beyond 2 PC VR headset will not see a price increase as a result. Bigscreen released a statement on X wherein the company maintains its Beyond 2 headset, priced at$1,019, isn’t getting a price bump despite increased tariffs applied to many goods manufactured in China.

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APRIL 17, 2025

Mixed reality city builder Wall Town Wonders is being adapted for VR, and it's coming to Steam and PlayStation VR2 very soon. Developed by Cyborn, who also worked on Hubris and Buck the Game, Wall Town Wonders initially appeared last November as a more casual mixed reality title on Quest. Your goal is to craft homes and amenities for this quirky cast of local citizens, with over 100 unique buildings and more than 40 characters included.

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APRIL 17, 2025

At TED2025 Google showed off sleek smart glasses with a HUD, though the company described them as "conceptual hardware". Shahram Izadi, Google's Android XR lead, took to the TED stage earlier this month to show off both the HUD glasses and Samsung's upcoming XR headset , and the 15-minute talk is now publicly available to watch. 0:00 / 2:18 1 A supercut of the TED2025 demo.

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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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