Road to VR

MAY 23, 2025

Meta announced it’s now running a test in Quest’s latest Horizon OS release (v77) that overhauls the platform’s dock-based UI for a new launcher overlay. Additionally, Meta says some users will also see 3D Instagram photos in their feed on Quest too, which is neat. First teased at Connect 2024, Meta is finally bringing Navigator to Quest, which serves as a new centralized hub for apps, quick actions, and system functions. “As part of our work to develop a fully spatial op

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MAY 23, 2025

AWE 2025 brings XR and AI together with 250+ exhibitors, smart glasses demos, and top speakers like Evan Spiegel, Palmer Lucky, and Nolan Bushnell.

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MAY 23, 2025

A new research paper published by Stanford VR researchers in the top social science journal combs through decades of study and suggests five ground truths about the medium. The chart below from the paper in Nature Human Behavior outlines the implications for researchers and consumers of key findings from decades of psychological research in VR. Regular readers will be familiar with some of these ideas, but for those reaching this page through a VR-initiated friend who sent it to them?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 23, 2025

The future of technology is rapidly unfolding, and this week’s announcements from industry giants like Google, Meta, and Microsoft offer a compelling glimpse into what’s next. From advancements in artificial intelligence and mixed reality to the burgeoning adoption of smart wearables and sophisticated digital twins, innovation is accelerating across diverse sectors.

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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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MAY 23, 2025

Anime-inspired roguelite Mecha Force received its full release on Quest alongside a PC VR port. Following an early access launch in December, Mecha Force from developer Ming Studio takes inspiration from Shin Getter Robo and Gurren Lagann, and it's officially hit version 1.0 on Quest. Set in a post-apocalyptic world where alien machines called Dominators continue fighting humanity, we're tasked with defeating them by controlling a steel giant known as KYLIN.

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MAY 23, 2025

Into The Darkness, the physics-based PC VR action game, confirmed an early access launch next week. Developed by 9 lives and Cosmos Games, Into The Darkness is an atmospheric narrative-driven sci-fi adventure that also features an experimental sandbox mode for freely spawning enemies, weapons and more. Playing as Agent Frank, this dystopian tale sees you tasked with infiltrating a secret base called AARC as you fight androids and uncover the mysteries within. 0:00 / 1:33 1 Into The Darkness prom

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MAY 23, 2025

Summer Fest is backonly in Meta Horizon. School may be out, but class is in session: Whether youre exploring virtual worlds, battling with friends, or.

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MAY 23, 2025

Meta has partnered with Blumhouse to bring social VR experiences based on its movies to Horizon Worlds. Blumhouse is the studio behind the biggest horror movie franchises of the 21st century, including Paranormal Activity, Insidious, Sinister, The Purge, Split, Get Out, M3GAN, and the cinema adaptation of Five Nights at Freddy's. The Blumhouse Horrorverse world in Horizon includes experiences based on M3GAN, The Purge, Wolf Man, The Black Phone, and more.

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Voices of VR

MAY 23, 2025

We are in the middle of a hype cycle peak around AI as there are a lot of hyperbolic claims being made about the capabilities and performance of large-language models (LLMs). Computational Linguist Emily M. Bender and Sociologist Alex Hanna have been writing academic papers about the limitations of LLMs, as well as some of […] We are in the middle of a hype cycle peak around AI as there are a lot of hyperbolic claims being made about the capabilities and performance of large-language model

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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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