This site uses cookies to improve your experience. To help us insure we adhere to various privacy regulations, please select your country/region of residence. If you do not select a country, we will assume you are from the United States. Select your Cookie Settings or view our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Used for the proper function of the website
Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Strictly Necessary: Used for the proper function of the website
Performance/Analytics: Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
Late last year, Sightful announced it was cancelling its unique laptop with built-in AR glasses , instead pivoting to build a version of its AR workspace software for Windows. Now the company has released Spacetop for Windows, which lets you transform your environment into a private virtual display for productivity on the go. Like its previous hardware, Spacetop works with XREAL AR glasses, however the new subscription-based app is targeting a much broader set of AI PCs, including the latest har
I would like to say that this has been an exciting week for XR, but it wouldnt be true: actually, probably also because of the vacations for the 1st of May, it has been one of the most boring weeks of the year in our field. But Im excited anyway since Im going to have a couple of interesting trips waiting for me You will discover it all in tomorrows article!
Apple and Google are both handed unfavorable rulings while Meta's Q1 earnings suggest more than a million XR devices sold. led by Ray-Ban Metas. We have these and other items from XR and AI realms through the eyes of Charlie Fink. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
Lasertag's developer implemented continuous scene meshing on Quest 3 & 3S, eliminating the need for the room setup process and avoiding its problems. Quest 3 and Quest 3S let you scan your room to generate a 3D scene mesh that mixed reality apps can use to allow virtual objects to interact with physical geometry or reskin your environment. But there are two major problems with Meta's current system.
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.
Puzzling Places(2021) has been a long-time favorite immersive puzzle game, bringing a heap of its real-world scanned 3D jigsaw puzzles to players in both virtual and mixed reality. Now developer Realities.io is preparing to release it on PC, which will include both VR and flatscreen modes. Realities.io says it’s remastering a selection of 30 of its “most beloved” puzzles with the upcoming PC release, which is including additional attachments, animations and audio effects.
Puzzling Places(2021) has been a long-time favorite immersive puzzle game, bringing a heap of its real-world scanned 3D jigsaw puzzles to players in both virtual and mixed reality. Now developer Realities.io is preparing to release it on PC, which will include both VR and flatscreen modes. Realities.io says it’s remastering a selection of 30 of its “most beloved” puzzles with the upcoming PC release, which is including additional attachments, animations and audio effects.
IRVINE, CA May 2 , 2025 EON Reality, the world leader in AI-assisted Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality-based knowledge transfer for industry and education, today launched a major strategic initiative aimed at building the highly skilled workforce crucial for Tennessee’s rapidly expanding automotive and Electric Vehicle (EV) manufacturing landscape.
For organizations seeking to create meaningful and efficient service experiences, AR offers powerful tools that blend digital precision with real-world context. We examine the ways. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
Star Wars VR games are deeply discounted today for Star Wars day. Deep discounts are available across Quest, PlayStation, and Steam for the Vader Immortal series, Squadrons, Tales From The Galaxy's Edge, and Pinball. Vader Immortal (Quest, Rift, PSVR 1) Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series is a trilogy of interactive VR adventures where you play as a Force-sensitive smuggler and, while we won't spoil the rest of the plot for you, as you can probably guess it involves meeting Darth Vader.
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.
Ghosts of Tabor (2024) has been available on Quest and PC VR headsets since 2023, arguably becoming the premier extraction shooter in VR to date. While we initially expected the PSVR 2 version to arrive shortly after its early access release on Quest and Steam, after multiple delays developer Combat Waffle Studios says it’s finally heading to PSVR 2 on May 7th.
IRVINE, CA May 5, 2025 EON Reality, the global leader in augmented and virtual reality-based knowledge transfer for industry and education, today announced the launch of the EON-MCP AI Academy Builder , a groundbreaking platform that allows educational institutions and corporations to rapidly deploy customized XR learning environments through simple conversation with an AI assistant.
What is tone mapping and why does it matter? This is the topic of the latest Future Of podcast episode, featuring Emmett Lalish, an aerospace-engineer-turned-3D-rendering-expert whose journey spans rocket science, 3D printing, real-time rendering and VFX. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
The Horizon OS v77 system software update started to roll out last week in the PTC (Public Test Channel). What Is the Public Test Channel (PTC)? The Public Test Channel (PTC) is Meta Quest's beta release channel. If you opt in, your headset receives a pre-release build of each Quest system software, now technically called Horizon OS , version. Note that there are often features in the eventual stable version not present in the PTC, and occasionally (but rarely) features or changes in the PTC don
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.
This week’s roundup highlights significant developments in the augmented reality smart glasses landscape. Amazon’s Alexa Fund has invested heavily in IXI, a secretive AR startup, signalling its continued interest in this technology, particularly for applications like delivery services. Simultaneously, Vuzix is bolstering its innovation capabilities with a new Silicon Valley facility, while Sightful shifts its Spacetop AR productivity solution towards the burgeoning AI PC market.
Industry Direct by PHI Studio Industry Direct is our program for sponsors who want to speak directly to the Road to VR newsletter audience. Industry Direct posts are written by sponsors with no involvement from the Road to VR editorial team and do not appear in our front-page editorial feed. Industry Direct sponsors help make Road to VR possible. Are you an artist, designer, or creative technologist working with XR, immersive storytelling, or interactive media?
IRVINE, CA April 25, 2025 EON Reality the global leader in AI-assisted Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality-based knowledge transfer for industry and education, launches a groundbreaking rural logistics ecosystem using EON Reality’s AI-Powered Entrepreneur Guide. The Last-Mile Delivery Platform provides a technology-enabled solution that connects rural consumers with e-commerce and essential goods, addressing the critical challenges that major platforms deliver to only 15-20% of PIN cod
What do Meta's Q1 earnings tell us about headset unit sales? And what does that in turn signal for aggregate demand and XR sector health? We do some financial reverse engineering. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
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.
Managing a smart home while somewhere in VR is doable with Homerise for Apple Vision Pro. Smart homes have been promised for decades while the reality of functionality and features remain out of reach for a range of technical reasons. One such reason still with us today is that a physical switch installed on a lamp in the 20th century can effectively take the device offline by simply killing the power at the wrong point in the circuit.
If you thought that extended reality headsets were transforming the workplace, just wait until you start upgrading your immersive experiences with the sense of touch. Wearable haptics, for business use cases like training, collaboration, and even product design, are becoming increasingly popular. These days, we have a lot more than just VR gloves bringing tangibility into immersive environments.
Impact Reality, parent company of Flat2VR Studios, has opened a new publishing wing dedicated exclusively to bringing VR natives to market. Impact Reality announced in March 2024 it was forming Flat2VR Studios , a team led by VR modders dedicated to adapting flatscreen games to VR. Now, with Impact Inked, Impact Reality says its new publishing label will be dedicated to immersive games built from the ground up for VR, something the company says will allow it to support XR developers in “ne
IRVINE, CA April 30, 2025 EON Reality, the global leader in augmented and virtual reality-based knowledge transfer for industry and education, today unveiled its AI Academies platform , offering a transformative partnership approach that guides educational institutions through complete AI-powered reinvention for the knowledge economy. Why It Matters Educational institutions worldwide face existential challenges from technological disruption, funding pressures, and evolving workforce demands: T
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?
This week on Reality Bytes, we unpack WhatsApps new privacy power move, Pinterests radical school-hours experiment, and the real story behind Googles AI search dominance. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
We went hands-on with Immerrock, a mixed reality guitar training game for Meta Quest. Last year, for no distinct reason, and certainly not because Id just trudged through my 40 th birthday entering my peak midlife crisis era, I suddenly decided to learn how to play guitar. My new Epiphone Les Paul arrived in two days, and with great excitement, I plugged in the amp, sat down with the guitar cradled lovingly in my arms, and realized I didnt know how to play.
Vuzix Corporation recently announced the acquisition of a waveguide research and development facility in Milpitas, California, allowing Vuzix to supercharge waveguide tools that are integral for its next-generation of workplace AI-driven smart glasses and those of its ODM/OEM partners. Paul Travers, President and CEO of Vuzix, added : Vuzix continues to drive innovation in waveguide optics and display technology, enabling the development of next-generation AI-powered smart glasses.
India is poised to make a significant mark on the global gaming landscape withThe Age of Bhaarat, an upcoming action RPG that deeply roots itself in Indian culture, mythology, and storytelling. Developed by Tara Gaming, an Indian studio co-founded by veteran game developer Noredine Abboud (known forTom Clancys Ghost Recon Wildlands), iconic actor Amitabh Bachchan, and bestselling author Amish Tripathi (famous for theShiva Trilogy), this game represents a landmark moment for Indian gaming.
Speaker: Micah Eppler, Account Executive for Rehearsal of eLearning Brothers
Did you know that companies such as Paychex, 3M, and Honeywell are getting better results by incorporating video-based practice and coaching within their L&D strategy? From sales pitches to soft skills, learners are becoming top performers by applying and validating knowledge transfer using the unique benefits of video. Whether used as a stand-alone application or integrated with a learning platform, video-based practice and coaching platforms give learners the ultimate opportunity to repeatedly
We organize all of the trending information in your field so you don't have to. Join 3,000+ users and stay up to date on the latest articles your peers are reading.
You know about us, now we want to get to know you!
Let's personalize your content
Let's get even more personalized
We recognize your account from another site in our network, please click 'Send Email' below to continue with verifying your account and setting a password.
255 
Let's personalize your content