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The breaking news round-up: Decagear launches today, Pimax announces new headsets, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Yesterday I published my usual roundup of the most interesting AR/VR news of the week. But during the night so many important announcements have been done that I felt the need of writing this addendum to my roundup. So enjoy this collection of breaking news about the XR ecosystem! Decagear launches today for $19.99 (Image by Decagear) Today, a surprising announcement shook the XR ecosystem.

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‘Zombie Army’ Coming to All Major VR Headsets Next Month, Trailer Here

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Rebellion announced it’s getting ready to release Zombie Army’s first VR game, bringing its co-op campaign to all major VR headsets next month. Coming to Quest 2 and above, PSVR 2 and SteamVR headsets May 22nd, Zombie Army VR brings the franchise’s zombie-ganking madness, enlisting you among the Deadhunters, an elite squad fighting to end the apocalypse. “Fight your way through undead hordes near the bombed-out city of Nuremberg to help Captain Hermann Wolff, the Deadhunt

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HTC vs Competitors: How HTC’s XR Hardware Stacks Up Against the Competition

XR Today - Virtual Reality

HTC vs. competitors: Which XR vendor should you look at for the best enterprise-grade hardware? For years, HTC has held a strong position in the enterprise market, offering companies flexible, versatile, and ergonomic devices with premium-quality features. Already, companies across industries are tapping into the benefits of HTC headsets, using them for everything from surgical training and patient care to team collaboration.

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‘Train Sim World’ Arrives on Quest, Letting You Take on the Mean Rails of New York City

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Train Sim World is finally here on Quest, bringing its realistic train driving experience to VR for first time. Called Train Sim World VR: New York, the game lets you become a train driver on New York’s MTA Harlem Line, which includes a Career Mode tasking you to carry out instructions from Rail Traffic Control and complete challenges along the way.

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The Future of eLearning in 2022: A Sensitive Eye for Authentic Translation and Localization

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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Case Study: GE Elevates Medical Training with AR

AR Insider

In Volume 2 of this series, we examined GE Healthcares AR-guided warehousing. Now we revisit the company for a different function: training. It wanted to evolve the way it trains technicians that service CT and MRI scanners. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Virtual Desktop's New macOS Update Is Smoother Than Apple's Mac Virtual Display

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Virtual Desktop rewrote its macOS streamer from scratch, letting you spawn extra monitors and offering higher framerate and lower latency than even Apple's Mac Virtual Display. While Virtual Desktop doesn't support its now-flagship PC VR streaming feature on macOS, since neither Meta's PC VR runtime nor Valve's SteamVR even support macOS , it does stream your monitors as 2D virtual surfaces, which was actually the app's original feature before VR streaming.

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Traditional Artisan Marketplace Launched: Breakthrough App Developed Using AI-Powered EON Entrepreneur Guide

EON Reality

IRVINE, CA April 1, 2025 EON Reality, the world leader in AI-assisted Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality-based knowledge transfer for industry and education, is proud to announce the launch of a groundbreaking digital marketplace for traditional artisans using EON Reality’s AI-Powered EON Entrepreneur Guide. The Traditional Artisan Marketplace platform represents a significant advancement in fair trade e-commerce, connecting artisans directly with global consumers while ensuring craft

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Walkabout Mini Golf's Grip-To-Puppet Is A Really Good Time

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Who needs a social network if you have a hand? A new feature announced on April Fools' Day in Walkabout Mini Golf means you'll never have to be alone again in VR. Just turn your putter into a sock puppet. I tested grip-to-puppet for real. Double The Roleplay Grip-to-Putt is the original Walkabout Mini Golf feature that requires the grip button on a VR controller to be pressed in order to hit the ball.

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Rural Skills Marketplace Debuts: Innovative Platform Developed Using AI-Powered EON Entrepreneur Guide

EON Reality

IRVINE, CA April 1, 2025 EON Reality, the world leader in AI-assisted Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality-based knowledge transfer for industry and education , is proud to announce the launch of a transformative digital platform addressing rural employment challenges using EON Reality’s AI-Powered Entrepreneur Guide. The Rural Skills Marketplace connects workers in rural communities with relevant training and employment opportunities based on real-time market demand , while providing m

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How to Train Employees 65% Faster With Virtual Reality

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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The Quest+ Monthly Redeemable Games For April Are Breachers & Thrasher

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Breachers and Thrasher are the Meta Quest+ monthly redeemable titles for April 2025. What Is Meta Quest+? The Meta Quest+ subscription lets you redeem two pre-selected games each month as well as access the titles in its Games Catalog. Redeeming these monthly games lets you play them while your subscription remains active. Should you cancel the subscription, previously redeemed games won't be playable until you resubscribe.

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Former Snap Exec Launches Higgsfield To Bring Cinematic Camera Language To AI-Generated Video

Charlie Fink

Former Snap exec Alex Mashrabov launches Higgsfield AI, a platform bringing cinematic camera control to generative video for short-form storytelling.

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Alibaba’s TaoAvatar: Virtual Humans for Your Workspace

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Alibaba Group has unveiled TaoAvatar , a new technology that brings photorealistic, full-body talking 3D virtual humans to augmented reality. These aren’t just static models they’re responsive digital counterparts that can listen, speak, express emotions, and act naturally in three-dimensional spaces. Meet Your Digital Twin TaoAvatar creates lifelike 3D avatars that look just like real people and can carry on real-time conversations in AR environments.

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Swipe Less, Play More: How Gaming And Human Connection, Not Just AI, Can Save Dating Apps

Cathy Hackl

The next generation of dating platforms won't look like digital catalogs. They'll feel like digital playgrounds that eventually lead to meaningful IRL connections.

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Are You Still Watching? How to Create Engaging Presentations for Virtual Learning

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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Meta HUD Glasses Price, Features & Input Device Reportedly Revealed

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A new Bloomberg report details the price and features of Meta's upcoming HUD glasses, and claims that Meta's neural wristband will be in the box. The Verge, The Information, The Financial Times, and Bloomberg's Mark Gurman have all previously reported that Meta intends to release smart glasses with a heads-up display (HUD) in late 2025, codenamed Hypernova.