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The XR Week Peek (2025.01.15): Many XR devices were at CES, Quest 3S is the most sold console of 2024, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Im back in Italy after my very positive experience at CES! I still cant believe that Ive been to this huge event I came back home that everything in my body was hurting, but I was happy nonetheless. Its been great going there from all points of view: as a blogger, enthusiast, and entrepreneur all sides of me are happy. Of course, CES is going to be the main topic of this weekly roundup, but there have also been interesting news not coming directly from there.

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Choosing the Best VR Headset for Business: Features, Pricing and Reviews

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Ready to invest in the best VR headset for business users? Youre in good company. By the end of 2028, IDC forecasts around 24.7 million VR headsets will be shipping worldwide each year. Analysts believe a hefty portion of those devices will heading towards enterprise users. Thats because countless organizations are beginning to discover the benefits of VR hardware for workplace use cases.

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‘PowerWash Simulator VR’ Studio Announces End of Updates Only 14 Months After Launch

Road to VR

PowerWash Simulator garnered viral success when it launched on Steam Early Access in 2021, prompting developer FuturLab to not only add a mountain of DLC to the game, but also port the flatscreen hit to a standalone VR title. Now, the studio says it’s shelving PowerWash Simulator VR (2023) only 14 months since its launch on Quest. The team released the news in a post on X , seen below in full: “I am so sorry to let you know that we won’t be continuing support of PowerWash Simul

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VR Workplace Productivity: Enhancing Productivity and Immersive Collaboration with VR Headsets

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Welcome to the new era of VR workplace productivity. Only a few years ago, virtual reality headsets and extended reality technologies were little more than novelties. Now, immersive solutions are transforming every industry. Enterprises use VR systems to revolutionize learning, collaboration, and employee engagement. Manufacturers use VR to streamline and enhance product development.

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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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Where Does Mobile AR Sit as We Enter 2025?

AR Insider

In all the excitement around mixed reality and AI smart glasses, we often forget about XR's most scalable format today: Mobile AR. How does the sub-sector fare as we enter 2025? This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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GRIM Takes VR Survival Multiplayer To Mars This Week In Early Access On Quest & Steam

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GRIM, a VR multiplayer survival sandbox set on Mars that's inspired by RUST, kicks off its early access alpha this week on Quest and Steam. Developed by one-person team Spoonfed Interactive with support from Combat Waffle Studios ( Ghosts of Tabor , Silent North ), GRIM promises a focus on realism with a sci-fi twist. Set in a post-apocalyptic world featuring PvP and PvE elements, you try to survive following failed Martian colonization efforts.

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EON Reality Partners with The Millennium Education Group in Pakistan to Revolutionize Learning through the EON Spatial AI R&D Grant Program

EON Reality

IRVINE, CA – January 14, 2025 – EON Reality, the world leader in AI-assisted Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality-based knowledge transfer for industry and education, proudly announces a new partnership with The Millennium Education Group (TME) in Pakistan through the EON Spatial AI R&D Grant Program. This collaboration marks a significant advancement in bringing state-of-the-art XR technologies to education in Pakistan, further expanding EON Reality’s global footprint.

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Meta Removed The App For Viewing Your Achievements On Quest

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Meta removed the Quest Scoreboards app, which let you view your achievements inside the headset. The removal of the app was announced to users in an email last year, and has now happened. Here's what that email read: We are getting in touch to let you know that on 20 December 2024, Meta Quest Scoreboards will be discontinued and no longer available on Quest.

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The Next Giant of High-End VR? Pimax Triples Growth in Just Three Years

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Shanghai-based VR hardware manufacturer Pimax Technology has secured a 100 million C1+ financing round, marking one of China’s largest VR investments of 2024. The deal – spearheaded by Zhuji Jingkai Chuangrong Investment alongside existing backer Ivy Capital – comes at a pivotal moment for the company, which has seen its revenue double annually for three straight years.

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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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Tablecraft Promises An Early Access 'Mad Science' VR Sandbox This Week On Quest

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Tablecraft promises a free mad science VR sandbox title, and it's out this week in early access on Quest. Developed by three-person studio Not Suspicious, best known for its work on mixed reality title Airspace Defender , Tablecraft lets you combine atomic blocks to create over 80 different recipes. Items crafted from radioactive blocks become radioactive as well, you can feed different inventions to your mutant pet, and discover over 900 Isotopes by modding the neutrons in your atomic blocks.

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Meta’s Horizon OS Expansion Reportedly to Kick Off with Premium ASUS Headset, Claims Trusted Leaker

Road to VR

Meta announced in April of last year that it was preparing to release Horizon OS , its Quest-exclusive operating system, to third-party headsets for the first time. XR devices running Horizon OS were set to arrive from ASUS, Lenovo, and Xbox, although Meta has remained tightlipped about the headsets since. Now, a report from trusted serial leaker ‘ Luna ‘ points to Asus being the first out of the gate.

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EON Reality Unveils Comprehensive White Paper on Groundbreaking AI-Driven AR Avatars Powered by NVIDIA Cosmos to Revolutionize Training and Real-Life Assistance

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IRVINE, CA January 14, 2025 EON Reality, the world leader in AI-assisted Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality-based knowledge transfer for industry and education , is excited to announce its latest advancement in artificial intelligence and augmented reality integration. In a new White Paper, EON Realitys AI-Powered Avatars: Revolutionizing AR Training with NVIDIA Cosmos , that is leveraging the cutting-edge capabilities of NVIDIA Cosmos , EON Reality is set to enhance its simulator capabil