Fri.Feb 14, 2025

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Mil-Sim Shooter ‘Onward’ Announces First Major Update After a Year-long Wait

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Onward (2020) , the tactical mil-sim shooter from Meta-owned Downpour Interactive , is getting a big 2.0 update soon. It’s been a long time coming too, as the game’s last major update was nearly one year ago. Onward hasn’t been abandoned, although it has seen fairly light updates in the year since the studio released its big ‘Mercenary’ update, which brought to the game in February 2024 a PVE mode and various graphic tweeks.

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VR Tactical Shooter Tier One: Direct Action Kicks Off Early Access On Quest Soon

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Tier One: Direct Action, a VR tactical shooter inspired by ArmA and Rainbow Six Siege, launches next week in early access on Quest. Developed by Niorun Studios, Tier One: Direct Action focuses on teamwork, strategic gameplay, and authentic military mechanics. The initial early access release features a Sabotage and Team Deathmatch mode, an arsenal of over 12 weapons and attachments with a focus on realistic handling, alongside two maps with day and night variants and destructible environments. 0

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Next ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Game Scrubs Mention of PSVR 2 Support Ahead of PS5 Release

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Steel Wool Studios announced the release date of Five Nights at Freddy’s: Secret of the Mimic earlier this week, coming to PS5 and PC on June 13th. While the game was previously shown on PSVR 2, the studio has now removed any mention of PSVR 2 support, which is raising some eyebrows. Initially shown at PAX West 2024 in a playable PSVR 2 demo, Five Nights at Freddy’s: Secret of the Mimic was ostensibly set to be a VR and flatscreen hybrid offering from the XR studio.

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Onward Will Get 'Massive' Graphics Overhaul In 2.0 Update Later This Year

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VR tactical shooter Onward will receive a major revamp in this year's 2.0 update. Over eight years since its initial launch, multiplayer shooter Onward will now receive its biggest update ever this year. Meta confirmed this will introduce a massive graphical overhaul across weapons and utilities, new map content, and a new Operator system with over 20 new characters being introduced.

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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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‘Skydance’s BEHEMOTH’ Adds Over 700 Fixes in Second Major Patch, Now Live on All Platforms

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Skydance’s Behemoth (2024) didn’t launch without its fair share of issues late last year, something developer Skydance Games hopes to nail down in its latest patch, which is being addressed in over 700 community-sourced fixes. The latest update, released on February 12th, is the game’s second major patch, the first of which launched back in December mostly addressing combat balancing.

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‘Alien: Rogue Incursion’ Arrives on Quest 3: Upgraded Gameplay But Downgraded Graphics

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Alien: Rogue Incursion initially launched on PSVR 2 and PC VR headsets in December, bringing the first VR-native game to the storied ‘Alien’ franchise. Now, developer Survios has finally released the game on Quest 3. In our launch-day review , we noted the game’s Xenomorph encounters, highlighted by the enemy’s raptor-like hunting style, were indeed pulse-raising, although were overly encumbered by the sheer repetition of random encounters.

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Into the Radius 2 Early Access Coming Soon to Meta Quest

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The popular immersive survival shooter will infiltrate Quest 3 and 3S headsets in Q2 2025, with a price of $39.99. Into the Radius 2 is a survival shooter in which players must arm themselves with realistic weapons, team up with friends, and venture deep into the surreal and hostile environment known as the Pechorsk Security Zone. Developed by Estonian studio CM Games, Into the Radius 2 launched on Steam Early Access in mid-2024, and became one of just two VR-only Steam games to surpass over 100

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EON Reality and Uganda’s UICT Elevate Partnership with Transformative AI Advancements

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IRVINE, CA – February 14, 2025 – EON Reality, the world’s leading provider of AI-assisted Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality-based knowledge transfer, is thrilled to announce an upgraded partnership agreement with the Uganda Institute of Information and Communications Technology (UICT). This latest enhancement in collaboration is set to redefine educational capabilities through state-of-the-art technological advancements, directly addressing scalability, accessibility, and c

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Horizon Worlds Now Has 'Fantastical Avatars', Including Captain America

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Meta's Horizon Worlds platform now has 'Fantastical Avatars', including the new Captain America. Meta overhauled its avatars in October with the 2.0 update , for both Horizon and third-party apps using the SDK. But a major criticism of Horizon Worlds has been the narrow focus on human form avatars, while other platforms such as VRChat let users embody non-human (and even non-humanoid) characters, including those from popular fiction.

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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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Big XR News from Google, Microsoft, Samsung Qualcomm

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As AI summits steal headlines, the XR industry continues to mature, as major investment goals show how major players are pushing forward with XR technology. The industry is shaping up and ready for the rest of the year. The shark tank is growing, and leaders will emerge. Today’s news will determine tomorrow’s leaders, so keep your ears on the ground to learn about tomorrow’s XR champions.

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Real VR Fishing Continues The World Tour With Europe DLC Vol. 2 Soon

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Real VR Fishing continues its World Tour with new locations in the Europe DLC Vol. 2, arriving this month on Quest. Launching on February 26, Devs United Games confirmed its next DLC pack will add ten new locations across four European countries - Germany, France, Italy, and Spain. The upcoming DLC also introduces 30 new fishing species, such as the Sandbar Shark, European Squid, and Dusky Grouper.

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Ray-Ban Meta Success Signals Broader AR Market Momentum

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Strong Sales Performance Exceeds Expectations In their latest earnings call, EssilorLuxottica – Meta’s key smart glasses partner – revealed remarkable success for their Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses , with over 2 million units sold since their September 2023 launch. CFO Stefano Grassi highlighted the product’s strong performance in Europe: Just to give you an idea, it’s not just a success in the U.S., where it’s obvious, but it’s also [a] success here in Eu

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Quest Store February Sale Discounts Among Us VR, LEGO Bricktales, Ultrawings 2 & More

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Between Among Us VR, Ultrawings 2 and LEGO Bricktales, we've rounded up our highlights from the latest Quest Store sale. Now live as part of the ' Short Month Big Sale ' on Quest, Meta's latest major sale features discounts going over 50% off, and that's joined by the usual array of themed bundles. For example, ' Rogue-like Arenas ' includes both UNDERDOGS and Clone Drone in the Hyperdome, whereas ' History, Mystery, and Puzzles ' features The House of Da Vinci VR and The Room VR.

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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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Ray-Ban Meta Glasses Have Sold 2 Million Units, Production To Be Vastly Increased

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Ray-Ban Meta glasses have sold 2 million units so far, and the annual production capacity is being increased to 10 million by the end of 2026. These announcements come from EssilorLuxottica's CEO Francesco Milleri during the company's Q4 2024 earnings call this week. EssilorLuxottica owns the Ray-Ban brand. The Ray-Ban Meta glasses launched in October 2023, and a few weeks ago Mark Zuckerberg told staff that 1 million were sold in 2024.

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