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PSVR 2 Holiday Sales Volume Grew Massively Year-over-year on Amazon

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A big sale on PSVR 2 pushed the headset’s holiday sales volume on Amazon US higher than might have been expected, selling nearly five times more than last year. PSVR 2’s Black Friday and holiday sale brought a huge 42% discount on the Horizon bundle of the headset , dropping the US price from $550 to $350. Predictably, the sale increased the sales volume of the headset, but by even more than one might have expected.

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Will this New Virtual Reality Training Platform Move the Needle for Enterprise Skill-Management?

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This week, a new immersive training solution for businesses debuted. VR Vision, a turnkey XR solutions provider, launched Vision Portal, a virtual reality immersive learning platform that the firm is debuting in an effort to improve efficiency, safety, and skill development. VR Vision claims that it works with a strong portfolio of industry-leading clients, including Toyota, Coca-Cola, and Siemens, to help produce solutions that match the journey of boosting workplace transfer and training opti

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What’s End-to-End Encryption’s Role in XR?

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Cybersecurity continues to grow in step with the need to keep consumers safe in their digital interactions. This applies to XR, given even greater levels of sensitive data e.g., tracking and other biometrics than 2D media. What can be done about it? This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Ready At Dawn Was Working On A "Revolutionary" VR Game When Meta Shut It Down

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Ready At Dawn was working on one of the "most revolutionary VR games ever" when Meta shut it, the studio's co-founder claims. Seven months after the shutdown, Ready At Dawn co-founder Andrea Pessino gave a two hour interview with MinnMax about the studio's history, including its time under Meta. According to Pessino, the Facebook-owned Oculus originally "saved" Ready At Dawn by contracting the studio to build the original Lone Echo, and was "amazing" to work with.

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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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The Best Star Wars Movie In Years Is Made With AI

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Kavan Cardozas short is a Star Wars universe masterpiece. Made with Google Veo AI, it will be taken down hours after I publish this.

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EON Innovation Showcase 2025: A Historic Leap in Educational Transformation

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IRVINE, CA – February 12, 2025 – EON Reality, the world leader in AI-assisted Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality-based knowledge transfer for industry and education , hosted the much-anticipated EON Innovation Showcase 2025 in Singapore earlier today. This landmark event captivated global audiences, illustrating the pivotal role of AI in revolutionizing education and marking an epoch similar to the transformational impact of the Industrial Revolution in 1825.

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Alien: Rogue Incursion Quest Graphics Comparison - Why You Want PlayStation VR2 Or PC

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Alien: Rogue Incursion arrives on Quest 3 and 3S tomorrow after being delayed from last year. You can now see the differences between PC, PSVR 2 and Quest 3 headsets for yourself below. While Survios aims to bring the tension and atmosphere familiar to fans of the beloved franchise, the mobile release features several disappointments. After playing the game to completion on both PC and PlayStation VR2 for our full review last year, being back in this world again on Quest points to the numerous c

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Top Software Development Consulting Companies in 2025

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Discover the top software development consulting companies in 2025, delivering scalable, efficient solutions and measurable results for business growth.

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Atari's Psychedelic I, Robot Remake Features Optional PS VR2 Support

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Jeff Minter and Atari are remaking '80s classic arcade shooter I, Robot with PlayStation VR2 support. Announced today by the veteran publisher, Atari is once again collaborating with Jeff Minter's UK-based studio Llamasoft for a retro revival. Featuring 55 levels with unique tube-shooter bonus stages, I, Robot sees you play as an ox-headed robot determined to outwit the all-seeing eye.

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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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ESEN Partners with EON Reality for Educational Transformation in El Salvador

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IRVINE, CA February 12, 2025 EON Reality, the world leader in AI-assisted Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality-based knowledge transfer for industry and education, announces its strategic partnership with Escuela Superior de Economa y Negocios (ESEN), a well-known and respected higher education institution in El Salvador. This collaboration aims to integrate EON Realitys cutting-edge technologies, EON-XR and EON-AI, into its educational system, marking a significant step toward immersive and

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The Midnight Walk Brings Dark Claymation Fantasy To PS VR2 & Steam This May

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Dark fantasy claymation adventure The Midnight Walk confirmed a release date on PlayStation VR2 and Steam. Published by Fast Travel Games, The Midnight Walk by Moonhood comes from former Zoink ( Fe , Lost in Random ) developers Olov Redmalm and Klaus Lyngeled. Previously confirmed for a spring 2025 launch window, the studio revealed that it's now launching on May 8, 2025, and you can watch the new trailer below. 0:00 / 1:18 1 Initially revealed last September, The Midnight Walk sees you playing

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Oculus Founder’s Defense Company is Taking Over Microsoft’s Military AR Headset Project

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Palmer Luckey’s defense company Anduril is taking over Microsoft’s beleaguered Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) program, whichseeks to produce battlefield AR headsets for the United States Army. Although couched as a partnership” of sorts, Anduril says the dealstill pending Department of Defense approvalincludes assuming oversight of production of IVAS, including future development of hardware and software, and delivery timelines.

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Dystopian Action RPG Resist Is Heading To PlayStation VR2

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Dystopian VR action RPG Resist is heading to PlayStation VR2 with new enhancements. Initially launched in 2021, Resist by The Binary Mill sees you fighting back against an authoritarian regime while swinging across this open world in the city of Concord. As a new member of the resistance, Sam Finch, you're tasked with freeing this city from the Astra Corporation across a story-driven campaign.

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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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Microsoft HoloLens Loses $22 Billion Life Line to Oculus Founder! – IVAS Contract Ditched

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This week, Microsofts HoloLens took another major hit , potentially securing the end of the mixed-reality headset in the future. Following widespread device discontinuation reports and a roadmap of finality regarding its HoloLens technical support, Microsoft lost its last major lifeline with the loss of the US Military IVAS contract worth a reported $22 billion.

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Five Nights At Freddy's: Secret Of The Mimic Confirms June Launch On PS VR2

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Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic released its first gameplay trailer, confirming a June launch on PlayStation VR2. Following on from 2023's Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 , Steel Wool Studios is bringing the next main entry to VR platforms as well. Previously confirmed for PlayStation VR2, Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic revealed our first public look at gameplay during Sony's latest State of Play presentation.

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Sale Countdown: Upgrade Your Business with 15% OFF Commercial VR

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Dreams Of Another Turns Destruction Into Creation This Year On PlayStation VR2

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Created by the PixelJunk studio, Dreams of Another seeks to turn destruction into creation this year on PlayStation VR2. Developed by Q-Games and directed by multimedia artist Baiyon, Dreams of Another was officially announced during Sony's State of Play presentation as the next PixelJunk game. The studio states it's built the title around a philosophical theme of No Creation Without Destruction where you create objects by shooting guns, rather than destroy them.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

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.

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The Climb Studio Crytek Lays Off 15 Percent Of Its Staff

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Veteran developer Crytek is laying off 15 percent of its workforce. Best known in VR for 2016's The Climb and Robinson: The Journey , German developer Crytek confirmed that roughly 60 members of its 400 employees are being laid off across its development teams and shared services. Like so many of our peers, we aren't immune to the complex, unfavorable market dynamics that have hit our industry these past several years, stated the studio.

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