Road to VR

APRIL 22, 2025

Zach Tsiakalis-Brown, developer behind the Vertigo series, announced that Vertigo 2 (2023) is getting its long-awaited DLC story expansion ‘Into the Aether’ this week. In late 2023, the studio announced it was pushing its final content update to the game with the the Bottomless Update , bringing a level editor, modifiers, and new playable characters, extending the game well beyond the 10+ hour campaign.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 22, 2025

Are XR digital twins better for workplaces than traditional 3D workflows? Increasingly, the evidence suggests that the answer is a resounding yes. For years, traditional simulations and digital twins created with 3D software has helped countless organizations to streamline production cycles, boost process efficiency, and reduce costs. However, XR solutions introduce new opportunities.

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AR Insider

APRIL 22, 2025

Surepoint used AR to let field workers and remote experts connect and share "see what I see" live views of issues in real time. What were the results and tactical takeaways? We examine in our latest case study. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 22, 2025

Recently, at the TED2025 conference, Shahram Izadi , the leader of Google’s AndroidXR development team, gave a public demonstration of the upcoming smart glasses operating system, following its initial launch in the new year, showcasing a prototype pair of smart glasses during the presentation. The live demo showcased real-time translation, image recognition, and interoperable connection between other Android devices.

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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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EON Reality

APRIL 22, 2025

IRVINE, CA April 22, 2025 EON Reality, the global leader in augmented and virtual reality-based knowledge transfer for industry and education, today announced the launch of its revolutionary AI for Income Incubator. This pioneering initiative represents the world’s first comprehensive entrepreneurial transformation platform powered by cutting-edge Spatial AI technology and delivered through EON’s proprietary Learn-Train-Perform methodology.

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EON Reality

APRIL 22, 2025

IRVINE, CA April 22, 2025 EON Reality, the global leader in augmented and virtual reality-based knowledge transfer for industry and education, announces the development of EON HealthView 360 , a revolutionary medical analysis platform built using EON’s proprietary Vibe Coder technology. This initiative represents a natural extension of EON’s core mission to “Learn, Train, Perform” into the critical healthcare sector, where knowledge access can dramatically improve patie

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APRIL 22, 2025

Unnerving walking simulator POOLS VR invites you to explore its eerie waters next month on PC VR. Released last year as a flatscreen Steam game, we've known for a while that POOLS from developer Tensori is getting official PC VR support following previous beta testing last year. Described as a suspenseful walking simulator with no monsters or jump scares, you'll explore liminal spaces inspired by the backrooms that can feel oppressive at times by invoking fears of getting lost, the dark and tigh

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Road to VR

APRIL 22, 2025

Ever wonder what the best-selling Quest games are? Wonder no further, because Meta has published a section on the Horizon Store listing the current top 50 best-sellers of all time. As you’d imagine, many of the ‘old reliables’ have taken the top spots, including Beat Games’ hit rhythm game Beat Saber (2018), Owlchemy Labs’ madcap parody sim Job Simulator (2016), and Superhot Team’s time-bending action game SUPERHOT VR (2017).

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APRIL 22, 2025

Wanderer: The Fragments of Fate developers Mighty Eyes announced a 2025 roadmap, revealing performance improvements and tweaks to NPC behavior among other changes. Recently released on PlayStation VR2 and Quest, Wanderer: The Fragments of Fate hasn't had the breeziest of launches, a reality developers Mighty Eyes acknowledged in their 2025 roadmap announcement yesterday, saying: Wanderer: The Fragments of Fate has had a bit of a rocky start.

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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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APRIL 22, 2025

POOLS (2024) developer Tensori announced last year it was developing VR support for its Backrooms Internet lore-inspired game. Mark your calendars, because on May 30th, you’ll be able to jump into the deep end on PC VR headsets. Unlike other horror-themed walking sims, Pools isn’t about running from monsters or solving deadly puzzles. It’s just pools, and creepy ones at that.

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APRIL 22, 2025

Myst's VR puzzle adventure remake introduced a new area, alongside bug fixes and quality of life updates. Developed by Cyan Worlds, Myst is a game with a long history, initially launching on PC in 1993. Since then, the cult classic has received sequels, remasters and remakes, including a VR remake in 2020. While we missed the initial announcement last month, Myst received a major update that includes an area called The Age of Rime.

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Road to VR

APRIL 22, 2025

The CEO of Snap Inc, the company behind Snapchat and the Spectacles AR glasses, will take the stage at AWE 2025 in June to highlight the company’s latest developments in AR. The prominent placement on the event’s schedule comes as Snap aims to strengthen its foothold in the XR industry. Snap may be one of the only companies offering fully standalone AR glasses that you can get today , but the company is still seen as an outsider among the broader XR community.

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APRIL 22, 2025

Meta has revealed the 50 best-selling paid Quest games of all time in a new section of the Meta Horizon Store. Unsurprisingly, Beat Saber holds the #1 spot. Arguably the most widely known VR game of all time, Beat Saber has become somewhat of a cultural phenomenon. As of two years ago it had grossed over $250 million , though that figure included DLCs.

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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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APRIL 22, 2025

Relic for Quest 3 & 3S explores the idea of adding spatial effects that pop out from the frame of movies. Traditional cinemas have tried gimmicks in the past to make films seem more immersive, from smellovision to thunderous bass shakers under the seats, but none have been as effective as a few minutes of Spider-Man feels on the Relic app. So how does this all work?

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APRIL 22, 2025

Vertigo 2: Into the Aether released a new story trailer in preparation for this week's launch. Developed by Zach Tsiakalis-Brown at Zulubo Productions, Into the Aether is a DLC story expansion set shortly after the end of Vertigo 2. Playing as Brian on a mission for Kauboi, you'll face an interdimensional expedition to the oldest and most mysterious universe as you seek to free the last living Architect from its prison, using new tools and weapons. 0:00 / 1:39 1 Into the Aether prominently provi

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APRIL 22, 2025

First available on Steam Early Access, Vestiges: Fallen Tribes enters full release this week on PC VR and Quest with plenty of strategic board game action. Read on for our ongoing thoughts. Greeted by an eye-catching CGI cutscene, Vestiges: Fallen Tribes explains how the world arrived at its current fragile state. With a brief overview of water becoming scarce due to a severe drought, it's now become exclusively obtainable through a life-or-death board game called Vestiges.

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APRIL 22, 2025

Requisition VR is bringing the physics-based zombie killing co-op game to Quest and Pico next month. Previously released on Steam in May 2023, Requisition VR takes inspiration from Dead Rising and The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners. Developed by Arcadia VR, you can craft increasingly absurd weaponry like electrically charged baseball bats or chair swords using household items across an extraction-based PvPvE adventure.

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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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APRIL 22, 2025

Insta360 X5 has improved video and audio quality, tougher lenses that are now swappable, a longer battery life, faster charging, and more. It's the successor to last year's Insta360 X4 , which was notable because it offered 8K 360 recording for just $500, compared to the thousands of dollars of previous options. 0:00 / 1:57 1 Insta360 X5 Insta360 X5 records 360 video at the same resolutions and frame rates as its predecessor: 8K at 30fps, 5.7K at 60fps, or 4K at 100fps.

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