⊲ Computer Weekly ⊳ According to research from IDC the AR/VR headset market grew 18.1% year-on-year in Q1 2025, signalling a shift towards richer experiences. IDC attributes this resurgence to...
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Open Source 3D Engine Advances
⊲ Phoronix ⊳ The Open 3D Foundation (O3DF) has announced the availability of Open 3D Engine (O3DE) 25.05.0. This open-source game and simulation engine, originally derived from Amazon's Lumberyard,...
Preparing for Apple Glasses?
⊲ TechCrunch ⊳ Apple unveiled its “Liquid Glass” design at WWDC 2025, rolling out a transparent, layered interface across its ecosystem. Though beta testers noted some readability issues, the look...
Open Standards for 3D Worlds – Latest
⊲ Khronos Group ⊳ The open standards Khronos Group is strengthening OpenXR and glTF ("the JPEG of 3D") to support cross-platform spatial computing and simulation. OpenXR 1.1 elevates features...
Virtual Tools Tackle Real Strain
⊲ IndustryWeek ⊳ Northrop Grumman has launched HIVE (Highly Immersive Virtual Environment), its latest XR system that blends motion‑capture with Siemens Process Simulate software to assess...
Shortfalls Spur Digital Training Boom
⊲ Shephard Media ⊳ CAE is boosting military training by integrating AI-powered virtual tutors and immersive digital environments to shorten pilot training cycles. With some facing a 17–20 %...
Brand New Browser for 3D Worlds
⊲ Business Wire ⊳ Award winning US company RP1 has unveiled what it calls the first-ever Metaverse Browser, supporting persistent 3D spatial content accessible via AR and VR devices without...
$20M Invested in Modelling & Simulation
⊲ Tech.eu ⊳ Skyral, a British startup founded in June 2023, has raised $20 million in funding to enhance its AI-driven digital twin technology, which helps simulate complex systems for...
VR Supporting a More Robotic Future
⊲ Inavate ⊳ Researchers at the University of Georgia have developed a virtual reality training system called VR Co-Lab to help employees learn how to work safely with robots, particularly in...
We are Not Living in a Simulation
⊲ IFLScience ⊳ A new study by astrophysicist Franco Vazza challenges the popular idea that our reality might be a computer simulation, as depicted in films like The Matrix. Vazza concludes that...
Tiny Implant Records Brain Signals
⊲ WIRED ⊳ Paradromics, a brain-computer interface startup, has successfully implanted its device, Connexus, into a human patient for the first time and recorded neural signals from the temporal...
Real Time Digital Humans for Everyone
⊲ VentureBeat ⊳ Epic Games has officially released MetaHuman Creator from early access, integrating it into Unreal Engine 5.6. Developers can now animate digital characters in real time using...