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XR Today’s Rory Greener speaks with Lenovo‘s Head of Virtual Reality, Jason McGuigan to explore the emerging role of AI in the XR industry. Thanks for watching, if you’d like more like this, don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE to our channel. You can also join in the conversation on our Twitter and LinkedIn.

Industry 4.0 might still be a hot topic in the manufacturing and engineering landscape, but Industry 5.0 is already hot on its heels. Where Industry 4.0 brought smart technologies, such as cloud connectivity, real-time data analysis, and AI into the landscape, Industry 5.0 marks a new revolution. The next stage of the industrial revolution is […]

Pimax has launched the ‘world’s first’ retina-level VR headset, which it says can provide users with “unmatched clarity”. Pimax Crystal Super: Everything We Know So Far Pimax Crystal Light Review: Affordable PCVR Clarity Pimax Crystal Review: Crystal Clear VR Technology Describing itself as a global leader in VR technology, Pimax has released a series of […]

Today, Australian geospatial data analytics firm MapAI announced a fresh round of funding worth roughly $1.3 million. Through supporters, FrontierSI and UNSW Sydney, MapAI secured the capital to promote its generative AI features of the geospatial toolkit. Geospatial data is commonly the building block behind location-based AR experiences, such as entertainment, marketing, and construction demands. […]

Social platforms are running some big in-stream promotions for their own products this year.

Meta’s keen to dispel the notion that Bluesky is the cool new app.

Some pointers to help you align with the big screen viewing shift.

New insights from LinkedIn into the impact of B2B influencers.

Premier League Player brings an officially licensed VR soccer game to Quest next week.

Aces of Thunder, a VR aerial combat sim from the War Thunder studio, has been delayed until next year.

I’m back in Turin, Italy! The trip to Finland left me with a bad cough, but especially with many sweet memories of the experiences I had there and the amazing people I spent my time with. Did you know that I met Santa Claus and that I pet some reindeer in the Lapland? And that […]

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This week, amid legal battles, Meta announced a collaboration with UK immersive learning start-up Moonhub to bring VR/MR training to the facilities management industry. The move enables Moonhub to scale its CPD-accredited immersive learning solutions exclusively on the Meta Quest headset portfolio ready for businesses.  Christine Trodella, Vice President, Commercial Sales at Meta, said:  At […]

Today, MR and VR headset vendor Varjo debuted the general availability of Teleport, a spatial capture software that turns objects, spaces, and individuals into 3D digital twins for simulation and other workplace use cases such as design procedures, remote inspections, construction workflows, and training.   The project aims to improve and optimise photogrammetry workflows, therefore […]

Watch on YouTube. In this episode of the Big XR News show, Rory Greener, Tech Journalist, XR Today welcomes some of XR’s top analysts to talk about 2024’s big industry events, and how XR sits within targeted enterprise expos. Our guests include: Kevin ‘O Donovan, Co-Chair, Industrial Metaverse & Digital Twin Committee, VRARA Jennifer Rogers, […]

PICO has announced support for OpenXR 1.1, which Khronos Groups believes can reduce fragmentation and simplify advanced XR application development. Khronos Group is a non-profit consortium powering royalty-free interoperability for VR, AR, ML, 3D graphics, and other technologies. Open XR 1.1 has already been made available on PICO 4 Ultra with OS 5.12.0. The immersive […]