Meta and Lufthansa’s trial providing Quest 3 headsets to business class passengers won an airline industry award for best inflight entertainment.
The XR Week Peek (2025.04.08): Meta’s upcoming smartglasses may cost $1400, the worries for US tariffs, and more!
It’s not the most active period for the XR space, but at least this week we had the April Fool’s that shook our ecosystem a bit! And there have also been a few interesting pieces of news… I’ll talk about all of them in the current roundup, so you’re sure not to miss anything interesting […]
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Researchers Catalog 170+ Text Input Techniques to Improve Typing in XR
Efficient text entry without an actual keyboard remains an industry-wide challenge for unlocking productivity use-cases in XR headsets. Researchers have created a comprehensive catalog of existing text entry techniques to codify different methods and analyze their pros and cons. By making the catalog freely available, the researchers hope to give others a head start on […]
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‘Dimensional Double Shift’ Moves to Early Access on Quest, Releases First Paid DLC
Owlchemy Labs announced its free-to-play social game Dimensional Double Shift is leaving open beta and getting its first paid DLC, bringing a new Texas-inspired dimension to the game. Now in early access on Quest, Dimensional Double Shift is a lot like the studio’s parody games Job Simulator (2016) and Vacation Simulator (2019), tasking players with jobbing around […]
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Hit Physics Sandbox ‘Besiege’ is Coming to Quest in May, Trailer Here
Ready the siege engines and charge the catapults (or trebuchets), because hit physics sandbox Besiege (2020) is coming to Quest next month. Developed by Thief Simulator VR: Greenview Street (2022) studio 3R Games in partnership with original developer Spiderling Studios, Besiege VR is slated to let players create their own war machines to take over enemy fortresses. […]
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Hatches Open, New Crew Enters Station and Begins Research Mission
At 7:28 a.m. EDT, the hatch opened between the International Space Station and the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft.
Crew from NASA, Roscosmos Prepare to Enter Station for Research Mission
NASA’s live hatch opening coverage is underway on NASA+. Hatch opening is scheduled to begin at 7:20 a.m. EDT.
New Crew Docks to Station Aboard Soyuz Spacecraft
At 4:57 a.m. EDT, the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station’s Prichal module. NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky launched at 1:47 a.m. on April 8 (10:47 a.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Crew from NASA, Roscosmos Approaching Station Aboard Soyuz Spacecraft
NASA’s live coverage of the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft rendezvous and docking is now underway on NASA+.
Kentucky Students Use VR to Enter Demanding Workplaces
This week, immersive education solution specialists CareerViewXR continued providing VR environments that bring students to demanding workplace settings, aiming to support students in deciding their career paths. CareerViewXR’s mission is not to replace in-person field trips but to democratise access to spaces locked off to students, such as emergency rooms or HIPAA-regulated areas. In a […]