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How Can AR Elevate Enterprise Training?
AR’s spatial cousin, VR, is known more for immersive learning and training. But AR’s advantages include situational awareness and real-world presence, which prime it for a broad base of enterprise settings. We examine a few.
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‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’ PSVR 2 Support Could Arrive as Early as This Week
In a Microsoft Flight Simulator’s monthly Developer Stream, Asobo Studio revealed that it could finally release support for PSVR 2 as early as this week. The studio announced last month its ‘Sim 5’ update was coming in April, which is set to bring PSVR 2 support to the PS5 version of the game alongside a […]
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Bigscreen Reveals New Halo Strap Design for ‘Beyond 2’ PC VR Headset, Shipping Starts in June
Bigscreen has revealed a major redesign to Bigscreen Beyond 2’s long-promised halo headstrap mount, which the company says will begin shipping out starting in June. After months of waiting, Bigscreen has finally shown off the long-awaited Halo Mount for Beyond 2 and 2e, its thin and light PC VR headset which shipped in March 2025. […]
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Monkeys Navigate Virtual Worlds Using Thought Alone in New BCI Study
University researchers at KU Leuven in Belgium have shown that monkeys can navigate complex virtual environments using a brain-computer interface (BCI) setup, which remarkably involves relatively little user training. As reported in New Scientist, three rhesus macaques were implanted with Utah array BCI devices containing 96 electrodes in each of three brain regions: the primary […]
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AI/XR Beats: The Space Race & Spatial Race
Snap cuts staff and doubles down on AR glasses, while Apple rumors swirl around AI glasses and space stocks soar. We have these and other items from XR and AI realms through the eyes of Charlie Fink.
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Meta is Raising Quest 3 and Quest 3S Prices Amid Memory Cost Surge
Meta announced it’s hiking prices for both Quest 3 and Quest 3S headsets, which includes both new and refurbished units, as the company cites the global surge in the price of memory as a main factor. Starting on April 19th, US-based consumers will see both Quest 3S variants (128 GB and 256 GB) bumped up […]
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What’s Behind Snap’s AR Road Map?
One of the most anticipated moments in 2026’s XR calendar will be the launch of consumer Specs. They will represent the next generation of Snap’s erstwhile developer-only spectacles. We break down the competitive dynamics.
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Enter for Your Chance to Win a Free Pass to the Biggest XR Event of the Year
AWE USA 2026 is returning to Long Beach, CA on June 15–18. As the event’s Premiere Media Partner, we’re excited to give our readers the opportunity to win one of several free passes. AWE USA is our ‘must-go’ annual XR event. This year’s rendition is expected to draw more than 5,000 attendees, 3,250 exhibitors, 400 […]
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Snap Confirms Mass Layoffs Ahead of Next-gen ‘Specs’ AR Glasses Rollout
Snap is laying off around 1,000 employees, the Snapchat parent confirmed today. Specs Inc., its recently formed AR glasses subsidiary, is reportedly not being affected, however, as the cuts are aimed at further insulating the traditional Snapchat business from its new AR subsidiary. Spiegel announced the news in an internal memo, published by Business Insider, which […]
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Lessons from Rec Room’s Demise and Approaching XR as an Artist
What are the lessons from Rec Room’s demise? And what are the benefits of approaching spatial computing as an artist as opposed to an engineer? These were a few topics on the latest episode of the AI/XR podcast, where we were honored to join as a guest… AR Insider & Mike Boland