Winner of the Rising Star Award for the creator with an incredible future in front of them - Fang Zhou for the tremendous "Xian’er (Chinese Immortals)"

Human conversation is irreducibly contextual. We constantly retrieve prior shared history to make sense of the present. And as humans, when context is missing, we ask clarifying questions or skilfully fill in the blanks - often with remarkable accuracy.

The world's largest consumer tech event, CES 2026, kicks off this week. While we wait, here the top 10 reveals from last year’s CES: 1. Portalgraph, a 3D projector that can project VR in the real world

Shakespeare VR Named U of G’s Innovation of the Year A virtual reality #theatre project that helps high school students feel like they are a character in Shakespearean plays has earned the University of Guelph’s 2025 Innovation of the Year Award. #xr #vr news.uoguelph.ca/2025/12/shakes…

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New #VR documentary puts you in the devastation of the L.A. fires — and might help you heal #xr #mr #immersivestorytelling latimes.com/lifestyle/stor…

Galleria Borghese in Rome hosts virtual reality visits #xr #vr #mr #ar #immersivestorytelling #art #museums wantedinrome.com/whatson/galler…

Jan 30: Puff-Puff Playtest! EVERY 4th Friday, we take over a floor of Coexist Gaming and invite our community and patrons of the club to join us in play testing two or three NYC-made games. It's FREE to play, FREE to exhibit (curated)! homegrown-nyc.com/developers #NYMakesGames

Sculpting fantastical creatures and taking a #vr format (that emerged from an Oculus Start game jam) to festivals was 2025. Overall, a wonderful year despite the hellscape in the US #xr #zbrush #3dmodeling #yearinreview

On with the show: #AI and virtual reality step in to transform live performance EU-funded researchers are using emerging technologies to create new, immersive experiences and reimagine the future of live performance. #xr #vr #mr #ar #performance ….research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/en/horizon-mag…

An immersive world can be fine art, a videogame can be poetry! For the past month, "The Last Stanza" has been included as part of the screen-based works showing in, "Torn Textures & Hybrid Glyphs" - my first solo art exhibition. 🧵VIVERSE Official

Congratulations Martin and the Vertigo Games | #THIEFVR IS OUT NOW team for creating the amazing Metro Awakening! It's an incredible VR Game.

What a great discovery of (mainly) 1980s visions of technology & the underrated corporate art of Fred Otnes at The Wolfsonian–FIU 's art deco/World Expo-inspired Vision Board workshop! Couldn't tear these up but I did repurpose them so they have a new life

The Victoria and Albert Museum has opened applications for a free immersive design course running in early 2026, with places aimed at young people interested in digital design, gaming, and immersive storytelling. #immersivingstorytelling #games #xr #vr edtechinnovationhub.com/news/vampa-ope…

3D Environment Artist On What Makes Environments Believable Dmitrii Kislitsin outlined three principles for creating convincing visuals. #environmentart #gameart #3d #3dmodeling 80.lv/articles/3d-en…

Whenever I see my son and his friends in VR, it reminds me that there's an entire generation of VR natives that have no interest in letting this medium go by the wayside. I firmly believe they are the future of it more than ever after this week's shenanigans.

Our cameras & phones are stacked full of footage of Wilfred Lee's work from Qld XR Festival 2025 as it looks amazing! Here is Wilfred's acceptance speech for the Best in Short Films trophy at the Qld XR Festival 2025 Awards for "The Last Dream". The Artist's Journey

An Ark: Mixed Reality Theater Provides Mixed Results Ian McKellen is among the performers appearing virtually in this one-act play by Simon Stephens #xr #mr #theatre #performance nystagereview.com/2026/01/18/an-…

Oculus Founder on Meta Cuts: “The ‘Meta abandoning VR narrative’ is obviously false” See more 👉roadtovr.com/oculus-founder…

Playing a part: Arri on how immersive storytelling is redefining the playing field #immersivestorytelling #sports #remoteproduction #interactivity svgeurope.org/blog/headlines…