Tools and platforms for creating, streaming, and interacting with virtual environments, from game engines to digital twins.
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Mawari has partnered with Caldera to create a blockchain-managed infrastructure for streaming extended reality content. The collaboration connects Mawari’s decentralized GPU network with Caldera’s modular rollup stack to support real-time delivery at global scale.
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Kudan has launched PRISM (Photo-Realistic Integrated Spatial Management), a new platform for creating and managing digital twins. It replaces the company’s earlier digital asset management solution and introduces major upgrades in speed, usability, and visual quality.
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Masterpiece X has released WorldEngen, an AI-native 3D scene editor that connects directly to tools like Blender, Unreal Engine, and Unity. Designed for professionals, it brings intelligent agents into established workflows to generate and refine entire scenes in real time.
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PlayCanvas, a web-first platform for building 3D applications and games, has open-sourced its Editor Frontend under the MIT license. The platform, owned by Snap Inc. since 2017, previously open-sourced its engine but kept the Editor proprietary until now.
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MetAI, a Taiwan-based member of NVIDIA’s Inception program, is integrating NVIDIA Omniverse technologies into its MetGen digital twin engine. This includes USD Search microservices, which help transform standardized 2D CAD files and structured data into high-fidelity, SimReady environments
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At SIGGRAPH, NVIDIA expanded its robotics development platforms with new simulation libraries, AI world foundation models, and integrations between existing tools. These updates include physically accurate simulation, data interoperability between platforms, and new models for AI reasoning.
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Adobe announced it will discontinue its Aero application on iOS, Android, and Creative Cloud Desktop starting November 6, 2025. On that date, the app will be removed from the Apple App Store, Google Play Store, and Creative Cloud, though existing installations will remain operational temporarily.
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Blackmagic Design has added immersive video capabilities to DaVinci Resolve Studio on macOS, enabling a full post-production workflow for Apple Vision Pro. The update supports stereoscopic 3D video shot with the URSA Cine Immersive camera
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Google DeepMind has released Genie 3, a new world model that generates interactive worlds from text prompts. Users can move through these AI-generated scenes in real time, with visuals running at 720p and staying consistent even when revisiting earlier locations.
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Nokia has released a new XR Radio Network solution. It gives operators a 3D view of their network using a digital twin, a virtual version of the real infrastructure. The goal is to help operators better understand how their network performs and find new ways to monetize it.
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ABB Robotics and Cosmic Buildings are using AI-powered robots to rebuild homes destroyed in the 2025 Southern California wildfires. Their mobile robotic microfactory, now operating in Pacific Palisades, is designed to deliver fast, resilient, and cost-effective housing where it’s needed most.
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Meta has added two AI-driven tools to its Horizon Worlds desktop editor: a creation assistant that supports early-stage development, and a style reference system for managing visual consistency.