There’s a ton of excellent content in our Reality Innovators Network community, but don’t worry if you’ve missed the last few days, we got you covered.
Pixomondo Built a Digital Twin Film Studio for Car Chases
Filming a car chase used to mean road closures and weather prayers. Pixomondo’s PXO AKIRA changes that: a Digital Twin in Unreal Engine 5 controls a motion platform, LED volume, and robotic crane all in sync. Read more
$3M in Rework Prevented. One Singapore Data Center.
Fortis Construction put 30 Meta Quest headsets with Resolve on a Singapore data center. Nine companies, 30 stakeholders caught equipment issues in VR before installation began. $3M in rework prevented in 3 months. Read more
Groove Jones Turns School Gyms Into Army VR Disaster Zones
High school gyms become VR disaster zones. The Army National Guard’s Disasterville puts students in headsets for mission-based emergency training built on real-world scenarios. Groove Jones built the experience. Read more
How Mattel Plays in Gaming, Culture, and XR
Episode 57 of Brands in Play was recorded live at SXSW. Nic Hill and Val Vacante sat down with Chris Down, EVP at Mattel, to talk about how Hot Wheels, Barbie, and Monster High are growing beyond the toy aisle. Read more
AI Is Replacing Traditional Motion Capture
Gabriele Romagnoli interviews Nikola Todorovic from Autodesk Flow Studio. He breaks down how video-based AI is replacing traditional mocap, why 500K people signed up in month one, and what it means for VFX artists. Read more
Chris Pruett’s GDC Talk on VR’s Next Mainstream Wave
Antony Vitillo shares two takeaways from Chris Pruett’s GDC talk on the state of VR in 2026. The big one: mainstream adults will enter VR through media first, and today’s kids will grow into a demanding new player base. Read more
Tony Parisi Vibe Coded a Metaverse in a Week
Tony Parisi co-created VRML and glTF. He used Claude Code to build a working metaverse prototype in a week: client, server, wire protocol, avatars. What took six people three months is now one person, one week. Read more
