ICXR Monthly Recap

This month marks the start of a new chapter for ICXR.

We’re excited to introduce our new executive team, along with our Co-Presidents, Vaishnavi and Jessica, who will be leading ICXR into its next phase of growth. We welcome Om, Kyle, Canady, Lakshya, and Erzhen as a part of our new team.

Reality Hack

Reality Hack just wrapped, and over 40 ICXR members met up throughout the weekend. Then came the snowstorm.

Flights were canceled, and many of us weren’t sure when we’d be leaving Boston. But we hosted spontaneous gatherings and talked about airport floor strategies. This is the kind of bonding that only happens when you’re collectively stranded in the same city.

New Website

We’ve launched a redesigned ICXR website. The new site is more interactive, easier to navigate, and better structured to reflect the scale and ambition of ICXR.

Event Highlights

This month’s speakers:

Erzhen — Reality Across Dimensions: Virtual Communication with AI and XR
Dr. Kwon — 3D Human Digitization from the Perspective of XR, Graphics, and Generative Models
Sebastian — XR Careers: Journey to Apple & Meta

Community Spotlight - Rylan Pozniak Daniels (USC ’24)

Before ARKit and ARCore, Rylan built an augmented reality card game using a computer webcam to render digital visuals on top of physical cards he designed and printed himself.

He had been interested in games, writing, and tech for years. As a kid reporter attending E3, he met the creator of Super Mario and heard something that stuck: the future of games would be in VR and AR.

Over the years, that early curiosity turned into real-world experience across the immersive ecosystem:

Supercell
NASA
Niantic
Apple
Snap

AR Lingo: Language Learning in Space

Rylan launched AR Lingo on Day 1 of Apple Vision Pro.

The idea was to step into the space and practice communicating with AI characters inside a fully immersive environment, and language learning becomes contextual and conversational. Instead of memorizing phrases, you inhabit them.

Dungeon Chat: GenAI Worlds That Evolve

He followed with Dungeon Chat, an AI-powered, DnD-style immersive storytelling experience.

Players enter evolving worlds shaped by generative AI characters and branching narratives. Notably, Dungeon Chat was one of the first apps designed and launched across:

Meta Quest
Apple Vision Pro
iPhone
Android

It was presented at AWE and demonstrated how immersive storytelling can exist across devices.

XR News

Meta Ray-Ban Displays

Meta rolled out a major update to its Ray-Ban Display glasses, adding previously announced features like handwriting input.

Meta Spatial Simulator

Meta introduced the Spatial Simulator, allowing developers to test spatial apps without needing a physical device.

Pico’s New Headset

Pico will show their new high-end headset Project Swan in a developer session at GDC.

8th Wall Shutdown

8th Wall is shutting down on February 28th, and project export and self-hosting options are now available.

Opportunities

Apple experience design intern
Immersive Tech Week 2026: June 23–25, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Register for AWE 2026 (Augmented World Expo): June 15–18, Long Beach Convention Center, CA
AR/VR Jobs

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