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Insights, articles and case studies

Jed Ashforth

2 min read

A Quick Update

If you had been wondering what happened to the newsletter, this is the story. It's not a great one but it's all disappointingly very true.

More Anti-Jank! | Avoiding XR Jank and Ensuring Smooth Usability in Spatial XR Apps and Games

Jed Ashforth

23 min read

Developing Realities

More Anti-Jank! | Avoiding XR Jank and Ensuring Smooth Usability in Spatial XR Apps and Games

VR, AR and MR have become the new showcase for jank of all types. This always seems crazy to me.

Anti-Jank! | Avoiding Jank in VR, MR and AR

Jed Ashforth

18 min read

Designing Realities

Anti-Jank! | Avoiding Jank in VR, MR and AR

What to know about achieving 'Smooth Usability' for a superior user experience in Spatial AR, MR, and VR

Why are VR headsets STILL uncomfortable?

Jed Ashforth

17 min read

Why are VR headsets STILL uncomfortable?

This is silly, it's 2024. Plus, Apple's strategy to make VR cool (again?) VR Comfort is one of those issues that’s always prevalent in...

Jed Ashforth

15 min read

Thoughts on PSVR2's User Experience 2

An appraisal from PSVR1’s Immersive Experience Specialist Part 2 | On-boarding and the general UX As someone who worked closely on the...

Jed Ashforth

12 min read

Thoughts & Concepts

Thoughts on PSVR2's User Experience 1

An appraisal from PSVR1’s Immersive Experience Specialist Part 1 | First Impressions and Hardware features As someone who worked...

XR Investment Pitch - Demos, Takeaways and Telling Stories

Jed Ashforth

13 min read

Developing Realities

XR Investment Pitch - Demos, Takeaways and Telling Stories

Putting together an investment pitch for a VR/MR/AR Project? Plenty of tips to help your pitch stand out from the crowd.

Jed Ashforth

10 min read

Case Studies

Preparing for a Virtual Hurricane

How Realised Realities helped Head Set build a watertight pre-production plan for their VR Journalist Training app Extreme Weather.

XR Investment Pitch - The Information Puzzle

Jed Ashforth

18 min read

Developing Realities

XR Investment Pitch - The Information Puzzle

Spend your time wisely to elevate your investment pitch (XR or otherwise) to the next level! More great tips from Realised Realities

XR Investment Pitch - Easy Tips and Tricks to make your Pitch Presentation a Success

Jed Ashforth

12 min read

Developing Realities

XR Investment Pitch - Easy Tips and Tricks to make your Pitch Presentation a Success

If you’re looking to raise funding for an XR project, you’ll be putting together a pitch. Realised Realities guides you through it.

Jed Ashforth

18 min read

Designing Realities

XR Expectations | Presence Wrangling

Part 4 | Learn tricks and techniques to keep the XR user in the sweet-spot of Immersion.

11 Great Pre-Prod Habits for an Efficient and Successful XR Project

Jed Ashforth

13 min read

Developing Realities

11 Great Pre-Prod Habits for an Efficient and Successful XR Project

11 great XR Habits to make Pre-Production less of a journey into the unknown.

The Light in the Shadow: The Brushstrokes of VR UX Design

Jed Ashforth

5 min read

Case Studies

The Light in the Shadow: The Brushstrokes of VR UX Design

How Realised Realities helped Fat Red Bird paint new layers onto the user experience for their '(Hi)Story of a Painting' series.

Why Designing for XR is Illusionism on Hard Mode

Jed Ashforth

13 min read

Thoughts & Concepts

Why Designing for XR is Illusionism on Hard Mode

XR design steps up the illusionist tradition of not just fooling the audience, but encouraging them to fool themselves.

XR Expectations | Steering the Immersion

Jed Ashforth

9 min read

Designing Realities

XR Expectations | Steering the Immersion

Part 3 | Learn how the type of physical interface can re-frame the user's expectations.

Jed Ashforth

7 min read

Designing Realities

XR Expectations | A Symphony of Senses

Part 2 | Learn why the easiest things to do in real-life are often the hardest to pull off in XR experiences.

XR Expectations | Users expect the expected

Jed Ashforth

6 min read

Designing Realities

XR Expectations | Users expect the expected

Part 1 | Learn why giving the immersive user exactly what they expect is the key to surprising them.