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Last week, I stepped into the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart and straight into the future.

The XR Expo 2025 was more than a tech fair.

It served as a dynamic representation of the convergence of our digital and physical worlds. From city tours with AR to surgical procedures in VR, this expo wasn’t just about gadgets. It was about solving real problems with virtual power.

I documented everything in a new YouTube video (watch it below), but here is a written breakdown of some of the most mind-blowing projects and conversations.

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The 8 Most Impressive XR Booths at Stuttgart’s XR Expo 2025

Let’s dive right in!

SpotAR—Augmented Reality Tours for Cities

SpotAR’s booth showed how history can be brought to life using augmented reality.

Their platform lets cities and museums create web-based AR tours with 3D reconstructions and interactive storytelling. Backed by a €1.9M grant and partnered with the University of Hagen, they’re now integrating AI to make content creation more scalable.

• AR city tours with drag-and-drop builder

• 3D historical content support

• AI-assisted content generation for cultural institutions

  Visit SpotAR

XR EXPO 2025 Stuttgart - Virtual Worlds

Solid Wide—Scalable Virtual Showrooms

Solid Wide offers a flexible virtual showroom framework for companies looking to create immersive sales, marketing, or architectural experiences. Unlike one-off VR builds, their infrastructure grows with your product lines and adapts to future needs, including planned VR integration.

• Modular 3D environments for business

• Built for long-term product evolution

• Focused on sales, training, and design teams

  Explore Solid Wide

Festo – Factory Simulation in Mixed Reality

Festo’s FluidSim 3D brought factory training to life using mixed reality. I stepped inside a digital twin of an industrial plant with the Quest 3 headset—seeing real conveyor belts and automation synced with the virtual model. It’s a powerful tool for industrial education and innovation.

• Hands-on pneumatics and hydraulics simulation

• Color passthrough and hand tracking

• Ideal for industrial workforce training

  Discover Festo’s VR Solutions

ThinkStart VR – TÜV Certification for Metaverse Trainers

Michael Stock is pioneering certified training for Metaverse implementation.

Through a TÜV Rheinland-recognized course, employees can gain practical experience and become certified Metaverse Trainers, ready to guide XR strategy from within their organizations.

• Official TÜV-certified training

• Fully remote learning experience

• Designed for digital transformation leaders

  Learn more at ThinkStart VR

Inside360—Surgical VR With Real ROI

Inside360 tackles a serious challenge: training surgeons on €30,000 equipment without wasting a single unit.

Their VR solution lets global teams train together in lifelike environments—complete with complicated scenarios—cutting down on costs and risks.

• Multiplayer VR for high-fidelity surgery

• Used for both medical and sales team training

• Reduces travel and material waste

  Inside360 project info

TU Chemnitz—Haptics That Simulate Surgery

Jerome and Nick showcased a robotic arm integrated with VR that simulates resistance—like sawing through bone. It’s a breakthrough in tactile feedback, developed in partnership with TU Chemnitz to train orthopedic surgeons on hip implant procedures.

• Robotic force feedback for VR tools

• Realistic surgical resistance simulation

• Academic + industrial collaboration

  Read more on TU Chemnitz’s work

Fraunhofer IAO—The Industrial Metaverse

Fraunhofer’s concept of the Industrial Metaverse connects virtual models directly to physical assets. Their digital twin systems help enterprises visualize, test, and evolve products before physical implementation—bridging data and design at scale.

• Real-time digital twin infrastructure

• Built for product R&D and system modeling

• Corporate metaverse strategy support

  Fraunhofer IAO – Industrial Metaverse

Mindport—AI-Driven VR Training Environments

Mindport is blending AI with VR to remove common friction in training.

From live voice translation across languages to smart assistants that guide users step-by-step, their tools make complex simulations easier to navigate—and more inclusive.

• Real-time language translation inside VR

• Contextual guidance via AI assistants

• Enables solo or group collaboration

  Visit Mindport

That’s a wrap for today!

Talk soon!

Bruno Filkin
Founder, Mastermind VR

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