Photon Engine: Multiplayer Made Simple 2026-04-16T07:17:20Z https://blog.photonengine.com/feed/atom/ WordPress https://blog.photonengine.com/wp-content/uploads/favicon-150x150.png Dennis Heinrichs https://blog.photonengine.com/?p=7226 2026-04-16T07:17:20Z 2026-04-16T07:17:20Z

Introduction As the demand for highly skilled surgical professionals continues to grow, traditional training methods are struggling to keep pace. Limitations in scalability, accessibility, and standardization make it increasingly difficult for healthcare organizations to...]]>

Dennis Heinrichs https://blog.photonengine.com/?p=7206 2026-04-02T07:14:38Z 2026-04-02T07:14:37Z

What started as a student project at HTW Berlin turned into something much bigger over the course of five years. Dino Party is the kind of game that thrives on chaos. Flying dinosaurs, collapsing...]]>

Dennis Heinrichs https://blog.photonengine.com/?p=7142 2026-03-19T07:48:04Z 2026-03-19T07:47:55Z

In 2016, a 17-year-old computer science student, Stéphane Hulot, started building a small 3D platformer in Unity. It had placeholder assets, a single level, no monetization, and zero expectations of commercial success. Ten years...]]>

Dennis Heinrichs https://blog.photonengine.com/?p=7166 2026-03-16T08:32:23Z 2026-03-16T08:31:30Z

The gaming industry is now a $190 billion market, and multiplayer live service games make up a huge part of it. But while the opportunity has grown, so has the complexity. Players expect smooth,...]]>

Dennis Heinrichs https://blog.photonengine.com/?p=7084 2026-03-11T11:09:30Z 2026-03-05T09:21:23Z

As Toyota Material Handling North America continues to scale its operations across hundreds of dealership locations and multiple manufacturing facilities, the challenge of training technicians efficiently has become increasingly complex. Traditional, in-person training models...]]>

Dennis Heinrichs https://blog.photonengine.com/?p=7057 2026-01-20T09:06:04Z 2026-01-20T09:05:38Z

Enterprises across the world are racing to modernize how they train their workforce and share critical know-how. Extended reality has opened the door to more engaging, scalable, and practical learning experiences, yet many organizations...]]>

Dennis Heinrichs https://blog.photonengine.com/?p=7032 2025-12-19T10:19:32Z 2025-12-30T10:00:00Z

Scaling a social VR game Continuum XR didn’t start out as a game studio. They began as an immersive tech team, building AR, VR, and interactive experiences across a wide range of projects. Over...]]>

Dennis Heinrichs https://blog.photonengine.com/?p=6961 2025-12-08T10:09:52Z 2025-12-04T08:05:31Z

ESA & Photon Use Meta Quest XR to Advance Astronaut Training In times when Europe’s return to the Moon is only a matter of time, a new wave of technological innovation to support the...]]>

Dennis Heinrichs https://blog.photonengine.com/?p=6825 2025-11-27T08:35:14Z 2025-11-27T08:35:13Z

XR Laser Screed® Simulator: VR Training Powered by Photon In the face of a growing skilled labor shortage, Somero Enterprises, Inc. sought an innovative way to train the next generation of concrete leveling professionals...]]>

Dennis Heinrichs https://blog.photonengine.com/?p=6879 2025-11-24T08:01:37Z 2025-11-24T07:50:05Z

If you’ve ever tried making a multiplayer game, you know how messy it can get. Servers, lag, syncing players, weird bugs that only show up online. For a lot of indie devs, that’s the...]]>