On March 22, 2025, SimInsights and ASME E-Fests wrapped up an exciting installment of the Extended Reality (XR) Challenge, where student innovators used HyperSkill, our no-code immersive simulation platform, to build next-generation simulations for real-world challenges.
This groundbreaking event empowered participants to explore immersive design in two dynamic competitions: Lunar Landing Simulation and Autonomous Vehicle Training. Now, we’re thrilled to announce the top-performing teams whose creativity and technical execution earned them the spotlight.
🏆 XR Challenge Winners
🌕 Lunar Landing Simulation Challenge
Participants crafted XR simulations of a lunar landing scenario, applying physics modeling, mission planning, and immersive storytelling.
- 1st Place: TeamMavericks
- 2nd Place: MK1
- 3rd Place: ElSa’yda
🚗 Autonomous Vehicle Training Challenge
In this track, teams created immersive training simulations to mimic real-world autonomous vehicle scenarios, focusing on safety, responsiveness, and learner engagement.
- 1st Place: Aventine
- 2nd Place: Octaknight
- 3rd Place: VORTEX DRIVE
🌟 A Celebration of Talent and Technology
This year’s XR Challenge highlighted how students can rapidly prototype complex, engaging experiences with no-code tools like HyperSkill. The quality of work demonstrated not only strong technical vision, but a growing fluency in XR as a medium for experiential learning and human-centric design.
We extend our congratulations to all winners and participants — your work inspires the future of immersive education and training.
About HyperSkill
HyperSkill is a no-code 3D simulation platform for both Virtual and Augmented Reality. HyperSkill was created to enable instructional designers to create immersive training content without having to learn programming. HyperSkill includes thousands of 3D assets and simulations that are accessible for free to users. HyperSkill enables non-programmers to author VR/AR content, publish it to various devices and audiences and collect and visualize experience data. HyperSkill has been developed with R&D funding from the National Science Foundation. To learn more, please visit https://siminsights.com/hyperskill/
About SimInsights
SimInsights mission is to democratize the creation of 3D, interactive, immersive and intelligent (I^3) simulations. We believe that simulations are the most impactful way to learn, yet few people can actually leverage them as a creative medium. SimInsights offers HyperSkill, a no-code tool to enable everyone to capture their knowledge in the form of 3D immersive, AI-powered simulations and share it with others. SimInsights team used HyperSkill to create Skillful, a growing collection of simulations to help anyone master any skill.