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This VR Submarine Simulator Takes You Back To WWII

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Explore the open ocean on your own or team up with friends and hunt down enemy vessels together. UBOAT: The Silent Wolf is an upcoming submarine simulator that looks as fun as it does claustrophobic. Coming soon to VR headsets, this tactical role-playing game immerses you in the role of a seasoned submarine captain during World War II. As commander, it’s up to you to not only steer the vessel but maintain its systems by attending to any malfunctions, from damage and water leaks to various

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Crafting the Perfect Fit: The Physics of AR Try-ons

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Virtual try-on (VTO) has emerged as a key AR use case. But how is its playbook developing? It's all about simulating realistic physics says guest author Vladislav Bondarenko This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Among Us VR’s ‘Polus Point’ Map Arrives Next Month

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Don’t forget to pack a warm jacket. Developer Schell Games today revealed that Among Us VR —the VR version of Innersloth’s popular social deduction game—will be receiving a new map next month as part of a free update for existing players. Originally released this past November on Meta Quest, Rift, and PC VR headsets, Among Us VR tasks players with working together to repair an interstellar spaceship by completing a series of tasks.

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How Many Consumers Have Tried AR?

AR Insider

32 percent of U.S. adults have tried mobile AR, and 74 percent of those do so at least monthly. These results flow from ARtillery Intelligence's latest original survey research with Thrive Analytics. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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The Future of eLearning in 2022: A Sensitive Eye for Authentic Translation and Localization

Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

To avoid awkward and sometimes disastrous learning content, instructional designers must use authentic translation in the right context to get optimal results. For example, even a simple phrase like “got milk” translates to “are you lactating” in Mexico. Can you imagine what a straight translation might do to your course? With over 317 million people in the US and over 6.7 billion potential customers in the world, personalizing training seems logical.

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Is Apple Vision Pro Ready for Mainstream Use?

ARPost

The long wait for a mixed reality headset from Apple will soon be over with the recent launch of Apple Vision Pro. Earlier this month, Apple unveiled its highly anticipated XR headset at the WWDC 2023 event. The Apple Vision Pro is set to hit US Apple stores in early 2024. Being the first major hardware launch of Apple after almost a decade, the Vision Pro is expected to be received with great enthusiasm.

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G.Skill's 24GB DDR5-6000 Modules with AMD EXPO Profiles Released

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G.Skill has quietly started selling its 24 GB DDR5 memory modules with AMD EXPO profiles for single-click overclocking. G.Skill's Trident Z5 Neo RGB modules are among the first EXPO-profiled DIMMs larger than 16GB to hit the market, with G.Skill offering kits as large as 48GB (2 x 24GB). G.Skill's 24 GB Trident Z5 Neo RGB memory modules with AMD EXPO profiles support are designed for a 6000 MT/s data transfer rate, which is considered to be a sweet spot for AMD's Ryzen 7000-series pr

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Top XR Manufacturing and Industrial Vendors for 2023

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Today’s Extended Reality solutions aren’t just transforming the entertainment sector, they’re changing the way countless businesses and professionals operate on a daily basis. With immersive technology, companies can accelerate product development processes, improve team creativity, and even ensure staff members can collaborate and train in a safe environment.

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Western Digital Updates WD Blue Series with SN580 DRAM-less Gen4 NVMe SSD

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Western Digital is unveiling its latest addition to the mainstream WD Blue family today - the SN580 NVMe SSD. A DRAM-less PCIe 4.0 x4 drive, it brings in performance improvements over the current lead product in the line - the SN570 launched in late 2021. This DRAM-less drive is the first PCIe Gen4 SSD in the WD Blue lineup. As a mainstream drive, the WD Blue SN580 is meant for consumer systems requiring quick launches of applications in multitasking scenarios, along with high responsiveness.

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Rec Room Junior Accounts Will Return To Quest As Meta Lowers Minimum Age

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Rec Room Junior Accounts are coming back to Meta Quest. An upcoming policy change from Meta leaves the door open for those age 10 to 12 to use both Meta Quest and the online gaming platform Rec Room. In November last year Meta forced Rec Room to block those age 12 and under from using the app on Quest headsets. This led Rec Room to remove support for limited functionality "Junior Accounts" on the platform.

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How to Train Employees 65% Faster With Virtual Reality

With a rapidly changing economy, Avangrid Renewables looked to virtual reality to develop a standardized form of immersive training in order to onboard and upskill technicians faster than ever before.

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How to Plan a Successful VR Team Building Event

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Unlocking Team Potential with VR Virtual Reality (VR) technology has breathed new life into team building events. Engaging, immersive, and memorable, a well-executed VR team building event can unlock untapped team potential. So, how can you plan and execute such an event? Let’s explore. Identifying Your Goals Every successful event starts with clear goals.

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Among Us VR Polus Point Map Launches In July

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Among Us VR is adding the Polus Point map on July 27 with an open beta available before launch. Here's how to check it out: Among Us VR players with the game purchased from Meta or Steam can access the open beta test of the map starting at 10 am Pacific on June 29 and ending at the same time on July 3. We recommended Among Us VR when it released late last year, praising it for completing "its task of adapting the game so many have come to know with excellent sound, lighting, and interaction desi

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Racket Club Gets a VR Makeover: Exploring the Future of Tennis!

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Resolution Games, the VR studio behind Demeo (2021), Blaston (2020) and Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs (2019) has been hard at work engineering their next big game, Racket Club. The team recently shared a behind-the-scenes look into how this new sport was created for virtual reality.

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Exploring the Apple Vision Pro: Revolutionizing the Future of Augmented Reality

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Introduction: In recent years, Apple has been pushing the boundaries of technology with groundbreaking innovations in various fields. One of the areas where Apple has made significant strides is augmented reality (AR), and the latest addition to their AR arsenal is the Apple Vision Pro. This advanced technology aims to revolutionize the way we perceive and interact with the world around us.

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Are You Still Watching? How to Create Engaging Presentations for Virtual Learning

Speaker: Richard Goring, Director at BrightCarbon

Remote meetings are here to stay - and many are BORING. If you are trying to engage your learners (or any audience), compelling content is critical. But trying to create stimulating content with the same tools you’ve always had is hard, right? Thankfully, wrong! Terrific tools in PowerPoint along with visual assets help you create the kind of dynamic content you need to capture your remote audience’s attention, with functions that allow for interactive sequences and navigation.

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How AI Is Transforming The Way We Make And Listen To Music

Bernard Marr

Humans are the only creatures that make music purely for the enjoyment of those listening – but now computers want to get in on the act. We have just learn ed that Sir Paul McCartney has used artificial intelligence to ‘extricate’ John Lennon’s voice from an old demo to create what he calls ‘the final Beatles record’ Generative artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms are now capable of creating original songs and music, while machine learning-powered search, recogn

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“PokéStop Here! Niantic Blasts Off Surprising AR Ads!”

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Niantic, the creator of popular augmented reality (AR) mobile games Pokémon GO and Pikmin Bloom, just announced their latest innovation: Rewarded AR. This immersive ad format allows players to interact with branded content using their smartphone camera in real-world physical locations.

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9 different ways to use mixed reality

Zappar

Delve into the immersive world of mixed reality, exploring its features and potential applications that hold the power to revolutionize various industries.

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“Blast Off Into Meta Horizon Worlds v116: Build Mode is Out of This World!”

VRGames

Today, Meta Horizon Worlds is releasing its latest version: v116. This new update focuses primarily on the build mode – making it easier for creators to capture and showcase their creative vision.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

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Best of Augmented Reality June 2023

Zappar

Find out more about June’s best AR examples, with immersive WebaR experiences for tourism and retail.

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“Oops Google! AR Glasses Discontinued, Android’s Getting All the Attention.”

VRGames

Read more about this here: [link]

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