AR Insider
JULY 21, 2023
While at AWE this year, Editor at Large Emily Olman had the chance to be one of the first to experience new multiuser haptics developed by HaptX. We have video footage and top takeaways. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
VRScout
JULY 21, 2023
The company’s new VR game, Move Fast , demonstrates major improvements in latency. Meta this week announced that update v56 will soon begin rolling out on Meta Quest headsets. This latest software update introduces a number of exciting improvements to Quest, including new accessibility options, button remapping, system-wide local dimming, and the return of Facebook livestreaming.
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ARPost
JULY 21, 2023
Apple’s entrance into the XR space via their announcement of the Apple Vision Pro was one of the most anticipated events in recent XR history. After years of hype build-up and frequent delays and rumors, the device itself left a lot of questions to be answered. I mulled over those questions with Neso Brands CTO Paulo Almeida in the 10th episode of the XR Talks podcast.
VRScout
JULY 21, 2023
The launch is being celebrated with an in-person event featuring Hello Kitty-themed AR experiences. This week it was revealed that Japanese icon Hello Kitty is receiving her own virtual destination inside MetaGaia, a decentralized metaverse platform featuring artificial intelligence (AI) powered companions, augmented reality (AR) games, and digital asset purchasing.
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.
Road to VR
JULY 21, 2023
Meta’s hand-tracking has improved by leaps and bounds since we first saw it on the original Quest in 2019, but as Apple serves up stiff competition with its upcoming Vision Pro mixed reality headset , Meta tossed out a new hand-tracking demo that shows off the benefits of its latest software update. As a part of Quest’s v56 software update Meta unveiled Hand Tracking 2.2, something the company says focuses on hands responsiveness.
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Road to VR
JULY 21, 2023
It seems Ziggy’s Cosmic Adventures is rounding the bend, as the promising VR cockpit adventure has released its final teaser trailer, showing off more of its madcap ship management and action-arcade combat. In Ziggy’s Cosmic Adventures you pilot your own starship, which not only tasks you with maneuvering the craft around manually (as you do), but also keeping all of the ship’s systems in check, including shields, weapons, life support, thrusters, stabilizers—all of which are powered
Bernard Marr
JULY 21, 2023
The digital revolution has been built on a foundation of classical bits, which represent either a 0 or a 1. However, a new paradigm shift in computing is on the horizon — one that utilizes quantum bits, or qubits, which can be both 0 and 1 at the same time. Quantum computing, once confined to the realms of theoretical physics, is emerging as a reality.
Upload VR
JULY 21, 2023
Qualcomm says it's working with Meta to optimize its LLaMA AI models to run on-device. In the tweet announcing the effort, Qualcomm lists 'XR' as one of the device categories. We’re working with @Meta to optimize LLaMA #AI #LLMs to run completely on-device — smartphones, PCs, XR, auto, and IoT. Learn how this allows developers to reduce cloud costs and provide users with more private, reliable, and personalized experiences.
Anand Tech
JULY 21, 2023
While TSMC formally started mass production of chips on its N3 ( 3nm-class ) process technology late last year, the company is set to finally ship the first revenue wafers in the current quarter. During the most recent earnings call with analysts and investors, the company said that demand for 3 nm products was steady, and that numerous designs for smartphones and high-performance applications are incoming later this year.
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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.
Upload VR
JULY 21, 2023
Meta Quest Pro is getting a simultaneous hands and controllers mode in the v56 software development kit update. This mode was announced alongside Quest Pro's Touch Pro controllers at Connect 2022 in October. It's a feature developers will be enable to enable in their apps, called Multimodal. It's currently possible to build Quest apps that support both hand tracking and controllers, so you pick up or set down your controllers to switch between the two modes at any time.
Anand Tech
JULY 21, 2023
This week the Linux Foundation has announced that the group will be overseeing the formation of a new Ethernet consortium, with a focus on adapting and refining the technology for high performance computing workloads. Backed by founding members AMD, Arista, Broadcom, Cisco, Eviden, HPE, Intel, Meta and Microsoft, the new Ultra Ethernet Consortium will be working to improve Ethernet to meet the low latency and scalability requirements that HPC and AI systems need – and which the group says
XR Today - Augmented Reality tag
JULY 21, 2023
This week, RealWear introduced a series of hardware enhancements to improve its global supply chain for distributing Navigator 520 AR headsets. The firm is leveraging its very own Navigator device for workers on its production lines, resulting in operational efficiencies, cost savings, and a measurable reduction in CO2 emissions when creating its products.
Anand Tech
JULY 21, 2023
Cerebras Systems and G42, a tech holding group, have unveiled their Condor Galaxy project, a network of nine interlinked supercomputers for AI model training with aggregated performance of 36 FP16 ExaFLOPs. The first supercomputer, named Condor Galaxy 1 (CG-1), boasts 4 ExaFLOPs of FP16 performance and 54 million cores. CG-2 and CG-3 will be located in the U.S. and will follow in 2024.
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.
TechCrunch VR
JULY 21, 2023
Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. It seems like the fizzle has gone out of the VR conversation altogether , as every manufacturer and conversation is refocusing its attention on AR. That wasn’t particularly new, but Apple’s flagship headset is a huge leap away from virtual reality, embracing the blended world more fully.
Upload VR
JULY 21, 2023
Ziggy's Cosmic Adventures receives a final teaser trailer, offering a fresh look at the VR space sim. First revealed over two years ago, Ziggy's Cosmic Adventures is a VR space sim with arcade-style combat. Piloting a one-man craft, you play as a bounty hunter who's taken possession of a small but powerful alien. With the Empire closing in, you're tasked with surviving their attacks while managing your spaceship.
VRGames
JULY 21, 2023
Fans of action-puzzle games have something to look forward to as Schell Games’ latest installment of “I Expect You To Die”, entitled “Cog In The Machine” is set for release.
XR Today - Augmented Reality tag
JULY 21, 2023
After months of tinkering and testing, Project Iris, Google’s latest AR innovation, appears to be another “Google Glass Failure.” For years, Google has been toying with the idea of becoming a real competitor in the extended reality market. But for all its innovation and resources, Google’s AR ideas never really seem to pan out. We saw this when Google first removed Google Glass, its AR headset, from the consumer market.
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.
Steki Amusement
JULY 21, 2023
Do you want to be a racing driver? Becoming a professional race car driver is difficult in real life and racing is an adrenaline-filled activity that is thrilling and very dangerous! Owatch VR Racing 2 ( Virtual Reality Racing Car ) adopts the exclusive DMRS technology and the internationally advanced electric dynamic platform, which perfectly adapts to the game action without delay, enabling players to obtain an immersive racing experience.
XR Today - Augmented Reality tag
JULY 21, 2023
This week, RealWear introduced a series of hardware enhancements to improve its global supply chain for distributing Navigator 520 AR headsets. The firm is leveraging its very own Navigator device for workers on its production lines, resulting in operational efficiencies, cost savings, and a measurable reduction in CO2 emissions when creating its products.
Ryan Schultz
JULY 21, 2023
HOUSEKEEPING NOTICE: I am off sick from work today, treating a pinched nerve in my neck with rest, heat, some strong painkillers, and muscle relaxants, which is another reason why I have gone missing from this blog. My body is a bit of a mess right now, folks! Working at a keyboard (both at home and at work) makes it worse, to the point where I have numbness and tingling along my right arm and hand.
VRGames
JULY 21, 2023
Summer is here and your free time has just started heating up! This year, kick off your summer fun with Meta Quest: the revolutionary new way to find activities to do around you.
Speaker: Treion Muller, Chief Strategy Officer at ELB Learning
Since when has learning and development (L&D) become such a negative experience with its intended learners? Could it be because learners have been conditioned by very poor learning experiences over the past two decades, combined with the kinks of technological innovation? Or is it because learning has typically been designed as a one-size-fits-all solution, despite the fact that humans are not clones?
VRGames
JULY 21, 2023
Players of all levels can explore a whole new world with the release of Void Room’s Tea For God, now available on Meta Quest via App Lab and PC VR headsets. This one-of-a-kind experience combines immersive gameplay with revolutionary locomotion mechanics in order to create a unique roomscale game that is sometimes physically impossible.
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