VRScout

JUNE 26, 2023

The visionOS SDK is built using the same basic framework that is used by Apple’s other operating systems. Apple recently introduced visionOS SDK , a set of new tools and technologies that will help developers create compelling app experiences for Apple Vision Pro , which Apple CEO Tim Cook said is “the beginning of a new era for computing.” Apple developers will be able to create new and innovative spatial computing apps that take full advantage of Vision Pro’s incredible visual and

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AR Insider

JUNE 26, 2023

AR is a technology that requires native thinking. Unlike various video channels (mobile, desktop, etc.), you can't port media from one to the other. This applies to ads as well, as Niantic has demonstrated with its latest move. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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VRScout

JUNE 26, 2023

Unlock access to two popular VR games every month. Earlier this morning, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta Quest+, a new VR subscription service for Meta Quest 2, Quest Pro, and the upcoming Quest 3. Available today, Meta Quest+ offers subscribers access to two popular VR titles hand-picked by Meta every month. The company is beginning with Cloudhead Games’ rhythm-based shooter Pistolwhip and ARVORE’s old-school-inspired adventure game Pixel Ripped 1995 followed by Mighty Cocon

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Road to VR

JUNE 26, 2023

Microsoft announced it’s released a public preview of Azure Remote Rendering support for Meta Quest 2 and Quest Pro, something that promises to allow devs to render complex 3D content in the cloud and stream it to those VR headsets in real-time. Azure Remote Rendering, which already supports desktop and the company’s AR headset HoloLens 2, notably uses a hybrid rendering approach to combine remotely rendered content with locally rendered content.

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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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AR Insider

JUNE 26, 2023

Welcome back to Spatial Beats, AR Insider's weekly series that features observations and insights of author and futurist Charlie Fink. This week, we look AI & XR convergence. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 26, 2023

Summer has arrived and with it the sun, the heat… and the ice creams! While people prepare to go on vacation, the XR news starts becoming less than before… but I’m still here telling you which are the most important ones! Top news of the week (Image by Meta) Quest 3 launch is approaching Meta is following a strategy for the launch of the Quest 3 that is very different from the one that it used for the previous headsets.

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Road to VR

JUNE 26, 2023

Apple says it will give developers the opportunity to apply for Vision Pro dev kits starting sometime in July. In addition to releasing a first round of developer tools last week , including a software ‘Simulator’ of Vision Pro, Apple also wants to give developers a chance to get their hands on the headset itself. The company indicates that applications for a Vision Pro development kit will open starting in July, and developers will be able to find details here when the time comes.

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Hypergrid Business

JUNE 26, 2023

(Image by Maria Korolov via Midjourney.) New research reports and surveys released this month show that interest in virtual and augmented reality is continuing to drop. According to an EY Consulting survey released earlier this month , only 24 percent of people said their company has started using VR and AR technologies, putting it in last place among all technologies people were asked about.

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Upload VR

JUNE 26, 2023

Virtual Desktop's biggest update yet adds new streaming codec options, a real-world passthrough environment, and support for Quest Pro's local dimming. New Codec Modes Virtual Desktop has supported the two leading video streaming codecs for a long time now: H.264 and HEVC, with HEVC giving higher quality. Its developer Guy Godin had recommended letting the app choose automatically - HEVC for NVIDIA GPUs with Snapdragon XR2, and H.264 for all other cases.

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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.

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TechCrunch VR

JUNE 26, 2023

Meta Quest users can subscribe to a new service that gives them access to the top two titles every month. Dubbed Meta Quest+ , the virtual reality subscription costs $7.99 per month or $59.99 annually. The first hint of the subscription service came in March when a Twitter user discovered a description of a game pass feature in the Meta Quest app. Earlier this month, another Twitter user spotted the title and price of Meta Quest+ in the app selection of the Meta Quest app.

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Upload VR

JUNE 26, 2023

Meta Quest+ is a new subscription service for VR games, available today from $7.99 monthly. This isn't the first time we've heard about Meta's plans for a subscription service. Back in March, a hidden page appeared mentioning " Quest Pass " was spotted by a Twitter user. Similar to PlayStation Plus , this provides two VR games every month for Quest 2 and Quest Pro owners, with forward compatibility planned for Quest 3.

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Anand Tech

JUNE 26, 2023

SK Hynix has introduced the Beetle X31, its first portable SSD. The drive promises to hit sequential transfer rates of up to 1,050 MB/sec when working with appropriate hosts. The drive is ultra compact and can store up to 1 TB of data, which is quite a bit higher than typical USB flash drives. The SK Hynix Beetle X31 uses the company's 128-layer 3D NAND memory and boasts sequential read and write speeds of up to 1,050 MB/sec and 1,000 MB/sec, respectively.

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Upload VR

JUNE 26, 2023

Vision Pro may be too heavy to be comfortable for some of the use cases Apple pitched it for. Since Vision Pro was publicly revealed Apple has been expanding the number of staff and trusted outsiders able to test out headset, and this is bringing a new level of scrutiny. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports "many" of these testers find Vision Pro "too heavy" after multiple hours of continuous use.

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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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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JUNE 26, 2023

Psychic VR Lab is a firm distributing a range of XR tools for developers of various skill levels, including the STYLY developer platform for creating and distributing immersive content. The firm works with many clients to deploy branded content worldwide. Moreover, Psychic VR Lab is involved in establishing AR metaverse content, as shown via other STYLY-based location-based events such as its NYC takeover last year.

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Upload VR

JUNE 26, 2023

Meta researchers showed an update of their AI-powered body pose estimation. Out of the box, current VR systems only track the position of your head and hands. The position of your elbows, torso, and legs can be estimated using a class of algorithms called inverse kinematics (IK), but this is only accurate sometimes for elbows and rarely correct for legs.

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VRGames

JUNE 26, 2023

Meta and Microsoft’s partnership continues to evolve for Quest 2 and Pro devices. During their Connect 2022 event, the two companies announced the Windows integration into these headsets along with added support from Microsoft Intune and Azure Active Directory.

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Upload VR

JUNE 26, 2023

Darksword: Battle Eternity promises a "white-knuckle" dark fantasy action RPG in VR, and it's out now on Quest. Developed by South Korean studio Com2uS ROCA, Darksword: Battle Eternity marks the team's debut release. Featuring a story mode and multiplayer co-op, it tells the story of Blackwold, a fallen general that looks to free the world of the Twisted Corridors from Darksword's curse.

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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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ARVR Magazine Podcast

JUNE 26, 2023

In today's episode of the robotspaceship podcast, we talk to Tony Bevilacqua from Cognitive3D about spatial analytics in immersive applications. He also shares some of his thoughts on eye tracking and the new Apple Vision Pro Headset. Show Notes: Cognitive3D: [link] Tony Bevilacqua on Linkedin: [link] Subscribe and Follow! Be sure to subscribe to our podcast so you don’t miss all the weekly episodes.

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Upload VR

JUNE 26, 2023

Racket Club revealed new gameplay information in a YouTube developer diary, detailing its design philosophy and scoring system Explained by Mathieu Castelli, Chief Creative Officer at Resolution Games, they begin by discussing Blaston. Revealing it showed the team how much they can do with body motions in a limited space, Castelli says this inspired Racket Club to use smaller courts rather than teleportation to cover a wider area.

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VRPlayin

JUNE 26, 2023

In a rapidly changing digital landscape, the name of the game for brands is customer engagement. As such, Virtual Reality (VR) is proving to be an indispensable tool in this realm. This blog post explores how VR can enhance customer engagement at brand activations. The Power of VR for Customer Engagement Firstly, it’s crucial to understand the power of VR when it comes to engaging customers.

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Oculus

JUNE 26, 2023

Whether you’re a seasoned VR gamer or new to the medium, it can be hard to know where to start when exploring the Meta Quest catalog. Luckily, we’re combining curation and convenience to make things a little easier. Now you can browse less and play more with Meta Quest+, your new VR subscription service.

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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?

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 26, 2023

Immersive collaboration: The big one. The extensive use case, which has and still does, drive the XR industry and many other enterprise technology sectors. Increasingly, improvements and innovations allow business owners to harness the power of emerging remote collaboration tools to increase ROI in various stages of collaboration – if implemented correctly.

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Oculus

JUNE 26, 2023

If you haven’t suited up as Tony Stark and taken to the skies to fight evil in Marvel’s Iron Man VR on Meta Quest 2, now’s your chance. Starting today, the blockbuster narrative-driven action-adventure game is now available at a new low price of $29.99 USD—that’s 25% off the original purchase price.

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Anand Tech

JUNE 26, 2023

Qualcomm this morning is taking the wraps off its next generation Snapdragon 4-class mobile SoC, the aptly named Snapdragon 4 Gen 2. The company’s new entry-level SoC for smartphones and other devices incorporates some hardware updates that should modestly boost performance for the most cost-sensitive segment of the mobile market, as well as bringing Qualcomm’s overall Snapdragon product stack into closer alignment by supporting more recent 5G standards and fabbing the chip to a newe

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