Road to VR

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Valve hasn’t wasted any time in pushing out patches to its recently updated Steam Link function, which lets Quest users wirelessly connect to their PCs to play SteamVR games. Users with particularly great PC setups should expect a “significant improvement” in how PC VR games look on Quest now. Thanks to SteamVR Beta 2.2.1 update released earlier this week for Steam Link, Quest users now have ‘Advanced Supersample Filtering’, which was released to majorly improve w

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 15, 2023

This week, Strivr announced that its enterprise-grade VR training service reached an “industry record-setting milestone” of roughly 2 million sessions launched across its client base. The service provider, which Fortune 1000 customers commonly employ, has achieved its landmark thanks to a rise in the adoption of immersive training services in the workplace and Strivr’s own innovations in integrated AI features.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Xbox Cloud Gaming finally came to Quest earlier this week, letting Game Pass Ultimate members play the service’s full catalogue of flatscreen games on Quest for the first time. But did you know you don’t actually need any sort of subscription to play Fortnite for free on Quest? It’s true, all you need to play Fortnite on Quest 2/3/Pro with Xbox Cloud Gaming is a free Microsoft account , that and be in a supported region.

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 15, 2023

OpenSim active users are up by 3,220 this month, reaching a new all-time high of 47,343. It was the biggest one-month increase in active users since May of 2022. The number of regions on all OpenSim grids is also up by 3,021, the biggest monthly increase since this past June, for a new total of 130,366 standard region equivalents. We usually witness an increase in activity during this season since more people spend more time inside on the computer, and grids ramp up for holiday events.

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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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Anand Tech

DECEMBER 15, 2023

When Intel struggled with its 10nm process technology a few years ago, some investors suggested that the company would be better-off spinning its chip production into an independent foundry, leaving the core of the company to focus on chip design instead. Bucking these calls, however, Intel opted to keep chipmaking in-house, even going as far as to creating Intel Foundry Services to use those facilities to do contract chipmaking for other chip designers.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Immersive learning solutions, tools, and software are taking the world by storm. For years, companies have recognized the need to provide consistent training and development resources to staff. After all, on average, employees learn about 70% of their skills on the job. However, the evolution of the workplace is making it harder for companies to train teams using traditional methods.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Asgard's Wrath 2, Meta's biggest bet yet on AAA gaming for standalone VR, is out now for Quest headsets. However, the game does not include any graphical enhancements for Quest 3 headsets at launch. Asgard’s Wrath 2 Review: Godly Scale, But At What Cost? Asgard’s Wrath 2 presents Quest users with godly scale, but at what cost? Read our review-in-progress: UploadVR Harry Baker Developed by Sanzaru Games, Asgard's Wrath 2 is a follow-up to the studio's 2019 original for PC VR.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Immersive training solutions have become increasingly popular in recent years. Companies investing in constantly upskilling and reskilling their workforce are moving beyond traditional learning experiences. They’re discovering that extended reality tools can help scale their development initiatives faster, empower remote teams, and improve learning outcomes.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Track Craft creatively uses mixed reality, turning your home into a racing playground. Out now on Quest App Lab, here's our hands-on impressions: We're slowly witnessing growing competition for the best mixed reality games on Quest 3 , and right now, I'd consider Track Craft from Brainz Gamify a contender. MR holds considerable promise, though I've often found MR support for Quest games somewhat gimmicky.

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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 15, 2023

With the holiday period fast approaching, if XR audiences expected a lull in updates and announcements from significant technology leaders, they would be wrong. This week proved to be a dark horse regarding announcements; with CES just around the corner, major XR firms are readying up for 2024. It appears that 2024 will be a landmark year for XR. With the impending rise of the rebranded industrial Metaverse and the potential mainstream adoption of MR headsets, XR may finally reach its breakthrou

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Program Ace

DECEMBER 15, 2023

2024 has ushered in fresh triumphs, accolades, and milestones for Program-Ace, presenting us with ample exciting news and updates to share!

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Program Ace

DECEMBER 15, 2023

2023 has ushered in fresh triumphs, accolades, and milestones for Program-Ace, presenting us with ample exciting news and updates to share!

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