Fri.Jun 30, 2023

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Meet XR Climate Prize Winner Ed Harrison

AR Insider

Before their big win was announced at the 2023 Auggie Awards, guest author Emily Olman got the chance to interview Under the Skin of Endangered Animals. We have takeaways and video footage from the AWE show floor. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Inspirit Launches Affordable XR STEM Education Platform for Middle and High School Students

ARPost

XR STEM education has taken a leap forward with the official launch of Inspirit’s Innovative Learning Hub. The digital platform provides educators with affordable access to a premium library of virtual reality and augmented reality experiences designed specifically for middle and high school students. Focusing on enhancing learning outcomes and increasing engagement, Inspirit is revolutionizing the way STEM subjects are taught worldwide.

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‘The Wizards’ Studio Brings Mind-bending Cubic Puzzles to Quest 2 in ‘Mindset’, Trailer Here

Road to VR

Carbon Studio, the developers behind Crimen – Mercenary Tales , The Wizards , and Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Tempestfall , released a new narrative-driven VR game that’s packed with logic puzzles and what the studio calls “a bizarre story taking place at the very core of your subconscious.” Called Mindset , the Quest 2 exclusive makes good use of Quest 2’s hand-tracking tech, letting players tackle the game’s complex cubic puzzles either with Touch controllers o

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Steam Summer Sale 2023 Discounts Ultrawings, Alyx & More

Upload VR

The Steam Summer Sale is back once more, and we're highlighting the best PC VR offers. Steam Next Fest only finished a few days ago and already, the Steam Summer Sale 2023 is in full swing. With over 1,500 PC VR games on offer, it's usually the older PC VR games with the highest discounts and this time isn't any different. If you're interested in the Half-Life 2 VR mods , the Half-Life Complete bundle (excluding Alyx) is heavily discounted to $3.58 (94% off).

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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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‘SPACE BALL’ Fuses ‘Gorilla Tag’ Movement with ‘Rocket League’ Action

Road to VR

SPACE BALL is a sports game currently free on Quest that mashes up Gorilla Tag’s movement scheme and the fast-paced gameplay of Rocket League. Indie VR studio 31 Labs announced it’s bringing the game to PC VR headsets next month. The competitive multiplayer game offers up a number of modes, including Basketball, Soccer and Handball modes, letting players can go 1v1, 2v2 or 3v3 online, or play against bots to practice their skills.

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Niantic Lays Off 230 As NBA & Marvel AR Games Cancelled

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Pokémon Go developer Niantic is closing its Los Angeles Studio, laying off 230 employees while cancelling its NBA and Marvel AR games. In an " organizational update " this week, Niantic CEO John Hanke said he's decided to "narrow our focus for mobile game investments." Citing a "very mature" mobile games market, he claims "only the best and most differentiated titles have a chance to succeed.

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EON REALITY AND LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE UPGRADE PARTNERSHIP

EON Reality

The partnership upgrade delivers the EON AI Assistant and more to LACC’s students and teachers. IRVINE, CA, June 30, 2023 – EON Reality, Inc. (“EON Reality”), a global leader in Virtual and Augmented Reality (“XR”) industry and education solutions powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), announces an exciting enhancement to its partnership with Los Angeles City College (LACC), incorporating cutting-edge Spatial AI technology to improve the learning experience for its students.

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PNY Pro Elite V2 and Elite-X PRO Portable SSDs Review: Performance on a Budget

Anand Tech

PNY Technologies is well known in the computing industry for its NVIDIA-based graphics cards, but the company also participates in the DRAM and flash-based storage products markets. In the latter, PNY markets a range of USB flash drives, SD cards, and portable SSDs under variations of the 'Elite' tag. The company launched two new portable SSDs earlier this year - the Pro Elite V2 USB 3.2 Gen 2 and the EliteX-PRO USB 3.2 Gen 2x2.

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The Latest Big News on Improbable, Apple Vision Pro, and Meta Quest 3

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

In this episode of Big XR NEWS, Demond Cureton, Senior Journalist, XR Today , welcomes some of XR’s top analysts to talk about the latest news from across the industry. Our guests include: Kevin O’Donovan , Co-Chair, VRARA Industrial Metaverse and -Digital Twin Committee // Tech Evangelist Jay Latta , CEO and Founder, STINT // Speaker and Futurist Florian Carls , Chapter President Munich, VRARA David Ware , Film Production Professional Rory Greener , Technology Journalist, XR Today In our

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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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“Journey to the Foundations – ME & OW Collide!”

VRGames

From Mass Effect and Overwatch 2 to a groundbreaking new sci-fi adventure, Journey To Foundation is set to deliver all the thrills.

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Big XR News from Unity, Meta, Lamina1, and Apple

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Collaboration is key not just in life but also within the emerging immersive marketplace. As the ever-growing technology space finds its footing in enterprise and for consumers, industry leaders are ensuring that the market stands upon a strong foundation of industry-wide collaboration and rich design tools. This week, Apple dropped VisionOS, a set of XR design tools to entice immersive content creators to start designing for its upcoming headset before its release.

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`Create Epic 3D Worlds on Meta Quest 2+ Pro with Adobe Substance Modeler!`

VRGames

Virtual Reality is revolutionizing the way sculptures are created and artists can display their work. With VR sculpting, artists have access to a three-dimensional space where they can manipulate 3D models with natural scale. This technology allows them to create incredibly realistic sculptures that wouldn’t be possible without a full-sized studio.

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Why Companies Are Vastly Underprepared For The Risks Posed By AI

Bernard Marr

In the last year, artificial intelligence has arrived with a bang. Due to the emergence of generative tools like ChatGPT, businesses across every industry are realizing its immense potential and starting to put it to use. We know that there are challenges – a threat to human jobs, the potential implications for cyber security and data theft, or perhaps even an existential threat to humanity as a whole.

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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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Uncovering the Secrets of ‘Horizon Call of the Mountain’ – A Look Behind-the-Curtain from Guerrilla Games & Firesprite!

VRGames

Horizon Call of the Mountain for PSVR 2 is a groundbreaking edition to the beloved Horizon IP. Developed through collaboration between Guerrilla Games and Firesprite Studios, this VR game was designed with scope and scale rarely seen in virtual reality gaming.

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How Strategic Partnerships Help IBM Deliver AI And Hybrid Cloud To Customers

Bernard Marr

Building strong partnerships is important for every business, and this is no less true if you are one of the oldest and most respected technology companies in the world. IBM spent the last 12 months evolving the IBM Ecosystem. Called Partner Plus , it’s designed to ensure the right relationships are in place to deliver emerging technology solutions to clients.