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10 Ways AI Has the Potential to Elevate VR

AR Insider

How will AI elevate VR. Guest author Unborn Tech examine 10 ways these two technologies have the potential to unlock each other – from intelligent and reactive UX to streamlining experience creation. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Quest 3 Has Higher Effective Resolution, So Why Does Everyone Think Vision Pro Looks Best?

Road to VR

Take a look around the web at reviews of Vision Pro and you’ll find that practically everyone agrees: Vision Pro’s display is excellent. Words like “crisp,” “smooth,” and “4K,” are commonly used when people are talking about the headset’s visuals. But what if I told you Apple’s headset actually has a lower effective resolution than Quest 3?

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Spatial Beats: Cinematic AI and Spatial M&A

AR Insider

Niantic brings Peridot to Quest, Matterport gets acquired and Sora opens a new era of music videos. We have these and other happenings from the intersection of AR and AI through the eyes of Charlie Fink. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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VR Attraction Sandbox VR Announces Major Expansion With 25 New Locations in the Coming Years

Road to VR

Sandbox VR, the location-based VR attraction, announced it’s opening 25 new locations as a result of a partnership with Apparel Group, the United Arab Emirates-based fashion and lifestyle company. The partnership is described as a “massive franchise deal” with Apparel Group, which has 85 brands and more than 2,200 stores across 14 countries, including much of the Middle East, South East Asia, India, Pakistan, Egypt and South Africa.

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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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Reality Bytes: Instagram, YouTube & Gamified Loyalty

AR Insider

This week on Reality Bytes, we try Instagram's new interactive stickers, YouTube's AI skipper tool, and Dave & Buster's gamified loyalty. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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3D Scanner Matterport Sold For $1.8 Billion, Lamini AI Raises $25 Million, Neurable $13 Million, Freepic Acquires Magnific AI

Charlie Fink

M&A activity in AI and XR drove the news this week. Sandbox VR adds 25 more locations, and Niantic tries MR for the first time.

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Sabrent Launches Rocket Nano M.2-2242 SSD: Up to 5 GB/sec

Anand Tech

Sabrent tends to get into news when it launches ultra-high-performance SSDs for enthusiast-grade desktops, but this week the company introduced a completely different type of product: a small form-factor M.2-2242 SSD aimed at Lenovo's Legion Go handheld and ultra-thin laptops that don't accomodate M.2-2280 drives. And even though it's not an enthusiast-grade drive, the Rocket Nano still boasts with quite decent performance and capacity.

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What Is a Solution Architect? — Revelations You Need to Know

Program Ace

Gain insight into the significant long-term benefits of how Program-Ace's solution architects can deliver efficient strategies for your optimized business development.

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XR Awards 2024 Finalists Announced!

XR Today - VR Headsets tag

The XR Awards 2024 is incoming. The annual online showcase event is on Thursday, May 23rd 2024, at 4 PM BST/11 AM EST. During the live online event, XR today showcases some of last year’s winners and highlights the talent behind each finalist entry. XR Today is proud to announce the finalists of this year’s event. The XR Awards 2024 had an expected impressive lineup of industry leaders and innovators; the judges were tasked with separating the vast number of applications into this year’s f

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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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Apple Cements Vision Pro in Enterprise, amidst Low-Demand Speculation

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

This week, Apple CEO Tim Cook commented on the current state of the Vision Pro in enterprise sectors. Recently, Apple has been facing rumours stating that demand for its new device is lower than expected, leading some to question the longevity of the emerging product. Cautious speculation on the Vision Pro may have come too soon, though, as Cook was quick to take to the media, explaining how the Vision Pro is adopted in forward-thinking workplaces today, changing how major industries operate, fa

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Wanderer: The Fragments of Fate Delayed Until Fall

Upload VR

Wanderer: The Fragments of Fate has been delayed until fall. Previously scheduled for June 27 on all major VR platforms, developer Mighty Eyes confirmed its upcoming remake needs more time. Calling this "an incredibly ambitious journey" rebuilt from the ground up in Unreal Engine 5, Mighty Eyes states the Wanderer: The Fragments of Fate release date is being pushed back to meet "our vision and quality expectations.

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Behind England’s Celebrity-Led, Multi-Million XR Education Programme

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

This week, UK-based immersive technology innovators eXtended Reality Peterborough (XRP) partnered with Igloo Vision and the wider ARU education group to open a £5.7 million XR training facility in the heart of education institutions across the east of England. The “XR Lab” grand opening came with the aforementioned multi-million capital support from the Office for Students, which aims to support simulated learning opportunities at the new Peterborough site and beyond.

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NewImages Festival Showed Me What VR Experiences Can Offer Beyond Games

Upload VR

NewImages Festival presented an impressive range of VR projects, showing how far VR filmmaking has come. Read on for our full impressions. It's no secret that I'm mainly interested in VR for gaming. I'd consider it my biggest hobby and you've possibly noticed that I cover VR games almost exclusively. That said, I can't deny that joining UploadVR has broadened my view considerably of the wider experiences VR can offer.

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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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Soapstone Comedy Presents: Premieres Brings Jay Pharoah, Natasha Leggero, Ron Funches, & More to Meta Horizon Worlds

Oculus

Today, entertainers and comedy fans alike can step inside the brand-new Soapstone Comedy Club at Hanalei Bay—your tropical destination to tickle your funny bone, only in Meta Horizon Worlds.

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VR Extraction Shooter Ghosts Of Tabor Is Out Now On Pico

Upload VR

Ghosts of Tabor, the hit VR extraction-based shooter, is out now on Pico. After February's Ghosts of Tabor relaunch, developer Combat Waffle Studios announced that its extraction-based VR FPS survival game with PvP and PvE modes has launched today on Pico Neo 3 Link and Pico 4. That includes full cross-platform multiplayer support with Quest and Steam.

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Meta Horizon Worlds v161 Release Notes

Oculus

Meta Horizon Worlds V161 is here! This week includes a new quality of life feature that enables players on web and mobile to carry more.

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