VRScout
JULY 31, 2023
Start your journey off right with these immersive VR games available now. After long last, the uber-popular multiplayer game platform Roblox is finally available on Meta Quest VR headsets. Developer Roblox Corporation is currently hosting an open beta via App Lab, allowing developers the chance to fine-tune their experiences for VR before the game’s official launch on the Meta Quest Store.
AR Insider
JULY 31, 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 at Meta earnings and other happenings in the XR and AI worlds. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
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ARPost
JULY 31, 2023
The post-pandemic workforce is experiencing several significant shifts, particularly in how organizations tackle labor challenges and approach talent acquisition. One of the key factors for this disruption is the emergence of new, game-changing technologies like AI and machine learning. Today’s organizations are facing staffing needs and talent shortages due to the Great Resignation , prompting them to respond to an uncertain future by shifting how they approach the talent acquisition process.
VRScout
JULY 31, 2023
Drizzy’s latest tour will leave you in tears, whether you like it or not. Superstar rapper Drake kicked off his It’s All a Blur Tour last month, in New Orleans, Louisiana. It’s the Grammy award-winning artist’s first North American tour in five years and he’s shaking things up by adding a new augmented reality (AR) component to his shows.
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.
AR Insider
JULY 31, 2023
What do Meta's Q2 earnings tell us about Quest 2 and Quest Pro unit sales? And what does that in turn signal for the cumulative installed base of in-market units? We crunch the numbers in the latest Data Dive. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
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Road to VR
JULY 31, 2023
Tomorrow, Meta and Ready at Dawn are shutting down Echo VR, the free-to-play game that helped pioneer VR sports. Get in now before they pull the plug. Meta made no secret it was shutting down the zero-gravity sport Echo VR and its PC-only squad shooter variant, Echo Combat, having announced earlier this year it was sunsetting the games come August 1st at 10 AM PT ( local time here ).
XR Today - Virtual Reality
JULY 31, 2023
Meta’s Horizon Worlds launched in late 2021. The firm debuted its service with plans to push the then-unknown Metaverse concept into the mainstream; company CEO Mark Zuckerberg firmly believes that his team will lead this revolution – despite setbacks. Meta is experiencing mixed results. Despite a robust XR hardware and software product portfolio, Zuckerberg’s Metaverse vision has generally faced poor financials and low user bases.
Road to VR
JULY 31, 2023
Apple Vision Pro is coming next year, not only making for the Fruit Company’s much awaited first XR headset, but also spurring a resurgence in public interest (and likely investment) in the XR space. At $3,500, Vision Pro is undoubtedly an expensive steppingstone to the company’s future augmented reality ambitions, but even if it’s ostensibly ignoring virtual reality in the meantime, it probably won’t forever.
Upload VR
JULY 31, 2023
Meta will demo two new research prototype headsets at SIGGRAPH 2023 next week. SIGGRAPH is a yearly conference where researchers present breakthroughs in computer graphics hardware & software. Last year Meta showed off Starburst , a HDR display research prototype with 20,000 nits brightness, the highest of any known headset. This year Meta will show two prototype headsets: Butterscotch Varifocal will showcase near-retinal resolution and varifocal optics, while Flamera proves out a novel repr
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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.
Road to VR
JULY 31, 2023
Meta introduced a new game called ‘ Super Rumble ‘ to Horizon Worlds , something the company hopes will showcase a new generation of improved experiences on its own social VR platform. Released after a successful beta weekend in May, the free-for-all first-person shooter is said to highlight new improvements to Horizon Worlds , such as “better graphics, deeper gameplay, and a variety of quests and rewards.” Players can choose from six superpowers before each session, allo
Upload VR
JULY 31, 2023
Meta started a new first party studio to build Horizon Worlds games with early access to the platform's upcoming creator tools. At the Connect 2022 conference in October Meta announced that its "metaverse" platform would eventually let creators import textured 3D assets and use TypeScript, a popular language based on JavaScript. Currently, Horizon creators have to build worlds entirely inside VR, placing and manipulate primitive colored shapes using the tracked controllers and then using a spati
Anand Tech
JULY 31, 2023
While DDR5 memory has been out and in use for a couple of years now, so far we haven't seen the memory reach its full potential – at least, not for rank-and-file standards-compliant DIMMs. The specification allows for speeds as high as DDR5-6400 , but to date we've only seen on-spec kits (and processors) as fast as DDR5-5600. But at last, it looks like things are about to change and DDR5 is set to live up to its full potential, going by a new memory kit announcement from TeamGroup.
Upload VR
JULY 31, 2023
C-Smash VRS receives a free update next month, adding co-op and new gameplay modes to the PSVR 2 exclusive. Released last month after receiving a free demo in March, C-Smash VRS is a VR reboot of SEGA's Cosmic Smash , which mixes Squash and Breakout with a first-person perspective. Recently confirmed on Twitter , RapidEyeMovers and Wolf & Wood outlined some key features planned for this upcoming update.
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.
Anand Tech
JULY 31, 2023
The market demand for small form-factor (SFF) PCs was kickstarted by the Intel NUC in the early 2010s. Since then, many vendors have come out with their own take on the Intel NUC using both Intel and AMD processors. In recent years, we have also seen various Asian companies such as Beelink, Chuwi, GEEKOM, GMKtec, MinisForum, etc. emerging with a focus solely on these types of computing systems.
Upload VR
JULY 31, 2023
Pico Neo 3 Link has been approved by the US FCC, despite its successor already launching elsewhere last year. The FCC is a US regulatory agency with responsibility over wireless frequency use and approval is necessary to sell a device with wireless capabilities in the US market. What's strange about this approval though is that Pico 3 Link was launched to European and Asian consumers in early 2022 as a consumer “beta program” ahead of the launch of Pico 4 later in the year.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
JULY 31, 2023
Last Thursday, leading hand-tracking firm SpectreXR announced a strategic collaboration with XR headset vendor HTC VIVE via its Linkedin account to drive innovation, immersion, and realistic interaction on the latter’s product portfolio. The move sees SpectreXR join HTC VIVE’s Developer Partner Program to promote “synergy” between the firms and improve the usability of HTC VIVE devices.
VRGames
JULY 31, 2023
This week, the Between Realities VR Podcast featured XR Community Manager Max Noir. During their conversation topics began to dive into how she came to be involved in building out the virtual reality (VR) ecosystem in Uganda and how artists are taking advantage of what this technology has to offer them.
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.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
JULY 31, 2023
A media report has come out swinging against Apple’s Vision Pro headset, stating it has failed to innovate the mixed reality (MR) market. According to an opinion piece from The Street’s Ian Krieztberg, the new headset did not bring anything new to the industry. The author wrote, “But as with generative AI, Apple is not exactly the first to the game.
XR Today - Augmented Reality tag
JULY 31, 2023
Magic Leap has integrated its second-generation device, the Magic Leap 2, into the futuristic Mercedes-Benz Vision One-Eleven Concept Car (C111). As reported in recent months, the new electric vehicle (EV) combines augmented reality (AR) digital overlays from the Magic Leap 2 for an unrivalled driving experience. The Stuttgart, Germany-based carmaker originally unveiled the C111 at the Frankfurt IAA exhibition in 1969.
Bernard Marr
JULY 31, 2023
In this age of information overload and rapid change, it’s never been more essential that you take care of your physical and mental health so you can find balance in your life. A big part of taking care of yourself is finding ways to stay on top of your workload. That means maintaining boundaries between work and non-work, keeping a regular sleep routine, and making time for hobbies and relaxation.
Oculus
JULY 31, 2023
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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?
Bernard Marr
JULY 31, 2023
Formula One (F1) has always been a technology-driven sport. Behind every car tearing up the circuit at 250 mph is a team of engineers and scientists competing to wrangle every advantage, leveraging the latest innovations in data, analytics and high-performance computing. Right now, as is the case in every industry, artificial intelligence (AI) is driving a wave of disruption, transforming car design, race performance and fan experience alike.
Upload VR
JULY 31, 2023
Quest 3's new controllers have been approved by the US FCC. Meta Quest 3 was announced last month as launching later this year, starting at $500. It will come with Meta's new Touch Plus controllers, which have neither the rings of Quest 2's Touch controllers nor the cameras of the self-tracking Touch Pro controllers. According to Meta's CTO , Touch Plus has infrared LEDs around the face instead of on a ring.
EON Reality
JULY 31, 2023
Embark on a global journey with EON Reality – Explore the universe of Spatial AI across 21 countries! IRVINE, CA, July 31, 2023 – EON Reality, the global leader in AI-powered Augmented and Virtual Reality solutions, is excited to announce an extended world tour spanning 24 cities across 21 countries from August to October 2023. This educational tour, led by the company’s esteemed Chairman, Dan Lejerskar, offers insights into the transformative potential of AI across various sectors i
Bernard Marr
JULY 31, 2023
Gaming today is already all about creating immersive worlds for players to enjoy, making it a natural fit with the metaverse — and gamers today can create real-world value from digital creations and NFTs. What else is on the horizon for the world of gaming in the future internet? Let’s explore how the metaverse, web3, and new revenue models are redefining the gaming experience.
Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute
The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?
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