The Ghost Howls
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
I’m writing this article to give you all a heads-up about a good thing that happened today. In one of those many webinars that Varjo organizes, the Finnish company has revealed that it is going to slash the price of the Aero… by a 50% factor! Varjo Aero at $990/€990 Varjo Aero (Image by Varjo) Varjo has announced that the new price of the Varjo Aero will be $990/€990, down -50% from the previous original price.
AR Insider
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
RealWear's ruggedized assisted reality devices are purpose built for the rigors of industrial environments. But what are they like up close? Our Editor-at-Large Emily Olman goes hands on and we have the footage. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
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Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Creating a VR that truly immerses the user is no easy feat. To pull this off correctly requires a careful blend of graphics, animations, audio, and haptics that work together in deliberate concert to suspend disbelief and engross the user. Fujii is a joyful interactive adventure and a masterclass in rich VR interactions. The President of Funktronic Labs, the studio behind the game, is here to tell us more about his design approach.
AR Insider
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
ARtillery Intelligence released a new report that projects VR revenue to grow to $20.3 billion by 2027. How will it get there? We examine strategic takeaways in the latest "Behind the Numbers." This post appeared first on AR Insider.
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.
XR Today - Virtual Reality
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
As the XR industry grows, more regions are stepping foot in the immersive sector – both consumer and enterprise. Worldwide XR distribution and adoption success depends on inclusive and accessible software and hardware – with a particular focus on regional availability and understanding. The XR space and its vendors commonly use remote collaboration and communication as a selling point.
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XR Today - Virtual Reality
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
This week, the World Economic Forum (WEF) partnered with Microsoft and Accenture to scale its Global Collaboration Village , a Metaverse space for international business leaders and decision-makers. The expansion plans to add a Polar Tipping Points Hub to the Metaverse service. WEF designed the new virtual space to bring global stakeholders from businesses, governments, and academia to collaborate over climate concerns virtually.
Upload VR
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Varjo Aero just got a permanent price cut. Aero is a tethered PC VR headset that launched in 2021 with the highest angular resolution on the consumer market, a position it solely held until Pimax Crystal started shipping this year. All Varjo's previous headsets were for businesses only - Aero was a new direction in selling to consumers. It features 2880×2720 per eye LCD displays, aspheric lenses, and eye tracking enabling automatic IPD adjustment and foveated rendering in supported software.
Anand Tech
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
As part of Intel’s suite of hardware announcements at this year’s Intel Innovation 2023 conference, the company offered a brief update on their plans for High-NA EUV machines, which will become a cornerstone of future Intel process nodes. Following some changes in Intel’s process roadmap – in particular Intel 18A being pulled in because it was ahead of schedule – Intel’s plans for the next-generation EUV machines.
Upload VR
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
An official render of Quest 3 with its new Elite Strap accessory is present in the Oculus PC app files. Out of the box Quest 3 has a slightly different included strap design than Quest 2, and Meta claims it's more comfortable, but it still looks to be made of flimsy cloth. The default soft strap on Quest 2 vs Quest 3 Quest 2's strap is removable though, and can be replaced with Meta's own $60 Elite Strap or one of the many cheaper third party alternatives that have emerged since the headset's la
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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.
Anand Tech
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
While the primary focus has been on Intel's impending Meteor Lake SoC due by the end of the year, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger unveiled more about their current client processor roadmap. Aside from a demo showing off a 'Lunar Lake' test box, Pat Gelsinger also announced Panther Lake, a new Intel client platform that is on track for a release sometime in 2025.
EON Reality
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
EON Reality, a renowned leader in the immersive technology sector, is excited to unveil a collaborative partnership with Eduvators, LLC starting from September 5, 2023. This collaboration symbolizes a pivotal leap in broadening the realms of XR and AI technologies and harnessing their potential for revolutionary educational experiences. Key Highlights of the Partnership: Establishment of the Los Angeles Spatial AI Center: Eduvators’ primary focus will be to contribute to setting up this hu
Anand Tech
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
When Asus teased its ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card back at Computex, it was clear that the company's ambitions were to develop no less than the world's fastest graphics card. The company meticulously described the card's advanced printed circuit board design, voltage regulating module, and cooling system, but it never revealed two important details: actual clocks and price.
Upload VR
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Glassbreakers: Champions of Moss will introduce its first post-launch Champion next week on Quest. Released in early access last month on App Lab , Glassbreakers: Champions of Moss is a MOBA-like real-time battler. Taking a live-service approach to content updates, this upcoming update sees Polyarc's competitive multiplayer game move into open beta on September 26, also adding the next playable character.
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
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
With a plethora of news coming from Intel early this week, it went almost unnoticed that Asus has begun to sell an inexpensive version of its ROG Ally portable game console. Unlike the original one, this unit carries AMD's Ryzen Z1 non-extreme accelerated processing unit that offers tangibly lower performance, which makes the gaming systems considerably less capable.
Upload VR
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
ForeVR swaps sports games for vacuum cleaners with Suck It!, and an open beta begins today on Quest and SteamVR. As an employee of S.U.C.K. (Superstellar Universal Cleaning Korp), ForeVR's latest game equips you with a high-tech intergalactic vacuum cleaner to grab anything that fits, flying around the map with jetpacks. The current build features a 'Treasure Hunt' mode that involves filling up your vacuum's cannister, emptying it at a 'Dumpy' to collect stars and winning the match after securin
XROM
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Immersed, the leading spatial computing company, has announced that preorders are now open for their low-cost XR glasses, the Visor. Customers can secure their Visor by placing a fully refundable deposit. The Visor, introduced in August, is a compact productivity headset equipped with OLED microdisplays, inside-out tracking, HD color passthrough, hand tracking, and eye tracking.
VRGames
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Immersed has made one of the most anticipated headsets in the AR/VR industry available for preorder with its latest product Visor.
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.
Steki Amusement
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Owatch New Arrivals One-price limited time offer The newly launched VR 2.0 series of products include the hand-held interactive game VR Beat Star , the 360-degree rotating roller coaster VR Egg 360 and the multi-person interactive cinema VR Birdly Ride 4 Seats. In order to give back to our customers, owatch is now holding One-price promotion for new products for a limited time , first come first served, buy more and save more!
VRGames
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
If you have an affinity for being on the cutting edge, then Racket is your new favorite game. A modern blend of racquetball, squash and tennis, it’s a high-energy sport that puts your athleticism to the test. Available this December, Racket makes its formal entry as one of the newest sports in town!
VRGames
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
According to leaked documents related to Microsoft’s business strategy for Xbox, the company is still wary of investing heavily in XR technology. In a mid-2022 ‘Gaming Strategy Review’ document, Xbox pointed to “AR / VR” as an opportunity that they were considering for their “next generation gaming.
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