The Ghost Howls
OCTOBER 21, 2021
If you are all-in for high-quality PCVR and you have a budget to invest for it, this is the day you were looking for: Varjo has just announced Aero, which is set to become the highest-end prosumer PCVR headset on the market. Let me tell you everything about it, starting with some fancy technical tables and then going on with the commentary. The beautiful Varjo Aero.
VRScout
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Relax and unwind in a calming VR experience complete with guided meditations on anxiety, depression, sleep, and more. Originally released on the Oculus Go in 2016, developer Cubicle Ninja today announced the launch of Guided Meditation VR on Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2 headsets, bringing over 30 hours of guided meditations to Facebook’s lineup of standalone VR headsets.
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ARPost
OCTOBER 21, 2021
For years, Varjo has made some of the best XR headsets on the planet – including true XR models that can actually go back and forth between virtual and mixed reality. The company is frequently producing things so amazing that we didn’t even know that we wanted them yet. Through all of this, there has been one thing that we’ve always wanted from Varjo and they never put out.
VRScout
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Shuffle your way through a collection of newly compatible games and compete in an exclusive NFT tournament. Since the launch of its official Kickstarter back in 2018, Cybershoes have built up an impressive list of compatible VR games. This includes such hits as Doom3Quest , Arizona Sunshine , Population: One , and Half-Life: Alyx just to name a few. .
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
OCTOBER 21, 2021
What are the biggest insights and observations in AR and adjacent sectors this week? Welcome to Reality Bytes, featuring lightning-round video commentary from AR Insider partner, M7 Innovations. The post Reality Bytes: Vive Flow, Tether & Ghost Robotics appeared first on AR Insider.
Virtual Reality Pulse brings together the best content for VR professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
AR Insider
OCTOBER 21, 2021
The cost of homebuilding is escalating as the building-materials supply chain is constrained. How can VR come to the rescue in streamlining the process of planning and building? Contributor April Miller breaks it down. The post 4 Ways VR Can Reduce the Cost of Homebuilding appeared first on AR Insider.
Road to VR
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Varjo today announced Aero; while it’s the company’s most affordable headset yet, its $2,000 price point still limits its to businesses and wealthy enthusiasts. But with stunning clarity its sure going to be a dream headset for VR simmers who aren’t afraid to trade cash for immersion. Varjo Aero is a pared down version of the company’s high-end enterprise headsets, notably without the ‘bionic display’ which gave the headset retina resolution at the center of t
Slashgear
OCTOBER 21, 2021
The Varjo Aero VR headset takes their high-end hardware – generally made for enterprise markets that have a LOT of cash – ready for consumers. This doesn’t mean the headset is affordable – it’ll run you around $1990 USD, nearly two THOUSAND dollars – but you’ll know where your money went. Each of your two eyes gets its own Mini … Continue reading.
Road to VR
OCTOBER 21, 2021
HP announced today that it’s launching an updated version of its Reverb G2 headset in the US that brings improvements to controller tracking, eye-relief, and AMD compatibility. Alongside the headset’s improvements, changes to the Mixed Reality Portal software in Windows 11 aim to streamline the experience for SteamVR users and improve performance.
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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.
GizModo VR
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Pablo Escobar’s hippos have a lawyer. And a good one at that. In a U.S. first, a court recognized the animals as legal persons. That could be the hippos’ salvation in the ongoing fight about what to do with one of the world’s most rotund and dangerous invasive species. Read more.
Road to VR
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Unplugged is like Guitar Hero, although instead of picking up a dedicated peripheral and jamming away, it relies on Quest’s native hand-tracking to let you shred on an air guitar without controllers. It’s a fun idea that can work really well at moments, however the headset’s optical hand-tracking still isn’t super reliable, which adds a layer of frustration on top of what could truly be a great game.
GizModo VR
OCTOBER 21, 2021
An investigation into the effects of ivory poaching has led to the discovery of an increasing number of tuskless female African elephants —the consequences of which aren’t entirely clear. Read more.
Anand Tech
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Today is when Intel does its third-quarter 2021 financial disclosures, and there’s one little tidbit in the earnings presentation about its upcoming new discrete GPU offerings. The earnings are usually a chance to wave the flag of innovation about what’s to come, and this time around Intel is confirming that its first-generation discrete graphics with the Xe-HPG architecture will be on shelves in Q1 2022.
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.
GizModo VR
OCTOBER 21, 2021
It was a balmy day in Taiwan in November 2019, and I was rummaging through the Family Mart adjoined to the Qishan Bus Station. It was my last chance for 9V batteries and spicy tuna rice balls before taking a taxi into the mountains, where many of the remaining Indigenous languages of the island are spoken, the rest… Read more.
Digital Trends
OCTOBER 21, 2021
How long will it be until 5G becomes the market standard? A lot longer than you may think, according to the latest study.
GizModo VR
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg have been holding onto the Uncharted movie for years, In fact, it’s been so long that Wahlberg was holding precariously onto the edge of the cliff, having been cast as lead Nathan Drake—only to age out of that role into the role of Drake’s mentor Scully. Holland made his way to the cliff… Read more.
Digital Trends
OCTOBER 21, 2021
If your iPhone’s storage has been consumed by content mysteriously labeled as ‘Other,’ we’ll show you how to take care of it and reclaim your device’s space.
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.
GizModo VR
OCTOBER 21, 2021
After a slew of hacking scandals involving private surveillance companies, the U.S. is looking to impose new restrictions on the sale of commercial hacking tools—in the hopes of clamping down on abuse perpetuated by the industry. Read more.
TechCrunch VR
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Unity, the platform that develops 2D and 3D content for mobile phones, tablets, PCs, consoles and augmented and virtual reality devices, launched a beta version of Unity Gaming Services — a new platform that provides everything game creators need such as backend, monetization, user acquisition and player engagement. The updated version promises to make it easier for developers to launch cross-platform, multiplayer games — a growing segment of the market that includes hit titles like
GizModo VR
OCTOBER 21, 2021
The news that Disney was prepping a remake/sequel of Home Alone for its streaming service was all the more upsetting when the first trailer for Home Sweet Home Alone was actually released. Instead of watching that, thanks to Lego, you can instead immerse yourself in the original holiday classic with this spectacular… Read more.
Digital Trends
OCTOBER 21, 2021
The Pixel 6 Pro is the most premium smartphone Google has ever made, featuring a stunning display. Protect it with one of the best Pixel 6 screen protectors.
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?
GizModo VR
OCTOBER 21, 2021
An old steel mill is getting a new lease on life in Pueblo, Colorado. The company will be the first in the world to get the majority of its energy from solar power. Read more.
Anand Tech
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Kicking off another earnings season, Intel is once again leading the pack of semiconductor companies in reporting their earnings for the most recent quarter. As the company gets ready to go into the holiday quarter, they are coming off what’s largely been a quiet quarter for the chip maker, as Intel didn’t launch any major products in Q3.
GizModo VR
OCTOBER 21, 2021
If you thought the global supply chain disruptions only affected your receipt at the grocery store or your ability to get the newest Apple product , think again. The paint industry is going through an intense supply chain crunch right now, which is bad news if your home improvement or renovation projects require the… Read more.
Digital Trends
OCTOBER 21, 2021
For folks who are not yet ready for Windows 11, Microsoft is getting the Windows 10 November 2021 update prepared for release.
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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