AR Insider
OCTOBER 3, 2023
After examining Google and Snap's visual search efforts in earlier parts of this series, how does Pinterest compare? Its visually-oriented discovery engine could be a perfect match for visual search. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
Road to VR
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Like many of Valve’s best titles, Half-Life: Alyx (2020) is a lot more moddable than your average game, which for PC VR headset owners means hundreds of new modes, missions, and mini-games. Now one of the HLA’s most talented modders announced they’ve been snapped up by Valve. Nate Grove was responsible for two of the best HLA campaign-style mods, Incursion and Re-Education—both of which are uncannily Valve-like in pacing, setting… everything.
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XR Today - Virtual Reality
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Virtualware , a Spanish virtual reality (VR) firm specialising in enterprise training solutions, has inked a massive multi-million dollar deal with a US energy firm. With its VR training platform, Virtualware will offer its services to the unnamed company to rapidly upskill its workforce for entering their on-side working environments. The five-year renewable contract will allow the energy giant to leverage Virtualware’s VR-as-a-Service (VRaaS) platform.
Hypergrid Business
OCTOBER 3, 2023
HIE Welcome Center. (Image courtesy Hypergrid International Expo.). This year’s Hypergrid International Expo kicks off at 11 a.m. Pacific Time on Friday, October 6 at the HIE’s Auditorium in Craft World grid , featuring an opening party with music from Zoree Jupiter at 11 a.m., Arianna Nightfire at 1 p.m., and Forest Azure at 10 p.m. Pacific Time. “The three artists will bring us an international mix of songs on a unique music stage built by Nyx Breen with a sort of crosswords in all lang
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.
Upload VR
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Meta's going all in on mixed reality with Quest 3, but former Oculus CTO John Carmack remains unconvinced. We've known for months about Meta's MR ambitions with Quest 3 , and last week at Connect offered a closer look at these ambitions. But it wasn't long before Carmack, who left Meta last December and has outlined the need for " instant VR ", aired concerns about the MR focus.
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Upload VR
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Ilysia, the upcoming VR MMORPG, targets an early access launch this month. Developed by Team 21, Ilysia first appeared three years ago after a successful Kickstarter campaign , promising open world exploration and adventure across the titular world as you explore hidden ruins and dungeons. Following recent beta tests , Ilysia will receive new zones, races and tutorials, brand new starting areas and "tons of bug fixes.
Anand Tech
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Western Digital's WD_Black SN850P was the first officially PlayStation 5-licensed SSD to hit the market. Seagate wants a piece of that and has hopped on the PlayStation 5 train with the new Game Drive PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD series, officially licensed for Sony's current-generation gaming console. Unlike Microsoft, which uses a proprietary SSD expansion card for the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, Sony opted to employ a standard M.2 slot for storage expansion on the PlayStation 5.
Upload VR
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Resonite brings a Neos VR successor to PC VR, offering a "novel digital universe" on Steam Early Access this week. Developed by Yellow Dog Man Studios, Resonite is a new social VR platform focused on user-generated content from Neos VR's former lead developer, Tomáš “Frooxius” Mariančík. "Whether you resonate with people around the world in a casual conversation, playing games and socializing or you riff off each other when creating anything from art to programming complex games, you'll find you
VR Fitness
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Collegiate VR Esports League (CVRE) was established in January 2018 as a fun, friendly community that would cater specifically to the needs of collegiate level VR and esport enthusiasts. Since that time, over 50 different universities, colleges, and post-secondary schools have participated. CVRE recently launched their 11th season and there are already 29 different universities registered with over 115 players.
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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
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Samsung's portable SSD lineup has enjoyed significant market success since the launch of the T1 back in 2015. Despite the release of the Thunderbolt-capable X5 PSSD in 2018, the company has been focusing on the mainstream market. Multiple T series drives have made it to the market over the last 8 years. The product line made the transition to NVMe and USB 3.2 Gen 2 only in 2020 with the launch of the T7 Touch.
EON Reality
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Unveiling the EON Experience Fest 2023 – Dubai Dive with us into immersive sessions, revealing the transformative power of tech in education. From hands-on workshops to real-world innovations, follow our journey as we traverse the educational landscapes of the future. From the heart of Dubai, get ready for enlightening insights that promise to reshape our understanding of learning.
Anand Tech
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Tenstorrent this week announced that it had chosen to use Samsung's SF4X (4 nm-class) process technology for its upcoming low-cost, low-power codenamed Quasar chiplet for machine learning workloads. The chiplets will be made at Samsung's new fab near Taylor, Texas when it becomes operational in 2024. Tenstorrent's Quasar chiplet is a new addition to the company's roadmap.
Upload VR
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Immersed canceled the cheaper 2.5K per eye model of Visor. Visor was announced in August as an ultra-compact productivity headset with OLED microdisplays, inside-out tracking, HD color passthrough, hand tracking, and eye tracking set to release in 2024 with support for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Immersed says it has a compute puck with a battery, can support support a wireless monitor streaming mode, and has integrated inside-out tracking.
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.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
OCTOBER 3, 2023
As the Creativity Conference kicks off its first day of speakers, many esteemed experts have begun sharing their perspectives on creativity and how it applies to their respective fields. With the need to innovate industries, many speakers at the online event will showcase groundbreaking approaches to creativity in XR content creation, building information modelling (BIM), entertainment, filmmaking, and other disciplines.
Upload VR
OCTOBER 3, 2023
PowerWash Simulator VR cleans up a release date, arriving next month on Quest. Revealed during June's Meta Quest Gaming Showcase pre-show, PowerWash Simulator VR can be played solo or in co-op multiplayer and also introduces some VR-specific features. Publisher nDreams confirms you can select outfits and equipment from the back of the PowerWash van, alongside quick nozzle changes through a new tool belt.
The AR Show
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Ross Finman is the CEO of Augmodo, a company utilizing AI and AR to revolutionize grocery store experiences and economics starting with the personal shoppers who fulfill online grocery purchases. Previously Ross spent 4 ½ years at Niantic. There he founded the AR mapping and Visual Positioning System (VPS) effort before becoming the AR Strategy Lead and then the general manager for the AR Headset group.
Trenzi VR
OCTOBER 3, 2023
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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.
Oculus
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Meta Horizon Worlds v130 is here! Thanks to all who attended Meta Connect 2023 last week. This week, we’re rolling out access to world chat to everyone and working to resolve a bug that impacted some people’s follower/following counts on their Horizon profile.
Trenzi VR
OCTOBER 3, 2023
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Oculus
OCTOBER 3, 2023
There’s an inescapable human urge to clean things: You just feel better when you have clean teeth, wear clean clothes, and drive a clean car.
Trenzi VR
OCTOBER 3, 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?
Anand Tech
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Intel this afternoon has announced that the company will be spinning off its programmable solutions group (PSG), to operate as a standalone business. The business unit, responsible for developing Intel’s Agilex, Stratix, and other FPGA products, will become a standalone entity under Intel’s corporate umbrella starting in Q1 of 2024, with the long-term goal of eventually selling off part of the group in an IPO in two to three years’ time.
EON Reality
OCTOBER 3, 2023
EON Reality and Pereirapisco.creativity Join Forces to Infuse Spatial AI Across Architecture, Real Estate, Construction, Audiovisuals, and Training in Portugal. IRVINE, CA – October 3 , 2023 – EON Reality, globally acclaimed for its cutting-edge solutions in Artificial Intelligence and Extended Reality, is excited to declare a pioneering partnership with Portugal’s esteemed creative conglomerate, Pereirapisco.creativity.
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