VRScout

JULY 10, 2023

The first 500 orders will receive a free pair of DMAS headphones. Available now for order, Pimax Crystal is a high-end immersive device that features an impressive pixel count of 5760 x2880, the highest of any consumer VR headset currently available for purchase, according to Pimax. The visuals are further enhanced by QLED+Mini LED panels and local dimming, a technology that dims dark areas and brightens colorful areas for improved visuals.

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AR Insider

JULY 10, 2023

VR's spatial cousin, AR, continues to make waves as a marketing tool, including virtual product try-ons. But VR is increasingly signaling value in accomplishing a similar end. We examine the evidence. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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VRScout

JULY 10, 2023

Immerse yourself in a “new type” of music studio. Legendary musical instrument manufacturer KORG recently announced the launch of its popular music production studio app KORG Gadget on VR headsets. Originally release on platforms such as iOS, Mac, and, bizarrely enough, the Nintendo Switch, this marks the first time the award-winning software will be available in VR.

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ARPost

JULY 10, 2023

Over the years, the e-commerce sector has experienced enormous expansion, allowing customers to buy from the comfort of their homes. However, the option for shoppers to physically engage with things before purchasing is one feature that Internet shopping needs to include. This is where augmented reality enters the picture and completely changes online shopping.

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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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Road to VR

JULY 10, 2023

Meta today introduced a new developer feature called Super Resolution that’s designed to improve the look of VR apps and games on Quest. The company says the new feature offers better quality upscaling at similar costs as previous techniques. Meta today announced the new Super Resolution feature for developers on the company’s XR developer blog.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 10, 2023

It’s been another interesting week in immersive realities, so let’s see what happened in our field in the past few days! Top news of the week (Image by Google) Samsung XR headset may have been delayed The new rumor in town is that Samsung has delayed its upcoming headset that it is building in partnership with Google and Qualcomm. The release date should have been early 2024, but it seems that the Korean company has informed its suppliers that this date may have been moved forward of “one to two

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JULY 10, 2023

Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth said in an Instagram AMA today that the battery life on Quest 3 will be "about the same" as Quest 2. He then added that, as with existing headsets, battery life on Quest 3 will vary depending on what you're using the headset for, and Meta is always looking to make improvements. Here's the full statement: Question: What will be the battery life for Meta Quest 3?

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EON Reality

JULY 10, 2023

IRVINE, CA, July 10, 2023 – EON Reality, Inc. (“EON Reality”), a global leader in Virtual and Augmented Reality (“XR”) industry and education solutions powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), today announced the launch of EON Mind, a groundbreaking proprietary AI language model designed to ensure absolute data security. In the current era of data-driven decision making, AI language models play a critical role in business operations across various industries.

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JULY 10, 2023

Meta Quest Super Resolution is a feature VR developers can enable for sharper visuals in their apps or games. Quest Super Resolution leverages Qualcomm's Snapdragon Game Super Resolution (GSR) software technology. GSR works similarly to AMD's FSR 1.0, but is specifically optimized for the Adreno mobile GPUs in the Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets used in Quest headsets, and runs in a single pass to maximize performance This is a step up from traditional sharpening, but to be clear it isn't an AI sys

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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.

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EON Reality

JULY 10, 2023

IRVINE, CA, July 10, 2023 – EON Reality, Inc. (“EON Reality”), a global leader in Virtual and Augmented Reality (“XR”) industry and education solutions powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), and IFQ Technologies, a leading enterprise in the field of emerging technologies, have announced a groundbreaking partnership. They are joining forces to establish a state-of-the-art Spatial Artificial Intelligence (AI) Center in Dubai.

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JULY 10, 2023

War Thunder spinoff Aces of Thunder brings aerial dogfighting to PSVR 2, and Gaijin detailed its starting US aircraft. "Thanks to the PlayStation VR2 helmet, you will be able to sit in the detailed simulated cockpit of your favorite WWII aircraft and take to the skies over the battlefields of Eastern, Western and Pacific fronts!" says Gaijin Entertainment.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

JULY 10, 2023

Watch on YouTube. XR Today’s Rory Greener hosts Laura Smith, Canada’s BIM Lead, at SNC Lavalin In this session we discuss the following: Using XR in the workplace Creating a discussion about XR in the workplace Scalability and usability of XR solutions in enterprise Retaining interest across a workplace and managers How effective is enterprise XR adoption really?

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JULY 10, 2023

Sci-fi action adventure game Hubris debuted on PC VR late last year with stunning visuals but slightly more average gameplay. Now available on Quest 2 and PSVR 2, these new ports hold up surprisingly well, with some expected adjustments for each platform. Last year, Hubris offered PC VR players AAA-level visuals, matched with entertaining-if-average gameplay and story.

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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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VRGames

JULY 10, 2023

Mighty Eyes’ Wanderer: The Fragments of Fate is a complete remake of the 2022 time-travel adventure game. This reimagination takes full advantage of Unreal Engine 5 and features stunning visuals, full-body avatars using Epic Games’ Meta-humans system and more immersive platforming thanks to physics-based gameplay.

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JULY 10, 2023

Huh? Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth reportedly once argued for cancelling the Oculus "standalone VR project" and keeping Rift PC-based VR. The Information's Sylvia Varnham O'Regan published a profile of Bosworth today, citing former employees to outline his path from building the Facebook news feed to spearheading mobile advertising, and then heading the AR/VR division from 2017 onwards.

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Bernard Marr

JULY 10, 2023

It’s Wimbledon time, and once again, I have had the pleasure to visit The Championships to experience it myself and take a look behind the scenes. I am excited to report that the organizers at The All England Club have been hard at work integrating cutting-edge technologies into the fan experience. As has been the case for the last 34 years, IBM is the official technology partner for the tournament.

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JULY 10, 2023

Among Us VR will eventually reach PSVR 2 but in its absence, a blatant clone is arriving on July 16. Fully named ' Spaceship Impostor VR: Multiplayer Deduction Simulator Among Game ,' this revolves around discovering the impostor across a group of up to 8 people. Your crewmates must complete all tasks across your ship to win or detect the guilty party, while the impostor must ensure they aren't discovered and voted out.

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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.

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JULY 10, 2023

The engineering director of Google's upcoming AR/VR operating systems has quit. Mark Lucovsky is a veteran operating systems engineer. At Microsoft in the 90s he co-developed Windows NT, the workstation OS which became the technology foundation of all Windows versions from XP onwards. From 2017 Lucovsky led Facebook's effort to build a new operating system for AR glasses.

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JULY 10, 2023

Kluge Interactive is celebrating Synth Riders' 5th anniversary with Synthwave Essentials 3, adding ten songs to the VR rhythm game. Split between five free songs and five paid add-ons, Kluge says Synthwave Essentials 3 "pays homage to the game’s aesthetic and musical roots." It calls the five free songs a "birthday gift" and with this update, the team says it's gone “Back to the Synths” with a revamped version of the classic default stage.

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