AR Insider
OCTOBER 26, 2023
Lex Fridman's recent interview with Mark Zuckerberg caused a stir, mainly for its ultra-realistic avatars. But there’s more to the interview than meets the eye once you start reading between the lines. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
Road to VR
OCTOBER 26, 2023
Better keep a tight grip on that wallet—the next month and a half will see the launch of a flurry of anticipated games for Meta Quest 2 and Quest 3 (and a few which are also coming to PSVR 2 and PC VR). Here’s what should be on your radar. If you’ve been looking for something new to play, you’re about to have some decisions to make.
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AR Insider
OCTOBER 26, 2023
What are the biggest insights and observations in immersive tech & media this week? Welcome to Reality Bytes' lightning-round commentary.
XR Today - Virtual Reality
OCTOBER 26, 2023
Atlantic Productions has partnered with Meta Platforms to host an impressive immersive experience highlighting climate change’s effects on the Galapagos Islands. Using stereoscopic 180-degree cinematography, Atlantic Productions will leverage Meta’s extended reality (XR) technologies for the award-winning series Galapagos with Sir David Attenborough, legendary British Biologist, Documentarian, Historian, and Broadcaster.
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.
Bernard Marr
OCTOBER 26, 2023
According to the National Registry of Exonerations , since 1989, the wrongly-convicted have lost 29,950 years of their lives thanks to miscarriages of justice in the US legal system. The dawn of a new digital renaissance is upon us, heralded by ground-breaking technologies such as the metaverse, web3, and generative AI. For companies that envision leading the charge in this transformative era, a meticulous, comprehensive, and agile approach is essential.
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Program Ace
OCTOBER 26, 2023
The metaverse has a lot to offer the cannabis industry, as it promises to revolutionize how these businesses operate. Program-Ace dives into this convergence.
Upload VR
OCTOBER 26, 2023
A YouTuber tried BlockVerse's mixed reality mode at "field scale" outdoors, describing it as "Minecraft in real life". BlockVerse is a Minecraft clone for Meta Quest headsets with a twist: it supports mixed reality, not just virtual reality. The default mixed reality view presents a chunk of the world as a miniature diorama floating in front of you, but it also supports a full-scale mixed reality mode.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
OCTOBER 26, 2023
Valve absolutely stole consumer VR headlines in 2019 when it debuted its technologically groundbreaking Index headset, which blew pundits away with high-quality VR gaming applications. The Valve Index headset and related immersive applications brought a lot of eyes to the XR marketplace. Subsequently, third-party VR headsets found a home on the SteamVR dashboard, providing an easy avenue for PCVR streaming.
Upload VR
OCTOBER 26, 2023
CoasterMania's room-aware mixed reality update lets you build rollercoasters over your real furniture on Quest 3. The game can now utilize the room mesh Quest 3 generates during mixed reality setup to let you place tracks on your actual floor, tables, sofas, and other furniture. The coaster cars can even crash into your furniture and explode when they go off an unfinished track. 0:00 / 0:18 1× You can choose to watch the train ride along the track you've built at miniature scale in mixed reality
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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.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
OCTOBER 26, 2023
Microsoft has reportedly filed a new patent to develop a microLED display solution to enhance virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) experiences. Microsoft’s latest patent aims to improve functionality for devices like its HoloLens 2 and others, indicating a potential revival of its research and development (R&D) push, a report from MS Power User revealed.
Upload VR
OCTOBER 26, 2023
Valve is shipping SteamVR 2.o to all users today. The update was previously available in beta from last month, but the full release ships today featuring a new UI and other new features. Valve: SteamVR 2.0 Now Available In Beta Valve announced that SteamVR 2.0 is now available in beta, with a brand new UI and other new features. Read more: UploadVR Harry Baker Valve says SteamVR 2.0 is the company's "first big step in a larger ongoing effort to better unify the Steam ecosystem for all users, pro
Oculus
OCTOBER 26, 2023
For a limited time, you can pre-order Arizona Sunshine 2 Deluxe Edition to save 10% off the purchase price ($59.99 USD) and unlock exclusive cosmetics: the Biker Bark Vest for Buddy, the Ducky Charm, and Worker Watch.
Upload VR
OCTOBER 26, 2023
Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord releases today for PSVR 2 and Quest headsets. We've been playing the game this week – here's what we think so far. Note: This is an unscored review-in-progress. While we've been able to play ahead of launch, much of the game is designed around multiplayer. As such, we're waiting to progress further along the campaign and try the online matchmaking experience before giving our final verdict.
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.
Road to VR
OCTOBER 26, 2023
It’s been a while since we first busted ghosts in VR , but this time around veteran VR studio nDreams and Sony Pictures Virtual Reality are serving up an at-home co-op game for Quest and PSVR 2 that will finally let you strap on a proton pack and go head-to-floating-head with a good variety of belligerent specters. Check out our review below to see if it’s worth getting the whole squad involved.
Upload VR
OCTOBER 26, 2023
UploadVR is going back to 5-star ratings for our game reviews. We've gone through quite a few changes to our review system over the years, but after trying out our label system for a year and a half, we've decided to go back to 5-star reviews. We've used our current label system, which lacked scores on all reviews, since the beginning of last year. This was a move we'd hoped would focus attention on why the game didn't get a label, or if it did, help highlight exactly why something should be con
EON Reality
OCTOBER 26, 2023
Pioneering the Next Era of Digital Transformation: Uniting Augmented Reality Expertise with Gulf’s Premier ICT Training. IRVINE, CA – October 26 , 2023 – In a significant move that promises to redefine the landscape of digital training in the Gulf region, EON Reality, a global leader in augmented and virtual reality educational solutions, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with ThinkSmart, a leading ICT Training Provider with over two decades of experience in the Gulf.
Upload VR
OCTOBER 26, 2023
Arizona Sunshine 2 releases on all platforms on December 7. Vertigo Games announced the news today alongside the first gameplay trailer for the game, which it dubs "the next-gen sequel to one of the founding fathers of the VR FPS genre." The game will release simultaneously in December for PSVR 2, SteamVR and Quest headsets. You can check out the new trailer embedded above, featuring our first look at gameplay.
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.
EON Reality
OCTOBER 26, 2023
Leading Institutions Collaborate to Bridge the AR/VR/XR Skills Gap in Europe and Beyond. IRVINE, CA – October 26 , 2023 – As industries rapidly adopt augmented, virtual, and mixed reality (AR/VR/XR) technologies, the demand for skilled technical and non-technical professionals in fields like healthcare, education, and manufacturing is surging. Recognizing the challenges and opportunities this presents, a consortium of esteemed institutions from across Europe and beyond have launched the “M
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