ARPost

JULY 19, 2023

The German luxury automaker Mercedes-Benz recently introduced its Vision One-Eleven concept car the Vision One-Eleven. On top of incorporating sustainability with its electric motor engine alongside a dynamic redesign, Vision-One Eleven uses Magic Leap 2 AR glasses for a more immersive car experience. This approach reflects Mercedes-Benz’s commitment to creating better cars that provide the best possible driving experience to consumers while accommodating concerns about sustainable driving and

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2023

Reduce, reuse, and recycle in SPACE… There’s something about video games that task you with completing everyday jobs in deep space that excites me, whether it be mining asteroids for ore in Eve Online or trading valuable supplies in No Man’s Sky. Perhaps that explains my intrigue with Space Salvage , an upcoming VR game for Meta Quest and PC VR headsets.

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AR Insider

JULY 19, 2023

What's motivating Apple's massive AR investments? We follow the money – and Apple's signature product lifecycles – to triangulate Vision Pro's long game. Spoiler: most punditry so far is near-sighted. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2023

One of the most famous video games of all time returns as an immersive AR experience for smart devices. In celebration of the 45th anniversary of the iconic 1978 video game SPACE INVADERS , developer Taito Corporation and Google this week announced the launch of SPACE INVADERS: World Defense , an augmented reality (AR) mobile game available now on iOS and Android devices.

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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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AR Insider

JULY 19, 2023

Remote and hybrid work structures seem like they're here to stay. Can VR support these trends while unlocking more immersive and IRL-like interactions among colleagues? This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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AR Insider

JULY 19, 2023

This week on Reality Bytes we upgrade our ride with BMW, race into the blockchain with DC, and dive deeper into Threads. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Anand Tech

JULY 19, 2023

ASUS and Intel late on Tuesday announced that they had agreed to a term sheet involving Intel's NUC business, ensuring the continued support of existing NUC hardware as well as the development of new designs. Under the terms of the deal, ASUS will receive a non-exclusive license to existing Intel's NUC systems designs, the right to develop future designs, and an obligation to support existing NUCs.

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Upload VR

JULY 19, 2023

Meta reportedly isn't ordering new Quest Pro components, so production will end when the remaining components run out. The Information's Wayne Ma cites "two people with direct knowledge of the project" as saying Meta told suppliers that earlier this year following poor reviews and weak sales. Manufacturers typically produce significant unit volumes in advance though, so there could still be Quest Pro stock available for a long time to come.

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VRGames

JULY 19, 2023

Schell Games is readying the launch of their third installment in the I Expect You To Die series: Cog in The Machine.

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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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JULY 19, 2023

Unity just launched a closed beta for visionOS support which developers can apply for. Unity's support for visionOS was first announced alongside Vision Pro in early June. Acknowledging the existing Unity AR/VR development community, Apple said "we know there is a community of developers who have been building incredible 3D apps for years" and announced a "deep partnership" with Unity.

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Program Ace

JULY 19, 2023

We will be looking at the basics of a building AR applications for multiple industries, devices, and audiences

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Upload VR

JULY 19, 2023

UploadVR produced this post in partnership with Schell Games. I Expect You To Die 3: Cog in the Machine , the third game in an escape room VR puzzle franchise developed by award-winning development company Schell Games is on the horizon, and Agents must save the world from Zor’s schemes once more. Along with telekinetic abilities and familiar quips from The Handler, one of the core features of the game that empowers Agents to be their own 007 is the accessibility features found within I Expect Y

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 19, 2023

Demand for digital twins is accelerating at an incredible rate. As Industry 4.0 continues to evolve, and new technologies like 5G and AI emerge to improve twin capabilities, adoption is increasing. By 2030, analysts believe the market for digital twin tech will be worth over $136 billion. As this space expands, new trends are emerging in the landscape, shaping how companies embrace and use digital twin technology.

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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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Upload VR

JULY 19, 2023

Creature unites VR industry veterans with a new development team that's focused on VR and MR gaming. Established this January, Creature is led by Doug North Cook, former head of VR at Robot Teddy who previously worked on Among Us VR and The Last Clockwinder. Leading the studio's art direction is Ashley Pinnick ( Tilt Brush ), while Mark Schramm ( Superhot VR , Gravity Lab ) heads the engineering team and Chris Hanney ( Space Pirate Trainer ) is Director of Production.

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VRGames

JULY 19, 2023

As of July 2023, The Room VR: A Dark Matter leads the list of highest-rated Oculus Quest 2 games and apps with an impressive rating score of 4.89 out of 5. This is followed by Moss: Book II which has a rating score of 4.88 from 631 ratings.

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Upload VR

JULY 19, 2023

Firewall Ultra, Sony's anticipated tactical FPS sequel, arrives on PSVR 2 this August. Developed by First Contact Entertainment, Firewall Ultra is a 4v4 tactical shooter and, currently, the only revealed upcoming PSVR 2 game published by Sony. Standard pre-orders cost $40 while a $60 'Digital Deluxe Edition' contains an Operator Pass, the Reaper X75 weapon and early unlocks for four contractors.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 19, 2023

Futureverse is a novel company comprising 11 metaverse infrastructure and creative content firms under a single joint venture. Now, the collective of tech companies has announced it has earned $54 million USD in Series A funding, led by 10T Holdings LLC, to build an AI-powered metaverse infrastructure Ripple, a major cryptocurrency platform vindicated in a recent Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit, also joined the funding round.

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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 19, 2023

Meta is reportedly downgrading key specs of its in-development AR glasses to achieve a lower cost. Meta has been working on AR glasses for eight years now, spending tens of billions of dollars on what Mark Zuckerberg hopes will one day be an iPhone moment. Last year The Verge's Alex Heath reported that Meta no longer plans to release its first AR glasses, codenamed Orion, to consumers.

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Upload VR

JULY 19, 2023

Pimax is redesigning Portal View, the VR headset shell for its Portal handheld console. Pimax is a China-based startup most known for its 2017 Kickstarter for an ultra-wide field of view PC VR headset. This evolved into a sprawling lineup that’s been marked by long shipping delays , inconsistent quality , software issues, and customer service concerns.

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Upload VR

JULY 19, 2023

It's been a long time coming but Tea For God is now available in full release for PC VR and Meta Quest headsets. Tea For God is a years-long project from Void Room, headed up by sole developer Jarek Ciupiński, previously available as a work-in-progress on various platforms but now available in full for $19.99. The game's unique feature is the way it dynamically adapts to your play area, creating "impossible spaces with procedural generation to allow players infinite movement within their own roo

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Upload VR

JULY 19, 2023

The PlayStation Store Summer Sale is live featuring discounts for nearly 25 PSVR 2 games. Compared to Golden Week in Spring, Sony's latest big sale offers some better PSVR 2 discounts. You still won't find a Horizon Call of the Mountain discount yet and while Gran Turismo 7 skips this round, there is still plenty to pick from. Resident Evil Village remains our major highlight at 50% off but some games like Cave Digger go up to 60% off.

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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?

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JULY 19, 2023

Battles Bows brings archery-based, tower defense multiplayer to Quest and PC VR. However, after a few hours, you might find yourself searching for a bit more content than the game provides. Released earlier this month, Battle Bows sees you and up to three other players tasked with defending a big magical orb inside a castle from an onslaught of balloon-like monsters.

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Upload VR

JULY 19, 2023

Sony revealed some of the history of the PlayStation VR2 headset and controllers, and shared images of prototypes. PSVR 2's development began in late 2016, Sony says, right after it launched the original PlayStation VR for PS4. The headset finally launched earlier this year after more than six years. One of PSVR 2's unique features is the in-headset vibration motor.

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