AR Insider
AUGUST 24, 2023
South Korea is known for many things, from smartphone innovation to K-Pop. We can now add the XR to that list. The country has become fertile ground, given a culture of innovation and rich gaming & entertainment industries. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
VRScout
AUGUST 24, 2023
Experience BATL Axe Throwing on Meta Quest headsets. ArcadeXR today announced its 2.0 update for Arcade Legends which introduces axe throwing to the game for the very first time. For those unfamiliar, Arcade Legends is a unique VR experience that allows you to build your own personal arcade. Here you can play 10 official arcade games alongside three friends while earning tickets you can spend on virtual goodies at the prize store.
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Road to VR
AUGUST 24, 2023
Microsoft, Qualcomm and Magic Leap announced a partnership to “guide the evolution” of the Mixed Reality Toolkit (MRTK), a cross-platform AR/VR development framework which has now gone open-source. MRTK was a Microsoft-driven project that provided a set of components and features used to accelerate cross-platform XR app development in the Unity game engine.
VRScout
AUGUST 24, 2023
Better grab some glowsticks, you’re going to need them. The Geneva International Film Festival returns later this year and it’s bringing with it a one-of-a-kind virtual experience that takes you back in time to the very first rave parties where you can dance to the sounds of old-school acid house music. Produced by the immersive documentary production East City Films in partnership with the British Film Institute (BFI) and Coventry City of Culture, In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats by
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.
Road to VR
AUGUST 24, 2023
Toast Interactive , the developer behind Richie’s Plank Experience (2017) , revealed working on a new VR platformer that seems to be taking more than a few cues from Sony’s beloved Astro Bot Rescue Mission (2018) and Playful’s Lucky’s Tale (2016). Called Max Mustard, the VR platformer has been under development for three years now, with the team calling it a “modern VR platformer with moments of nostalgia, meaningful upgrades, first person interactions and game p
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Charlie Fink
AUGUST 24, 2023
While AI startups are raking in investment dollars, we see where a good portion of that money is going: Nvidia.
Bernard Marr
AUGUST 24, 2023
In a world rapidly being shaped by technology, none have created as profound an impact as Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI isn’t just a buzzword; it’s the digital driving force steering companies into the future. As a leader, understanding and leveraging this game-changer is non-negotiable. Here are ten pivotal questions every visionary should be asking: Value Proposition: Where does AI fit?
Anand Tech
AUGUST 24, 2023
When Samsung launched its 990 Pro family of SSDs for retail market last year, it only introduced 1 TB and 2 TB models, surprisingly omitting premium high-capacity 4 TB version. Now, the company is about to correct this wrong by launching 4 TB version this fall, the world's largest SSD supplier revealed in an X post. You wanted it so badly, we had no choice but to deliver.
Upload VR
AUGUST 24, 2023
Firewall Ultra is out now exclusively for PlayStation VR2 headsets. The highly anticipated shooter from First Contact Entertainment uses key new PSVR 2 features like eye tracking toward the goal of developing a more refined tactical game than its 2018 predecessor, Firewall Zero Hour. For example, earlier this year we noted how the blinding effects of the game's flash bangs or flashlights can be reduced by simply shutting your eyes quickly enough.
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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
AUGUST 24, 2023
For all of their ups and downs in the handheld game console space over the years, one of Sony's bigger successes has been their local game streaming support, better known as Remote Play. Allowing the PS3 and PS4/PS5 consoles to be remotely played on the Playstation Portable and PS Vita respectively, it's been a defining feature of Sony's consoles for the past decade and a half.
Upload VR
AUGUST 24, 2023
Google reportedly plans to provide AR glasses system software for hardware companies from 2025. In June Business Insider's Hugh Langley reported that Google had cancelled its own glasses hardware project amid the mass layoffs at the company and the departure of its AR/VR chief Clay Bavor. The hardware was said to resemble regular eyeglasses. In a new report this week , Langley cites a source as saying "every six months there was a major pivot in the program.
Anand Tech
AUGUST 24, 2023
Samsung has begun taking pre-orders for its new curved 57-inch Odyssey Neo G9 gaming monitor, with the aim of raising the bar for ultrawide gaming displays. Dubbing the 57-incher the "world's first dual UHD gaming monitor," the 7,680 x 2,160 LCD display is designed to be as wide as two typical 32-inch 4K displays. First unveiled back at CES 2023, the Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 model G95NC is based upon a unique VA LCD panel featuring a 1000R curvature, a 7,680 × 2,160 pixels resolut
Upload VR
AUGUST 24, 2023
The second generation Ray-Ban Stories will reportedly have better cameras and support first person livestreaming. Meta and Ray-Ban owner Luxottica officially announced work on new smart glasses in October last year. Journalist Janko Roettgers says he viewed internal Meta documents detailing the improvements and new features of the upcoming device. The current Ray-Ban Stories are camera glasses for taking hands-free first person photos and videos.
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.
Anand Tech
AUGUST 24, 2023
The increasing popularity of small form-factor (SFF) PCs has allowed a number of second and third tier vendors to market their wares. While the trend was kickstarted by the Intel NUC in the early 2010s, recent years have seen various Asian companies such as Beelink, Chuwi, GEEKOM, MinisForum, etc. focus solely on these types of systems. Beelink has been slowly gaining popularity over the last five years or so with their wide range of products using the latest processors from Intel and AMD.
VRGames
AUGUST 24, 2023
Reddit has recently released an unofficial unboxing video of the hotly anticipated Meta Quest 3, suggesting that this is becoming somewhat of a tradition for major product launches.
Upload VR
AUGUST 24, 2023
Bounce Shot is out now on Quest and Pico headsets as a family-friendly reimagining of beer pong from the developers of Eleven Table Tennis. From development studio For Fun Labs, Bounce Shot takes its rules from the well-known game typically played with plastic cups and a ping pong ball. You "take turns attempting to throw ping pong balls into their opponent’s cups, making them disappear.
Bernard Marr
AUGUST 24, 2023
Imagine a future where all of today’s trusted methods of encrypting online data and communications – SSL, SSH, HTTPS and so on – are rendered ineffective. Secure online banking, retail and communications are a thing of the past. The impact of this on our lives – accustomed as we are to socializing, communicating and conducting business online – would clearly be catastrophic.
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.
VRGames
AUGUST 24, 2023
Toast Interactive, the developer behind Richie’s Plank Experience (2017), recently revealed Max Mustard – an upcoming VR platformer that takes cues from classic games like Sony’s Astro Bot Rescue Mission and Playful’s Lucky’s Tale. The game consists of over 40 levels, four bosses, eight upgrades, and more than 4 hours of gameplay.
VRGames
AUGUST 24, 2023
This week, Valorant fans everywhere can join Virtex Stadium for a unique VR watch party of the US Valorant LA Champions finals. Spectators will have the chance to experience the 3D action-packed event from their own PC VR headsets with immersive visuals and an atmosphere that rivals any physical stadium.
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