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What Does TikTok Teach Us About Vision Pro App Design?

AR Insider

TikTok is one of the relatively few companies to develop a Vision Pro app? It did this by reimagining its UX for a native AVP experience. What lessons can we take from this approach? This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Sony’s Upcoming MR Headset Could Point the Way for Controllers on Vision Pro

Road to VR

Vision Pro doesn’t have controllers, but it’s clear Apple will need to support immersive hardware input somehow in the future, if only for the greater precision it might bring to industry professionals. Sony has a pretty interesting take on how to serve up ‘pro’ style controllers in its recently revealed enterprise-focused standalone , which could point the way forward for Vision Pro.

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Could Spatial Computing Help Detect Early Alzheimer’s Symptoms?

XR Today - Virtual Reality

This week, Cambridge researchers may have discovered an incredibly valuable medical innovation suggesting that VR could detect early Alzheimer’s symptoms in patients. Research conducted by experts at the University of Cambridge asked volunteers to navigate a spatial/immersive environment, which in turn helps researchers detect impairments in spatial understanding – an early Alzheimer’s warning sign.

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New Update Adds ‘Lying Down Mode’ to Quest 2 & Quest Pro, ‘Quest Cash’ Parental Payments

Road to VR

Meta announced it’s starting to roll out its v63 software update for Quest, which includes two new features: a new parent-controlled payment method for Quest content purchases and the ability to use Quest 2 and Quest Pro while lying down. The company says it’s soon going to merge existing Meta Quest gift card balances into the newly announced ‘Quest Cash’, which allows parents to monitor and control their teen’s spending in VR and enables users to gift or request Qu

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The Future of eLearning in 2022: A Sensitive Eye for Authentic Translation and Localization

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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How HTC VIVE Helped to Deploy XR Devices in North Dakota Classrooms

XR Today - Virtual Reality

In early February, following the successful launch of the Vision Pro rocket, CareerViewXR, an emerging immersive edtech startup, spearheaded a statewide initiative providing over 300 HTC VIVE VR headsets and accompanying immersive learning software to schools across North Dakota. This initiative marks a growing partnership between HTC VIVE and CareerViewXR to distribute VIVE Focus Plus headsets to education groups in the North Dakota region.

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Western Digital Issues Update on Company Split: CEOs for Post-Split Entities Announced

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Now well in the midst of executing its plan to divide itself into separate hard drive and NAND businesses, Western Digital today offered a fresh update on the state of that split, and what the next steps are for the company. With the eventual goal of dividing the company into two independent, publicly traded companies, Western Digital is reporting that they have made significant progress in key transactional projects, and they are also announcing their initial leadership appointments for the pos

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Meta Explains Why Quest Headsets Stopped Working, Vows To Make Them "More Resilient"

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Meta's VP of VR explained why Quest headsets were unusable for an hour yesterday, and vowed to make them "more resilient" to issues like this in future. If you missed it: every internet-connected Quest headset stopped working for around an hour yesterday morning , and Meta's other services like Facebook, Instagram, and Threads weren't working either.

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EON Reality Expands its Rollout in Bhutan Targeting National Rollout with 10,000 Tailored Courses with the Launch of Spatial AI Center and EON AI Autonomous Agents

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“Empowering Bhutan’s Future: Transforming Education with XR and AI for Global Success.” IRVINE, CA – March 06, 2024 – EON Reality, a global leader in immersive learning technologies, is thrilled to announce an innovative educational initiative in Bhutan. This groundbreaking initiative introduces the first Spatial AI Center in Bhutan, aiming to revolutionize the educational experience for students and workers nationwide.

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MLB Home Run Derby VR Scores A Quest Store Release Date

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MLB Home Run Derby VR brings baseball to the main Quest Store this month, nearly three years after reaching App Lab. Released six years ago on PC VR and PSVR, MLB Home Run Derby VR recreates the titular home run-hitting competition across all 30 major league ballparks. In a press release, Major League Baseball (MLB) states this upcoming relaunch promises big updates such as a new 100-level progression system and "a cascade of customization rewards," unlocking cosmetic items like bat skins, ball

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How to Train Employees 65% Faster With Virtual Reality

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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#1354: Mission Responsible Panel Discussion with Polys Awards Ombudsperson of the Year Winners

Voices of VR

The Polys Awards brought together all four winners of the Ombudsperson of the Year Award for a panel discussion in Engage XR on Human Rights Day, December 10, 2023, to talk about the tech policy and ethical implications of XR technologies. The panel included myself (2020 winner) along with Avi Bar-Zeev (2021 winner), Brittan Heller […] The Polys Awards brought together all four winners of the Ombudsperson of the Year Award for a panel discussion in Engage XR on Human Rights Day, December 1

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Thief Simulator VR Gets Free Introductory Chapter On Quest

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Thief Simulator VR received a free prologue chapter on Quest. Released via App Lab , developer 3R Games describes the free Thief Simulator VR: Prologue release as "a gift" for its existing community and "an incentive" for new players. Offering an "escape from prison" story for the main protagonist, this chapter occurs before he begins thieving across the Greenview Street neighborhood, working for the Lombardi family on the outside.

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Breakthrough Strategy for AI Ready Monetization & Organization-wide Rollouts

EON Reality

EON Reality Announces Revolutionary “EON AI Ready” Monetization Strategy and Expansive Rollouts Irvine, CA, March 06, 2024– EON Reality, a global leader in virtual and augmented reality learning solutions, is thrilled to unveil a groundbreaking strategy for AI-driven monetization and expansive organizational rollouts with its “AI Ready” platform.

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Meteora: The Race Against Space Time Cascades Toward PSVR 2

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Meteora: The Race Against Space Time lets you race across the stars on PSVR 2. Developed by Big Boot Games, Meteora: The Race Against Space Time is an arcade combat racer inspired by sci-fi movies and scientific documentaries. One of five PS5 games recently announced as part of Sony's India Hero Project , you play a meteor cascading through the universe as you attempt to destroy rival meteors.

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Are You Still Watching? How to Create Engaging Presentations for Virtual Learning

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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Meta Horizon Worlds Is Getting A 'Survivor' Island On Friday

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Survivor: Horizon Island brings the CBS series to Meta's Horizon Worlds from Friday. Developed between Albyon, VR in Review and Well Played Studios, Survivor: Horizon Island sees Meta and CBS collaborating to celebrate the TV series' 46th season. Guided by Survivor's host and executive producer, Jeff Probst, you can tackle challenges alone or join up with others.

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Headspace Launches Immersive Mindfulness and Meditation App, ‘Headspace XR’

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With a mission to improve access to lifelong mental health support, Headspace has had an impact on over 100 million people’s lives across 200 countries.

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JEDEC Publishes GDDR7 Memory Spec: Next-Gen Graphics Memory Adds Faster PAM3 Signaling & On-Die ECC

Anand Tech

JEDEC on Tuesday published the official specifications for GDDR7 DRAM, the latest iteration of the long-standing memory standard for graphics cards and other GPU-powered devices. The newest generation of GDDR brings a combination of memory capacity and memory bandwidth gains, with the later being driven primarily by the switch to PAM3 signaling on the memory bus.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

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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EON Reality Advances Educational Technology in Belgium with Spatial AI and XR Integration

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“Empowering Belgium’s Future: Transforming Education with XR and AI Innovation.” Irvine, CA, March 6, 2024 – EON Reality, a pioneer in VR and AR knowledge transfer for industries and academia, is excited to unveil a pioneering initiative in Belgium’s educational sector. This initiative introduces Belgium’s first Spatial AI Center, setting a new standard for educational methodologies across the country.

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