July, 2023

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Sphere In Vegas Will Feature Multi-Sensory Experiences

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The futuristic structure features 10,000 immersive chairs powered by an infrasound haptic system. Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. recently unveiled Sphere, a “next-generation” entertainment venue packed with an impressive variety of multi-sensory 4D technologies designed to immerse audiences in a number of captivating experiences.

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4 Ways Gen-Z Can Learn Life Skills with AR

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Advances in tech often present new learning opportunities for younger generations. And that's currently the case with Generation Z. Can AR help them learn essential skills? This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Apple Vision Pro: A Catalyst for the Growth of the XR Industry

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Sponsored content Sponsored by VR Vision The recent introduction of Apple’s Vision Pro has ignited a fresh wave of excitement in the extended reality landscape, with industry experts and enthusiasts alike anticipating a surge in the growth and evolution of the XR industry. This immersive technology (coined “spatial computing” by Apple), which encompasses virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality, is set to experience a significant boost from Apple’s entry into the field.

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Wisear lets you control XR with your jaw

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I’m a big fan of products that try to bring something new to XR and that’s why I have been very happy of trying Wisear AWE 2023 in Santa Clara. When I was contacted by the company, from the name “WiseAR” I thought it was the nth solution for no-code development of augmented reality applications, but then I actually discovered that it was something much more interesting than that… Wisear Wisear is on a mission to find new ways with which people can interact with tech

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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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Former Oculus CTO Reviews Bigscreen Beyond: “like a prop for a futuristic movie”

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John Carmack, legendary programmer and former CTO of Oculus, is known for giving his unfiltered thoughts on almost every aspect of the XR industry. While he departed Meta in December , concluding his “decade in VR,” Carmack is still very interested in the medium, as he recently went hands-on with one of the latest PC VR headsets to hit the scene, the slim and light Bigscreen Beyond.

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The Minnesota Twins Add AR Statistics To Their Stadium

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New shared AR games have also been announced. The Minnesota Twins baseball team is expanding its collaboration with smartphone-based augmented reality (AR) platform ARound to bring AR-powered statistics and new AR mini-games to Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, according to an official release. The partnership was originally announced back in 2022.

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3 Ways VR Joins the Product Marketing Mix

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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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Unveiling the Future of Driving: Mercedes-Benz Vision One-Eleven Concept Car Uses Magic Leap 2

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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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Why Apple Vision Pro’s menu UX on Quest Pro doesn’t work as we hope for

The Ghost Howls

There is a lot of hype around the Apple Vision Pro. One of the things that got people excited the most is its interface that works only by using eye tracking and hand pinching , which according to the journalists that underwent the demo, is fantabulous. Some people tried to recreate the same experience on Quest Pro , but does it work that well? Eeeeh… not exactly.

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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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Company Plans to Sell $40K Apple Vision Pro to People With a Desperate Need to Flaunt Their Wealth

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“Luxury” accessory maker Caviar plans to sell desecrated customized Apple Vision Pro for the high, high price of $40,000. The ridiculous price is the whole point. For anyone who has so much money that they don’t have anything left to do with it than tell everyone that they have it, Caviar plans to sell the Vision Pro ‘CVR Edition’ , a customized $40,000 version of the headset that tacks on bulky and heavy additions with the goal of making the headset a “work o

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EON REALITY INTRODUCING THE SPATIAL AI CENTER’S STATE-OF-THE-ART INNOVATION EQUIPMENT

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Through its groundbreaking technology, EON Reality is creating a new paradigm of innovation in AI and XR technology. IRVINE, CA, July 23, 2023 – The Spatial AI Center is proud to unveil its cutting-edge Innovation Equipment, designed to push the boundaries of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Extended Reality (XR) applications. Hosted in a dedicated 500 sqft (50 sqm) room, the center is fully equipped with state-of-the-art technology that supports a new era of digital exploration.

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This 18K Gold Apple Vision Pro Costs Almost $40K

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According to the manufacturer, only 24 of these extravagant headsets will be made available. During Apple’s 2023 WWDC, the company finally unveiled Vision Pro , a high-end mixed reality headset that could provide a big consumerism boost for augmented reality (AR) and VR technology. That said, the device comes with an expensive price tag of $3,500.

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Can Google Build an ‘Internet of Places?’

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Local search represents a sizable portion of Google’s revenue. This is because local modifiers like "near me" are strong user intent signals. How does this drive Google's geolocal AR ambitions? This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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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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Rethinking Digital Twins

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The idea of digital twins has been conceptually important to immersive technology and related ideas like the metaverse for some time – not to mention their practical employment, particularly in enterprise. However, the term doesn’t, or hasn’t, necessarily meant what it sounds like and the actual technology has so far had only limited usefulness for spatial computing.

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AWE 2023: Hands-on with Campfire AR headset, and with HaptX gloves’ backpack

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I’m pretty busy lately, so I’m writing very slowly my articles from AWE … but even if slowly, I’m keeping going forward. So today, like last week, I want to talk to you about a headset and a pair of haptic gloves I’ve tried there. Which ones? Well, you have to read the article to discover it… Campfire AR headset A guy wearing the Campfire headset (Image by Campfire) I have always been very curious about the Campfire AR headset , and for a good reason: the devi

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SteamVR Now Supports Automatic Controller Binding, Making Weird VR Controllers a Little Less Weird

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Valve released its 1.26 update to SteamVR, which ought to make it easier to play any VR game using any type of motion controller thanks to automatic controller binding. The company initially released a Compatibility Mode in its 1.24 update back in August 2022 which let games initially targeted towards specific controller types essentially be accessible to all controllers.

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EON REALITY ANNOUNCES EXTENDED WORLD TOUR EXPLORING THE FRONTIERS OF SPATIAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

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Embark on a global journey with EON Reality – Explore the universe of Spatial AI across 21 countries! IRVINE, CA, July 31, 2023 – EON Reality, the global leader in AI-powered Augmented and Virtual Reality solutions, is excited to announce an extended world tour spanning 24 cities across 21 countries from August to October 2023. This educational tour, led by the company’s esteemed Chairman, Dan Lejerskar, offers insights into the transformative potential of AI across various sectors i

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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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The VR Open Launches In The Metaverse This Month

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Compete for a trophy and tickets to the actual 152nd Open in 2024. Last week, The R&A and Golf 5 announced The VR Open at Royal Liverpool, a virtual event based on the prestigious golf tournament. Players can log in to Golf 5 via their Meta Quest, PC VR, or Pico headset and compete in a series of qualifying events, just like the real competition.

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Where Do Snap Spectacles Fit in the AR Landscape?

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In the last installment of this series, we reviewed Magic Leap 2 from a hardware perspective, as well as its market positioning. Now we switch gears to do the same thing for a different AR headset: Snap Spectacles This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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“The Future of Business Travel” Report by Booking.com Gives Metaverse Predictions

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The metaverse can be summed up as the augmented world. So, naturally, it has implications for travel. How and when people travel may both seriously change as spatial communication and digital twins make some kinds of travel less likely, while AR and automation reimagine the travel that we do engage in. A report by Booking.com for Business , titled “The Future of Business Travel” explores the next 30 years of travel.

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Roblox Beta on Quest App Lab Review: very rough, but still fun

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Yesterday Roblox finally launched a VR version of its for Meta Quest. I’ve immediately tried it to see how it feels, and if this can be one of the killer apps of VR. Here below you can find my review of it. This article has a video version: if you prefer watching videos to reading text, then this is what you are looking for. The video also contains around 15 minutes of gameplay of Roblox VR you can enjoy!

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Who C.A.R.E.S.!? How Learning Got Its Bad Rap & What We Can Do About It

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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Apple Reportedly Has No Plans to Make or Support VR Controllers for Vision Pro

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If a recent Bloomberg report from Mark Gurman holds true, not only is Apple not planning to release a motion controller for Vision Pro in the future, but it may not even support third-party VR controllers at all. When the Cupertino tech giant unveiled Vision Pro last month, it didn’t emphasize the headset’s ability to potentially support VR games, which have typically been designed around motion controllers like Meta Touch or Valve’s Index controller for SteamVR headsets.

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EON REALITY LAUNCHES ‘LIFELONG AI COMPANION’ TO REDEFINE AGING WITH AUGMENTED REALITY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

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LifeLong AI Companion unleashes the power of AI and AR to foster Healthy aging, empowered independence, and boundless social connection. IRVINE, CA, July 31, 2023 – EON Reality, the global leader in AI-powered Augmented and Virtual Reality solutions, is thrilled to announce the launch of its groundbreaking application – LifeLong AI Companion. This innovative application is aimed at redefining the aging experience by seamlessly integrating advanced Augmented Reality (AR) and Artificial Inte

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Apple Launches Environmental AR Experience For iPad

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Create your own unique plants and share them with artists across the world. Yesterday, Apple revealed Deep Field , an immersive augmented reality (AR) art app powered by iPad and Apple Pencil. Developed by Australian artists and creative technologists Tin Nguyen and Edward Cutting of Tin&Ed, the interactive experience tasks you with creating your own unique flora and fauna using a variety of colors, shapes, and textures.

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AR Briefs, Episode 68: Google Lens Blends AR & AI

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Visual search – a.k.a. captions for the real world – represents the convergence of AI and AR. This is the topic of a recent ARtillery Intelligence report and the focus of the latest episode of ARtillery Briefs. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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The Key to Getting the Best Out of Video-Based Practice & Coaching

Speaker: Micah Eppler, Account Executive for Rehearsal of eLearning Brothers

Did you know that companies such as Paychex, 3M, and Honeywell are getting better results by incorporating video-based practice and coaching within their L&D strategy? From sales pitches to soft skills, learners are becoming top performers by applying and validating knowledge transfer using the unique benefits of video. Whether used as a stand-alone application or integrated with a learning platform, video-based practice and coaching platforms give learners the ultimate opportunity to repeatedly