The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2022

We are one step closer to having smart contact lenses. Mojo Vision , one of the most interesting startups in the XR market, has just announced that its smart contact lens prototype is now “feature complete” , reaching a new milestone in its product development timeline. Mojo Vision development roadmap (Image by Mojo Vision). In the remainder of the article, I will explain to you what it does mean and I will also tell you about my experience with a live demo of this prototype.

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VRScout

MARCH 26, 2022

A SXSW to remember with who’s-who in XR creative technology showing face at the fest for the first time in two years. SXSW was back in full force last week. Masked or otherwise (Texas is pretty lax), a frenzy of wild-eyed art, music, film, and XR-hungry visitors flooded into Austin for a week of back-to-back programming. From discussions around virtual land ownership to cloth made from washable circuit boards to NFT galleries and off-site multi-player audio adventures, SXSW delighted and demande

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ARPost

MARCH 30, 2022

The US will see a major boom in infrastructure projects in the coming years. President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will provide a $550 billion budget to build and improve America’s infrastructure. Millions of dollars are already being distributed to various federal states. However, Americans won’t see shovels on the ground just yet. Repairing a damaged highway might be easy, but building a new bridge won’t be.

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Road to VR

MARCH 31, 2022

Wendy’s is more than a chain restaurant that serves square-shaped burgers. It’s also a marketing powerhouse that’s known for kicking off the trend of companies openly roasting their competitors (and other people) on Twitter. Now Wendy’s is taking a big first step into VR April 2nd with its upcoming ‘Wendyverse’, which will be hosted on Meta’s Horizon Worlds.

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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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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 1, 2022

There are times when small companies bring big innovations to our world. This is most probable during the evolution stage of a new technology: imagine what has happened for instance with Facebook, Youtube, and Netflix when the broadband Internet became widespread. Now, during the metaverse hype, we of New Technology Walkers have thought that it is the time to bring our vision to the world, and change it forever.

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ARPost

MARCH 28, 2022

ARPost has covered events in the Virbela virtual world before. But, on March 24, the platform hosted its own event. The “Hands In 2022” Enterprise Metaverse Summit talked about the use of XR in enterprise generally, but it also celebrated 10 years of Virbela – and showed us glimpses of the near and distant future of the platform. “We’ve been thinking about having a conference for years and actually making it a reality has been a huge team effort,” Virbela co-founder and President, Alex How

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Road to VR

APRIL 1, 2022

Incuvo Games announced that its upcoming VR adaptation of Green Hell (2019) , the popular open-world survival game, is officially coming to Quest 2 this month. Green Hell VR: Quest Edition is coming to Meta Quest 2 (re: not the original Quest) on April 7th, priced at $30. The studio is offering a 10% discount on pre-orders from now until launch. Check out the Quest Store listing here.

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Slashgear

MARCH 31, 2022

Apple's big iOS 15.4 update brought a bunch of new features, as well as one problem: rapid battery drain. Now the company's back with a new update to fix it.

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VRScout

MARCH 31, 2022

REK.tv looks to revolutionize VR spectator sports. Cix Liv , founder of VR fitness app YUR and mixed reality software LIV , and Bart Trzynadlowski , who won the 2021 OpenCV Spatial AI Competition for North America with his at-home VR laser tag experience , are launching a sports metaverse they hope will set the stage for a new generation of VR-powered spectator sports.

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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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GizModo VR

MARCH 31, 2022

The world’s most powerful banks have funded fossil fuel projects to the tune of $4.6 trillion in the six years since the Paris Agreement, a new report from a group of NGOs finds. A quarter of that funding comes from just four U.S. banks—JPMorgan Chase, Citi, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America—all of which have signed… Read more.

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Road to VR

APRIL 1, 2022

Blade & Sorcery , VR’s favorite melee combat sim, is continuing to see steady updates. The game’s next update, U11, looks to be a doozy with the studio planning to add an expanded magic system, stealth mechanics, a graphical overhaul on PC, and plenty more. Expected in the next few months, the Blade & Sorcery U11 update is going to bring a host of improvements to the popular game which will expand the way players can play.

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Slashgear

MARCH 31, 2022

Samsung is embracing the right-to-repair movement in a big way, announcing a new collaboration with iFixit that'll help consumers get official phone parts.

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VRScout

MARCH 30, 2022

Wendy’s teases a “deliciously different” metaverse experience. Earlier today, Wendy’s officially unveiled the Wendyverse, a virtual world built by community creators inside the metaverse. Beginning April 2nd, those with a Meta Quest 2 can sign in to Horizon Worlds , Meta’s growing metaverse platform, and explore a virtual Wendy’s restaurant, play a variety of interactive games, and shoot hoops using a virtual Baconator.

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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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Mashable VR

APRIL 1, 2022

Late Show host Stephen Colbert has weighed in on CBS' much maligned decision to hire former Trump staffer Mick Mulvaney as a political analyst. Unsurprisingly, he isn't thrilled. "What the f**k," Colbert said, looking straight down the barrel of the camera and unequivocally ridiculing his own network over the move. "I for one can't wait to hear Mulvaney's trenchant and objective political analysis, considering that back in 2020 he suggested that coronavirus was the 'media hoax of the day, ' and

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Road to VR

MARCH 30, 2022

Meta announced it’s returning this year with another installment of its Quest Gaming Showcase, which means we’ll soon be getting our annual download on upcoming Quest games and updates coming this year. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg today announced the second annual Meta Quest Gaming Showcase, which is slated to take place on April 20th at 10am PT ( local time here ).

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Slashgear

APRIL 1, 2022

Hidden in Steam's user account system is a page where any gamer can check on the amount of cash they've spent with Valve since the dawn of the platform.

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VRScout

MARCH 28, 2022

MRI scans, while safe, can prove especially traumatizing for younger patients. Children’s Health of Orange County (CHOCK), a children’s hospital located in Orange County, California, has transformed its lovable mascot ‘Choco’ into an AR (augmented reality) experience that walks children through the steps of a standard MRI scan. The idea is that by familiarizing younger patients with the process, they’ll feel more comfortable during the actual procedure.

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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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Mashable VR

MARCH 26, 2022

Accusations of workplace racism against Tesla aren’t going away anytime soon. Less than two months after California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing filed a massive lawsuit that accused the company of creating a “hostile work environment” for Black employees, more testimony about the company’s allegedly toxic work culture has emerged.

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Road to VR

MARCH 30, 2022

I’ve spent over 10,000 hours in ‘the metaverse’—or at least the proto-metaverse—virtual worlds inhabited by real people represented as avatars. The experiences and relationships I had there saved me from a dark place and set me on a mission to do the same for others. Guest Article by Noah Robinson. Noah is founder and CEO of Very Real Help , and a clinical psychology doctoral candidate at Vanderbilt University.

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Slashgear

MARCH 30, 2022

Activision Blizzard's $18 million settlement of the federal sexual harassment lawsuit with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has been approved.

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VRScout

MARCH 29, 2022

In-car AR technology is closer than you might think. Earlier today, holographic AR (augmented reality) company WayRay released a new video showcasing its True AR HUD in action on actual roads, signaling what could be the beginning of a new era in AR guidance and safety. Throughout the roughly four and half-minute video, we see WayRay’s Deep Reality Display® technology being used to project a variety of useful information directly to the drivers’ windshield in real-time, includingR

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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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Mashable VR

MARCH 27, 2022

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has deemed all products and services from the Russia-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky an "unacceptable risk to national security." According to the FCC's release , the move comes in an effort to uphold 2019's Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act, which requires the agency to publish a list that details any communications equipment or services which may present a risk to national security.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 26, 2022

The 2022 Oscars are this weekend, and it’s shaping up to be one of the messiest versions of the annual film awards show for a variety of reasons. Before its controversial category omissions and foolish decision to bring back the “most popular film” category (but this time stupidly dictated by Twitter ), one of the most… Read more.

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Slashgear

APRIL 1, 2022

Analysis of the data from NASA's New Horizons space probe suggests some interesting new information about the dwarf planet.

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VRScout

APRIL 1, 2022

The metaverse is alive and kicking. April Fools Day is once again upon us, which means a whole bunch of fake products from VR hardware manufacturers and developers. This year we saw a ridiculous-looking haptic suit complete with 1,333,337 integrated haptic sensors, from computer peripheral manufacturer Razer to a gorgeous VR role-playing game from developer SmileGate.

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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

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