AR Insider
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
Snap held its sixth annual Lens Fest where it unveiled Lens Studio 5.0, spotlighted several AI infusions, and amped up the platform's performance. We examine drivers & dynamics. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
Road to VR
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
There were rumors circulating late last month that TikTok parent company ByteDance was set to spin down its China-based VR headset company, Pico Interactive. While the company dismissed those rumors , a new Reuters report maintains Pico is soon set to lay off teams focused on sales, videos and platform operations, which could affect “hundreds” of employees.
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XR Today - Virtual Reality
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
European virtual reality (VR) solution Virtualware announced on Monday it had officially sponsored the Education Summit at the Unite Summit 2023. With the new sponsorship, the company aims to boost “the potential of immersive technology in industry and education,” it said in a statement. Virtualware will also serve as the exclusive sponsor of the event to unite “Unity instructors and workforce development professionals,” according to a press release.
Upload VR
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Meta's CTO says Google declined a request to bring its Play Store to Quest. When asked about Meta's plans to support 2D Android apps in an Instagram AMA (ask me anything) session yesterday, Andrew Bosworth replied: There's nothing preventing Android developers who have an APK that's running on Android phones today from bringing that into VR. They just have to ship the APK to us.
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.
AR Insider
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
How much is spent on software and developer tools to build XR entertainment & gaming experiences? Our latest Behind the Numbers installment unpacks original data from our research arm, ARtillery Intelligence. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
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XR Today - Virtual Reality
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
The Claims Conference has unveiled a new immersive experience to commemorate the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht (The Night of Broken Glass). Kristallnacht is the tragic pogrom took place from 9 to 10 November, 1938, during the rise of Nazism in Germany. In the terrible incident, Nazis detained 30,000 Jews and sent them to concentration camps. In partnership with the University of South Carolina Shoah Foundation, the virtual reality experience will include immersive 360-degree footage of foota
Upload VR
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Virtual Desktop now has a built-in optional alternative to SteamVR for OpenXR apps with superior performance, and support for 500 Mbit H.264+ bitrate support on Quest 3. Since 2021 Quest headsets have had a built-in feature called Air Link which lets them act as wireless PC VR headsets, but Guy Godin's Virtual Desktop has offered this since the launch of the original Oculus Quest in 2019, and Godin frequently updates his app with new improvements that make it the preferred choice for many PC VR
AR Insider
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
Visual search requires immense levels of AI training for object recognition. Given Google's unique capabilities (think: Google Images), we're predicting that it releases a visual search API. What are the telling signs? This post appeared first on AR Insider.
Road to VR
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
According to a recent job offer posted by Amsterdam-based developer Vertigo Games, pre-production has begun on a “high-profile, multiplatform AAA VR game,” which is said to be based on a globally recognized franchise. Posted earlier this month, the studio is looking for a Lead Level Designer with a proven track record in level design for console/PC action-adventure games as well as expertise in Unreal Engine.
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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.
XR Today - Virtual Reality
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
News reports have surfaced online that Chinese extended reality (XR) firm Pico Interactive is set to lay off “thousands” of employees across its operations. Tencent Technology News revealed in a report on Monday that the redundancies were “widespread and are expected to affect thousands of employees.” Additionally, the news report found that the ByteDance-owned virtual reality (VR) enterprise had begun communicating with its affected employees about compensation.
Upload VR
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
Valve hinted at its future plans for VR in an interview about Steam Deck OLED. Steam Deck OLED was announced yesterday as a mid-generation refresh of the original Steam Deck. Among its improvements are a larger HDR OLED display with 90Hz refresh rate, Wi-Fi 6E, an improved cooling fan, and longer battery life thanks to its 6nm APU revision and larger battery.
AR Insider
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Online mapping continues to see a barrage of new features. This is driven by Google’s lead as well as Apple’s escalating challenges to that lead. How does AR and other immersive tech fit into this feature arms race? This post appeared first on AR Insider.
Road to VR
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
MyDearest, the Japan-based VR studio behind the Chronos adventure game franchise, announced it’s secured $7.8 million (1.2 billion yen), something the studio says it will use to expand its existing IP for VR headsets, such as Meta Quest and PSVR 2. The investment was led by SBI Investment Co., Ltd. and is joined by DG Daiwa Ventures Inc., NetEase Games, Wing Capital Partners, Ltd., OLM Ventures Inc., Samurai Incubate Inc., Dentsu Group and Mitsubishi UFJ Capital.
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.
Charlie Fink
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
OpenAI is launching a GPT Store, allowing regular people to make money selling their newly built GPTs.
Anand Tech
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
AMD has sent word over this morning that the company is extending the product lifecycle for their previous-generation EYPC 7003 “Milan” family of server CPUs. The company will now be offering the Zen 3-based CPUs through at least 2026, and as part of that extension plan, has already launched a further 6 SKUs. With these changes, Milan is effectively being repositioned as a budget server platform for AMD, offering AMD’s past tech at a discount to cost-weary customers.
AR Insider
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Welcome back to Spatial Beats, AR Insider's weekly series that features observations and insights of author and futurist Charlie Fink. This week, we look at smart contact lenses and new AI funding and M&A. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
Road to VR
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Asgard’s Wrath 2 is headed to Quest next month , bringing along with it a whole new ancient Egyptian-inspired world to traverse as you track down Loki, the ol’ Norse trickster god himself. In a new behind-the-scenes developer diary, Meta reveals more about what makes the upcoming RPG tick, introducing helpful NPCs, crafting, mini-games and more.
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.
Charlie Fink
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
The free LipDub app will translate and change your exact voice and lip movements to match the new language you've selected.
Upload VR
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Quest Casting 2.0 lets creators and developers record or stream uncropped widescreen to a PC over USB 3.0. Quest headsets can wirelessly cast what the wearer is seeing to TV devices with Google Cast, smartphones, and to a web browser. Those wireless methods aren't changing, at least for now, but the other method of casting to a PC is. This method, usually pitched for developers and creators, is the casting function in the Meta Quest Developer Hub app for Windows and Mac.
AR Insider
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
"Shoppable" content shifts product marketing down the purchase funnel for measurable conversions. And when combined with AR to visualize products, it’s a powerful one-two punch. We examine the evidence. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
Road to VR
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
After 14 years of being sanctioned from operating in mainland China, Meta is set to return to the country with the help of a new, lower-priced version of its VR headset, the Wall Street Journal reports. Meta’s planned return is thanks to a deal—allegedly still in preliminary stages—with China’s Tencent, the world’s largest videogame company and soon-to-be exclusive seller of Meta headsets in China, WSJ reports, citing people familiar with the matter.
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?
Everything VR & AR
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
This week the VRARA podcast team welcomes back Tom Emrich. Tom is Director of Product, AR Platforms at Niantic. Tom leads product strategy and development of Niantic’s Lightship Unity SDK (ARDK), WebAR platform (8th Wall), and AR Ads. Come listen as we catch up with Tom and discuss the advancements Niantic continues to bring to the AR development space.
Upload VR
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
Meta plans to bring a cheaper version of Quest 3 to China via a deal with Tencent, The Wall Street Journal reports. Meta and Tencent's aim to sell Quest headsets in China was first reported by Chinese news outlet 36Kr back in February, though that report claimed the product was planned to be Quest 2. In July The Wall Street Journal reported that the partnership faced "challenges" because of Mark Zuckerberg's past comments about China.
AR Insider
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
This week on Reality Bytes, we unleash a custom ChatGPT, relive The Beatles’ glory, and examine a digital gifting trend. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
Road to VR
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Industry Direct by By Masaru “Nogi” Ohnogi, Executive Producer of X8 at Thirdverse Industry Direct is our program for sponsors who want to speak directly to the Road to VR newsletter audience. Industry Direct posts are written by sponsors with no involvement from the Road to VR editorial team. Links to these posts appear only in our newsletter and do not intermix with our on-site editorial feed.
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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