XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 19, 2024

Recently, an exciting new use case emerged from the XR space. NASA reports that its astronauts are leveraging virtual reality headsets to explore a digital twin of the space station they will soon occupy. Moreover, the firm will train astronauts on the space station’s workflows via VR and allow designers to refine the station, therefore laying the groundwork for putting a person on Mars.

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Upload VR

APRIL 19, 2024

Rust-inspired VR multiplayer survival game 'Strayed' reaches Quest App Lab and Steam Early Access today. Developed by Crustacean Interactive, Strayed takes place on a procedurally generated island where you begin with a rock and torch. Featuring base building, crafting and loot gathering, Strayed supports dedicated servers for a maximum of 100 concurrent players with weekly wipes.

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Anand Tech

APRIL 19, 2024

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. this week released its financial results for Q1 2024. Due to a rebound in demand for semiconductors, the company garned $18.87 billion in revenue for the quarter, which is up 12.9% year-over-year, but a decline of 3.8% quarter-over-quarter. The company says that in increase in demand for HPC processors (which includes processors for AI, PCs, and servers) drove its revenue rebound in Q1, but surprisingly, revenue share of TSMC's flagship N3 (3nm-class) p

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 19, 2024

Nathan Pettyjohn, CEO of The Immerse Group and President of the VR/AR Association , has outlined the potential for how XR can solve the skilled workforce gap looming for industries like manufacturing and construction. In a discussion at this year’s Industrial IMMERSIVE Week, titled “Bridging the Industrial Skilled Workforce Gap with XR and AI”, Pettyjohn emphasised the looming challenge of the skilled workforce gap, amplified by the retirement of baby boomers and the entry of

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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 19, 2024

Apple Vision Pro vs Meta Quest 3: Which is the best headset? Both options have been available to the public for a little while now, and both have made quite an impact on consumers. After testing both of these headsets, it’s easy to see why. The Meta Quest 3 is easily the best headset Meta has created so far—not just when compared to the previous Quest 2.

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