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Augmented Investing: 4 Ways AR Could Elevate Fintech

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AR's strengths include more immersive data visualization. This use case has barely been unlocked, but has broad applicability from research to fintech. How will it elevate personal finance? This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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PC VR Exclusive ‘Boneworks’ is Now Entirely Playable on Quest Thanks to This Free ‘Bonelab’ Mod

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Boneworks (2019) , the physics-driven PC VR shooter from Stress Level Zero, isn’t a Quest-native game, but thanks to a third-party mod for Bonelab (2022), called ‘Labworks’, you can play the entire campaign on Quest—no PC required. Developed by modder ‘volx64’, Labworks now includes the entire campaign of Boneworks, which can be played in Bonelab on a Quest 2/3/Pro.

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Cannes Film Festival Gets Spatial

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The prestigious Cannes Film Festival is featuring extended reality, XR (VR, AR and other variations of spatial computing), as an official category and competition. We take a look at all the finalists. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Meta Would “love” Discord to Support Quest: Another Reason Why It Actually Just Needs Google Play

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Meta CTO Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth says the company would “love” to have some sort of Discord integration on Quest in the future, pending interest from Discord, that is—once again highlighting the fact that Quest really just needs Google Play. Meta isn’t exactly throwing its weight around to tempt Discord into supporting the Quest platform, although that’s probably equally true for a ton of services currently missing from Meta’s XR app store.

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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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The Best VR Headset for PC: High-Performance Headsets

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If you’re looking for the best VR headset for PC, you’re in luck. The virtual reality landscape has exploded in recent years, with innovative new solutions from leading brands like Meta, Pico, and Varjo and new systems from forward-thinking startups. While many modern headsets promise a wire-free (standalone) experience, PC-tethered headsets still represent a valuable part of the market.

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QuestCraft 5.0 Brings Minecraft VR To Quest 3 Unofficially With 120FPS Performance

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QuestCraft 5.0 revamps the unofficial Minecraft VR port for Quest 3 with performance improvements. In the absence of an official standalone release, QuestCraft is a wrapper for Minecraft with full motion control support that you can sideload onto Quest headsets. Previously one of the only Quest 2 apps that didn't work on Quest 3 , SideQuest's recent ' Indie Spotlight ' presentation announced that QuestCraft Version 5.0 is available now and fixes this compatibility issue.

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AR Briefs, Episode 70: AR Marketing Best Practices

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Among AR sub-segments that we track, AR marketing is one of the most revenue-producing today. But What’s driving it? Who's leading the way? And what are best practices in the AR marketing playbook? This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Liverpool City uses VR in £100m Baltic Merseyrail Construction Project

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The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority recently outlined a plan to introduce the new Liverpool Baltic Merseyrail station, ready for use in 2027. The Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram introduced the project in 2022, aiming to boost public transportation accessibility in the area. The project marks a huge investment in the region. Currently, forecasts estimate the project to cost roughly £100 million.

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Scale AI Raises A Billion, New AI Startup H, $220 Million, Suno AI, $125 Million

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ScarJo says heck no to OpenAI as billions flow into new AI companies. Big money is making big bets on AI's disruptive potential.

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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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Windows Volumetric Apps: Microsoft Will Stream Windows Apps With 3D Popouts To Quest Headsets

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Microsoft announced Windows Volumetric Apps, a new API for extending 3D elements of PC applications streamed to Meta Quest into 3D space. "We're deepening our partnership with Meta to make Windows a first-class experience on Quest devices. And Windows can take advantage of Quest's unique capabilities to extend Windows apps into 3D space." The new API will act as an extension to Windows applications when streamed to Meta Quest via Microsoft's upcoming Windows app for Quest, which will let you acc

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6 Years On, ‘Beat Saber’ Shows No Signs of Stopping with New Free Music Pack

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Beat Saber is the VR rhythm game behemoth that can’t be stopped. Just two months after dropping the Daft Punk music pack , Beat Games is teasing its next music pack, the free OST 7 pack. Beat Saber launched as a little-known indie game in early access on SteamVR all the way back in May 2018. It was clear then that it was something special, but I don’t think anyone can say they knew just how big it would be—it reportedly surpassed $250 million in lifetime sales as of 2023.

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What is Google Project Starline? Immersive Conferencing

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Google Project Starline finally looks like it’s going to be rolling out to workplaces worldwide, potentially transforming the way we meet and collaborate in the future of work. When it was first announced, Project Starline was one of the first solutions to leverage holographic imagery and extended reality to reimagine face-to-face connections between remote participants.

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TSMC's Roadmap at a Glance: N3X, N2P, A16 Coming in 2025/2026

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As announced last week by TSMC, later this year the company is set to start high-volume manufacturing on its N3P fabrication process, and this will be the company's most advanced node for a while. Next year things will get a bit more interesting as TSMC will have two process technologies that could actually compete against each other when they enter high-volume manufacturing (HVM) in the second half of 2025.

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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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Raindance Immersive Returns Next Month With Online VRChat Festival

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Raindance Immersive returns this June, kicking off with a month-long online festival in VRChat. Part of the 32nd Raindance Film Festival, the 9th Raindance Immersive seeks to highlight independent XR creators, game designers, world builders and performers. Promising world premieres and first-look previews," this year's program covers immersive storytelling, games, filmmaking, world building, live shows, and more, with eight awards available.

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Reality Bytes: TikTok, OpenAI & Airbus

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This week on Reality Bytes, we discuss OpenAI's Scarlett Johansson-cloning "Sky" voice, TikTok enhances search, and Airbus unveils a billionaire's fantasy. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Microsoft and Meta to ‘deepen partnership’ with ‘Windows Volumetric Apps’ on Quest

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At Microsoft’s Build developer conference the company announced it was bringing Windows Volumetric apps to Quest, which Microsoft calls a way to “extend Windows apps into 3D space.” Pavan Davuluri, head of Windows and Devices at Microsoft, announced on stage at Build the company was “deepening [its] partnership with Meta to make Windows a first class experience on Quest devices.” Microsoft says it’s aiming to transform workflows by bringing Windows 365 and local PC connec

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AR and VR Modernise US DoE Facility

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Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) have been used to enhance operational efficiency and save millions of dollars in procurement fees at a US DoE Facility. Augmented Reality Kits: The Top Picks for Developers in 2024 Is Ford Developing Augmented Reality Products? Nottingham University Opens Virtual Reality Classroom Specifically, these technologies are being deployed to upgrade pit production operations (PPO) at The Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility (SRPPF), located within

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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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XReal Air 2 AR Glasses Review: Affordable Augmentation

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The XReal Air 2 AR Glasses are some of the most popular augmented reality specs in XReal’s evolving lineup. Not only are they extremely comfortable and feature-rich (particularly with the addition of the XReal Beam), but they’re also pretty affordable. Though the XReal Air 2 Ultra glasses might be earning more attention in the new age of spatial computing, I still think there’s a lot to like about these simpler glasses in the Air collection.

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Demeo Is Now Available On Apple Vision Pro In VR

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Demeo is out now on Apple Vision Pro, with support for fully immersive VR. If you somehow haven't heard of it, Demeo is a virtual tabletop turn-based RPG for up to four players. As well as supporting VR on Meta Quest, PlayStation VR2, Pico, PC VR, and now Apple Vision Pro, a flatscreen version is also available for PC, PlayStation 5, iPad, and Mac. Quest and Pico players can also choose to play in mixed reality.

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Can AR Boost Business Valuations?

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AR has a growing list of benefits for consumers and businesses. But can AR products held by a given company boost its valuation, especially when it matters in the midst of M&A cycles? This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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‘Warhammer 40K: Space Marine VR’ Experience Revealed with New Teaser, Coming to VR Attractions This Year

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The first official Warhammer VR game for out-of-home VR attractions has been fully revealed. And it wouldn’t be a proper Warhammer game without an incredibly long title: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine VR – Warriors of Avarax. The experience is planned to launch in October at Zero Latency locations worldwide. We knew as of 2022 that a Warhammer 40K experience was in development for VR attraction Zero Latency.

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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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Brainstorm Grows VR Enterprise in the US

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Brainstorm is expanding its foothold in the US market with the addition of a new office, demo studio, and executive employee in Austin, Texas. Liverpool City uses VR in £100m Baltic Merseyrail Construction Project Breaking New Ground: VIROO’s New Feature Elevates Enterprise Immersive Experiences and Expands Possibilities Within VR CAVEs AR and VR Modernise US DoE Facility The Spain-based real-time 3D graphics and virtual reality solutions provider believes this expansion represents a major miles

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Rapidus Adds Chip Packaging Services to Plans for $32 Billion 2nm Fab

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To say that the global foundry market is booming right now would be an understatement. Demand for leading-edge process technologies driven by AI and HPC applications is unprecedented, and with Intel joining the contract chipmaking game, this market segment is once again becoming rather competitive as well. Yet, this is exactly the market segment that Rapidus, a foundry startup backed by the Japanese government and several major Japanese companies, is going to enter in 2027, when its first fab co

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Marvel's What If.? Apple Vision Pro Experience Launches Next Week, Free For A Limited Time

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Starting on May 30, people with access to an Apple Vision Pro can make Doctor Strange's magic portals with a hand gesture and transport across the Marvel cinematic universe. ILM Immersive is releasing its first Apple Vision Pro app "free for a limited time" with What If…? – An Immersive Story promising Marvel fans an hour-long journey that will take them face-to-face with variants from across the Marvel multiverse.

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Spatial Beats: Big Bucks for AI, and ScarJo Says Heck No

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Massive funding rounds continue for AI, ScarJo slaps down OpenAI, and Microsoft gets volumetric. We have these items from the XR and AI realms through the eyes of Charlie Fink. 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