The Ghost Howls

APRIL 22, 2024

Today a (positive) earthquake hit the virtual reality ecosystem: Meta has just opened up its walled garden, as a strategic move to expand its business in the virtual reality market. It has just authorized other VR OEMs to use its Quest operating system and blurred the lines between the Meta Quest Store and App Lab. Let me tell you everything about this massive news and also analyze with you why this has been a very good idea.

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AR Insider

APRIL 23, 2024

Swisscom wanted to promote the launch of its new “blue” line of consumer services, such as mobile data plans. So it turned to AR. What were the results and strategic takeaways for AR marketing best practices? This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Road to VR

APRIL 22, 2024

Today Meta made what is likely to be an industry-altering announcement: it plans to open up the Quest operating system to third-party device makers. Asus, Lenovo, and Xbox have been tapped to create new headsets built on the operating system which is being branded ‘Meta Horizon OS’ Meta has just made its biggest strategic move in the XR space since betting the farm on standalone headsets over PC VR.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 24, 2024

This week, HaptX gained a Phase 1 Small Business Technology Transfer program grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, and National Eye Institute to advance research into using haptic solutions to provide accessible XR applications for visually impaired groups. HaptX Founder and CEO Jake Rubin added: Our research team will explore solutions that can significantly improve digital experiences for visually impaired people.

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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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APRIL 24, 2024

Headlines are circulating claiming Apple cut Vision Pro production by almost 50% due to weak demand. Here's why they're almost certainly false. The source of these articles is a new note from supply-chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has been reporting on Apple's supply chain for more than 10 years. Kuo's claims sometimes turn out to be true, but not always , and his latest contradicts not only what we know about Vision Pro production, but what Kuo himself said just a few months ago.

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AR Insider

APRIL 22, 2024

Marco Tempest embodies Arthur C. Clarke's famous dictum: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” His latest work is an AI-fueled retrospective of Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Road to VR

APRIL 23, 2024

Meta dropped a major announcement yesterday, saying it plans to allow select partners to build third-party headsets that will run Horizon OS (formerly Quest OS). The news is prompting significant discussion within the XR industry, including from Oculus founder Palmer Luckey. Here’s a quick primer for those of you who are newer to XR industry. What eventually became the ‘Quest’ headset and ‘Horizon OS’ platform from Meta started when the company bought a VR startup c

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EON Reality

APRIL 26, 2024

EON Reality Announces National Rollout of the Spatial AI Center in Mali IRVINE, CA – April 26, 2024 —In a transformative move poised to revolutionize Mali’s educational and industrial sectors, EON Reality, the global leader in virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR)-based knowledge transfer for education and industry, is excited to announce the national rollout of Mali’s inaugural Spatial AI Center.

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APRIL 22, 2024

Meta is rebranding its Quest software platform to Meta Horizon OS, and opening it up to third-party headset makers. Headsets running the platform will feature a "Built with Meta Horizon OS" sticker on the box. They'll have access to the same core software and platform services as Meta Quest headsets, including Meta's tracking and mixed reality technology and store.

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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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Anand Tech

APRIL 24, 2024

As Qualcomm prepares for the mid-year launch of their forthcoming Snapdragon X SoCs for PCs, and the eagerly anticipated Oryon CPU cores within, the company is finally shoring up their official product plans, and releasing some additional technical details in the process. Thus far the company has been demonstrating their Snapdragon X Elite SoC in its highest-performing, fully-enabled configuration.

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AR Insider

APRIL 25, 2024

AR continues to change the ways college students learn, making curriculum more interactive. Yet, as higher ed increasingly leverages this technology, there are ethical and privacy pitfalls. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Road to VR

APRIL 22, 2024

Meta today announced it’s opening its operating system to third-parties , and has named three heavy weights that have pledged support for its newly renamed Meta Horizon OS: Asus, Lenovo, and Microsoft’s Xbox. In a blog post , Meta says it’s tapped ASUS’s Republic of Gamers to develop an “all-new performance gaming headset,” Lenovo to “develop mixed reality devices for productivity, learning, and entertainment,” and Xbox to create its own limited-edition

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EON Reality

APRIL 26, 2024

“Empowering Malawi with Spatial AI and XR: Shaping Futures, Enhancing Education, Bridging Gaps.” Irvine, CA – April 26,2024 – EON Reality, a global leader in immersive learning technologies, is thrilled to announce an innovative educational initiative in Malawi. This groundbreaking effort introduces the country’s first Spatial AI Center, aimed at transforming educational systems and workforce preparation across the nation.

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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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APRIL 26, 2024

Alien: Rogue Incursion was just announced, a new made-for-VR game in the Alien franchise. The game is being developed by Survios in collaboration with 20th Century Games. Survios has been developing VR games for over 10 years now. It's the developer behind Raw Data, Battlewake, Electronauts, Sprint Vector, and Creed: Rise to Glory. Survios says Alien: Rogue Incursion will be "the biggest, most ambitious VR game we have developed in our decade-long history". 0:00 / 0:49 1× Here's how it describes

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TechCrunch VR

APRIL 23, 2024

The transaction represents a premium of a whopping 212% over Matterport’s last closing share price before the deal was announced on April 22. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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AR Insider

APRIL 26, 2024

Ray Ban Meta Smartglasses get smarter, Horizon OS launches and AVP slows down. We have these and other happenings at the intersection of XR and AI through the eyes of Charlie Fink. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Road to VR

APRIL 24, 2024

Independent tech analyst Ming-Chi Kuo maintains Apple may be reducing Vision Pro shipments for its international debut by a wide margin due to demand falling “sharply beyond expectations” in the US market. Kuo, a respected figure in supply chain leaks and analysis, says in and in a new blog post that Apple has cut 2024 shipments for Vision Pro to 400–450k units—significantly lower than the reported 700–800k units or more expected for worldwide production this year. “Apple cut

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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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EON Reality

APRIL 25, 2024

“EON Reality: Revolutionizing Liechtenstein’s Education with Spatial AI and Custom Courses” IRVINE, CA — April 25, 2024 — EON Reality, a pioneering force in immersive learning technologies, is excited to unveil a new educational venture in Liechtenstein, marking the establishment of the nation’s inaugural Spatial AI Center. This initiative is set to revolutionize the educational landscape for both students and professionals across the country.

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APRIL 24, 2024

Meta's Reality Labs division's quarterly revenue grew 30% year-over-year in Q1 2024. Reality Labs is the division of Meta behind Quest headsets, the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, and research & development toward AR glasses and their neural wristband input device. In its Q1 2024 earnings call today Meta reported $440 million Reality Labs quarterly revenue, 30% higher than Q1 2023.

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Anand Tech

APRIL 24, 2024

Seagate Technology has reportedly notified its customers abouts its plans to raise prices on new hard drive orders and for demands that exceed prior agreements, echoing a similar move by Western Digital, which increased its prices earlier this month. These changes come in response to a surge in demand for high-capacity HDDs and constraints in supply due to decreased production capabilities of both Seagate and Western Digital, reports TrendForce.

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AR Insider

APRIL 25, 2024

This week on Reality Bytes, Adobe Premiere Pro integrates GenAI for easy video editing, Phish redefines live music, and a high-tech jump rope launches. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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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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Road to VR

APRIL 22, 2024

Meta says that even though third-parties will be making headsets with Quest OS (now called Horizon OS) the company will continue to develop its line of Quest headsets. Meta made a huge announcement today , saying that the Quest operating system, rebranded to Meta Horizon OS, would be the software basis of new headsets built by third parties like Asus and Lenovo.

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EON Reality

APRIL 25, 2024

EON Reality Announces National Rollout of the Spatial AI Center in Lithuania IRVINE, CA – April 25, 2024 —In a landmark move set to transform the educational landscape in Lithuania, EON Reality, the global leader in virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR)- based knowledge transfer for education and industry, is thrilled to announce the national rollout of Lithuania’s first-ever Spatial AI Center.

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APRIL 22, 2024

Meta is partnering with Microsoft's Xbox to create a "limited edition Meta Quest" headset. The announcement comes as Meta also announced it's rebranding the Quest software platform to Meta Horizon OS, and letting third-party hardware companies such as ASUS and Lenovo make headsets running it. Meta Horizon OS Will Run On Headsets From ASUS & Lenovo Meta is rebranding its Quest software platform Meta Horizon OS, and it will also run on new headsets from ASUS, Lenovo, and more.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 22, 2024

Last week, Siemens, in collaboration with enterprise XR software provider BILT, leveraged Apple Vision Pro headsets to provide on-site electricians with XR instructional overlays. The partnership also gives BILT a place as the newest member of its Xcelerator Ecosystem for scaling enterprise XR solutions. Andreas Matthé, CEO of Electrical Products at Siemens Smart Infrastructure , noted that the partnership “is a great example of how we are maximizing digitalization to enable the next generati

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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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