XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Now they’re pivoting the technology to suit more training-based use cases, and CEO Brandon Naids is on the show to explain how. They have full motion simulators for entertainment and training. So Talon Simulations specializes in dynamic and immersive experiences for entertainment centers and training institutes. It's a big hub.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Now they’re pivoting the technology to suit more training-based use cases, and CEO Brandon Naids is on the show to explain how. They have full motion simulators for entertainment and training. So Talon Simulations specializes in dynamic and immersive experiences for entertainment centers and training institutes. It's a big hub.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

With the next generation of Playstation set to hit shelves this holiday season, the big news in the gaming circuit is the revelation of Unreal Engine 5. Unreal Engine manager Marc Petit explains the many other use cases this technology promises. Today, we're speaking with Marc Petit, general manager of Unreal Engine at Epic Games.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Now they’re pivoting the technology to suit more training-based use cases, and CEO Brandon Naids is on the show to explain how. They have full motion simulators for entertainment and training. So Talon Simulations specializes in dynamic and immersive experiences for entertainment centers and training institutes. It's a big hub.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Unreal Engine and Photoshop), as it happens in Google Docs when many people edit the same document at the same time. It seems that after 3–4 weeks of training, the dog gets used to using AR. FIVARS developed a custom platform powered by the Janus open source framework and Amazon Web Services (also the engine behind Netflix and Hulu).

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Building the Metaverse

JANUARY 18, 2023

For people who couldn’t realize their creativity in a sandbox or walled-garden — platforms like Unreal and Unity enable the creation of real-time, immersive worlds that simulate reality. Image from Unreal Engine 5.1 Currently, this is needed for workloads like certain kinds of simulations or training large models like GPT-3.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 6, 2018

I’ve not been able to test it in person, but looking around its users manual, the aGlass DK II seems quite easy to install and also easy to be used as a developer , thanks to its handy Unity and Unreal plugins. Will it be available also on Western websites like Amazon? Isn’t it a cool device? Yes, it is!

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Robert Scoble

OCTOBER 4, 2019

It isn’t alone, we know of many companies that are spending billions on same, including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Sony, Magic Leap, Huawei, and others. One of the most successful VR developers and that show this demarkation between AR developers and VR ones is STRIVR , who makes VR training for Walmart.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Furthemore, the platform is compatible with most gaming engines, including Unity, Unreal Engine, and others. This also includes Amazon Polly, Mixamo, Apple’s ARKit, and many more. It also uses batch content creation and editing to permit users to command hundreds of characters for immersive spaces.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

We had, for DuPont Corian — which is a client of ours — we had an experience that showed bathroom vanities that you’re able to look at and place inside of your own space, similar to what IKEA is doing, and Amazon. So, you know, factories, training — that type of thing.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 18, 2019

We had, for DuPont Corian — which is a client of ours — we had an experience that showed bathroom vanities that you’re able to look at and place inside of your own space, similar to what IKEA is doing, and Amazon. So, you know, factories, training — that type of thing.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

Unreal is already compatible with the framework, so in 2021 we’ll soon have also the tools ready to create OpenXR cross-compatible platforms. They are standard Quests , the ones you can buy on Amazon, BUT they have a business licensing. Yes, Facebook has never enforced this rule, but legally, it could have. Learn more.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

AR is being applied in training and education, healthcare, heads-up wayfinding and navigation, tourism, retail, field service, real estate sales, design and architecture. In another scenario, we may see game engines dominant, like Unity or Unreal. Its wizarding successor grossed $12M in its first month.

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VRScout

MARCH 30, 2017

The German auto manufacturer evaluates design features in virtual reality before building prototypes in actual reality, using the famous high-quality physics-based rendering power of Unreal for the game engine and using the HTC Vive for the VR hardware. DOCTORS IN OHIO USE VR TO TRAIN FOR TRAUMA CARE. INVESTMENT & FUNDING WRAPUP.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 25, 2020

So I think it’s– does it require more training of teachers in technical skills? If you look at pretty much everybody in the workforce right now, they’re constantly and consistently going for new trainings and learning, upgrading their skills, because as technology changes every other industry rapidly, people just have to learn.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 25, 2020

So I think it’s– does it require more training of teachers in technical skills? If you look at pretty much everybody in the workforce right now, they’re constantly and consistently going for new trainings and learning, upgrading their skills, because as technology changes every other industry rapidly, people just have to learn.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 25, 2020

So I think it’s– does it require more training of teachers in technical skills? If you look at pretty much everybody in the workforce right now, they’re constantly and consistently going for new trainings and learning, upgrading their skills, because as technology changes every other industry rapidly, people just have to learn.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Unity should anyway be the first engine partner, something that doesn’t surprise me considering the litigation between Apple and Epic Games, the company behind Unreal Engine. Beware of negative training. An article in the Varjo blog warns us all about the risks of “negative training”. Thanks Ivan Aguilar for the tip!).

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

That means that companies can drastically lower their costs of only having all the experts in a centralized location, and they can put lower cost or less-trained employees out in the field, and they can still do as good a job as if the senior guy was there. You can mess around with Amazon Sumerian. So that’s one. Blew my mind.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

That means that companies can drastically lower their costs of only having all the experts in a centralized location, and they can put lower cost or less-trained employees out in the field, and they can still do as good a job as if the senior guy was there. You can mess around with Amazon Sumerian. So that’s one. Blew my mind.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

That means that companies can drastically lower their costs of only having all the experts in a centralized location, and they can put lower cost or less-trained employees out in the field, and they can still do as good a job as if the senior guy was there. You can mess around with Amazon Sumerian. So that’s one. Blew my mind.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

” So, in our world, Unity — and let’s not just pick on Unity all the time, you know, there’s Unreal. And they actually built an Unreal engine-based app to publish news content to go on with their news. There’s these other engines– Alan: Improbable. Paul: Yeah. So, it’s coming. Paul: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

” So, in our world, Unity — and let’s not just pick on Unity all the time, you know, there’s Unreal. And they actually built an Unreal engine-based app to publish news content to go on with their news. There’s these other engines– Alan: Improbable. Paul: Yeah. So, it’s coming. Paul: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

So, in our world, Unity -- and let's not just pick on Unity all the time, you know, there's Unreal. And they actually built an Unreal engine-based app to publish news content to go on with their news. If Google is all-in on AR, Apple's all-in, Amazon, Facebook, Walmart -- like, every major company in the world gets it.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

storytelling), education, training, etc… XR is not profitable in the short term : only 22% of products are already profitable or will be so soon. Unreal Engine is adding Vulkan support for Oculus Quest and Unity fill follow later on this year. VR Training for surgeons is more effective than standard methods. That is huge.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

And one of the… I don’t know how many names I should name, but there’s definitely a large company here in KC that uses VR for training employees. I worked at their technology headquarters, and we did technology training for the employees. Amazon Sumerian. ” Michael: Yeah, exactly. Alan: okay.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

And one of the… I don’t know how many names I should name, but there’s definitely a large company here in KC that uses VR for training employees. I worked at their technology headquarters, and we did technology training for the employees. Amazon Sumerian. ” Michael: Yeah, exactly. Alan: okay.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 14, 2019

I don't know how many names I should name, but there's definitely a large company here in KC that uses VR for training employees. It might be two months out before the store's built, but they want to hire their people two months early and give them two months of what's essentially hands-on training before their physical store even exists.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

I said the other huge area that we’re seeing just enormous amount of applications is in training. And really when you’re training, you really want to ideally do it yourself and be immersed into the context of the environment, to have all the emotions that are coming up when you’re under pressure to make a decision.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

I said the other huge area that we're seeing just enormous amount of applications is in training. And really when you're training, you really want to ideally do it yourself and be immersed into the context of the environment, to have all the emotions that are coming up when you're under pressure to make a decision.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 29, 2020

I said the other huge area that we’re seeing just enormous amount of applications is in training. And really when you’re training, you really want to ideally do it yourself and be immersed into the context of the environment, to have all the emotions that are coming up when you’re under pressure to make a decision.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

The quality is very high, and there are so many things you can do (be on a plane, on a train, boat, etc…). Vulkan News We’ve added support for Vulkan Multiview and Fixed Foveated Rendering in our platform and in Unreal Engine, which can boost performance significantly. The importance of VR in training.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 25, 2020

Being a developer, of course one of the first things that I did was digging into the bHaptics SDK, that you can find on the Unity asset store or on Unreal Engine Marketplace. bHaptics devices are already available through bHaptics website or through official resellers like Amazon. And I was pleasantly surprised by it.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Emily: Huge one is a shrinking workforce, that creates this need to train faster, better. So as the workforce ages — in manufacturing, I think the average age is like 40 to 50 now — and retires, not only do you need to attract new talent; you need to train them. And I think skilled trades training has dropped off a lot.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Emily: Huge one is a shrinking workforce, that creates this need to train faster, better. So as the workforce ages — in manufacturing, I think the average age is like 40 to 50 now — and retires, not only do you need to attract new talent; you need to train them. And I think skilled trades training has dropped off a lot.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Emily: Huge one is a shrinking workforce, that creates this need to train faster, better. So as the workforce ages -- in manufacturing, I think the average age is like 40 to 50 now -- and retires, not only do you need to attract new talent; you need to train them. And I think skilled trades training has dropped off a lot.

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