The Ghost Howls

MARCH 22, 2022

Meta to introduce new parental controls on Quest. After many pressures from the community and the media, Meta has finally decided to introduce new parental control tools in Quest 2. More info (Quest 2 new parental controls?—?Road Road To VR) More info (Quest 2 new parental controls?—?Upload Top news of the week.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The metaverse is composed of virtual worlds. However, those virtual worlds are built and occupied by real people. The bulk of the report discussed the unique promises and potential issues of XR technology in three key areas: medical and healthcare , learning and education , employment and work.

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Road to VR

APRIL 3, 2023

In a world of screens and pixels bright, Where virtual worlds come to life, We step into a realm of sight, A place where reality takes flight. With headsets strapped and controllers held, We enter a realm of the unknown, Where limitless possibilities are spelled, And our imaginations are grown.

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ARPost

JULY 4, 2023

Apple’s Vision Pro is a spatial computer that seamlessly blends digital content with the physical world, marking a significant step forward in immersive technology. According to the company , it uses a “fully three-dimensional user interface controlled by the most natural and intuitive inputs possible – a user’s eyes, hands, and voice.”

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ARPost

MAY 29, 2020

The day included a discussion on how to create a virtual world society from Tom Furness, a discussion on ethical responsibility in the immersive tech industry from Professor Donna Davis, a panel on women in XR, and more. For example, how does someone with Parkinson’s navigate gesture controls? Industry Announcements.

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TechCrunch VR

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Gaming and social media are on a collision course, the result of which will be mainstream popularity of virtual worlds primarily driven by user-generated content (UGC) and anchored in small groups and one-to-one interactions. This is part three of a seven-part series about virtual worlds.).

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Mashable VR

JUNE 14, 2022

The company will also launch a new parent education hub with a how-to guide for the VR supervision tools. The new parental controls in VR debut only a few days after law firm Beasley Allen filed eight lawsuits against Meta for, as it claims, not adequately protecting children and "exploiting young people for profit."

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VRScout

JULY 15, 2022

Researchers can take an image and use it as a reference point to create a virtual world, object, or person. As companies explore having a metaverse presence through a digital twin, the ability to quickly and easily build out stylized 3D content and virtual worlds will only become more important moving forward.

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ARVR

JANUARY 10, 2023

In the novel, the metaverse is a virtual world where users can interact with each other and with virtual objects in real time. MMOs are virtual worlds that allow large numbers of players to interact with each other and with the game environment in real time.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Over the years, technology has become smaller, lighter, more comfortable, and with faster processing, breathing life into the virtual world. Also, unlike augmented reality (AR), which people can access via smartphones and smart glasses, VR relies on larger headsets and controllers to interact with fully-immersive virtual worlds.

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ARPost

APRIL 5, 2022

However, 60% cite data and security as the top challenges of this virtual world. Cybersecurity has been a constant challenge even in today’s online world. Cybersecurity has been a constant challenge even in today’s online world. Data security issues will continue to rise as we move to a new virtual world.

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VirtualiTeach

APRIL 22, 2020

Once you get over the nightmarish hand-fingers and goop ball visuals, I want to bring things back to an educational mindset and think a little about how hand tracking will benefit students and potentially elevate educational VR experiences. Artists will be able to pick up a brush and paint.

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Upload VR

MAY 20, 2024

Astra seamlessly blends physical and virtual worlds to put you in an immersive starship. Other than the scanning and collecting, tapping on virtual control panel screens to select the next destination is about as interactive as this experience gets. Fluid animations that bring environments and objects to life.

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ARPost

APRIL 18, 2022

Their virtual conference, hosted by Blavity Inc. and streamed on YouTube, attracted hundreds to a virtual world built in Virbela. As these trends take themselves into other fields like industry, education, and medicine, it’s going to take a lot of creative power. Roots of the Metaverse in Gaming and Social Media.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Now, innovators have transformed virtual reality experiences with low-latency software and upgraded hardware. Today’s virtual reality solutions don’t just include a headset, display, and motion controllers. However, with these types of VR, you only interact with the virtual environment on a fundamental level.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Providing control. Meta aims to provide impactful controls so that people can take charge of their virtual experiences. Meta added visual indicators and even physical control like camera shutters, age, and comfort ratings in VR. It has also encouraged people to establish personal boundaries in virtual worlds.

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VRGames

APRIL 4, 2023

As technology advances, so does our ability to be transported into a world of infinite possibilities. Virtual Reality (VR) has opened new doors in the realms of gaming, education and entertainment, allowing us to step away from reality and experience wonders never before seen.

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ARPost

AUGUST 1, 2022

The advent of extended reality technologies has paved the way for more immersive technologies, not only in fields like gaming , education , and marketing , but also in fitness. Users control their avatars using handheld controllers and by moving their body. See Also: Best VR Fitness Games. Redefining VR Fitness.

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ARPost

MAY 19, 2023

Mindfulness can exist in the virtual world. Mindway is a VR app that promotes mindfulness – both in virtual worlds of unearthly peace and through lessons that you can carry with you when you put the headset down. I gave the app a test run by incorporating it into my own stressful work week.

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ARPost

JULY 16, 2020

AIXR , the organization behind the VR Awards, is an international, independent, non-profit organization dedicated to growing the XR sector through professional development and general education. VRChat , the group bringing the VR Awards online, is a free-to-play virtual world currently in early access on Steam , Oculus , and VIVEPORT.

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Bernard Marr

MARCH 11, 2024

Mind Control By 2035, advances in brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) may have fundamentally altered our relationship with much of the technology in our homes and our lives outside of work. But thanks to the injection of AI into games and virtual worlds, we may not be that far off.

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ARPost

JULY 13, 2022

Inworld AI is a company building a tool to create brains that experience creators can put into virtual bodies to populate the metaverse – whether that’s games, simulations for enterprise and education, embodied chatbots in immersive retail environments, or whatever else you can think of. A Colorful Background.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

In response to these ongoing safety concerns, Morrongiello and her team of researchers at the University of Guelph have begun introducing a brand new virtual reality program designed to educate children on the proper safety procedures when crossing a busy intersection. What’s the catch?

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

With the key ideas of building the bridge and using that to frame the educational experience, we immediately needed to ask: how big is this thing going to be? Virbela is a creator of virtual worlds, typically for enterprise and education. Microsoft also created a virtual museum for Black History Month.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

While Arthur is based in Berlin, the company enjoys support from international clientele, some of whom presented their use cases and even shared their unique virtual worlds during the press event announcing the post-beta product launch on September 1. Arthur Controls. Other controls came much more naturally.

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TechCrunch VR

AUGUST 16, 2022

Meta launched Horizon Worlds for all users above 18 years of age in the U.S. In April, it also said that it is working on a web version to let people experience virtual worlds without owning a VR headset. and Canada last year and made it available for users in the UK in June.

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ARVR

JUNE 16, 2021

Virtual reality is described as a “three-dimensional, computer-generated environment which can be explored and interacted with by a person. That person becomes part of this virtual world or is immersed within this environment and whilst there, is able to manipulate objects or perform a series of actions.” (“What is Virtual Reality?”,

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ARPost

JUNE 5, 2023

If Apple does announce something, they’ll do a lot of education … it will progress how people use the tech whether they use open standards or not,” said Trevett. “If No Longer the Apex” On the morning of Day Two, the Virtual World Society and the VR/AR Association hosted a very special breakfast.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 23, 2023

The criminals stole Meta Quest, Pico, and HTC VIVE headsets, tablets, smartphones, controllers, and other devices. VR simulations allow patients with limited mobility to enter virtual worlds to fly, swim with dolphins, and space travel, among others. Police have arrested a suspect aged 41 and will deliver sentencing in February.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Additionally, the latest version adds new host options that provide the ability to enable/disable personal boundaries, options to control avatar settings, mute LITE users, and access to a list of users to identify LITE accounts. Thanks to the update, session users cannot disturb each other when they activate the safeguard.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 23, 2024

Said Bakadir Mixed Reality blends the virtual world into the real world by integrating virtual objects into your reality, bringing the best of both augmented reality and virtual reality together. This level of immersion is ideal for hard skills and soft skills training, education, entertainment and wellness.

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Hypergrid Business

MARCH 16, 2023

Second Life, the popular virtual world platform that has been around for over two decades, is finally releasing a mobile viewer. Right now, the existing viewers have steep learning curves and it doesn’t help that the movement and camera controls don’t match those of popular video games.

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EON Reality

JUNE 1, 2020

He will be sharing his perspectives from the intersection of education and technology which will be featured on this blog as part of a regular series. I want to consider in this post a few of the key issues to do with authentic assessment, authentic learning, and their relationship to augmented and virtual reality. The Evidence.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

IBM predicts that AI will unlock the next generation of interactivity for XR experiences, describing in the 2021 Unity Technology Trends Report that the maturity of AI will play a key role beyond hand tracking, and into the world of voice. This type of game-play will also change as audio plays a larger role in game controls.

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ARPost

APRIL 27, 2023

Dreamscape Immersive uses trackers for motion control, one for each hand and one for each foot, as well as laptop backpacks. In fact, right from the start, we were asked to push a lever that existed in both the virtual world (as an interactive element) and in the real world (as a feedback prop).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Kavya: Well, I do have to go back to my experience with the very first virtual world, Second Life. The very first ever virtual currency was the Linden dollar, and with it, we discovered that you have to comply with money rules and money laundering possibilities. Why did you start chasing this goal?

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 19, 2022

The reason why I think that this news is super-important is two-sided: On one side, it means that a platform with 50M of daily users is coming into virtual reality. Engage is one of the most appreciated virtual reality professional social ecosystems, and it is used a lot for enterprise meetings and presentations and for university lessons.

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