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Microsoft HoloLens 2 & Unity Used to Highlight the Threat to Endangered Whales at the Smithsonian

HoloLens

. • Don't Miss: Microsoft's HoloLens Morphs Paris Museum Model of Mont-Saint-Michel into Masterpiece of AR The exhibit, which is called "Critical Distance," is being hosted by the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. The team behind the new immersive.

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XRA Launches First-Ever Education Working Group

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The Washington, DC-based XR Association announced recently it had formed its Education Working Group (EWG) tasked with developing immersive technologies and solutions for academic environments. Sign up to watch the recording to learn more: [link]. — XR Association (@XRAssociation) June 15, 2022.

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Meta, IBM Rally XR Community for Global AI Alliance

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The news comes as Meta pivots to developing its catalogue of AI solutions , including its BuilderBot world-building platform, Llama-2 natural language processing (NLP), CAIRoke conversational AI, and object recognition solutions to power the next generation of immersive technologies.

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VR Motion Simulator ‘Feel Three’ Hits Kickstarter, Fully Funded in Under 24 Hours

Road to VR

So by using just omni wheels and DC motors, we can move the user quite quickly. The platform also includes tactile transducers, which add vibration from the game in several places, giving you an extra hit of immersion by letting you feel engine revs, gunfire and other impacts. .”

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HaptX News | February 2023

HaptX

The HaptX SDK provides SteamVR support, plug-ins for Unreal Engine and Unity, and a C++ API, along with a trove of haptic effects, templates, and demos, making it easy to create haptic VR experiences for HaptX Gloves. To do so, inTouch used HaptX Gloves and VR headsets to present data in tactile and immersive ways.

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SXSW 2022 CHAT WITH CHARLES SEGUIN: FIRST IMPRESSIONS, XR INDUSTRY AND EMERGING TECH

Digitalnauts

It was quite refreshing to see what’s happening in the art and creative word, which, as you know, is an important part of SXSW overall. “ SPEAKING OF XR, WAS SXSW A GOOD EVENT TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE IMMERSIVE AND XR SPACE? very good projects (most of which I’ve liked) and 2.

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XRA, ITIF to Host Second AR/VR Policy Conference

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The conference will explore the rise of immersive technologies across verticals such as healthcare, manufacturing, education, security, and others regarding how best practices and policymaking at the legislative and organisational level will reshape society and the global economy. Don’t miss this in-person event in Washington, DC.