Wed.Nov 03, 2021

article thumbnail

‘The Twilight Zone VR’ Announced For Quest & PlayStation VR

VRScout

Imagine a world… XR Producer Fun Train ( Tarzan VR, The Exorcist: Legion VR ) today announced The Twilight Zone VR , an upcoming VR game for Oculus Quest and PlayStation VR based on the iconic 1959 television series of the same name. According to Fun Train, the game will be composed of three standalone episodes that hit a variety of genres made famous by the show, from psychological horror to science fiction.

Training 518
article thumbnail

Meet XR Terra, the Company Teaching XR Technology

ARPost

XR technology is increasingly becoming a part of the corporate landscape. As the hardware becomes more affordable and the software becomes more robust, the experiences enabled become more valuable. But, they don’t necessarily become easier to use. XR Terra is there to help. Meet XR Terra. XR Terra was founded in 2019 as a way to train companies to be able to use the basics of XR programs so that they can more easily get started using XR technology in impactful and affordable ways.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Location-Based AR Mobile Game ‘Pikmin Bloom’ Is Adorable

VRScout

Nintendo’s pint-sized creatures return in a Pokémon Go -like mobile game for iOS and Android devices. Niantic, the company behind popular mobile games such as Pokémon Go , Catan: World Explorers, and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite , recently announced Pikmin Bloom , yet another location-based AR game based on a hit franchise. Developed in collaboration with Nintendo, this free-to-play mobile game has you exploring the real world in search of seedlings you can use to expand your entourage of p

AR 469
article thumbnail

Meta Offered a Glimpse into the XR R&D That’s Costing It Billions

Road to VR

During the Connect 2021 conference last week, Meta Reality Labs’ Chief Scientist, Michael Abrash, offered a high-level overview of some of the R&D that’s behind the company’s multi-billion dollar push into XR and the metaverse. Michael Abrash leads the team at Meta Reality Labs Research which has been tasked with researching technologies that the company believes could be foundational to XR and the metaverse decades in the future.

Groups 364
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

3 Ways AR Could Make it Big in Banking

AR Insider

AR continues to show its strengths in several areas including gaming and interactive marketing. But what about banking? In areas like customer service and data visualization, AR could transform the centuries-old industry. We examine how. The post 3 Ways AR Could Make it Big in Banking appeared first on AR Insider.

AR 328

More Trending

article thumbnail

Augmented Reality Trends to Watch Out For in 2021

ARVR

Augmented Reality (AR) is a technological innovation that incorporates virtual elements into real surroundings. This new technology is rapidly gaining great popularity and this comes as a result of the emergence of its all-encompassing potential ranging from remote collaboration to maintenance operations. What AR does is combine the real world with the virtual elements.

article thumbnail

Unpacking Connect 2021 – What it Means for the Metaverse of the Future

Road to VR

We’re just one week past the Connect 2021 event where Meta (formerly Facebook) laid out its grand vision for both XR and the metaverse, including rebranding its entire company around the concept. The event was heavy on vision with a lot of the near-term news being more disparate. I sat down with host Kent Bye on the Voices of VR Podcast to unpack what it all means for the future.

362
362
article thumbnail

Augmented Reality in Education: Use Cases, Benefits & Examples

ARVR

It’s pretty cool how much we can add to our experience of the world with modern tech! For example, augmented reality is one such innovative technology, allowing us to visually represent all kinds of 3D objects with no physical form. To learn more about it, you can read how augmented reality works. Modern AR apps are used for various purposes, from entertainment to enterprise applications, and their usefulness has prompted thousands of organizations to utilize augmented reality in education and t

article thumbnail

Cas & Chary Present: Hands-on with the Lynx R-1 Mixed Reality Headset

Road to VR

Lynx is a Paris-based startup building the Lynx R-1, a standalone mixed reality headset that’s small and lightweight. The headset’s Kickstarter reached its goal 15 hours after launch and is still ongoing, having recently doubled its funding goal. You can pledge for a unit starting at $500. Cas & Chary Present. Cas and Chary VR is a YouTube channel hosted by Netherland-based duo Casandra Vuong and Chary Keijzer who have been documenting their VR journeys since 2016.

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Boeing Wins FCC Approval for Satellite Internet Despite SpaceX's Best Attempts

GizModo VR

SpaceX’s Starlink will eventually have more competition in the satellite broadband business—and rural Americans will have more providers to choose from. The FCC on Wednesday gave Boeing the go-ahead to launch its own satellites , which SpaceX complained would cause interference with its network. Read more.

article thumbnail

Farm operations

EON Reality

Farm operations in the knowledge metaverse. This knowledge metaverse experience took less than 300 seconds to create from scratch with EON Merged-XR in a code-free environment with no preexisting professional development experience from the creator. This is a pragmatic approach for millions of students to build the Knowledge Metaverse for learning, training & performing TODAY just using a mobile device.

article thumbnail

Gal Gadot Will Shift From DC Hero to Disney Villain in the Live-Action Snow White

GizModo VR

After two Wonder Woman movies (and a third on the way), it’s hard to see Gal Gadot as anything but a beaming, benevolent superhero. But she’ll be putting her shield and superpowers aside for an equally juicy role with a bit more of a poisonous bite: the Evil Queen in Disney’s upcoming live-action remake of Snow White. Read more.

DC 126
article thumbnail

Garden Planting Technique

EON Reality

Garden planting technique in the metaverse. This knowledge metaverse experience took less than 300 seconds to create from scratch with EON Merged-XR in a code-free environment with no preexisting professional development experience from the creator. This is a pragmatic approach for millions of students to build the Knowledge Metaverse for learning, training & performing TODAY just using a mobile device.

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Colonial Pipeline’s Year Just Got a Little Worse (Couldn’t Have Happened to Nicer Company)

GizModo VR

More than a year after the discovery of what’s the largest gasoline spill in the U.S. in decades , the owners of a massive pipeline are being taken to court. The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the Colonial Pipeline, which owns the eponymous pipeline, alleging… Read more.

article thumbnail

HVAC Maintenance Repair Operation

EON Reality

Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, HVAC, maintenance repair operation procedure in augmented reality metaverse. This knowledge metaverse experience took less than 300 seconds to create from scratch with EON Merged-XR in a code-free environment with no Preexisting professional development experience from the creator. This is a pragmatic approach for millions of students to build the Knowledge Metaverse for learning, training & performing TODAY just using a mobile device.

article thumbnail

Are There More Nintendo Animated Movies Already in the Works?

GizModo VR

Get to know the Eternals (again) as Marvel dumps a few more guides to its new heroes. The Book of Boba Fett confirms an intriguing new guest star. Geralt and Ciri trade swords in a new image from The Witcher season two. Plus, what’s next on La Brea and Stargirl. Spoilers, away! Read more.

116
116
article thumbnail

Botanical Garden Statues from Prague

EON Reality

Botanical garden statues from Prague. This knowledge metaverse experience took less than 300 seconds to create from scratch with EON Merged-XR in a code-free environment with no preexisting professional development experience from the creator. This is a pragmatic approach for millions of students to build the Knowledge Metaverse for learning, training & performing TODAY just using a mobile device.

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Newly Approved Weight-Loss Drug Is Selling So Fast That Many People Can't Get It

GizModo VR

A recently FDA-approved weight loss drug heralded as “game-changing” by some researchers is selling like hotcakes. On Wednesday, Novo Nordisk announced an unexpectedly strong third quarter, fueled by the release of its obesity drug Wegovy in the U.S. earlier this summer. The drug’s popularity has made it hard to get… Read more.

Gaming 111
article thumbnail

Forestry Machinery

EON Reality

Forestry Machinery in the Knowledge Metaverse. This knowledge metaverse experience took less than 300 seconds to create from scratch with EON Merged-XR in a code-free environment with no Preexisting professional development experience from the creator. This is a pragmatic approach for millions of students to build the Knowledge Metaverse for learning, training & performing TODAY just using a mobile device.

article thumbnail

The World’s First iPhone With a Working USB-C Port Is Now Up for Auction

GizModo VR

Last month, engineering student Ken Pillonel showed off the world’s first iPhone with a USB-C port , and now Pillonel has returned to reveal how he did it while also putting his custom USB-C iPhone up for auction. Read more.

Hardware 111
article thumbnail

Fashion XR Experience

EON Reality

Fashion XR Experience in the Knowledge metaverse. This knowledge metaverse experience took less than 300 seconds to create from scratch with EON Merged-XR in a code-free environment with no Preexisting professional development experience from the creator. This is a pragmatic approach for millions of students to build the Knowledge Metaverse for learning, training & performing TODAY just using a mobile device.

article thumbnail

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?

article thumbnail

Yes, Mark Zuckerberg Sites Are Down

GizModo VR

It would appear that Messenger, as well as Instagram’s messaging function and other Facebook-owned services are currently having trouble, as thousands of users report being unable to access the company’s platforms Wednesday. Read more.

France 105
article thumbnail

SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts can’t use Crew Dragon toilet on trip home

Digital Trends

A faulty Crew Dragon toilet means that astronauts returning from space next week will have to cross their legs or use an "undergarment" if they need to go.

94
article thumbnail

Last Action Hero Is an Underappreciated Time Capsule of Meta-Movie-Magic

GizModo VR

“ Last Action Hero is a joyless, soulless machine of a movie. An $80 million-plus mishmash of fantasy, industry in-jokes, self-referential parody, film-buff gags, and too-big action set-pieces.” That’s what the Hollywood trade Variety wrote in late 1992 just before the Arnold Schwarzenegger-led , John… Read more.

Filming 105
article thumbnail

Fitbit Luxe gets major updates with SpO2 measurement and always-on display

Digital Trends

The Fitbit Luxe fitness tracker has received several new updates giving users SpO2 tracking, an always-on display, and other small tweaks and bug fixes.

93
article thumbnail

How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?