VRScout

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

A genuinely impressive hologram machine that doesn’t break the bank. If watching decades of sci-fi movies and television like Star Wars and Back to the Future has taught me anything, it’s that holograms are the future of communication and entertainment. Perhaps that explains my excitement around the Looking Glass Portrait, a desktop holographic display designed for artists, designers, developers, filmmakers, photographers, and various other creative professionals looking to take thei

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Today I am very happy to host on my blog a guest post by ambr, the Japanese company that is hosting these days the TGSVR , which is the VR edition of the Tokyo Game Show. I have talked about TGSVR also last year when I had the pleasure also of interviewing ambr’s Tomoko Ushiro and asking her for more details about her company. I also visited last year’s VR world and found it enjoyable, but I suffered a bit the lack of interaction.

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The past half-decade in the tech world has been defined by privacy reform. Can XR avoid that fate by getting it right from the beginning? XRSI's Kavya Pearlman thinks so, proposing common-sense standards. We interviewed her to find out how. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Today I host a new post by my friend and VR professional Rob Cole , who has already published many interesting posts on my blog, including a review of Pimax Sword controllers , a series of hack on how to modify the Valve Index , and his experiements in creating new innovative controllers for SteamVR. Thanks to the support of HTC, Rob is experimenting with Vive Trackers , and is very eager to tell you everything about his experiments with them, in a series of two very detailed posts.

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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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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Step into the cleats of a professional NFL quarterback. Today marks the launch of NFL PRO ERA , the first officially licensed football sim for VR headsets. The game was developed by athlete-led sports technology company StatusPRO in collaboration with the National Football Association and features real NFL teams, players, and stadiums. NFL PRO ERA lets you step into the cleats of a professional quarterback and lead your favorite NFL teams to victory in 11-on-11 matches powered by real-time NFL g

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Actrio Studio’s educational VR experience launches on World Cleanup Day 2022. Exploration is the key to understanding the world around us. Our own oceans are still a huge mystery with over 80% still unmapped. We have better maps of Venus and Mars than our own seas. The Great Ocean from Actrio Studio is a unique VR experience that lets you take a high-tech ROV on a thrilling underwater mission while learning more about the fascinating intricacies of our ocean.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The second annual AR/VR Policy Conference took place this Wednesday, September 14, in Washington D.C., accompanied by a live stream on YouTube. The event, once again hosted by Information Technology Innovation Foundation and the XR Association , followed last year’s all-virtual event. Registration for both events was free, regardless of in-person or virtual attendance.

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Given that the Greek root meta means “beyond,” AR content can enliven real-world places, creating depth and meaning that goes beyond their physical state. Living Cities co-founder Matt Miesnieks offers a framework in this week's XR Talks. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The long-awaited VR mod for Half-Life 2 (2004) is available for free in beta starting today, bringing to the iconic Valve title a near-native level of VR immersion we’ve been waiting for. In case you didn’t catch our recent VR Modding Monthly article, here’s the lowdown: development on a VR mod for HL2 began nearly 10 years ago, although due to work/life/everything the lead developer had to sideline work on the mod after moving to Rockstar Games.

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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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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Today, virtual reality (VR) hardware developer Pico Interactive teased fans with a new product announcement on September 22 on a Tik Tok and Youtube live stream. The moment you’ve been waiting for is here! We can’t wait to show you what we have in store for you. Stay tuned on 22nd September 2022, 14:00 GMT+2 #PICO pic.twitter.com/KYD03VTeTE. — PICO XR (@PICOXR) September 15, 2022.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Sony still hasn’t tossed out a launch day lineup for PSVR 2, although we’re starting to get a good idea of what the next-gen VR headset might have in store when it releases sometime in early 2023. Here’s a look at what we hope will be a quickly growing list of all games announced for PSVR 2 thus far. Also, don’t forget to check out our detailed hands-on with PSVR 2 hardware to see what sets it apart from the original.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Though we spend ample time examining consumer-based AR endpoints, greater near-term impact is seen in the enterprise. This takes many forms including brands that use AR to promote products in greater dimension, and industrial enterprises that streamline operations. These industrial endpoints include visual support in areas like assembly and maintenance.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

While Oculus doesn’t offer much publicly in the way of understanding how well individual games & apps are performing across its Quest 2 storefront, it’s possible to glean some insight by looking at apps relative to each other. Here’s a snapshot of the 20 best rated Oculus Quest games and apps as of September 2022. Some quick qualifications before we get to the data: Paid and free apps are separated.

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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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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Industry rhetoric about AR’s world-changing status sometimes outweighs evidence that it’s captivating consumers today. Though we see some signals, such as lens engagement figures from Snap and others, we’re often flying blind when it comes to consumer AR sentiment. Looking to fill that gap, AR Insider’s research arm ARtillery Intelligence has completed Wave V of its annual consumer survey report.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Into the Radius is a hardcore single-player survival shooter that you’ve likely already heard about from its time on PC VR headsets via Steam. In case you haven’t, the game serves up a unique mix of heart-racing encounters with deadly entities, a load of environmental traps, and its fair share of plodding tedium—all while paying homage to the suitably Soviet book Roadside Picnic (1972) and later film adaptation Stalker (1979).

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Electrical extension cords are tremendously useful for powering devices when your gadget’s power cord isn’t long enough to reach an electrical outlet. Normal extension cords have a so-called male plug that goes into the wall and a female plug at the end where you can plug in your device. There’s absolutely no reason… Read more.

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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Ancient Dungeon is an excellent roguelike and a great example of how a solid foundation means you don’t need to break the mold. Read on for our full Ancient Dungeon review for Meta Quest 2. . There’s something about wandering through a diorama of voxels in VR that just never gets old. The weird combination of the innate immersion of a headset and the uncanny vibe of the blocky world around you makes for an experience that always feels unique, even though other games have done it before. .

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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Seongnam, South Korea launched plans on Wednesday to adopt non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and the Metaverse by developing a digital twin of its city along with digital citizenships for residents, tech media BeInCrypto reported on Friday. Gyeonggi province government officials stated it would allow NFT citizenship to those joining the city’s “Metaverse Special City Seongnam” to provide services and information, the report read.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

DART won’t survive its mission to deflect an asteroid, but the recently deployed LICIACube—a tiny probe equipped with cameras—will document the encounter in gory detail. Read more.

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Anand Tech

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Just under four years ago, Arm announced their Neoverse family of infrastructure CPU designs. Deciding to double-down on the server and edge computing markets by designing Arm CPU cores specifically for those markets – and not just recycling the consumer-focused Cortex-A designs – Arm set about tackling the infrastructure market in a far more aggressive manner.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

This Thursday, Nreal debuted iOS support for its augmented reality (AR) smart glasses portfolio. The Chinese firm posted the announcement on its social media pages, confirming Nreal Air’s compatibility with the recently announced iPhone 14 and 14 Pro. Break out of the box, and transform your screen. #NrealAir x #iPhone is ready to unlock your iPhone screen.

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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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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Following its official reveal last April, StatusPRO’s NFL Pro Era is available now on Meta Quest 2 and PSVR. Following previous VR football adaptations like 2MD: VR Football Unleashed and MVP Football: The Patrick Mahomes Experience , NFL Pro Era marks VR’s first official NFL game. Joining an increasing lineup of VR sports games , it’s designed to replicate a quarterback’s on-and-off field perspective.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

As much as you think you have full control of you and your wallet, it’s getting increasingly difficult for anybody using an app or a website to avoid getting suckered into surrendering your money or personal information to misleading or tricky UI design. Read more.

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Charlie Fink

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

This week also marks the beginning of the MERGE of ETH and the Beacon Chain.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

It appears that the International Space Station will welcome more amateur astronauts who are willing to pay a hefty price for trips to space. NASA is requesting proposals for two more private astronaut missions to the ISS that could fly to low Earth orbit as early as late 2023. Read more.

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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?

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