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Immersive VR Film Takes You On A Supersonic Jet Ride

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Experience what it is like to train like an astronaut. Emmy award-winning immersive production studio Felix & Paul Studios, the team behind the hit VR series Space Explorers: An ISS Experience , is back with yet another jaw-dropping 360-degree experience for Meta Quest VR headsets. Available now via the Meta Quest TV app, Supersonic Flight – Space Explorers: Special Feature puts you in the cockpit of a T-38 supersonic jet, the same aircraft used by NASA to train astronauts for spacefli

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Nreal Air: New Console Support, Mac OS Beta, and a Hands-On Review

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Nreal Air is available to US consumers. For those looking for more use cases for the virtual screen display, the company has big news: major console support, and betas for its AR YouTube app and the mac version of its Nebula operating system. Further, we have a hands-on review from a long-awaited trial of the Nreal Air in action. The Road So Far. Just two months ago, Nreal Air launched for US consumers.

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World Of Warcraft Launches Dragonflight AR Experience

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Your very own dragon is just a QR code away… World of Warcraft , the immensely popular massively-multiplayer online (MMO) game, has just received its own original augmented reality (AR) experience that allows you to snap selfies with a stable of virtual dragons in the real world. Available now on smartphones, Dragonflight is a WebAR experience, which means you don’t need to download any additional apps in order to access it.

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Where’s the ROI in AR Shopping?

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One of AR’s bright spots is its ability to boost sales by demonstrating products with greater dimension. Product attributes can be exposed more effectively through 3D and AR. But where's the proof? We assemble the latest AR marketing campaign data. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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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.

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‘Swords of Gargantua’ Studio Thirdverse Secures $15M, Aims to Bring Latest Titles to PSVR 2

Road to VR

Japanese VR studio Thirdverse today revealed it’s raised $15 million, something the Swords of Gargantua developer says will be used to expand global recruitment and develop new Web3 and VR titles. In its latest round, MZ Web3 Fund has signed on as the lead investor, bringing the company’s overall outside funding to $33 million. As an investor in Thirdverse, MZ Web3 Fund joins 8DAO, B Dash Ventures, double jump.tokyo Inc., Fenbushi Capital, FLICK SHOT, Holdem Capital, KUSABI, OKCoinJa

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FTC: Meta Wanted to Expand ‘Beat Saber’ to Fitness Before Controversial Within Acquistion

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During investigations by the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) into Meta’s acquisition of VR fitness game devs Within , a filing revealed that the company was initially looking to expand popular block-slashing rhythm game Beat Saber into a dedicated fitness app. It’s been a little over a year since Meta announced its intention to acquire Within , the studio behind the VR fitness app Supernatural.

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Valve Patents New VR Controller With Quest-Like Tracking Ring

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A Valve patent may reveal the controller for its in-development VR headset. Index has now been on the market for well over three years. It still has best-in-class tracking and audio quality but its resolution has been surpassed by even low-cost headsets like Quest 2 and Pico 4, and it doesn’t support wireless play (though a startup is working on an adapter ).

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ARTISANT Launch Web3 Fashion amid FTX Collapse

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ARTISANT , a major platform for sustainable web3 fashion, has partnered with MetaFactory and KongLand to create a new benchmark for the fashion industry and the rising Metaverse. Designing a new collection of clothing, both companies developed their “Perfect for Art Basel” capsule collection, inspired by the world-class event taking place in Miami in early December.

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Most Meta AR/VR Spending Is Building AR Glasses, Horizon Less Than 10%

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Over 50% of Meta’s AR/VR spending is going to the development of AR glasses. Reuters reports Mark Zuckerberg gave Meta staffers a rundown of the company’s spending in an all-hands meeting last week. He said 20% of Meta’s total budget is going to Reality Labs, the company’s AR/VR division. Within Reality Labs, over 50% of the spending is going to the research & development of AR glasses, around 40% to virtual reality, and around 10% to first-party content such as Horiz

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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.

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Magic Leap 2 Review: A High-Spec Enterprise AR Headset

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Magic Leap 2 reviews have surfaced after the successor to the Magic Leap 1, which launched in the early 2000s, debuted in September this year. Unlike the second version, the first iteration spent most of its early years in stealth mode, teasing its Magic Leap 1 headset in 2018. While it was not a complete commercial success, the Magic Leap 1 reached several crucial milestones with its sleek, ergonomic form factor and intuitive user experience (UX).

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Camouflaj Working On Batman VR For Quest, According To FTC

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According to Federal Trade Commission court documents spotted by Janko Roettgers , Camouflaj is working on a Batman VR game for Quest headsets. Camouflaj is the studio behind Iron Man VR , which launched as a PSVR exclusive title in 2020. Last month at Connect, Meta announced that it had acquired Camouflaj and that Iron Man VR would subsequently release on Quest 2 in November.

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Google Maps Rolls Out AR Update for Android, iOS

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This week, Google is rolling out a long-awaited update for its Maps service, integrating augmented reality (AR) navigation visualizations, search functions, and immersive retail tools, 9 to 5 Mac reported. The software giant first previewed Google Maps Live View’s AR functions in September. Now, the Mountain View-based firm is deploying the immersive service to Android and iOS users this week in cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, London, and Paris.

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Pico 4 Black Friday Bundle Includes 3 Free Games: After The Fall, Ruinsmagus & More

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Ahead of Black Friday this week, Pico announced a new bundle that includes After the Fall , Ruinsmagus and Les Mills Bodycombat for free with purchase of a Pico 4 headset. The offer begins on November 24 and Pico says the bundle is valid for all Pico 4 headsets that are “ purchased, delivered, and activated between 24th November and 30th November.” So you’ll have about a week from Thursday to purchase a Pico 4 and get it delivered in time if you want to activate it before the b

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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.

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This Game Looks Like MINECRAFT DUNGEONS in VR!!!

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This week we interview Eric Thullen the developer of ANCIENT DUNGEON VR which has actually made it from App Lab to the Official Oculus Quest store. a feat few games have done!! Learn More HERE: [link] Developed by Eric Thullen, creator of Pixel Force & Pixel Force 2, Ancient Dungeon is a place of malice and danger to all but a few brave souls, featuring an ever-shifting labyrinth of treasures, traps, and terrors.

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HP Reverb G2 Is Just $300 In The US For Black Friday Week

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HP Reverb G2 is just $300 in a “ Pre-Black Friday Sale” on HP’s USA Store. Reverb G2 is a tethered PC VR headset. It uses Microsoft’s Windows MR (WMR) software platform but is compatible with most SteamVR games. Its dual 2160×2160 panels provide higher resolution than Quest 2, and it has stepless lens separation adjustment. It features the same kind of near- off-ear speakers as Valve Index, via a collaboration with Valve.

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meta universe shines into reality! “World Cup Carnival” can wear VR glasses to watch the game

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From November 20 to December 18, the 2022 Qatar World Cup will be held as scheduled, and 32 teams will dedicate 64 passionate matches to the fans. Compared with the last World Cup, this year’s Qatar World Cup will usher in an unprecedented “impact” of short videos. In addition, new technologies such as 5G and VR/AR also bring a completely different experience.

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Meta Horizon Worlds v85 Release Notes

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Meta Horizon Worlds v85 is here. Happy holidays to those who celebrate! This release includes a new feature we’re testing that lets creators add doors.

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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.

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Quest 2 Black Friday Sale Brings Discounted Headset & Game Bundles

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We’re keeping an eye on the best Oculus Quest 2 Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2022 deals, don’t blink or you might miss the best Quest 2 sale of the year! Updated – November 22nd, 2022. The Best Oculus Quest 2 Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2022 Sales. Image courtesy Meta. Oculus Quest 2 (128GB). The best Oculus Quest 2 (128GB) Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2022 sale so far is $350 bundled with Beat Saber and Resident Evil 4 VR.

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