VRScout
JULY 12, 2021
Somnium Space and TESLASUIT partner to bring full-body haptics to social VR with the Somnium X TESLASUIT DK1. Ever since Ernest Cline’s book Ready Player One was released and then followed up by Speilberg’s movie version, VR enthusiasts have been seeking a metaverse experience where they can feel the virtual world around them, whether it be a hug from a friend, a playful punch in the arm, or even laser blast to the chest.
ARPost
JULY 12, 2021
Most XR companies aren’t afraid of some healthy competition. Hopefully, the virtual tours field can take a little more pressure, as German solution VRdirect plans an impending expansion to the US and UK. We got our hands on a demo and talked to Managing Director Dr. Rolf Illenberger to learn more. Meet VRdirect. VRdirect is a platform for authoring and distributing VR content, specifically virtual tours and educational content using physical locations.
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VRScout
JULY 12, 2021
Bet on games of Blackjack and Roulette in this blockchain-powered virtual casino coming soon to major VR & AR devices. XR Casino, Inc (“The Company”) has announced an official release date for its cross-platform gambling experience which allows users on VR and AR devices to bet real money on games like blackjack, roulette, and slots from the comfort of their own holographic casinos.
Road to VR
JULY 12, 2021
The latest update to SteamVR, version 1.18.5, brings improvements to error handling of Oculus Link and Air Link which is meant to improve reliability. The update comes as Quest 2 reaches 31.07% of all VR headsets in use on Steam. Valve has committed to making Steam a hardware agnostic place for VR headsets, even going so far as actively maintaining the code that makes Oculus headsets work on the platform in the first place.
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.
AR Insider
JULY 12, 2021
O ne of the top targets in the market sizing of our research arm, ARtillery Intelligence , is reliable formula inputs. Half the battle is devising strong bottom-up financial models that reflect the market’s unit economics… and the other half is filling in the blanks. This process unfolds across subsegments of the spatial spectrum — everything from consumer VR to enterprise AR to camera commerce.
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AR Insider
JULY 12, 2021
W elcome back to Spatial Beats. This week, we look at 8th Wall’s new developer network, Sam & Max’s VR debut and fresh XR funding rounds. Let’s dive in… Osso VR Raises $27 Million Series B to Expand Its VR Surgical Training Platform. This VR surgical training platform has been helping residents and introducing surgeons to new techniques since 2016.
ARVR
JULY 12, 2021
Of all of the developing AR use cases, customer support is on the under-exposed side of the spectrum. Though not as sexy as AR shopping and gaming , it’s a fitting and monetizable AR format. And as we’ve examined , the future of AR could be all about non-sexy utilities. Specifically, AR’s use in customer services involves guiding consumers visually through a given support issue.
GizModo VR
JULY 12, 2021
As brutal heat continues to scorch the West, it is sparking wildfires that are burning through hundreds of thousands of acres of land. In California, this year’s wildfires are outpacing the damage caused by last year’s record-setting fire season. Read more.
VR Fitness
JULY 12, 2021
FitXR receives a major update this week, with a host of tracks from both established and emerging artists being launched onto the platform. The introduction of commercially popular, recognizable songs to work out to was a major selling point touted by FitXR, with the resulting licensing costs used as a justification to turn FitXR into a subscription-only service rather than a one-time purchased base game with optional paid DLC.
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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.
GizModo VR
JULY 12, 2021
A notorious group of cybercriminals whose operations were almost totally dismantled last year seems to be back in business—in yet another example of the seemingly intractable nature of cybercrime. Read more.
VR Fitness
JULY 12, 2021
Isolation, job loss, and illness have impacted most everyone over the past 18 months, but the effects of Covid-19 on the population at large continue to highlight the need for concentrated support among groups that were already at increased risk of suicide and other mental health issues. Veterans and military personnel fall into this category, and VR gamers are doing their best to help improve emotional wellness of these individuals through practical support and encouragement.
GizModo VR
JULY 12, 2021
On Friday, the Federal Communications Commission gave the e-commerce giant clearance to create bedside radar devices meant to track how we toss and turn at night. And while Amazon’s putting the best face possible on the innovation, it’s still all about those ad dollars. Read more.
Digital Trends
JULY 12, 2021
Tesla is warning drivers with the latest beta of its Full Self-Driving mode to use it with caution as it “may do the wrong thing at the worst time.”.
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.
GizModo VR
JULY 12, 2021
Disney is raising the monthly and annual fees for ESPN Plus effective August 13, marking the second price hike the service will undergo in the first seven months of 2021 alone. Read more.
Digital Trends
JULY 12, 2021
A Virgin Galactic video highlights the kind of experience that space tourism passengers will get to enjoy aboard its spaceplane.
GizModo VR
JULY 12, 2021
It’s here! The first two episodes of Wellington Paranormal , the New Zealand-made series spin-off of the 2014 What We Do in the Shadows movie , are now streaming on the CW. You could just dash over there this instant and watch “Demon Girl” and “Cop Circles,” or you could check out this “extended” trailer the CW put out… Read more.
Digital Trends
JULY 12, 2021
If Samsung does as we expect and not launch a new Galaxy Note phone this year, is the Note 20 Ultra still worth buying, when the Galaxy S21 Ultra exists?
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.
GizModo VR
JULY 12, 2021
The best bits of Star Trek: Lower Decks ’ first season weren’t necessarily its love-letter references to decades of Trek history. The arc its ragtag ensigns went on celebrated what a weird, wonderful, hopeful world Star Trek has, through the eyes of people in that world who love it. But as this snippet of the sophomore… Read more.
Digital Trends
JULY 12, 2021
Sony's newest Bluetooth speaker looks more like a candlestick than a speaker, thanks to the illuminated glass cylinder that also provides 360-degree sound.
GizModo VR
JULY 12, 2021
Electronic paper, from companies like E Ink, can display color images now while minimizing power usage. The trade-off is they look nowhere near as vibrant as display technologies like LCD and OLED, but new research out of Sweden could soon change that with an innovative type of reflective screen. Read more.
Anand Tech
JULY 12, 2021
In today’s review we are having a look at Lian Li’s first PSU, the SP750. Against all odds, Lian Li’s first diversification attempt comes with a very powerful 750W SFX unit rated at 80 Plus Gold, mainly designed for compact high-performance gaming systems.
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?
GizModo VR
JULY 12, 2021
The Great Salt Lake in Utah, the biggest salt lake in the western hemisphere, is plunging to historic low levels as the region suffers through a vast and relentless megadrought. Read more.
Anand Tech
JULY 12, 2021
Earlier this year, new Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger outlined his new ‘IDM 2.0’ vision for Intel. This vision was a three pronged strategy based on improving its own process node technology, mixing in other foundry technology where needed, and also realigning its manufacturing for a new foundry service offering allowing other semiconductor companies to use Intel’s manufacturing expertise.
GizModo VR
JULY 12, 2021
Not every conspiracy theory is de facto bad. Vast forces really are colluding against us, with varying degrees of intent. It is when these forces are misidentified—when blame is pinned on people equally helpless, or people who are totally made up—that things can spin out of control. The events of January 6th are just… Read more.
Digital Trends
JULY 12, 2021
Rumors about the 2021 MacBook Pro have reached a fever pitch recently, but a new leak could have revealed one of the most important changes on the way.
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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