VRScout
AUGUST 1, 2022
Surgeons call it ‘Man-on-Mars stuff.’ In one of the most complex separation procedures ever conducted, three-year-old conjoined twins Bernardo and Arthur Lima were successfully separated by medical professionals with the help of VR technology. According to the BBC , the revolutionary procedure lasted a total of 27 hours and included seven individual surgeries involving over 100 medical staff.
The Ghost Howls
AUGUST 1, 2022
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AR Insider
AUGUST 1, 2022
Welcome back to Spatial Beats, AR Insider's weekly series that features observations and insights of author and futurist Charlie Fink. This week, we look at Meta's eventful week: As they say on Facebook, "it's complicated.". This post appeared first on AR Insider.
VRScout
AUGUST 1, 2022
Learn how to the most interesting documentary of 2022 came to be. We Met In Virtual Reality is a new feature-length documentary film that follows the stories of five individuals using VR technology to connect with each other and the world in a variety of a unique and throught-provoking ways. The entirety of the film was shot in VRChat , a social VR platform where users can create and explore their own virtual worlds using custom avatars.
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.
ARPost
AUGUST 1, 2022
Immersive VR fitness is changing the way we approach and enjoy physical activity. With it, you can turn any space into a new workout space, access a range of new workouts regularly, and get in shape with your friends—even if they’re not physically there. Regular workouts can get repetitive and even boring at times , which can make it hard for you to stay motivated and avoid exercise burnout.
Virtual Reality Pulse brings together the best content for VR professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
ARVR
AUGUST 1, 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.
Road to VR
AUGUST 1, 2022
Now that August is here, Meta has made good on its promise to raise the price of Quest 2 and its accessories. Here’s a quick look at how the company has increased prices for its most popular VR headset yet. If you’ve been following along you’ll recall that Meta announced just last week that it would raise the price of Quest 2 , making the industry’s most affordable VR headset a bit less of a steal.
GizModo VR
AUGUST 1, 2022
Gizmodo is 20 years old! To celebrate the anniversary, we’re looking back at some of the most significant ways our lives have been thrown for a loop by our digital tools. Read more.
Road to VR
AUGUST 1, 2022
ByteDance’s Pico Interactive is getting ready to launch a new line of standalone VR headsets soon looking to compete with Meta, dubbed Pico 4 and Pico 4 Pro. Now a leak has allegedly revealed Pico 4’s controllers, and they look to be a significant step forward in terms of ergonomics. The news comes courtesy Antony Vitillo, AR/VR developer and editor over at SkarredGhost , who received the images of the controllers from a community member after having initially covered the FCC filing
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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.
Bernard Marr
AUGUST 1, 2022
A recent report by the Institute for the Future, in partnership with Dell, predicts that 85% of jobs that will be available in 2030 haven’t been invented yet. Sound unlikely? I don’t think it’s as crazy as it seems, especially when we think of everything that has changed in the last ten years, like social media, artificial intelligence, and automation.
XR Today - Augmented Reality tag
AUGUST 1, 2022
Over the last two years, metaverse technologies have matured due to investments from firms such as Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Epic Games, and many others. According to research from Emergen Research last year, the Metaverse was valued at $47.69 billion in 2020 and would reach $829 billion by 2028. US social media giant Facebook is transforming itself into a global metaverse leader, a move that may significantly impact the industry in the days to come.
GizModo VR
AUGUST 1, 2022
Some crypto critics like Vivaldi CEO Jon von Tetzchner have called the entire apparatus of crypto “ nothing more than a pyramid scheme.” It’s an easy claim when you cite the ever-growing number of scams in the crypto scene that have cost users over $1 billion since last year. Read more.
Digital Trends
AUGUST 1, 2022
The Android-based payment system, Wiseasy has experienced a data breach that has allowed hackers to gain control of thousands of its payment terminals.
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
AUGUST 1, 2022
While all was quiet on DC’s San Diego Comic-Con front in regards to The Batman sequel and its Penguin series spin-off , star Colin Farrell recently told Entertainment Weekly he expects shooting to start on his straight-to-order series early next year. Unsurprisingly, he’d also be very open to returning to the role,… Read more.
Upload VR
AUGUST 1, 2022
F1 22 is the first game in the annual franchise that works with PC VR headsets, but the series is yet to make a showing on other headsets. So, could we see PSVR 2 and Quest 2 versions? That isn’t in the works right now, it seems. In an interview with Codemasters, which we’ll publish in full later this week, the developer’s David Williams, Senior Producer, said they had “no plans for a PSVR 2 version at the moment”, and the same was true of a potential Quest port or
GizModo VR
AUGUST 1, 2022
After Nichelle Nichols passed over the weekend, the reactions from friends, family, and fans have been pouring out across social media. The actress, who famously starred in Star Trek as Lieutenant Nyota Uhura , was a trailblazer on screen and behind the scenes, advocating for civil liberties , human rights, and diverse… Read more.
Digital Trends
AUGUST 1, 2022
NASA is back again with its monthly roundup up of skywatching treats, which this time includes a chance to view the distant ice giant planet Uranus.
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
AUGUST 1, 2022
Two Kenyan cabinet bosses have issued strong statements opposing an ultimatum handed down to Meta last week by the nation’s cohesion watchdog. The interior minister and minister for information, communication, and technology said separately that Kenya will take no action against Facebook ahead of next week’s national… Read more.
Digital Trends
AUGUST 1, 2022
Lovecraft Country's Jonathan Majors stars in Devotion as Jesse Brown, an African-American pilot who fought for his country during the Korean War.
GizModo VR
AUGUST 1, 2022
Everyday it appears that we’re spiraling closer to the apocalypse. Today, that future seems a little closer than we thought as United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned today that humanity is “one misunderstanding, one miscalculation” away from being wiped off the face of the planet by a nuclear… Read more.
Upload VR
AUGUST 1, 2022
Stress Level Zero developer Brandon J Laatsch revealed Bonelab will feature settings for adjusting the in-game full body avatar “to fit your real body.” Laatsch revealed on Twitter that Bonelab will prompt players to enter height and t-shirt size, with more fine tuning available in a menu. To fit your real body to your avatar’s body, Bonelab prompts you for your height and t-shirt size.
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
AUGUST 1, 2022
Teens and young people do stupid things—you’ve done them, I’ve done them—but a new report from India is pushing the limits of our credulity. Allegedly, Indian youth are boiling flavored condoms and drinking the water to get high. If that sounds to you like a 2022 version of Tide Pods or “ pharm parties ,” you’re not… Read more.
XR Today - Augmented Reality tag
AUGUST 1, 2022
A high-profile researcher at Samsung has published new report on augmented reality (AR) wearables, the company announced on Monday. Samsung Research’s Dr Bongsu Shin , co-first authored the Nature Communications report which discusses using AR devices to power artificial muscle actuators, in a partnership with Ajou University’s mechanical engineering department.
GizModo VR
AUGUST 1, 2022
Stephanie Lucas, a California-based UX designer, was at home Saturday morning when she read Gizmodo’s investigation into dozens of companies selling data on millions of Americans labeled “actively pregnant” or “shopping for maternity products.” Read more.
XR Today - Augmented Reality tag
AUGUST 1, 2022
Last Tuesday, Vuzix entered a distribution deal with Westbase.io to scale its smart glasses product availability for the UK and northern EU customers. Westbase is a proven industry distributor of extended reality (XR) products, including 4G, 5G, and internet of things (IoT) solutions. The firm is now distributing Vuzix’s augmented reality (AR) products, and as part of its announcement, it says it has already received and shipped a sizeable first volume of purchase orders.
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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