Wed.Jan 11, 2023

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The Strip Gets Spatial: All the XR at CES

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How was XR represented at this year's CES? Charlie Fink goes hands-on, walking 23 miles in four days to get immersed in all the newest gadgetry. We have his first-hand take. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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ROSE and Mastercard® Augment the Miami Design District in a New Immersive Experience

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Mastercard cardholders can see Miami’s Design District in a whole new light, thanks to an immersive experience from ROSE. Follow along for a look at the #Priceless experience and exclusive insight from ROSE on how it came together. Experience Miami’s Design District In AR. The newest experience on Mastercard’s “Priceless” platform is an AR tour of Miami’s Design District, led by CEO, entrepreneur, and art collector Craig Robins.

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Reality Bytes: Microsoft, TiKTok & OpenAI

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This week on Reality Bytes, we discuss ChatGPT’s partnership with Microsoft, travel to the Metaverse with Sony and Manchester City, and tune into the YouTube vs. TikTok short-form video battle. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Meta to Drop Support for Original Quest Model

XR Today - Virtual Reality

In a recently released email, Meta officially announced its dropping support for its Quest 1 virtual reality (VR) headset on March 5, 2023. The move lets Meta divert its focus towards the Meta Quest 2 and Pro variants. In Monday’s official statement , Meta explained: We [Meta] launched Quest 1 over four years ago and we are grateful to the Quest 1 community for pushing VR forward.

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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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Is Mixed Reality the Future of Real Estate?

AR Insider

Mixed Reality continues to find new use cases and endpoints as the technology emerge from its early stages. One valuable application of the technology is in real estate and construction. We examine the ways. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Mojo Vision Is Ceasing Work On Its Smart Contact Lens

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Mojo Vision is ceasing work on its Mojo Lens contact lens. The sci-fi-sounding device was first announced in early 2020. It integrated a tiny MicroLED display, ARM processor, IMU (accelerometer and gyroscope), wireless radio, and “microbattery” into a contact lens frame. The idea was to give you a heads-up display without the need for glasses.

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Why an Internship at EON Reality is the best choice for your career?

EON Reality

Are you ready to jumpstart your career and gain valuable hands-on experience in the field of AR and VR? Look no further than an internship at EON Reality. Our program offers the chance to work on real projects, collaborate with experienced professionals, and make a meaningful impact within the company. But what sets our internship program apart from others?

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Meta Quest Move Fitness Stats Can Now Sync To Android Health Too

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Meta Quest Move fitness stats can now sync to Android Health Connect. Formerly known as Oculus Move, the feature of Quest headsets monitors your physical activity to track the calories you burn in VR, your move minutes, and your workout intensity. It’s mainly intended for fitness apps like Supernatural, but it works in all apps, and gives you a per-app breakdown of the stats.

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Roblox to Join Meta Quest Lineup, Report Says

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Metaverse gaming platform firm Roblox has reportedly launched plans to debut the platform on Meta Quest virtual and mixed reality (VR/MR) devices later in 2023. The Verge reported in its Command Line newsletter that it could launch on Quest devices such as the Quest 2, Quest Pro, and the upcoming Quest 3. The first edition of my new newsletter Command Line just hit inboxes.

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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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Timberman VR Hacks Its Way Onto Quest, New Halloween Map Confirmed

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Timberman VR brings Digital Melody’s retro-style arcade game into 3D, and it’s available now on Meta Quest headsets via Apple Lab. GameFormatic’s Timberman VR follows a previous Steam release last August. Offering three seasonal maps, this 15-level campaign sees you chopping down trees while avoiding branches, unlocking new axes, machetes, and hammers as you progress.

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Meta Could Release Quest 3 in 2023, Analyst Says

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Meta Platforms is expected to release its Meta Quest 3 in 2023, social media reports confirmed last week. Extended reality (XR) analyst Brad Lynch tweeted on Thursday last week that the Meta Quest 3 would release later this year as planned. This comes after he leaked designs of the upcoming headset in September last year, sparking discussions on the device on social media.

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Sync Your Move Stats with the Meta Quest Mobile App and Health Connect by Android

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Using VR to get fit is fun, and you can do it wherever and whenever you want. Whether you’re going head-to-head with friends trying to.

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“Create Eyebrows Like a Pro Using this AR Tool!”

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L’Oréal Groupe, a French beauty company, is revolutionizing the cosmetic sector with their latest AR device Brow Magic. Combining augmented reality and advanced printing technology, this product can scan your face and recommend specific brow shapes for you by delivering 1,200 drops per inch of ink on areas of your skin that need hair color […].

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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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Workout Wednesday: Top Rated Fitness Apps and Games

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Welcome back to Workout Wednesday. Last week, we showed you that VR fitness is a fun and exciting way to start a regular routine that’ll.

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“Soar Into a Galaxy Far, Far Away with the Upcoming ‘Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy’ VR Port for Quest & Pico!”

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Team Beef, known for their VR ports of classic PC games, most recently announced they are developing a port of Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy for Quest and Pico headsets and plan to launch the development build to Patreon backers “over the next month or so.” At this time Team Beef is also working […].

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Meta Horizon Worlds v92 Release Notes

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Welcome to Meta Horizon Worlds v92! This week, our attention was focused on investigating bugs, some of which were introduced in the last release. We’re.

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“Apple Eagerly Anticipates Spring 2023 Unveiling of Mind-Boggling AR Headset, Invites Third Parties to Test Its Mighty Wonders!”

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Apple’s MR headset is the fruit company’s long-awaited foray into augmented reality and virtual reality technology, but details have remained deep under wraps. Well, what appeared to be new light on some of the features and a possible unveiling window were recently revealed by Bloomberg, claiming an announcement at this year’s WWDC event in June […].

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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.