AR Insider
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
The concept of the metaverse has more questions than answers these days. Guest author Kyr Poskonoff raises 5 key questions that need to be answered before the metaverse can materialize. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
VRScout
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
See iconic locations like the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty like never before with immersive technology. World-renowned fashion house Louis Vuitton has partnered with acclaimed Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama on a colorful new campaign powered by augmented reality (AR) technology, according to Vogue Business. Using Snap’s Landmarker Lenses, which allows developers to create Lens experiences tied to specific real-world locations, select users can layer virtual polka dots over a variety of
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ARPost
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
AR creation tool Blippar has long offered its creation tool Blippbuilder, which recently implemented a “freemium” pricing model. Naturally, the tool was built around smartphones, which is how most people still experience AR. However, with the increasing prevalence of AR-enabled headsets, the company is expanding the tool’s availability. To learn more about Blippbuilder on headsets, the company’s long-term strategy, and the effects of other Blippar developments, ARPost met the company’s new CEO,
VRScout
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
The “Always Good” experience will include a Super Bowl TV spot as well as a variety of digital activations powered by AR and AI technology. This coming week, the Kansas City Chiefs will be taking on the Philadelphia Eagles at Super Bowl LVII. If you’re anything like me, however, you’re far more interested in the annual lineup of hilarious commercial spots that air during the big game.
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.
Upload VR
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Addressing the recent announcement that Echo VR shuts down in August , Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth provided his perspective on the decision and said “John [Carmack] would not have shut down Echo VR.” During his latest Instagram AMA, someone asked Bosworth if there was any way they could keep Echo VR up. In short, the answer was a clear “No.” Despite a very loyal fanbase, Bosworth says the decision to shut down Echo VR was made as the game’s player base had “dwind
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Upload VR
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
A new hands-on video from IGN gave us our first proper look at Gran Turismo 7 gameplay on PSVR 2, alongside confirmation of some other minor details as well. You can see the gameplay in the video from IGN above, which includes snippets of PSVR 2 footage from their hands-on with the game. The good news is that the footage looks fantastic, with a high standard of visuals that looks roughly equivalent to the standard PS5 flatscreen release.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Microsoft’s mixed reality (MR) division is constantly under the microscope of the technology media landscape. Over the past year, Microsoft, its Hololens, and its mixed reality toolkit (MRTK) stood on uncertain ground while the firm’s immersive research and development (R&D) branches faced cutbacks amidst general company reductions. Although, despite setbacks and rumours of Microsoft dropping support for its MR division, in a blog post , the Corporate Vice President and Chief Ope
Upload VR
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
In this week’s bonus episode of the Between Realities VR Podcast, Alex and Skeeva host the team behind the newly released VR game Monkey See Monkey Doo Doo. David Burnham from Continuum VR answers questions about the origins and development of their new multiplayer game. Brandon Egolf from Clique Games explains how they’ve gotten involved as publishers in the VR gaming industry.
TechCrunch VR
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Mentions of the “metaverse” were relatively few and far between in Meta’s quarterly earnings call this week — we counted a mere seven mentions compared to 23 for “AI” — but the company’s investment into its vision of a VR-connected social future remains colossal. Starting in 2021, Meta began breaking out its Reality Labs VR and AR division into its own segment for financial reporting purposes.
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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.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
The Smart Retail Tech Expo is set to kick off this year from 28 February to 1 March with exciting news and major updates for its followers and attendees. One of the United Kingdom’s premier expos for digital innovation in the retail sector, it will return in 2023 for businesses, analysts, and enthusiasts across the nation and beyond. As the industry builds its forward momentum after the pandemic, businesses are meeting in person in an annual gathering of prestigious industry leaders.
Bernard Marr
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Think cyberbullying is only something teenagers experience? You might be surprised. Workplace cyberbullying is probably more common than you think. A study by the University of Sheffield and Nottingham University showed that 8 out of 10 adults had experienced cyberbullying in the workplace in the previous six months, and 14-20% of people had been a victim of cyberbullying in the past week.
AIXR
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Extended Reality In Enterprises. In recent years, the use of XR technologies has become increasingly common in companies. This is illustrated by the European Commission’s forecast that the European Extended Reality (XR) market will grow by €35 to €65 billion by 2025 and that 94.8% of companies predict moderate to exponential growth in the next three years.
XR Today - Big XR News tag
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
January was another tough month for extended reality (XR) vendors and solution providers. While events such as CES 2023 highlighted some of the best immersive innovations, caution loomed across the industry following the hard holiday period of 2022. Although, despite a challenging period, the industry may face an upturn following the recent general success of the industry’s most influential players.
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.
VRGames
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Two weeks ago, we announced Eli Roth’s BE MINE: A VR Valentine’s Slasher experience—a follow up to his widely loved Halloween-themed game called Eli Roth’s Haunted House: Trick-VR-Treat. Just in time for Valentine’s season, players will get to have an exciting and horrifying slasher adventure that utilizes virtual reality technology.
Oculus
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
The developer behind Cosmic Trip and Fujii, Funktronic Labs is back with The Light Brigade—a roguelike VR shooter that combines realistic, physics-based mechanics with powerful.
VRGames
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
John Carmack, the former CTO of Oculus and a key player in the formative years of virtual reality development, recently shared his thoughts about Sony’s upcoming PSVR 2 headset, which is set to launch this month.
Oculus
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Welcome back to our weekly spotlight on the people building for Meta Horizon Worlds and their amazing creations.
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.
VRGames
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Students looking to learn the fundamentals of chemistry can now brush up on their skills with Futuclass Education, a VR app and accompanying lesson plans developed in collaboration with educational professionals. Available through App Lab, this learning-based experience features 10 20-30 minute lessons designed to assist teachers conducting virtual lessons simultaneously across multiple headsets.
Upload VR
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Former Oculus CTO John Carmack responded to a request for comment from UploadVR regarding Meta’s planned closure of Echo VR. You can read Carmack’s full statement below. For those catching up, earlier this week Meta shocked fans of one of VR’s earliest sports, Echo VR, with the announcement that from August 1, 2023 at 10 am Pacific time , its “ servers and services will be shut down preventing any further play.” Echo VR f irst released in 2017 for the PC-based Rift
XR Today - Augmented Reality tag
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Following an incredible launch year in 2022, the XR Awards will be back once again this year , celebrating the movers and shakers in extended reality. This global awards event will be drawing attention to some of the biggest players in the virtual, augmented, and mixed reality space. Last year, we received an incredible number of applications, from some of the biggest pioneers in the technology landscape.
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