ARPost
APRIL 20, 2022
Spanish retail banking financial group CaixaBank is “entering the metaverse” through imaginLAND. This virtual destination and immersive event series is an extension of imagin, a “digital services and lifestyle platform” backed by CaixaBank. We’ve seen American financial technology groups try to “ape into” the metaverse with limited success, but CaixaBank has a different plan.
VRScout
APRIL 20, 2022
Stress Level Zero returns with a new physics-driven adventure for VR headsets. During today’s Meta Gaming Showcase , developer Stress Level Zero, creator of the hit physics-driven VR game Boneworks , has returned with new information regarding its next project, Bonelab. Coming later this year to the Meta Quest, this physics-driven action-adventure game utilizes the same core gameplay and interaction engine as Boneworks.
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AR Insider
APRIL 20, 2022
What are the biggest insights and observations in immersive tech & media this week? Welcome to Reality Bytes, featuring lightning-round video commentary from AR Insider partner, M7 Innovations. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
VRScout
APRIL 20, 2022
The first-person VR football simulator will be available this fall. Get ready for the NFL in VR! Announced during today’s Meta Quest Gaming Showcase , the sports technology and gaming company StatusPRO, Inc. is releasing the first-ever NFL-licensed VR simulation game title that will have you taking snaps and making lightning-fast decisions to win the 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.
Road to VR
APRIL 20, 2022
Today at the very end of the Quest Gaming Showcase, Meta announced an upcoming Ghostbusters VR game in development by Sony Pictures Virtual Reality & nDreams, built for four-player co-op. Can’t say we saw that one coming. At the end of the Quest Gaming Showcase, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg briefly appeared to introduce the world premiere of Ghostbusters VR , an upcoming Quest 2 game built around four player co-op.
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Road to VR
APRIL 20, 2022
Today during the Meta Quest Gaming Showcase, developer Vertical Robot announced Red Matter 2 for Quest 2, the sequel to its 2018 PC VR game which was eventually ported to Quest. Not only does the studio say the gameplay is expanding further into the adventure genre over just puzzling, but it also claims it will deliver the “best graphics on mobile VR to date.” The original Red Matter launched back in 2018 on PC VR where it found a very positive reception but remained largely in th
ARVR
APRIL 20, 2022
Designing games in AR and VR is similar to designing any other game, the key differences being scope, user interaction, and space. Continue reading on AR/VR Journey: Augmented & Virtual Reality Magazine ».
Road to VR
APRIL 20, 2022
Formerly known only as ‘Project 4’, developer Stress Level Zero has officially announced BONELAB , the follow-up to its popular VR action sandbox game BONEWORKS. The game is set to launch on Quest 2 and PC VR this year. It’s been nearly two and a half years since veteran VR developer Stress Level Zero released Boneworks , a VR action sandbox game that felt like a spiritual relative to the Half-Life and Portal games.
Slashgear
APRIL 20, 2022
A new U.K. government rule suggests that self-driving car owners will be able to watch movies on their in-car dash screen while the car is on autopilot.
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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.
Road to VR
APRIL 20, 2022
Meta announced at its Quest Gaming Showcase today that Resident Evil 4 (2021), the official VR port which came to Quest 2 last year, is getting a surprise launch of ‘The Mercenaries’ DLC today. For the uninitiated, The Mercenaries is a minigame—available across all previous versions—which essentially acts as a time trial mode. You’re tasked with killing as many enemies as possible before the clock runs down.
Slashgear
APRIL 20, 2022
The Lexus RZ has arrived as the automaker's first purpose-built electric vehicle. The luxury EV includes dual motors and a steer-by-wire design.
Road to VR
APRIL 20, 2022
Having released to a strong reception on PSVR back at the end of March, Moss: Book II from developer Polyarc is set for release on Quest 2 this Summer. Action-platformer Moss originally launched as a timed exclusive on PSVR back in 2018, but just four months later it made its way to PC VR too (eventually landing on the original Quest in 2019). And now it looks like the sequel, Moss: Book II , which first launched for PSVR on April 5th this year, is set for a similarly quick jump to another pl
Slashgear
APRIL 20, 2022
Tesla's Shanghai factory is reportedly using a closed-loop worker system to avoid losing production time for vehicles during China's latest COVID-19 lockdown.
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.
Road to VR
APRIL 20, 2022
At today’s Meta Quest Gaming Showcase, the team behind Espire 1: VR Operative (2019) announced the spy-themed stealth shooter is getting a sequel. Called Espire 2, publisher Tripwire Interactive and Digital Lode call it a “bigger-and-better sequel,” with launch on Quest 2 slated for November 2022. “Your mission—should you choose to accept it—is to ultimately locate and stop the launch of an untraceable, supersonic missile, a true doomsday device,” the studios says
Slashgear
APRIL 20, 2022
NASA is working hard to return humans to the moon under its Artemis program, but why did it take so long to get the ball rolling? Here's what astronauts say.
Road to VR
APRIL 20, 2022
Veteran developer Schell Games, behind well known VR titles like I Expect You to Die and Until You Fall , announced today it has signed with Meta to deliver three new Quest games in the next two years. Schell Games is one of VR’s most experienced developers, with at least seven titles under its belt, including some very well known in the VR space like I Expect You to Die and Until You Fall.
Slashgear
APRIL 20, 2022
It looks like Microsoft may not be the only company exploring in-game ads. Sources claim Sony has similar plans for its PlayStation platform.
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.
Road to VR
APRIL 20, 2022
Party game sensation Among Us has been known to be getting a full-blown VR version since late last year but now we’re getting our first good look at some gameplay. Developer Schell Games has also floated a ‘holiday 2022’ release date for the game on Quest and PC VR. The studio also says the game will launch on PSVR 2 “when the headset is released.” Today during the Meta Quest Gaming Showcase veteran VR developer Schell Games revealed the first look at Among Us VR
Slashgear
APRIL 20, 2022
Insiders suggest the next major change to the look of the iPhone will be an expansion of the device's display panel to cover its entire front side.
Road to VR
APRIL 20, 2022
It’s been a little over two years since The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (2020) shambled onto VR headsets, serving up 20+ hours of zombie-slaying nightmare fuel. Now the developers are unveiling more of the upcoming standalone sequel, Chapter 2: Retribution. The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners – Chapter 2: Retribution lets you continue your journey through the post-apocalyptic world of New Orleans, one that studio says is “even more dangerous than before.” Un
Slashgear
APRIL 20, 2022
Valve still hasn't shipped the Steam Deck's dock accessory, but it looks like it'll pack upgraded features when it does finally reach consumers.
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?
Road to VR
APRIL 20, 2022
During Meta’s Quest Gaming Showcase today, we finally caught a glimpse of VR’s first official NFL game, NFL PRO ERA , which promises to let you QB for your favorite team as you make your path to the Super Bowl. Developers StatusPRO unveiled NFL PRO ERA today for the first time, VR’s first officially-licensed NFL game. In NFL PRO ERA , you take the role of quarterback, and participate in games and drills, but also the ability to play catch virtually with your friends online in
Slashgear
APRIL 20, 2022
Did you know that the National Aeronautics and Space Agency was pushed into existence by President Eisenhower amid a space race sparked by a dog named Laika?
GizModo VR
APRIL 20, 2022
Google’s security-focused Project Zero first started keeping records of exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in popular software in 2014. Since then, no other year has seen as many open exploits as 2021, the tech company announced this week. Read more.
Slashgear
APRIL 20, 2022
In 2012, scientists announced they'd found a planet potentially made of diamonds, one of several known exoplanets that may be home to the valuable gemstone.
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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