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OREO Launches Its Own VR Metaverse Experience

VRScout

The OREOVERSE is available now via Horzion Worlds. This week OREO unveiled a new limited-edition flavor, the Most OREO OREO, which features real OREO grind mixed in the creme. In celebration of the new product, the company has created its own metaverse experience accessible on Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest Pro headsets. According to the company, the OREOVERSE features a variety of “cookie-themed” games that have you building delicious treats in VR for a chance at $50,000.

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CES 2023 Highlights Featuring News and Innovations From Canon, MICLEDI, and NVIDIA

ARPost

CES is considered the world’s tech event, showcasing groundbreaking technologies and innovations from some of the world’s biggest brands, developers, manufacturers, and suppliers of consumer technology. At CES 2023, attendees saw the unveiling of the latest developments from over 3,200 exhibitors, including technology companies Canon, MICLEDI, and NVIDIA.

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Getting Past VR’s Chicken & Egg Dilemma

AR Insider

VR users report high satisfaction and usage frequency. Non-users conversely show price sensitivity and explicit disinterest. How does this represent VR's chicken & egg dilemma, and how can it be addressed? This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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NBA Deepens Multiyear Partnership with Meta, Bringing More Ways to Watch Live Games on Quest

Road to VR

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Meta announced they’re extending a multiyear partnership which is set to bring a few new ways for basketball fans to enjoy NBA League Pass games on Quest. First signed in 2020, the deal essentially made Meta (ex-Facebook) an official marketing and VR headset partner of the NBA, Women’s NBA (WNBA) and NBA G League.

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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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Altspace VR to Shut Down Following Microsoft Layoffs

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Last Friday, Microsoft-owned immersive social platform Altspace VR (virtual reality) announced the closure of its service effective March 10, 2023. The decision comes following recent lay offs at Microsoft. Altspace VR initially launched on May 2015 under the supervision of the platform’s then Founder and CEO, Eric Romo – who went on to work as Meta’s Director of Product, Reality Labs Social Experiences until 2022 – and Microsoft acquired the Altspace service following a

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Altspace VR to Shutdown Following Microsoft Lay Offs

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Last Friday, Microsoft-owned immersive social platform Altspace VR (virtual reality) announced the closure of its service effective March 10, 2023. The decision comes following recent lay offs at Microsoft. Altspace VR initially launched on May 2015 under the supervision of the platform’s then Founder and CEO, Eric Romo – who went on to work as Meta’s Director of Product, Reality Labs Social Experiences until 2022 – and Microsoft acquired the Altspace service following a

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Top 3 Fintech App Development Companies in India

ARVR

Fintech, or financial technology, is revolutionizing the way we handle our finances. From mobile banking to online investment platforms, fintech apps are making it easier than ever for consumers to manage their money. In India, fintech is a rapidly growing industry, with many companies vying for a piece of the market. In this blog post, we will take a look at the top 3 fintech app development companies in India.

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Among Us VR Hits Major Milestone: One Million Copies Sold

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Schell Games announced Among Us VR reached a major milestone, selling 1 million copies since launch. First released last November, Schell confirmed that Among Us VR achieved these sales less than 10 weeks after launch. Detailing some community statistics through a blog post , it also confirmed the game’s been played “more than 4 million times,” averaging 44,000 matches a day with players.

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Apple Teases Reality Pro Specs, Disney Partnership

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Apple Inc has entered talks with roughly six media partner firms to launch a virtual reality (VR) content platform for its upcoming headset, reports revealed on Monday. Bloomberg reported that the tech giant discussed potential deals with firms such as the Walt Disney Company to develop the platform. The partnership aims to integrate the Cupertino-based firm’s Apple TV+ product lineup on the new head-mounted displays (HMDs).

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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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Half-Life 2: VR Mod Will Soon Add Episode One For Free

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Half-Life 2: Episode One is heading to PC VR, joining the base game as a free Steam mod in Q1 2023. Following Half-Life 2: VR Mod last September, the Source VR Mod Team previously revealed plans to support Episode One and Two in a roadmap. Now, it looks like Episode One will arrive soon. “Today, we are finally ready to announce that Episode One is scheduled to release later in Q1 2023!

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NVIDIA Leverages AI for Broadcasting Tool

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Earlier this week, NVIDIA updated its AI-powered Broadcast product to include new eye-tracking features. NVIDIA Broadcast upgraded to version 1.4.0 , which includes a new feature called eye contact – in beta – that tracks a user’s or a speaker’s eyes to simulate an unbroken eye line. The feature leverages AI systems to estimate and align a user’s eye gaze with a camera.

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Report: Apple Headset Interactions Driven By Eye Tracking & Finger Pinch Combo

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A new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman provides more details on Apple’s upcoming mixed reality headset, including information on the core interaction mechanism. According to Gurman, Apple’s headset will use eye tracking and hand tracking technology in tandem to drive a system that “allows the wearer to control the device by looking at an on-screen item – whether it’s a button, app icon or list entry – to select it.” Once selected with their gaze, users can

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Marvel Midnight Suns – hooked on it

Life at the Feeding Edge

Tweet I play a lot of games, of a lot of different types and genres, and have done for too many years (45 of them at least). I know that driving games always attract my attention, I am many hours into the current Forza Horizon and all the preceding Forza’s of all types. I like a good free roam RPG, obviously GTA5 rules the roost there, but No Man’s Sky also scratches that itch.

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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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City Builder Townsmen VR Comes To PSVR 2 At Launch

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City builder Townsmen VR is coming to PlayStation VR2 at launch. After several years in early access, the title from HandyGames launched on PC VR headsets last year. We recommended Townsmen VR with its impressive detail, extensive tutorial guides and the ability to change perspectives. On PSVR 2, developers say they’re using the headset’s haptic feedback for certain effects, like the ability to feel earthquakes.

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Meta Horizon Worlds v94 Release Notes

Oculus

Meta Horizon Worlds v94 is here. This release includes an update to the default controls for jumping, improvements to avatar movements within worlds, and clarification.

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NBA All-World Brings AR Basketball To Smartphones Today

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NBA All-World is a new free-to-play mobile AR game from Pokémon Go developer Niantic, and it’s out today on Android and iOS. A new basketball AR game for smartphones, NBA All-World lets you recruit NBA stars to build a dream team or face them in 1v1 matches. Similar to Pokémon Go, you’ll be exploring real-world locations to find these players, challenging others across 100,000 different basketball courts and collecting gear.

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Digital Addiction: Should You Be Worried?

Bernard Marr

Are you addicted to your phone? How about being on the internet or interacting on social media? Or what about online games? If you believe you may be addicted to your digital devices, you’re not alone. Check out these sobering stats: ● Worldwide, an estimated 210 million people suffer from social media addiction ● Americans check their phone an average of 344 times per day , which is approximately once every 5.5 minutes ● Nearly half of Americans believe they are addicted to their ce

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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.

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Quest 2 VR Game High Flying Monkey Poop Action

Full Dive Gaming

We interview Developers of the New Quest 2 & PC VR Game Monkey See Monkey Doo Doo!! This High Flying game has you grabbing bananas, throwing poo, and ultimately beating the competition to upgrade your monkey apparel!! Clique Games is headed by two VR Arcade Industry Experts who got their start with Spectrum Virtual Reality Arcades in 2017. After running one of the first VR Arcades in the world for the last 5 years, we've decided to bring our experience to publishing the best VR Games for hom

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Key scenarios to utilize Guides branching feature

CraneMorley

Back to Blog Page Branching is a great Guides feature that enables users the ability to customize their workflow and take training/operations to the next level. Benefits of a custom workflow include the ability to combine multple processes into one, reduce training time, reduces the need for custom development, and scale your business faster. First our focus will be on scenarios for training and then on the job in a future blog.

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“An Epic Courtside View with the Quest: Catch More NBA Games in VR!”

VRGames

Meta, the world leading Virtual Reality (VR) brand, this week announced an expansion of their already existing partnership with the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Meta Horizon Worlds v94 Release Notes

Oculus

Meta Horizon Worlds v94 is here. This release includes an update to the default controls for jumping, improvements to avatar movements within worlds, and clarification.

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Who C.A.R.E.S.!? How Learning Got Its Bad Rap & What We Can Do About It

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?

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“Powerful NanoTech Revives XR Startup with Instant Transition Between Augmented & Virtual Realities!”

VRGames

AntVR, a once struggling XR headset startup has reemerged with an innovative new approach to optics for instantly switching between AR and VR modes. Now exhibiting at CES 2023, the company is showcasing three sizes of its mixed waveguide AR optics – from 6mm thick to 10.5mm thin – each providing up to 120° field-of-view.

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“A Grid-Filled Journey: A Review of GRID Legends – Compromises Along the Way!”

VRGames

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