Tue.Jan 21, 2025

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Digital Twins: Rewriting the Rules of Business Intelligence

AR Insider

From fine-tuning manufacturing processes to reimagining retail experiences, enterprises are embracing digital twins to rethink how they operate, innovate, and engage with customers. We examine the evidence. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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35% of All Game Developers Are Building for XR, According to GDC Industry Survey

Road to VR

Despite industry woes, XR development has largely stayed consistent, according to the annual Game Developer Conference (GDC) State of the Game Industry Survey, noting that 35% of developers who responded are building for XR. The San Francisco-based conference is a veritable Mecca for game developers across the industry, as it not only gives studios a chance to show off their wares, but also connect with the community and gain bleeding edge insight from some of the most important platformer holde

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The XR Week Peek (2025.01.21): The XR autumn continues, Windows 11 update kills WMR, and more!

The Ghost Howls

I can confirm that the CES sickness is a thing, and unluckily it doesnt disappear with the end of CES. But still, my willingness to inform you is stronger than this cold, so here you are a collection of XR news that you will love to read! Top news of the week The autumn of XR continues This is not the best moment for immersive realities : the market is pretty static and its hard to make business.

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Meta Details Why So Many Quest Headsets Were Bricked This Past Christmas

Road to VR

A non-inconsequential number of new Quest 3 and 3S headsets couldn’t update properly this past Christmas , leaving some users scrambling for last-minute replacements or knee deep in support chats looking for a fix to their freshly bricked VR headsets. Now, Meta has clarified just what transpired. And it wasn’t a buggy update either, as previously thought.

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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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The Top 7 Reddit Pages for Getting to Grips with Enterprise Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The information space constantly changes, reflecting how the world consumes the latest news. In the technology space, especially in areas like AR/VR/MR, updates come in fast, so staying up to date with the latest hardware and how to leverage it within your business can be a challenge. However, community-led websites like Reddit provide an excellent space for the industry and its enthusiasts to unite and share their thoughts on the latest immersive technology news and real-world challenges.

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The Top 8 Reddit Pages for Getting to Grips with Enterprise Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The information space constantly changes, reflecting how the world consumes the latest news. In the technology space, especially in areas like AR/VR/MR, updates come in fast, so staying up to date with the latest hardware and how to leverage it within your business can be a challenge. However, community-led websites like Reddit provide an excellent space for the industry and its enthusiasts to unite and share their thoughts on the latest immersive technology news and real-world challenges.

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Slated to Launch Today, ‘Superhot VR’ Spiritual Successor ‘COLD VR’ Delayed by “a week or two”

Road to VR

COLD VR , one of the most promising spiritual successors to smash-hit game Superhot VR ,isn’t arriving today as previously planned, with developerALLWARE and publisher Perp Games maintaining it still needs a little more time in the oven. Slated to launch today , January 21st, Cold VR is headed first toQuest and PC VR headsets, and to PSVR 2 at a later date.

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FlatOut VR 'Wants To Take The Best Things' From Each Main Entry

Upload VR

Flat2VR Studios wants to take some of the best things from each FlatOut game and make an original version for VR. This week at PG Connects London 2025 , UploadVR interviewed Flat2VR Studios' Chief Operating Officer & Co-founder, Eric Masher, to discuss the team's upcoming projects and Trombone Champ: Unflattened. Speaking about FlatOut - a demolition derby game with destructible environments and vehicular combat - we queried if the upcoming VR game would adapt a specific flatscreen entry or

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Decathlon Leverages Apple-Powered Augmented Reality in Shopping App

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

This week, sports retail giant Decathlon recently highlighted how it started leveraging Apple iOS Reality Capture technology to provide shoppers using its smartphone app with augmented 3D visualisations of products. With the new feature, Decathlon customers can place digital versions of products in their homes before buying. The service enables users to view what a product may look like by observing an augmented reality rendition through an iOS camera, placing it in the world around them.

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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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PS VR2 Tactical Shooter Firewall Ultra Relaxes Progression In Surprise Update

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Firewall Ultra, Sony's tactical multiplayer shooter for PlayStation VR2, received a surprise update despite the developer's closure. Developed by First Contact Entertainment, Firewall Ultra has been largely inactive since the studio shut down four months after launch and after a handful of updates like two additional maps. It's therefore surprising to learn that it's now received a new update over the weekend, first spotted by Reddit user ' ROBYER1 ' and later shared by Gamertag VR.

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EON Reality Announces Strategic Partnership with the University of Oradea to Revolutionize Learning with EON-XR and EON-AI Technologies

EON Reality

IRVINE, CA January 21, 2025 EON Reality, the world leader in AI-assisted Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality-based knowledge transfer for industry and education, and QubHQ Ltd., EON Reality’s official Romanian partner, today announced a groundbreaking partnership with the University of Oradea. This strategic collaboration involves the deployment of EON Reality’s state-of-the-art solutions, EON-XR and EON-AI, across various departments and faculties of the university, heralding a

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Fitness Fables Brings Fantasy-Themed VR Exercise To Quest Next Week

Upload VR

Fitness Fables is a new fantasy-fitness VR game heading to Quest next week. Developed by Immersion Games ( Divine Duel ), Fitness Fables describes itself as merging interactive storytelling with exercise. Featuring more than 25 exercises included across 80 levels, you'll venture through the realms of Alterterra as you encounter boss battles, take part in strategic workouts and track your progress through a progression system.

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How Online Soft Skills Training Boosts Your Employee Performance

Program Ace

Drive team success with Program-Aces professional online soft skills training. Boost leadership, teamwork, and problem-solving with tailored programs.

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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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EON Reality Unveils SmartReality Initiative, a direct-to-consumer platform in New White Paper 

EON Reality

IRVINE, CA January 21, 2025 EON Reality, the world leader in AI-assisted Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality-based knowledge transfer for industry and education, today announced the release of its latest white paper, From Knowledge to Career: How The Mentor, Accelerator, and Navigator Redefine Workforce Development. The publication introduces EON Realitys groundbreaking SmartReality Initiative , a direct-to-consumer (B2C) platform that harnesses the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) a

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Oakley Meta Glasses Are Reportedly Coming This Year Too

Upload VR

Oakley Meta glasses are coming later this year, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. Gurman has a fairly strong track record of reporting Meta's moves in advance. The device, reportedly codenamed Supernova 2, would be the first expansion of Meta and EssilorLuxottica's smart glasses product lineup, in addition to the existing Ray-Ban Meta glasses, which were codenamed Supernova.

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