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Omni One: Virtuix’ Decade of Development Culmonates

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Virtuix, the Austin-based company behind the “Omni” multidirectional VR treadmill, has launched its highly-anticipated Omni One – realization of a decade-long journey that began with a Kickstarter campaign in 2013. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Sharp & Japan’s Largest Telecom Unveil Lightweight AR Glasses ‘MiZRA’

Road to VR

Sharp and Japan’s largest telecom NTT Docomo today announced a new pair of AR glasses called MiZRA, which is hitting the Japanese market sometime his Fall. It would be pretty tough to mistake Mizra for a normal pair of glasses, what with its chunky struts and rims, 6DOF tracking sensors, and center-mounted camera—not to mentions its unique AR optics, which incorporate so-called ‘mirror bars’ courtesy of South Korean AR lens creator LetinAR , promising a 45-degree diagonal field

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Bentley Systems Doubles Down on Digital Twins in Recent Acquisition

XR Today - Virtual Reality

This week, Bentley Systems, a leading provider of infrastructure engineering software, acquired Cesium’s 3D geospatial application creation platform in a move that consolidates each group’s platforms and users to provide open framework digital infrastructure solutions. According to Julien Moutte, Chief Technology Officer at Bentley Systems , who wrote a blog post on the acquisition, ” tens of thousands of developers use Cesium, and each month, 1 million active devices access Cesium i

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‘Hitman 3 VR: Reloaded’ Gets First Big Patch Today Following Critical Misfire

Road to VR

Hitman 3 VR: Reloaded flopped pretty hard when it launched on Quest 3 last week, currently garnering it a [2,7/5] star user rating to go along with an overwhelmingly negative reaction from reviewers far and wide. Now developer XR Games is pushing out its first big update which hopes to address a myriad of issues. In our full review we gave Hitman 3 VR: Reloaded a [3/10] , where we noted that while technically playable on launch day, it was simply not advisable due to some pretty terrible optim

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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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You Can Now Share Your First Person View In Messenger Calls On Quest

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You can now share your first person view during video calls in Messenger on Quest headsets. View sharing during calls is becoming a standard feature of mixed reality headsets and smart glasses. Apple Vision Pro owners can share their view during FaceTime calls, and Ray-Ban Meta glasses owners can share their view in WhatsApp and Messenger calls. Now Messenger on Horizon OS can do this too, though the feature doesn't appear to be available in WhatsApp.

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The Regular iPhone 16 Can Capture 'Spatial' Photos & Videos

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The number of people with a 3D camera in their pocket will soon reach hundreds of millions, as all iPhone 16 models can capture spatial photos and spatial videos. Spatial video is Apple's term for stereoscopic 3D video using the Apple HEVC Stereo Video Profile format. Currently spatial videos can only be captured by iPhone 15 Pro models and Apple Vision Pro itself, but all iPhone 16 models will be able to capture them.

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EON Reality Unveils White Paper on Advancing Education and Workforce Training with Spatial AI and EON-XR Platform

EON Reality

Revolutionizing Learning: EON Reality’s Spatial AI and EON-XR Platform Set to Transform Global Education and Training Sectors IRVINE, CA., September 9, 2024 – EON Reality, the world leader in AI-assisted Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality-based knowledge transfer for industry and education, has published an extensive white paper detailing the powerful impact of its innovative Spatial AI and EON-XR platform on global education and workforce development.

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Hitman 3 VR For Quest 3 Gets First Patch, Developer "Committed" To Improvements

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The developer of Hitman 3 VR: Reloaded released a "major" patch alongside a statement admitting the game "has not met our own high expectations". Hitman 3 VR: Reloaded is a Quest 3 exclusive, though a previous Hitman 3 VR was released for the original PlayStation VR in 2021 , and the PC version of Hitman 3 got VR support two years ago in a patch. The PlayStation VR and PC VR versions of Hitman 3 were criticized for feeling flatscreen derivative and not taking advantage of VR.

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EON Reality Collaborates with CRUSA Foundation and Invenio University to Revolutionize Technical Education in Costa Rica Using VR and AR

EON Reality

Invenio University and EON Reality Pioneer Immersive Tech Education in Costa Rica IRVINE, CA., September 9, 2024 – EON Reality, the world leader in AI-assisted Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality-based knowledge transfer, alongside the CRUSA Foundation, announces a pioneering partnership with Invenio University. This strategic alliance is set to enhance technical education in Costa Rica by integrating VR and AR technologies into Invenio University’s progressive dual-education system ac

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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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Everything We Saw At Venice Immersive 2024

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Venice Immersive returned once more with the Venice International Film Festival, and we went hands-on with a number of projects from creators worldwide. As someone who's traditionally been nearly exclusively focused on video games, I'm slowly finding my feet with film festivals. Venice Immersive 2023 was my first time exploring this space, followed by April's NewImages Festival.

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Spatial Computing Monitors – XR Beyond VR Headsets and AR Smart Glasses

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Watch on YouTube. XR Today’s Rory Greener hosts the CEO and co-founder of Looking Glass Factory, Shawn Frayne to discuss how XR is being leveraged on new-end devices removed from headsets. Thanks for watching. If you’d like more like this, don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE to our channel. You can also join in the conversation on our Twitter and LinkedIn pages.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.09.10): Pico launched 4 Ultra in Europe and Asia, Vive is teasing a new headset, and more!

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I’m writing this newsletter across Hangzhou and Qingdao, which are two cities I personally love here in China! My trip is going well and this week I will start writing on my blog about my XR experiences here in the Red Country, while on my X/Twitter channel, you will be able to see some landscape and food pictures! The Summer is ended and this September and October will be very interesting for the XR space!

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‘Beat Saber’ Gets New Eminem Track as Part of Surprise ‘Shock Drop’ Songs

Road to VR

Beat Saber is getting ‘Shock Drops’, something Meta calls a “new-ish hit single to keep things fresh,” the first of which is Eminem’s Houdini. Houdini, the chart-topping song from Eminem’s twelfth studio album The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), has had over over 138 million views on YouTube and over 340 million listens on Spotify.

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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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New Hellsweeper VR Roadmap Promises Katana & New Game Mode

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Hellsweeper VR revealed a new post-launch roadmap, promising a new weapon and miniboss in September's upcoming Resurgence update. To celebrate the game's upcoming first anniversary, developer Mixed Realms revealed the next Hellsweeper VR update. Titled ' Resurgence ,' that includes the new katana weapon, a brand new miniboss, a new playable model, and some additional traits.

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