VRScout

JULY 25, 2022

“ Big Brother” is watching. According to researchers at ReasonLabs, a leading cyber security company, hackers have developed a new form of VR malware for Android-based headsets like the Meta Quest that lets them record your headset screen. The “Big Brother” attack vector works by infecting unsuspecting PCs and lying dormant in the system waiting for a Developer Mode-enabled device to connect, at which point the program opens a TCP port.

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ARPost

JULY 25, 2022

XR glasses are set to take off as the popularity of portable gaming grows. But the functions offered by smart glasses may differ. In the case of VITURE , gaming is the primary focus of VITURE One. VITURE is a digital startup that raised over $3 million in crowdfunding. And with a partnership with the global electronics leader, HARMAN , VITURE One XR glasses is a piece of tech to watch out for.

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VRScout

JULY 25, 2022

The device can be attached to different types of headgear and used for a variety of occupations. RUMEN is an augmented reality (AR) heads-up display that allows its wearer to adjust the lighting of their real-world environment in real-time. According to designers Hoyeon Shin, Siwook Lee, Seunghyun Hwang, and Jihyun Hong, the device can reduce the eye strain of workers while improving their efficiency in the workplace using a combination of helpful features.

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AR Insider

JULY 25, 2022

Welcome back to Spatial Beats, AR Insider's weekly series that features observations and insights of author and futurist Charlie Fink. This week, we look at Apple's latest AR rumors, Google Glass' second coming and Meta's legal challenge. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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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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VRScout

JULY 25, 2022

Augmented reality for athletes. MicroOLED, an electronics company specializing in OLED microdisplays, earlier this week announced the latest version of its ActiveLook System, a see-through heads-up display designed for sports brands and eyewear manufacturers. The device provides users with key performance data in real-time, allowing them to stay informed while remaining focused on their training.

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Road to VR

JULY 25, 2022

Pico Interactive, the VR hardware subsidiary to Chinese tech giant ByteDance, is apparently getting ready to release a new series of standalone VR headsets. As first reported by Protocol , Pico filed the devices with the FCC late last week, saying in the filing that it intends to launch both a Pico 4 Pro and Pico 4 standalone headsets. Both headsets are identical in specs “except additional eye tracking & face tracking function for Pico 4 Pro,” the company says in the filing.

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AR Insider

JULY 25, 2022

Industrial Immersive Week: Where XR/3D, Digital Twins, and Edge & Spatial Computing Connect. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Road to VR

JULY 25, 2022

In a seemingly unprompted tweet this week, Ultrawings 2 developer Bit Planet Games said that despite building its latest game with a focus on the PC VR platform, the studio has seen significantly more sales volume on Quest 2. Adding to a growing heap of evidence that the addressable audience of VR players on Quest has significantly outpaced those on PC VR , developer Bit Planet Games said this week that its latest title, Ultrawings 2 , has sold 10 times more on Quest 2.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 25, 2022

In April, real-time 3D (RT3D) engine developers Epic Games and NVIDIA debuted easy-to-use photogrammetry tools to streamline the creation of RT3D assets. The companies are designing solutions that enable developers to create accurate digital twins for augmented, virtual, and mixed reality (AR/VR/MR) immersive experiences as well as other industries.

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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.

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Road to VR

JULY 25, 2022

The Twilight Zone is an anthology franchise that’s spawned multiple TV shows throughout the decades following the iconic 1959 series. While the VR game stays mostly true to its roots, tossing out sci-fi horror themes and narrative twists aplenty, its inclusion of a finicky shooter-based combat system pitted against paper-thin enemies is a sore spot that unfortunately cheapens the overall experience.

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ARVR

JULY 25, 2022

AR continues to evolve and take shape. Like other tech sectors, it has spawned several sub-sectors that comprise an ecosystem. These include industrial AR , consumer VR , and AR shopping. Existing alongside all of them?—?and overlapping to some degree?—?is AR marketing. Among other things, AR marketing includes sponsored AR lenses that let consumers visualize products in their space.

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Slashgear

JULY 25, 2022

Anker is back with a new series of GaN chargers, promising high-powered charging (and a full charging station) in various small form factors.

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Bernard Marr

JULY 25, 2022

Technology is changing our world to such an extent that the majority of children in school today will do jobs that don’t yet exist. And even for those of us already in the workforce, the jobs that we do will undoubtedly change – many will evolve, many will become obsolete, and many new jobs will emerge. So, when we think about the essential skills for workplace success, we need to consider not just the jobs that exist today, but the sorts of jobs that may exist in the future.

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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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Slashgear

JULY 25, 2022

There are trials underway for Mojo Vision's prototype smart contact lens, technology which may one day make phones obsolete.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 25, 2022

Telefónica’s open innovative, Wayra, has boosted efforts to build the Metaverse with Gamium, a major tech startup and decentralised metaverse platform based on the digital identity of its users, it announced last week. Users can build their own bespoke avatars as their digital identities that can operate on the Gamium metaverse and others, including on Web2 and Web3 applications, to own personal data and control privacy.

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GizModo VR

JULY 25, 2022

I’m exhausted. Years of reviewing laptops and I still eavesdrop on Best Buy employees telling customers to either buy very obscure Windows laptops or to “just go with the MacBook and Surface.” Part of the problem is competition. Hold on now, no reason to start sharpening pitchforks–I’m all for having options,… Read more.

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Digital Trends

JULY 25, 2022

Supermassive's interactive horror game The Quarry used groundbreaking tech from an Oscar-winning visual effects studio to bring its scary story to life.

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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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GizModo VR

JULY 25, 2022

With the Ms. Marvel show on Disney+ bringing Kamala Khan to new audiences worldwide (and hopefully encouraging them to check out her comics), it has been a landmark moment for Muslim, Pakistani, and South Asian representation in popular media. Muslim and South Asian superheroes remain scarce across the landscape; Ms.… Read more.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 25, 2022

Meta Platforms has begun monitoring and labelling content for users on its Horizon Worlds, industry media reported on Friday. UploadVR said in its report that the Menlo Park-based firm will issue 18 and up tags for mature content on its immersive world-building platform. It would also warn mature content developers to mark their worlds as mature or face 18 and up restrictions automatically.

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GizModo VR

JULY 25, 2022

The Asian giant hornet, popularly known as the murder hornet, is getting a new moniker. This week, the Entomological Society of America announced that it will officially adopt the term “northern giant hornet” as the common name for Vespa mandarinia. The change was implemented to avoid the use of a potentially… Read more.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 25, 2022

Often, when asked to imagine what kind of use cases might be available for travel companies in the XR world, people imagine a try-before-you-buy scenario. Virtual Reality headsets and AR apps offer an excellent way for people to experience an environment before purchasing a travel ticket. However, the potential for XR in the travel industry goes much further than most people realise.

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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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GizModo VR

JULY 25, 2022

Comic-Con’s first in-person event since 2019 is over, and we’re had so much news to sift through, trailers to watch, and cosplay to delight in. After all the hype is said and done, who came out the cream of the nerd crop in San Diego this weekend? Who got lost in the crowds and con-crud? Here’s our picks for the… Read more.

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Digital Trends

JULY 25, 2022

is back after a two-year absence and better than ever. The revered convention came back with a punch, presenting first-looks at exciting projects like Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and more. The convention also featured jaw-dropping announcements, including the announcement of for Phase 5. Indeed, it’s part of the convention’s […].

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GizModo VR

JULY 25, 2022

What We Do in the Shadows closed out San Diego Comic-Con’s Hall H programming Sunday with a preview of this week’s “Night Market” episode and a lively discussion among the cast and creative team of what to expect this season. Showrunner Paul Simms and writer Stefani Robinson teased that not only are we getting that … Read more.

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Digital Trends

JULY 25, 2022

Runners love Garmin, and serious runners love the high-end Forerunner models. The 955 Solar is ready for extreme distances, and has every feature you'll need.

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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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