VRScout
JANUARY 12, 2023
VR mods bring the NES classic to life in VR on Meta Quest 2 headsets. *[UPDATE 1.12.23] – We’ve updated the article based on new information about the project’s creator. We apologize for the mistake.*. It’s no exaggeration to say that The Legend of Zelda redefined video games when it launched on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) back in February 1986.
ARPost
JANUARY 12, 2023
MeetKai has been around since 2018 but some of its first publicly enjoyable content hit the streets a few months ago. Now, the company is releasing a suite of software solutions and developer tools to help the rest of us build the metaverse. From Innovation to Product. ARPost met MeetKai in July 2022, when the company was launching a limited engagement in Time Square.
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VRScout
JANUARY 12, 2023
You can also watch The March 360 , a “digital reenactment” of the 1963 March on Washington. Available now on Quest 2 and Quest Pro headsets, MLK: Now is the Time allows you to experience Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech like never before. Brought to us by TIME Studios and Flight School Studios, the thought-provoking VR experience combines real footage of the historic speech with interactive elements designed to teach you more about the issues raised by Dr.
Road to VR
JANUARY 12, 2023
Roblox already supports PC VR headsets in addition to every conceivable traditional platform out there, although a recent report maintains the metaverse powerhouse may land on Quest later this year. The report arrives from The Verge’s newly released paid newsletter, Command Line , which was created by The Verge’s deputy editor Alex Heath.
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.
XR Today - Virtual Reality
JANUARY 12, 2023
Virtual reality (VR) medical simulation firm SimX Inc and the United States Space Force (USSF) will soon train staff for astronaut recoveries and global space launches. The USSF awarded SimX’s Virtual Advancement of Learning for Operational Readiness (VALOR) programme a multi-year collaboration for VR medical simulation training. These will upskill US Air Force (USAF) Pararescue Specialists, Combat Rescue Officers, flight surgeons, and others for key space missions.
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Cats and VR
JANUARY 12, 2023
Marco & Polo Go Round is an immersive love story written by Gregory Kaufman and Benjamin Steiger Levine and directed by Benjamin Steiger Levine. On the morning of his birthday, Marco joins his girlfriend Polo in the kitchen but something strange is going on. The chairs are battened to the floor and the cupboard and fridge doors are taped shut, as if to protect themselves from an impending storm.
Upload VR
JANUARY 12, 2023
Following its Vive XR Elite reveal, HTC confirmed which games and apps will arrive during the headset’s launch window. Announced during CES 2023, Vive XR Elite is an $1100 Quest Pro competitor releasing next month. It utilizes the same Snapdragon XR2 Gen 1 processor seen across most standalone headsets, featuring dual LCD displays with a resolution of 1920×1920 each.
Anand Tech
JANUARY 12, 2023
Initially mentioned during their Innovation 2022 opening keynote by Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, Intel has unveiled its highly anticipated 6 GHz out-of-the-box processor, the Core i9-13900KS. The Core i9-13900KS has 24-cores (8P+16E) within its hybrid architecture design of performance and efficiency cores, with the exact fundamental specifications of the Core i9-13900K, but with an impressive P-core turbo of up to 6 GHz.
Upload VR
JANUARY 12, 2023
HTC is looking to differentiate itself in consumer VR with Vive XR Elite. We went hands-on with the new modular headset at CES 2023. Starting at $1100, the Vive XR Elite marks HTC’s initial effort to reclaim some of the consumer standalone VR market after retreating to focus on enterprises. The price places it far beyond Quest 2 and Pico 4 but yet still below Quest Pro, with HTC saying that content which works with Vive Focus 3 should just run on Vive XR Elite.
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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.
XR Today - Augmented Reality tag
JANUARY 12, 2023
Augmented reality (AR) wearables innovator Mojo Vision officially cancelled its immersive contact lens this Wednesday. The firm is stopping research and development (R&D) into its AR contact lens prototype due to a lack of capital. Mojo Vision CEO Drew Parkins noted how the current economic climate contributed to his firm’s device cancellation.
Upload VR
JANUARY 12, 2023
Starting with the upcoming Atlantis course, Walkabout Mini Golf will begin charging $3.99 for future DLC, though existing DLC prices remain unaffected. Developer Mighty Coconut announced that future DLC pricing will be $3.99 instead of $2.99. According to the team, that decision’s been taken so they can “put the time needed into making each one as spectacular and feature-filled as possible.” Mighty Coconut confirmed to UploadVR this price increase won’t affect previous DL
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
JANUARY 12, 2023
Who could have predicted the astronomical rise of extended reality? In the last few years, this disruptive concept has evolved from being just another sci-fi pipedream, to a common component of virtually every growing industry. According to Mordor Intelligence , the XR market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 57.91% by 2027. Other studies suggest by 2030 , the XR space will be worth more than $1.1 trillion.
Upload VR
JANUARY 12, 2023
MLK: Now Is The Time seeks to highlight Martin Luther King Jr’s legacy through a new VR experience available today on Meta Quest 2. Talking its name directly from part of Dr. King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech, Now Is The Time examines its themes and his impact six decades later. Presented through first-person stories, this new VR experience highlights his continued influence in modern-day protests, including audio clips from the speech throughout.
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.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
JANUARY 12, 2023
Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD) recently teamed up with the United States Navy to deploy a novel mixed reality (MR) solution. Staff will use the FMD FM OnBoard tool for remote collaboration tools and asset monitoring on military vessels. The branch’s Naval Seal Systems Command contract will offer Navy personnel hands-free and bespoke AR tools to complete numerous tasks.
Charlie Fink
JANUARY 12, 2023
Say hello to the second screen.
Oculus
JANUARY 12, 2023
Today, to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we’re proud to announce the launch of MLK: Now Is the Time—the latest project from Meta’s VR.
Life at the Feeding Edge
JANUARY 12, 2023
Tweet. Having announced/shared the S&P TMT extension of our industry analyst coverage of all things Metaverse I know there are few newer companies in the space that may not know what that means, so here is an updated and repurposed blog post I wrote a few years ago else where about what an industry analyst does and why you might want to talk to us.
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.
Everything VR & AR
JANUARY 12, 2023
The VR/AR Association podcast continues its Immersed Global Summit Recap Series. This week’s episode is the final episode of our recap of the amazing talent and individuals at the Immerse Global Summit in Miami, Florida at the beginning of December last year. Our guests span a wide range of professionals in the VR/AR space, each sharing with us a small window into their industry knowledge and experience.
VRGames
JANUARY 12, 2023
This week at Meta Horizon, we turned our attention to investigating bugs across versions 92 and beyond. We worked diligently to identify the source of any issues introduced in the most recent release, and quickly moved to alleviate any negative effects. Through an array of testing and debugging exercises, our team was able to fix […].
The Ghost Howls
JANUARY 12, 2023
This year has begun with a piece of very sad technical news : Mojo Vision, the startup that was working on smart contact lenses, has decided to pivot to manufacturing microLED displays. The reason is that they haven’t been able to find the funding necessary to keep developing such a futuristic project, and had to resort to working on a technology that has an immediate market.
VRGames
JANUARY 12, 2023
VR fitness is growing in popularity, and now Meta Quest Move can sync to devices running Android with the new Google Health Connect app. This will enable users of all virtual reality apps to track their physical activity like calories burned, move minutes, and workout intensity – no matter the platform they choose. The process […].
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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