VRScout

DECEMBER 16, 2022

New PGA TOUR game experiences will be added starting in 2023. This week it was announced that the PGA TOUR has partnered with GOLF+ to make it the “Official Virtual Reality Golf Game of the PGA TOUR.” As part of the deal, the popular VR golf simulator will begin to add new PGA TOUR-themed content tied to real-world tournaments. Beginning in early 2023, you’ll be able to compete on two legendary courses: TPC Scottsdale and TPC Sawgrass.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 16, 2022

There are a number of great virtual world platforms out there – and a smaller number of those are dedicated to enterprise use. And, an even smaller number of those offer the immense graphic fidelity required for some applications. Mytaverse is an enterprise-only platform with special tools for digital twins and virtual assets, and I got the world tour.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 16, 2022

There are a few weeks left in 2022, but the eyes of the commerce world are already peeking ahead to 2023, anticipating what challenges, opportunities, and threats lay in the upcoming year. Guest author Katherine McInnes breaks it down. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 16, 2022

HTC today unveiled the first official image of the headset it’s been teasing over the past few months. The company is also apparently looking to re-enter the consumer XR space with the unnamed device, which it’s set to further detail at CES on January 5th. As reported in an exclusive by The Verge , HTC is getting ready to stretch outside the enterprise and business sector once again and offer what HTC global head of product Shen Ye calls a “small, light all-in-one headset that

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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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ARVR

DECEMBER 16, 2022

VR traction over the past few years has been slower than many had anticipated. But it’s still finding small wins and is growing at a fairly healthy pace. So the question is how well it’s landing with consumers today, and are those sentiments trending in the right direction? So we set out for answers. Working closely with Thrive Analytics , ARtillery Intelligence authored questions to be fielded through its established survey engine to more than 98,000 U.S. adults.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Shoppability is the new black. There’s a trend towards all things being shoppable. We’re talking buy buttons on everything from YouTube videos to Instagram Stories. This isn’t new but is one of many trends that’s been Covid-accelerated as it piggybacks on eCommerce inflections. Elsewhere — and for similar reasons — we see a separate trend: AR shopping, also known as “camera commerce.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 16, 2022

John Carmack left his role as “executive consultant” for virtual reality at Meta. Carmack occupied key roles over the last decade in pushing forward VR’s path toward consumer adoption, from exchanging hardware with Rift creator Palmer Luckey to becoming CTO at Oculus and continuing to work at Facebook and then Meta. His annual talks at Oculus/Facebook/Meta Connect offered some of the deepest technical analysis of VR’s ongoing pain points and areas for improvement.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 16, 2022

One of the most exciting AR modalities we’re tracking is visual search. Represented by tools such as Google Lens, Pinterest Lens, and Snap Scan, it’s all about pointing your phone at physical world objects to contextualize and identify them through informational overlays. Google calls it “search what you see” — a use case that carries a practical and high-frequency value proposition like web search itself.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 16, 2022

HTC revealed details of the lightweight standalone Vive headset it has been teasing for months. The company was teasing a new headset in cryptic tweets for over two months with captions such as “go small or go home”, and already hinted it will be sold to consumers. Last month YouTuber SadlyItsBradley shared renders of it based on images of it leaked to him.

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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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ARVR

DECEMBER 16, 2022

I published an article on LinkedIn about how it’s not too late for anyone to join the web3 space since they cannot beat the system. Check it out here In Jim Henson’s words: “If you cannot beat them, join them.” It’s high time we all advocate for a massive adoption of Web3 across the globe and yes, it’s already happening. Dubai is currently considered the leading country for Web3 development in terms of projects and company as well as events.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The commercial aviation industry has earned a crucial ally in its operations. According to Allied Market Research, augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) aviation markets are expected to reach $23.6 by 2031. Following the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic , aviation companies will have to recover and approach the next decade with fresh approaches. Getting passengers back in friendly skies will take immense effort, namely as airlines struggle with the Boeing 737 MAX 8 grounding and the current upskilling

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 16, 2022

GOLF+ unveiled an exclusive partnership with the PGA TOUR, bringing licensed tournament courses into the VR golf sim from early 2023. A five-year partnership, developer Golf Scope will create new PGA TOUR interactive experiences in VR. P romising features tied to real-life tournaments, the new content will begin next year with the upcoming Phoenix Open, introducing TPC Scottsdale and TPC Sawgrass as DLC.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 16, 2022

If there’s one thing that any innovative start-up needs most to survive, it’s funding. Virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) technology are more accessible, with open code environments to explore and affordable hardware. Currently, interoperable and open standards are increasing in awareness across immersive professionals. Moreover, interoperable VR/AR/MR solutions increase a company’s product value by allowing end-users to experience immersive offerings across numer

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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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AIXR

DECEMBER 16, 2022

In keeping with our long-awaited return to an in-person event, when looking for an entertainment showcase for our 6th International VR Awards we wanted to go big and bold. It was decided that we’d look to our eclectic collection of members for a showstopping performance that could grab the attention of our global audience. In doing so, we managed to secure a truly groundbreaking spectacle from AIXR members Andromeda Entertainment.

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VRGames

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Today, gamers around the globe rejoice as Gorilla Tag is now available for free on the Meta Quest store! This exciting full-featured multiplayer virtual reality sensation made its debut on Steam and App stores a few months ago. With an absorbing storyline and 3D animation, Gorilla Tag lets players become part of an immersive virtual […].

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metamandrill

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Metaverse workplace designs used to be science fiction. But more and more companies are extending their physical offices into the metaverse. You're hardly alone if you're wondering what it'd be like to work from that digital universe. The trend has the potential to increase both productivity and career satisfaction. Read on to discover the exciting [.].

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Life at the Feeding Edge

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Tweet. I had the honour of hosting my good friends from Gamesatwork.biz for a BCS animation and games event to hear about how they have managed to create compelling content in a weekly podcast for what is not approaching 400 episodes! The official BCS event link page and links to everything else about the BCS is here but I have added the youtube directly.

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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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VRGames

DECEMBER 16, 2022

In exciting news for virtual golf fans, GOLF+ has recently unveiled an exclusive partnership with the PGA TOUR that will bring licensed tournament courses into the VR golf sim from early 2023. Developed by Golf Scope, new interactive experiences in VR will begin next year featuring iconic courses like TPC Scottsdale and TPC Sawgrass. Players […].

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Oculus

DECEMBER 16, 2022

In 2017, players across the globe fell in love with the magical storytelling and VR puzzle gameplay of A Fisherman’s Tale. And today, the team.

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VRGames

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Meta, the technology company known for their cutting edge hardware products, has recently announced an expansion to their Bug Bounty program. This includes specific payouts for security vulnerabilities found on the Quest Pro headset and Touch Pro controllers as well as other VR and non-VR hardware. The operation of finding any bugs is managed by […].

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Today’s article is one of the most beautiful published in this blog in 2022. And in fact, it has not been written by me. XR ergonomics expert Rob Cole published last year on this platform an article detailing Project Caliper , that is his experiments in building fully configurable controllers for SteamVR. The article soon gets viral, and many people would have loved to see these controllers go into production.

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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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Oculus

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Welcome back to our weekly spotlight on the people building for Meta Horizon Worlds and their amazing creations.

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VRGames

DECEMBER 16, 2022

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Joy Way confirmed Fates, the upcoming solo campaign for Stride, is delayed until 2023. Following a new trailer during the Upload VR 2022 Winter Showcase (where Joy Way also announced Red Flowers and Stack), an hour-long episode of the Stride campaign was previously targeting a December 15 release. However, that episode has now been cancelled, replaced by a “complete 5+ hour campaign” scheduled for next year.

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