Wed.Aug 08, 2018

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Magic Leap One Finally Makes the Jump from Fantasy to Reality, Pre-Orders Open for $2,295

Next Reality AR

The day has finally come. About eight months after unveiling Magic Leap One: Creator Edition, on Wednesday, Magic Leap made the device available for order through a reservation page on its website. The package includes the Lightwear headset, Lightpack wearable computer, and the Control handheld controller, all of which Magic Leap showed off via a Twitch livestream in June.

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This Is What Tech Reviewers Think of the Magic Leap One After Spending Time with the Finished Product

Next Reality AR

The hype train that left the station years ago has reached its first stop, and now we finally have access to the Magic Leap One, the device many have claimed would revolutionize the augmented reality space at launch. But is that really true? On Wednesday morning, as Next Reality predicted late Tuesday night, the company took the wraps off its device and opened up orders to the public.

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Leaping Into the AR Magicverse?

Tech Trends VR

Magic Leap finally materializes into a product some of us can actually buy, yet the real test will be whether developers take the bait. There are plenty of players like Microsoft HoloLens and DAQRI which consistently deliver not only cool demos, but real use-cases for holographic Mixed Reality Click To Tweet. With a final fanfare of unnecessary theatrics, it seems like people will now be able to get their hands on this elusive Augmented Reality headset, so developers can start making their own r

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Magic Leap One First Hands-on Impressions for HoloLens Developers

Next Reality AR

In a surprising twist of expectation management, Magic Leap manged to not only ship but deliver the Magic Leap One I ordered at this morning by 4pm on the same day. After spending about an hour with the headset running through setup and poking around its UI and a couple of the launch day Apps, I thought it would be helpful to share a quick list of some of my first impressions as someone who's spent a lot of time with a HoloLens over the past couple years and try to start answering many of the bu

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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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Lufthansa Airlines Uses VR To Give Flyers A Glass Bottom Airplane Experience

VRScout

Lufthansa partners with 3Spin to deliver a unique VR experience featuring 3D maps of mountain tops, lakes, and cities, all in real-time. ‘Ladies and Gentlemen, please buckle up your seatbelts, move your seats and trays in the upright position, put on your VR headsets and prepare for takeoff.’. Those are the words that Lufthansa airlines passengers will hear coming out of the PA system of the massive Airbus A330 as they travel from Frankfurt, Germany to Dubai on flight LH630.

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Magic Leap One Available For Purchase, Starting At $2,295

VRScout

Magic Leap’s computer vision headset is now on sale in cities across the U.S. December of last year U.S. startup Magic Leap unveiled its long-awaited mixed reality headset, a secretive device five years and $2.44B USD in the making. This morning that same headset, now referred to as the Magic Leap One Creator Edition , became available for purchase in the U.S.

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Magic Leap Lifts Curtain on Augmented Reality Experiences for Magic Leap One

Next Reality AR

In the wake of the smoke from the meticulously orchestrated launch of Magic Leap One, the company has revealed what "leapers" can expect to experience via Lumin OS when their devices arrive between now and the end of the year. Among the core applications of the Lumin OS are the Helio web browser and the Social application. With Helio, users can pull 3D objects from websites for viewing in their physical environment.

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Magic Leap Reveals Five First-party Apps for Its AR Headset

Road to VR

Alongside today’s Magic Leap One launch , the company has revealed five applications destined for the AR headset made by Magic Leap Studio’s, the company’s internal development team. Magic Leap One Creator Edition is now available for purchase and early adopters are expected to soon begin receiving their devices. Some of the first apps they’ll get to experience will come from Magic Leap Studios, which the company describes as, “an eclectic team of animators, produce

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New Magic Leap Videos Show Off Launch Apps 'Create' & 'Tónandi' in Action

Next Reality AR

Now that the cat's out of the bag, Magic Leap has published videos of a pair of apps that will be available to Magic Leap One early adopters. Alongside the core apps, Magic Leap will make Create and Tónandi, developed in-house with early-access partners, available at launch. One of the videos show off Create, an app that turns users' homes into augmented reality canvases.

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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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Magic Leap Launches Creator Edition Headset Priced at $2,300

Road to VR

Magic Leap today launched their long-teased AR headset, the Magic Leap One Creator Edition, a developer-focused device priced at $2,300. Magic Leap has been in development of an AR headset, which has garnered significant anticipation thanks to the company’s massive trove of venture funding (totaling more than $2 billion) and years of concept videos , celebrity endorsements , and guarded teasing.

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Facebook Notches Win Over Snapchat with AR Gaming for Messenger Video

Next Reality AR

Less than four months after Snapchat introduced its Snappables platform, Facebook has met the challenge with its own AR gaming feature that surpasses the originator. Rolling out to users on the Messenger app for iOS and Android starting Wednesday, multiplayer video chat AR games now enable up to six users to play in real time. By comparison, Snappables requires users to record their experience and send it to others to take their turn, though Snapchat does include AR experiences in group video ch

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Magic Leap launches on International Cat Day with the promise of mustaches on cat photos and Sigur Ros

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Magic Leap One Creator Edition is now available starting at $2,295 USD. Inside the box you’ll find the Lightwear headset, Lightpack computing pack, Control handheld input device, a Fit Kit to ensure a perfectly calibrated fit, chargers, and a handy Quick Start Guide to get you up and running. You’ll have access to all-new applications and experiences.

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Magic Leap One Creator Edition begins shipping out today

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After many years of waiting, Magic Leap is finally ready to launch its flagship product, the Magic Leap One mixed reality headset. This is a launch that’s been a long time coming, but even though the headset is shipping out today, there’s still plenty of progress to be made. For starters, this is a limited launch that’s aimed at developers, … Continue reading.

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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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#672: “TribeXR DJ School” Virtual Apprenticeships & Immersive Education

Voices of VR

Each of the founders of TribeXR wanted to learn how to become a DJ, but they never got around to it. So they all went.

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Major Magic Leap Tease Suggests Launch Could Come as Early as Today

Road to VR

Magic Leap’s teasing could finally come to an end today as the company prepares to launch its first AR headset dubbed the Magic Leap One. The official Magic Leap website has been entirely overtaken with a rocketship that’s ready to blast off, as the company’s CEO drops further hints on Twitter. Magic Leap has been in development of an AR headset for several years now, which has garnered significant anticipation thanks to the company’s massive trove of venture funding (tot

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NVIDIA Holodeck Gets New VR Tools for Architecture, Engineering and Construction

NVidia VR

To see the transformative power of virtual reality, step into NVIDIA Holodeck, which has newly added navigation tools expressly designed for architecture, engineering and construction professionals. These productivity-enhancing capabilities, which will be shown off next week at the annual SIGGRAPH conference in Vancouver, Canada, enable designers and architects to extend VR throughout their design pipelines, enhancing traditional processes with creative new possibilities in the virtual world.

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NVIDIA Holodeck Gets New VR Tools for Architecture, Engineering and Construction

NVidia VR

To see the transformative power of virtual reality, step into NVIDIA Holodeck, which has newly added navigation tools expressly designed for architecture, engineering and construction professionals. These productivity-enhancing capabilities, which will be shown off next week at the annual SIGGRAPH conference in Vancouver, Canada, enable designers and architects to extend VR throughout their design pipelines, enhancing traditional processes with creative new possibilities in the virtual world.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

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.