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This Year’s Coachella Featured Immersive AR Portals

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The legendary desert festival partnered with a number of companies to captivate festival-goers. Coachella Weekend 2 has officially wrapped and a weekend it was. Meta used the magical event to announce a new partnership that brought Girls Who Code , RCA Records , and Instagram influencer/musician Becky G together for a one-of-a-kind program designed to educate young women of color about the fundamentals of coding and augmented reality (AR) development.

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100% AWEsome! AWE USA 2023 Goes 100% Carbon Neutral to Help Combat Global Warming

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AWE USA 2023 goes completely carbon neutral by offsetting the carbon footprint of over 5,000 attendees heading to Santa Clara, California for the three-day event. This move is aligned with its primary mission of helping fight the greatest challenges humanity faces—including the effects of climate change. See Also: AWE 2023 Is Right Around the Corner Aside from taking a huge step in reducing its carbon footprint, AWE is also rallying the entire XR community to help save the earth.

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What’s the Business Case for Visual Search?

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Visual search is naturally monetizable due to the lean-forward commercial intent that’s inherent in its activation. Actively holding up one’s phone to identify real-world items flows naturally into transactional outcomes. We examine the business case. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Whether Hit or Flop, Apple’s Entrance Will Be a Pivotal Moment for XR

Road to VR

If the avalanche of recent reports can indicate anything at all, it seems Apple is entering the VR/AR headset market fairly soon, bringing along with it the most inflated expectations the industry has ever seen. It’s probably going to be expensive, but whether it flops or becomes a big hit, the mere existence of Apple in the space is set to change a lot about how things are done.

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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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AMD Issues Official Statement on Reported Ryzen 7000 Burnout Issues

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Yesterday we reported that MSI announced a wave of firmware updates designed to address and alleviate potential issues with users on AM5 using AMD's Ryzen 7000X3D processors with 3D V-Cache. One of the main changes with MSI's latest UEFI firmware for AM5 included voltage restrictions when using Ryzen 7000X3D series CPUs. Further to recent reports of users with AMD Ryzen 7000X3D processors experiencing damage to their chip and motherboard socket, we reached out to AMD this morning to seek

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Spatial Ops & Laser Dance Point To A Big Future For Mixed Reality Gaming

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Recent Laser Dance and Spatial Ops demos show that developers are figuring out how to make compelling games meshed with your physical environment. Laser Dance from Cubism's developer Thomas Van Bouwel asks the player to pick two spots on the wall to become starting and ending points for an obstacle course. Then the game draws a room full of lasers to move through.

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‘Vertigo 2’ Dev Still Hopes to Port PC VR Hit to PSVR 2

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Vertigo 2 is arguably one of the best games of 2023, but it’s only available on PC VR headsets. Developer Zach Tsiakalis-Brown said earlier this year that he thought a PSVR 2 port would definitely be a good possibility, and now that Half-Life -style sci-fi shooter is in the wild, PSVR 2 support is apparently still in the cards for the solo dev.

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ASUS Issues Statement on Ryzen 7000X3D Processor Issues, Possible Voltage Issues with AMD EXPO

Anand Tech

Yesterday we reported that MSI announced a wave of firmware updates designed to address and alleviate potential issues with users on AM5 using AMD's Ryzen 7000X3D processors with 3D V-Cache. One of the main changes with MSI's latest UEFI firmware for AM5 included voltage restrictions when using Ryzen 7000X3D series CPUs so that these chips couldn't be overvolted as the V-Cache packaging is somewhat sensitive to additional power.

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ARuVR Release No-Code Authoring System

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Today, ARuVR, a platform for designing, managing, and delivering XR training content for enterprise end-users, is introducing no-code tools for VIVE XR Elite, Meta Quest Pro, and Pico 4 Enterprise headset distribution. ARuVR’s no-code solution lowers the barrier to entry for immersive content creation. The tools also allow users to deploy immersive learning content without writing complex code.

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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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Steam Puzzle Fest Discounts Tetris, Wanderer & More On PC VR

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Steam Puzzle Fest is now live, discounting various PC VR games like Tetris Effect Connected until next week. Focused specifically on puzzle games, Valve's latest sale naturally includes plenty of PC VR games. Featuring over 100 discounted SteamVR games, Steam Puzzle Fest mostly features older PC VR experiences, and the official trailer highlights The Room VR: A Dark Matter.

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Dodge, Duck and Dip Through Laser Beam Mayhem in this Mixed Reality Heist!

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Are you ready to feel like a Hollywood spy in your very own virtual reality adventure? Valo Motion’s new multiplayer game, Operation Money Grab, is just the thing for thrill-seekers! This mixed-reality heist tasks up to six players with solving puzzles and stealing tons of virtual loot.

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Ghost Signal Drops Quest 2 Exclusivity, Out Today On Pico

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Ghost Signal: A Stellaris Game is dropping Quest 2 exclusivity and launching today on Pico headsets. Released last month on Quest 2 and Quest Pro , Ghost Signal: A Stellaris Game joins a growing library on ByteDance's rival standalone headsets. An action roguelite spin-off to the popular grand strategy game, you command the spaceship Aurora, tasked with investigating the ancient and eponymous Ghost Signal.

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‘Vertigo 2 Around the Corner for PSVR? Devs ‘Gently Turned Down’ Meta’

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Zach Tsiakalis-Brown, the sole developer behind the critically acclaimed VR game Vertigo 2, has expressed interest in making it available on PSVR2 and is open to having conversations with Sony.

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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 App Privacy Tab Boosts Transparency in the Meta Quest Store

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Today, we’re introducing App Privacy, a new tab for product description pages in the Meta Quest Store that makes it easier to understand the types.

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