Mon.Sep 19, 2022

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Banking Comes To The Metaverse With Mana VR

VRScout

Earn banking reward points for games like Clash of Clans and Brawl Stars ! Mana VR lets you take control of your Manaverse checking account in a fully immersive VR environment where you can view your balance, check recent transactions, and even transfer money. “The entire Mana team is super passionate about technology and all things gaming. It’s clear that spatial computing is the future and it’s exploding with VR gaming,” said Steve Mautone, Vice President of Product at

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The 2022 WebXR Brand Summit

ARPost

This year’s WebXR Brand Summit took place last Thursday, September 15, preceded by a more open-format Town Hall event the week before. Hosted by the same organization that puts on the Polys Awards , the event included roundtables and use cases for how brands are exploring WebXR to increase exposure and services on a more spatial and connected internet.

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How Much is Spent on AR Enabling Tech?

AR Insider

How much will AR developers pay to license software that helps them build AR experiences? What about brands looking to connect to their customers on deeper levels? We dive into spending projections in this week's Behind the Numbers. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Pico Teases New Headset Announcement Coming This Week

Road to VR

Pico is gearing up to launch its next VR headset, which may very well be the previously spotted Pico 4 series of standalone headsets. The company says to stay tuned to an official announcement coming on Thursday, September 22nd. The China-based company says it’s indeed announcing a new standalone headset this week, which looks to be the very one that’s hoping to take on Meta in its home turf.

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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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What is WebXR and why is it so exciting

ARVR

What is WebXR and Why is it So Exciting? An explanation of what WebXR is and examples of how it is used. In a previous blog post , I explained the underlying XR (Extended Reality) technologies that enable the Metaverse. In this post, I will explain the impact of WebXR on the future of the internet and show some examples of what it is capable of. WebXR Logo What is WebXR To understand what WebXR is, you need to first understand what Extended Reality is, luckily for you I’ve already written a blog

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Hellsweeper: Delicious Dark Fantasy With Crazy Combat Combos

Upload VR

Hellsweeper is one of the biggest VR releases set to launch before the end of 2022 and after a brief hands-on experience, we can’t wait to play more. Developer Mixed Realms is best known for its popular action game Sairento and now the studio is following it up with Hellsweeper, a combat-based title dripping in dark fantasy. Published by Vertigo Games, the game will release on PC VR in Q4 of this year and on Quest 2 at a later, unconfirmed date.

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Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island Is a Slow But Sentimental Tribute

GizModo VR

Last year, Netflix brought us Gundam: Hathaway , a modern entry in the mecha franchise’s vaunted “Universal Century” timeline that, despite a weight of context upon it, served as an interesting entry into a decades-old saga. This year, we have another Gundam movie on the way—but it’s one that works best if you love the… Read more.

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Metaverse Oculus Quest Development: Why to Choose and How to Realize

Program Ace

The post Metaverse Oculus Quest Development: Why to Choose and How to Realize appeared first on Program-Ace.

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Ethereum Plunges After SEC Chair Says ‘The Merge’ Could Make Crypto a Security

GizModo VR

Ethereum, the second largest cryptocurrency in the world, continued to plunge in price over the weekend following the network’s highly publicized technical change known as ‘ the Merge ’ last Thursday as well as comments from the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission that ether might need to be a treated as a… Read more.

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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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VR Fitness Digest: September 2022

Oculus

Working up a sweat during the fall is important, especially when we’ll be spending more time indoors, and eating big, calorie-rich feasts. Here are some.

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Want to Feel Old? the Emoticon Is 40 :-)

GizModo VR

Emotion is something that is incredibly difficult to get across in a digital format. Aside from ending your texts with “lol” to appear less threatening, or ending a tweet with “/s” to indicate sarcasm, your only real choice in getting the intended meaning of your message across is the emoticon. Today, we know them as … Read more.

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