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Can VR Elevate Supply Chain Management?

AR Insider

VR is quickly becoming a staple in many verticals from automotive to healthcare. And it's creating value in horizontal functions like training and design collaboration. The latest function to emerge is supply chain management. We examine the ways. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Sony Reveals New Games Coming To PlayStation VR2

VRScout

Pavlov VR and NFL Pro Era are just a few of the games coming to Sony’s console VR headset. Sony PlayStation VR2 is scheduled to launch on February 22nd alongside a number of exciting titles. In addition to the 11 titles Sony announced back in November, the company recently announced an additional 13 games. This includes popular titles such as Resident Evil Village and Horizon Call of the Mountain.

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High-flying Co-op Adventure ‘Windlands 2’ is Finally Coming to Quest 2 Next Month

Road to VR

Psytec Games announced its grappling hook-flavored platforming adventure Windlands 2 (2018) is finally swinging its way onto Quest 2, coming to Meta’s standalone for the first time on February 2nd. Like the original Windlands (2016) , which is currently available through App Lab on Quest , Windlands 2 is all about swinging from tree to tree in a large, open world filled with a ton of nooks and crannies to parkour around.

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The Latest Hand-Tracking Innovations from Meta and Shopify

XR Today - Virtual Reality

January is a productive month for extended reality (XR) technologies following CES 2023; as February approaches, Meta and Shopify have introduced hand-tracking innovations for their customers, continuing the journey of XR innovation. Each companies hand-tracking solutions leverage the Meta Quest product portfolio of virtual reality (VR) headsets. The Meta Quest and Quest Pro models contain outward-facing tracking cameras and software replicating user gestures in an immersive environment.

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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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AltspaceVR to Sunset the Platform on March 10, 2023

Cats and VR

In a blog post AltspaceVR announced plans to sunset the Platform on March 10, 2023 with the following message. “The decision has not been an easy one as this is a platform many have come to love, providing a place for people to explore their identities, express themselves, and find community. It has been a privilege to help unlock passions among users, from educational opportunities for personal growth to the development of unique and wonderful events, groundbreaking art, and immersive experienc

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Microsoft Kills Off AltspaceVR Amid Major Layoffs

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AltspaceVR is shutting down in March as Microsoft decimated its teams working in VR & AR this week as part of a major workforce reduction across the entire company. Altspace was one of the early VR-based social networking services alongside others like Rec Room and VRChat. As an independent startup Altspace ran out of money, but in 2017 Microsoft acquired it and continued the effort.

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Another One Bites the Dust: AltspaceVR to Permanently Close on March 10th, 2023

Ryan Schultz

Screen capture of the official announcement that AltspaceVR is shutting down Well, it’s official: Microsoft has decided to shutter (or “sunset”, to use their corporate-speak) the social VR platform AltspaceVR. (I have actually known since mid-December that this was coming, but I had promised the person who informed me that I would keep that information to myself.

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Pavlov Confirmed For PSVR 2 As A Launch Game

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Vankrupt Games confirmed Pavlov is coming to PSVR 2 next month as a launch game. Joining an increasing list of PSVR 2 games , Pavlov was first announced for PSVR 2 nearly two years ago , and we’d not heard anything since. Now, it’s officially confirmed as a launch title for Sony’s upcoming VR headset on PlayStation Blog. You can watch the announcement trailer below and here’s the official description: The #1 most popular multiplayer PC VR shooter is coming to PS VR2, feat

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Google Parent Firm Alphabet to Lay Off 12,000 Jobs

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Google parent company Alphabet announced layoffs on Friday of roughly 12,000 workers, totalling 6 percent of its global workforce. Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai wrote in a memo to staff sent to Reuters it had increased its staff count over the last few years “for a different economic reality than the one we face today.” Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s memo to staff: $GOOG $GOOGL pic.twitter.com/25Kb1V6nr3 — Mads Capital (@MadsCapital) January 20, 2023 He said: “I take

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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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Windlands 2 Swings Onto Quest 2 Next Month

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Nearly five years since its PC VR launch, Windlands 2 makes its way to Meta Quest 2 next month. First released in 2018, Windlands 2 is an action-adventure game from Psytec Games, which combines the original’s platforming and swinging locomotion with bow and arrow combat. After its long-delayed PSVR launch arrived in 2021, Windlands 2 now joins the first Windlands on Quest.

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EP #21 - GPT 3.5 Takes the Bar Exam with Felipe Alexandre from AG Immigration Law

ARVR Magazine Podcast

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you have probably heard about the new AI platform ChatGPT, and all the disruption it has been causing in the tech industry. One of these big disruptions is the fact that some researchers recently came out with a paper discussing how they used GPT 3.5 to take the bar exam for lawyers and surprisingly, it nearly passed it.

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Quest v49 Software Update Brings Family Center, Home Environment Options

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Meta will soon roll out v49 of the Meta Quest system software , bringing updates to the Quest Home environments and further options for parents to supervise teens in VR via a new Family Center web page. If you’re a fan of new home environments and abstract art, then v49 will be right up your alley. It includes a brand new environment for your Quest called ‘Abstraction’, pictured below, which looks appropriately stranger and less grounded in reality than the other home environme

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EP #21 - GPT 3.5 Takes the Bar Exam with Felipe Alexandre from AG Immigration Law

ARVR Magazine Podcast

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you have probably heard about the new AI platform ChatGPT, and all the disruption it has been causing in the tech industry. One of these big disruptions is the fact that some researchers recently came out with a paper discussing how they used GPT 3.5 to take the bar exam for lawyers and surprisingly, it nearly passed it.

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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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Touring Cherry Blossom: Walkabout Mini Golf’s Course Inspired By Japanese Zen Gardens

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Just weeks before the Quest 2 launched in 2020 VR’s best mini golf game released on the Quest store with just four included 18 hole courses. Walkabout Mini Golf’s Tourist Trap, Cherry Blossom, Seagull Stacks, and Arizona Modern have since been joined by four more free courses — Original Gothic, Bogey’s Bonanza, Tethys Station, and Quixote Valley.

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Utilizing the Inherent Impact of Mixed Reality

AIXR

Abstract: How can common anchors in real and virtual components of XR showcases strengthen their impact and enable a consistent experience and storytelling? And how can experiential design parameters help deepen the impact of those showcases? The Mediatecture Approach Working day-by-day in experiential design, we think and design in terms of customer journeys.

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EP #21 - GPT 3.5 Takes the Bar Exam with Felipe Alexandre from AG Immigration Law

ARVR Magazine Podcast

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you have probably heard about the new AI platform ChatGPT, and all the disruption it has been causing in the tech industry. One of these big disruptions is the fact that some researchers recently came out with a paper discussing how they used GPT 3.5 to take the bar exam for lawyers and surprisingly, it nearly passed it.

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Explore the All-New Meta Quest v49: No More Disturbs, Easy Parental Controls, & a Whimsical Home Environment!

VRGames

Coming soon, our v49 update brings an exciting new avant-garde Home environment and a great new Do Not Disturb mode! This latest development allows users to keep their devices free from intrusive notifications – giving them peace of mind throughout their day.

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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.

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Meta Horizon Worlds Spotlight: Sensei_Jay

Oculus

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

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“Step into the Future with Quest v49: Upgrades Include Family Center & Home Environment Options!”

VRGames

Meta is set to release v49 of the Quest system software in anticipation of the holidays. The update includes a brand new home environment called ‘Abstraction’ that promises users a trip into the surreal and abstract.

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This Upcoming VR Game Lets You Control Shadows

VRScout

Silhouette arrives on Quest 2 and Quest Pro headsets later this month. Silhouette is a VR adventure puzzler for Meta Quest headsets that allows you to manipulate shadows with your bare hands. Developed by Team Panoptes, the same company behind Panoptic , this single-player experience tasks you with guiding tiny shadow creatures, referred to as “Shadowies,” through a series of environmental puzzles.

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Ready for a Quest? It’s Go Time for the Magical World of PathCraft on Oculus Quest 2!

VRGames

Are you looking for a VR game that’s both fun and adorable? Look no further than PathCraft by Devil Cow Studio & Vertigo Games.

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Who C.A.R.E.S.!? How Learning Got Its Bad Rap & What We Can Do About It

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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EON Reality Unveils Contextual AI and Knowledge AI Module in New Solutions

EON Reality

EON AI Assistant brings two new unique Artificial Intelligence offerings. IRVINE, CA, January 20, 2023 – EON Reality, Inc. (“EON Reality”), a global leader in Virtual and Augmented Reality (“XR”) industry and education solutions powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), announces the launch of its proprietary AI module, EON AI Assistant. EON AI Assistant is an innovative module which utilizes two unique AI technologies to provide a comprehensive and interactive learning experience.

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Catch the Crystal Clarity with Pimax – Flaw Potentially Fixesable!

VRGames

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