ARPost

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

To bring the metaverse to life, Mayor Buddy Dyer announced the opening of 2,500 new jobs in Orlando. Over the years, Orlando has become a leading hub for tech companies that want to innovate and explore the capabilities of emerging technologies. Orlando as a Growing Hub for Tech Talent “The density of talent, investment, industry, and creativity in Orlando has made the city ground zero for metaverse development, making Orlando the MetaCenter,” shared David Adelson, Orlando Economic Partnership C

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Bigscreen Beyond is scheduled to begin shipping in Q3 2023 for $999. Originally released back in 2016, Bigscreen VR is a unique app that allows you to watch movies and TV with friends in VR. You can even connect your computer and stream your favorite PC games to a private lobby for an extra immersive gaming experience. This week the company behind the app, Bigscreen, unveiled its very own VR headsets, Bigscreen Beyond.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The team behind social VR viewing app Bigscreen today unveiled a thin and light PC VR headset that not only promises a few intriguing enthusiast-grade specs, but also a custom-made fit based on a 3D scan of your face. In short, it’s a big first for the VR veterans, who are responsible for one of the most beloved VR content viewing platforms. Called Bigscreen Beyond, the $999 headset presents an interesting set of features which are squarely aimed at PC VR enthusiasts: dual OLED microdispla

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Cheer on your friends by blasting a Kamehameha into the air or delivering a classic fist bump. Dragon Ball Z , the Japanese anime series, has received a number of popular video game adaptations over the years. That said, fans of the ultra-popular television show have been eagerly awaiting the day they can deliver a Kamehameha in VR using motion controls.

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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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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Google Lens is now used for 10 billion visual searches per month. This follows the 8 billion mark that it reached in May, and the 3 billion that it announced in June of the previous year. We examine strategic implications. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Welcome back to Spatial Beats, AR Insider's weekly series that features observations and insights of author and futurist Charlie Fink. This week, we look at lots of new XR funding rounds. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The metaverse is complicated concept for consumers and companies alike. On the one hand, the successful development of the metaverse could have incredible benefits. It could break down walls between communities, enhance collaboration and communication, and transform the way we interact. On the other hand, the metaverse raises a number of new questions about how human and corporate rights can be preserved in a decentralised, ever-evolving space.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Darshan Shankar, the founder of VR’s leading Internet-powered platform for watching movies together, wrote on Twitter in 2020 of his attempt to make a business out of movie rentals while cutting out pieces of revenue for both movie studios and Facebook. “Sucks that I’ve poured 6 years into building software for the Oculus Platform,” the Bigscreen CEO wrote , only to lose “>100% for every dollar of revenue.” Today, Shankar revealed Bigscreen Beyond, a PC-po

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Across the digital landscape, there are countless news reports and articles discussing how the metaverse will soon arrive to transform the way companies connect with customers. However, the reality is the metaverse is no longer just the “future” of customer interaction; it’s a reality already influencing countless brand interactions. For years, companies have been searching for new ways to engage their audiences, generate loyalty, and increase conversions.

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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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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

When I first tried out ChatGPT late last year, I noticed that many people were using it to write code. Python. Javascript. Even machine language. So of course I asked it if knew LSL, the Linden Scripting Language used in Second Life and OpenSim. It said no. I was disappointed but not too surprised. After all, LSL isn’t one of the big languages.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Walkabout Mini Golf course Original Gothic takes a big twist at the 10th hole. While the first nine holes play out above ground in a Haunted Mansion-like courtyard, the back nine start at the doorway to the gigantic castle that’s been looming nearby. With your first shot, the ball drops through a slat in the ground to drop onto a green way down below.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The “future of work” is no longer a sci-fi concept, but something every business needs to be intimately familiar with. Over the last couple of years, the traditional “workplace” has all but disappeared, replaced with ever-more flexible, agile modes of operation. In an environment where the cloud can connect us to all the tools we need to remain productive wherever we are, and employees are looking for more versatility in their roles, we’ve seen a rising demand for remote working solutions.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

RapidEyeMovers and Wolf & Wood revealed C-Smash VRS, a “complete reimagining” of Cosmic Smash that arrives on PSVR 2 later this year, and there’s a free demo dropping next month. Previously teased through a countdown website, C-Smash VRS is based on Sega’s Cosmic Smash, which first appeared on Dreamcast and arcades in 2001.

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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Extended Reality isn’t just for consumers. Though AR and VR innovations were previously thought of mainly as tools for the entertainment and gaming landscape, perceptions are starting to change. Over the last couple of years, we’ve seen a rapid increase in companies embracing XR to empower collaborative experiences, boost team productivity, and enhance training.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

VR has come a long way in the last few years. Many of us first got our introduction to virtual reality with clunky headsets, featuring semi-professional graphics and limited control options. Now, as XR makes its way into the enterprise landscape, we’re seeing an increasing number of vendors producing ever-more awe-inspiring products. Headsets previously considered to be top-end, with 4K resolution quality are being replaced by 8k and even 12k alternatives.

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XROM

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Paris Hilton's 11:11 Media has joined forces with gaming virtual world The Sandbox to create an exciting new game called Parisland. Players will participate in a virtual dating reality show hosted by the socialite on The Sandbox's metaverse platform. The game, which falls somewhere between a game and an interactive TV show, takes place on a romantic tropical island and offers five potential romantic partners.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The demand for immersive technology is increasing at an incredible rate. As companies and consumers alike look for new ways to connect, communicate, and collaborate, XR is quickly emerging as a mainstay technology. The market is expected to reach a value of around $394.8 billion by 2030. As interest in XR solutions continues to grow, innovators in the field are beginning to produce a range of exciting new headsets, to address a range of needs.

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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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XROM

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Shemaroo Entertainment, a major player in the Indian entertainment industry, teams up with Polygon Labs to establish Virtasy.io, an exclusive Polygon NFT marketplace for the network. According to the statement, the marketplace will debut with NFTs from well-known Bollywood movies, including pictures, video clips, and 3D avatars that are prepared for the metaverse.

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Bernard Marr

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Between them, some of the world’s biggest tech companies have collectively laid off more than 150,000 workers in recent months. The businesses involved have put forward a variety of reasons for why this was necessary, which mostly come down to a need to reduce costs as economic growth slows down around the world. In truth, it isn’t likely to be because the companies involved need money.

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Ryan Schultz

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Following on last year’s announcement by social VR platform Somnium Space , that they were going to release a branded VR headset (which was demoed at the Consumer Electronics Show held last month ), today another social VR platform, Bigscreen , unveiled what they are calling the world’s smallest virtual reality headset: the Bigscreen Beyond.

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VRGames

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Meta’s latest v50 Quest OS update will add the ability for users to directly touch menu panels and keyboards, rather than having to select options with a pointer or trigger system.

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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

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

From box office hits and cutting-edge documentaries to concerts, sports, comedy clubs, and events, Meta Quest 2 is your one-stop shop for streaming live and.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Ongoing discussions over the state of the Metaverse have shifted focus from consumer to enterprise and industrial markets. The latter two have seen a meteoric rise in investment and popularity despite the former facing setbacks and reduced investment. Measurable returns on investment (ROIs), a rapidly growing number of use cases, and expansion of infrastructural technologies have fully supported the advancement of the industrial and enterprise metaverses compared with other iterations.

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Oculus

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Valentine’s Day is nearly upon us, and whether you’re coupled up or flying solo, we’re here to help you make the most of the holiday.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The industrial world has evolved rapidly over the last couple of years. Since the concept of Industry 4.0 was introduced a few years ago, we’ve seen the rise of countless new disruptive ideas in the space. Today’s industry-based companies are now experimenting with artificial intelligence, machine learning, the Internet of Things, Extended Reality, and even the Blockchain.

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Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?

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