VRScout
OCTOBER 7, 2022
Make the halls of Khazad-dûmc your home. Another month, another software update for the Meta Quest VR headset. Update v46 introduces a variety of improvements to Quest hardware. This includes additional privacy settings as well as a new way to access your recent apps. However, the real excitement is around the new Lord of the Rings -inspired Horizon Home.
AR Insider
OCTOBER 7, 2022
Though apps are a dominant vessel for mobile in general – consuming 4 out of every 5 minutes users spend on smartphones – AR could go a different route. Web AR offers several benefits given less activation energy. We examine the evidence. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
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VRScout
OCTOBER 7, 2022
Plan the perfect Meta Connect experience. Meta Connect 2022 is just days away and excitement is building. According to Meta, this year’s event will focus on the company’s XR goals and how inclusivity through user experiences and avatars will play a major role moving forward. Along with a keynote led by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Meta Connect 2022 will also feature three key speakers for the Developer State of the Union, 30 different developer sessions, and an unscripted conversation with Jo
Road to VR
OCTOBER 7, 2022
Meta is getting ready to roll out Quest’s v46 update ahead of its Connect 2022 developer conference next week, bringing to the platform a modest set of new features alongside a new Home environment inspired by The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. It’s only been a little over two weeks since Meta announced it was rolling out v44, which included a bunch of capture settings to make in-game video recordings better for the average user.
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.
ARVR
OCTOBER 7, 2022
Though we spend ample time examining consumer-based AR endpoints, greater near-term impact is seen in the enterprise. This takes many forms including brands that use AR to promote products in greater dimensions and industrial enterprises that streamline operations. These industrial endpoints include visual support in areas like assembly and maintenance.
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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
OCTOBER 7, 2022
Asus Computers has become one of the big tech industry’s latest participants to join the Metaverse after it launched a platform for developing its strategy, reports revealed on Wednesday. The Asus Group opened its Metaverse and non-fungible token (NFT) platform, ASUS Art Black Hole , which will allow artists and content creators to host their digital assets and NFTs.
Upload VR
OCTOBER 7, 2022
Horizon Worlds is too buggy and hasn’t yet reached product market fit, the exec in charge told staff. Horizon Worlds is Meta’s “metaverse” platform. It works similarly to Rec Room , allowing users to create their own social games and experiences inside VR by using controllers to place & manipulate shapes, with a visual scripting system to add dynamic functionality.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
OCTOBER 7, 2022
Social media updates have revealed Meta Platform’s Quest Pro headset capabilities for new features such as colour passthrough and peripheral blinders, media reports found on Thursday. Renji Bijoy, Immersed Chief Executive , posted a short video on his company blog, which unveiled the Quest Pro’s colour passthrough features. Reports indicate the Quest Pro will offer mixed reality (MR) passthrough with higher resolutions than its predecessor, the Meta Quest 2, which features black and
Upload VR
OCTOBER 7, 2022
No Man’s Sky is now easier for new players to get into with its latest “relaxed” mode update. The first few hours of No Man’s Sky can be quite the grind. The title is an incredible experience as one of VR’s best games with vast worlds, planet-to-space flying, multiplayer and robust building tools. It could be a bit challenging to learn how to grapple with the game’s many systems, though, but the latest update adds significant new features to customize gameplay
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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.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
OCTOBER 7, 2022
Spatial audio is rapidly becoming a commonplace investment for XR innovators. As companies and consumers continue to explore the world of extended reality, the demand for enhanced immersion is growing. Vendors are learning the importance of building a multi-sensory experience for their audience, through not just 360-degree images, but also positional sound.
Upload VR
OCTOBER 7, 2022
Logitech Chorus brings Index-like audio to Quest 2, but is it worth $99? Quest 2’s built-in strap pipe audio keeps the headset portable and relatively affordable, but the audio quality and loudness leave a lot to be desired. Logitech has offered earphones and headphones for Quest 2 since the headset’s launch almost two years ago, each having a short cable for practicality.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
OCTOBER 7, 2022
Immersive solutions manufacturer HTC VIVE teased its audiences on Wednesday with a photo of an upcoming headset on Twitter. The Taoyuan City-based firm tweeted at the time, “Go small or go home” along with a teaser photo of the device, triggering reactions from the Twitter community. Go small or go home. pic.twitter.com/PUqqKn4V5E. — HTC VIVE (@htcvive) October 6, 2022.
TechCrunch VR
OCTOBER 7, 2022
Premiering on October 8, entertainment studio BlackBox TV is releasing a short-form series exclusive to Meta Quest TV and in Meta Horizon Worlds with the Meta Quest 2 headset. The 360° VR experience “ Scream Park ” takes users on a virtual reality horror rollercoaster ride just in time for spooky season. Meta Quest TV is the VR home for VR headsets Meta Quest and Meta Quest 2.
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.
Ryan Schultz
OCTOBER 7, 2022
Yesterday, Alex Heath of the tech news website The Verge covered the current state of Meta’s social VR sister platforms, Horizon Worlds (for consumers) and Horizon Workrooms (for business users), and things are not looking good. In the article, titled Meta’s flagship metaverse app is too buggy and employees are barely using it, says exec in charge , Alex quotes at length from internal memos sent around the company by executives such as Vishal Shah, Meta’s Vice President of Metaverse, which
The Ghost Howls
OCTOBER 7, 2022
It is that time of the year when I make predictions about the upcoming Oculus/Facebook/Meta Connect, the main event of the year for Oculus/Facebook/Meta since a lot of time. And it is also the time that I dream my predictions are correct… something that… is not always true (like that time I predicted the Quest was not going to be connected to a PC…).
Oculus
OCTOBER 7, 2022
Welcome back to our weekly spotlight on the people building for Meta Horizon Worlds and their amazing creations.
ARPost
OCTOBER 7, 2022
ADLAR Studio has launched its digital art augmented reality app, bringing a series of limited-edition prints to life for art fans everywhere around the globe. The fine art publishing company is moving toward augmented reality app as a medium to make art more accessible and provide a new experience for long-time art enthusiasts. ADLAR Studio renders artworks in the emerging augmented reality app setting, working with world-class special effects and technologists.
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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