Tech Trends VR

JULY 19, 2019

Todd Maddox reports on why A/B tests are sub-optimal in building and optimizing immersive training and performance tools. As with any young science or technology, the early wins are often large, but more wins are to follow if solid research and development is conducted that leverages what we know about the brain Click To Tweet. I have written extensively on the potential of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) to revolutionize training and performance in healthcare , manufacturing , a

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JULY 19, 2019

Elon Musk unveiled Neuralink earlier this week, a startup that aims to not only revolutionize the growing field of brain-machine interfaces (BMIs), but eventually wants to make neural implants as common as LASIK outpatient procedures are today—that’s the long-term goal at least. And while virtual reality and BMIs are still relatively segregated fields at this point, Oculus CTO and legendary programmer John Carmack got a chance to visit Neuralink’s offices, calling it “very bold

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Next Reality AR

JULY 19, 2019

After debuting its virtual Pocket Gallery last year with the works of Johannes Vermeer, Google Arts & Culture has released a sequel that brings even more artists into your home via augmented reality. Available in the Google Arts & Culture app for iOS and Android, "The Art of Color" features 33 famous paintings from around the world organized into wings by color palette, with Pablo Picasso and Vincent Van Gogh among the featured artists.

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ARPost

JULY 19, 2019

Guest Post. In the context of professional training , VR has become an increasingly popular asset under the contemporary work environment. From large corporations such as UPS to emerging businesses, VR is changing how training is conducted across sectors, facilitating recruitment and boosting employee retainment and productivity. From our 2019 US Learning and Development (L&D) Report, the application of VR technology in the corporate realm is going beyond traditional simulations.

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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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Next Reality AR

JULY 19, 2019

Unless you've been hiding under a (moon) rock for the past month, you already know that Saturday, July 20 is the 50th anniversary of NASA's Apollo 11 lunar landing. And while it has been 50 years since man first visited the moon, no human has set foot on its surface since 1976. Luckily for us, augmented reality presents the opportunity to experience the Apollo 11 launch and landing, as well as the moonwalk, within our own, Earth-bound terrestrial boundaries.

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Next Reality AR

JULY 19, 2019

When you're trying to pioneer a brand new category of technology, sometimes it's not enough to just have great tech. You also need to be able to tell a great story. You need to be able to capture the imagination. Along those lines, a new Microsoft HoloLens 2 promotional spot set in Japan does just that, providing a minimalist setting in which the possibilities around the HoloLens 2 are a little more apparent.

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AR Insider

JULY 19, 2019

XR Talks is a series that features the best presentations and educational videos from the XR universe. It includes embedded video, as well as narrative analysis and top takeaways. Speakers’ opinions are their own. One of the most anticipated and potentially-useful forms of AR has been Google’s VPS walking directions. But its lesser-known backstory likewise offers value in the form of lessons for AR interaction design.

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Charlie Fink

JULY 19, 2019

Aris MD, NexTech, Time and others in XR had a big week, as Onedome closes its doors.

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TechCrunch VR

JULY 19, 2019

It’s the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing, and Nvidia is using the anniversary to show off the power of its current GPU technology, using the RTX real-time ray tracing, which was the topic of the day at its recent GTC Conference. Nvidia employed its latest tech to make big improvements to the Moon-landing demo it created five years ago and refined last year to demonstrate its Turing GPU architecture.

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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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Peter Graham

JULY 19, 2019

The annual San Diego Comic-Con began yesterday offering fans of comic books, films, videogames and more a chance to hang out, meet the stars and glean new information about what’s coming up in their favourite franchises. For the event, ILMxLAB will be holding a Star Wars Stories panel to discuss the virtual reality (VR) series and tease new info regarding episode 2.

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Robert Scoble

JULY 19, 2019

I just spent an hour talking with a computer vision engineer at Magic Leap about how computers will “see” and “process” our world. Blew my mind. The 2020s are going to see more change in technology than ANY TIME before. Same for our culture. Same for our learning. Same for our manufacturing. Same for our transportation. A perfect storm of change is coming.

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Peter Graham

JULY 19, 2019

It’s summertime and what better way to celebrate than a trip to the beach. Or, if you’re nowhere near the sea then how about playing some Echo VR on Oculus Rift/Rift S instead, because Ready At Dawn has just released the Summer Splash Event with a limited time aquatic theme as well as additional features. . First up you’ll notice a little change to Echo VR’s lobby as you’re now underwater.

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Zappar

JULY 19, 2019

We teamed up with iconic gin crafters, Sipsmith, to challenge the AR creative community to make a truly incredible connected packaging experience.

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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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VRScout

JULY 19, 2019

This ain’t your mama’s Tarzan. Fun Train, the developer behind The Exorcist: Legion VR, has revealed a new episodic VR series based on acclaimed American fiction author Edgar Rice Burroughs’ 1912 classic, Tarzan of the Apes. Revealed earlier today at an absolutely packed San Diego Comic-Con, Tarzan VR is a single-player VR game that places users in the shoes (bare feet?

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Peter Graham

JULY 19, 2019

SIGGRAPH 2019 starts in just over a week, with the Immersive Pavilion and VR Theater showcasing four world premiere’s including Disney’s a kite’s tale. When it comes to technology graphics card giant NVIDIA will be demoing its latest techniques for making videogames look pretty, with a focus on optimising virtual reality (VR) performance.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 19, 2019

In our first two-guest episode, Alan chats with Axon Park founder & CEO Taylor Freeman, along with Jacki Morie from his board of advisors, about the limitless applications of XR technologies to tectonically reshape whole industries from the ground up. Everything from education, to healthcare, to even the nature of global economy can be improved and democratized within digital space.

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Peter Graham

JULY 19, 2019

Two weeks ago Mixed Realms and Perp Games released Sairento VR as a physical videogame for those European gamers that like an actual disk to go in their PlayStation VR collection. A North American edition was always on the cards, and now a release date has been confirmed. Sairento VR for PlayStation VR has been available to NA players for just over a week via PlayStation Store, but for those interested in picking one up from retail shelves you’ll need to wait another four weeks, with th

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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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