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Two Tools to Make Your Own Avatar for Social VR Apps like ‘VRChat’ & ‘Mozilla Hubs’

Road to VR

With growing usage of social virtual worlds and spaces like VRChat and Mozilla Hubs , you might be looking for a way to make your own avatar to represent yourself in VR. Here are two user-friendly avatar character creator apps for that purpose which won’t require the use of developer-level tools like Unity, Blender, etc. Tafi Avatars (compatible with VRChat ).

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XR Technology Conference by Immersive Learning Research Network Coming in June

ARPost

Education has always been one of the most promising use cases for XR technology. While more traditional learning approaches still have its zealots, advanced technology has been gaining traction in the education space. No matter how people felt about it this time last year, the coronavirus pandemic has more and more people looking hopefully toward advanced technology in education.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.05.25): new rumors on Apple Glasses, Oculus Quest anniversary, HP Reverb G2 and more!

The Ghost Howls

This is the 150th Week Peek! OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! So many memories… who was there already in VR with me? While I celebrate this great milestone, tell me what has been your most memorable moment of the last 3 years in VR answering this post!

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Data Dive: Has Oculus Sold 800K Quests?

AR Insider

Data Dive is AR Insider’s weekly dive into the latest spatial computing figures. Running Mondays, it includes data points, narrative insights and takeaways. For an indexed collection of data and reports, subscribe to ARtillery Pro. I t’s time for another round of our periodic exercises to zero in on Oculus Quest unit sales. Given that it’s leading the way in VR headset sales (despite supply-chain constraints), it’s an important indicator for overall VR market revenue.

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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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AR is Bringing Sustainable Positivity Around You: Key Applications

AffinityVr

The world of Augmented Reality (AR) technology and its collateral usage in Extended Reality (XR) is bringing in a new wave of applications to fields of human knowledge. Given this extra dimension through which we can parse relevant information, it informs and supports our reality to greater heights. It enables a stable structure for our [.]. The post AR is Bringing Sustainable Positivity Around You: Key Applications appeared first on Virtual Reality Augmented Reality Technology Latest News.

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Stefan Alexander (North) on Taking a Human-Centric Approach to Designing Focals (Part 1)

The AR Show

Stefan Alexander is the VP of Advanced R&D at North, a company taking a human-centric approach to creating AR smartglass hardware and experiences that are both useful and respectful. After earning a Masters of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Stefan spent more than a decade working with OLED display technology at IGNIS Innovation.

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Who Built Stonehenge?

EON Reality

For centuries, historians and archaeologists have been mystified by Stonehenge, a prehistoric monument that took Neolithic builders an estimated 1,500 years to erect. There is strong archaeological evidence to support the hypothesis of Stonehenge used as a burial site, as least for part of its history. Today, nearly 1 million people visit Stonehenge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986, every year.

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Apple AR Glasses: Rumored Specs, Price, and Release Date

TechPrior

The next big product of Apple – the all-new Apple’s AR Glasses are in the limelight now. Apple is now readying its proprietary version of smart glasses in the form of Apple Glasses. Apple has always been quite clear-sighted where its AR aspirations are concerned. In fact, the multinational conglomerate introduces new and improved AR tools on its iOS platform each year.

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Biology lesson The great white shark

EON Reality

California Students have developed this Virtual and Augmented Reality about the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), also known as the great white, white shark or “white pointer”, is a species of large mackerel shark which can be found in the coastal surface waters of all the major oceans. It is notable for its size, with larger female individuals growing to 6.1 m (20 ft) in length and 1,905–2,268 kg (4,200–5,000 lb) in weight at maturity.

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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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Tune-up: Free Beat Saber Update Available Now, Adds 46 New Maps

Oculus

Last week, we celebrated the one-year anniversary of Oculus Quest. As part of the festivities, we announced a free update to Beat Saber that would.

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African Student develops AVR Technical Vocational Application

EON Reality

African Student develops AVR Technical Vocational Application for Smart Workers about water dispenser standard operation procedure. Known as water cooler (if used for cooling only), is a machine that cools or heats up and dispenses water with a refrigeration unit. It is commonly located near the restroom due to closer access to plumbing. A drain line is also provided from the water cooler into the sewer system.

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Italian History VR 360 Lesson about Siena

EON Reality

Italian History VR 360 Lesson about Siena the capital of the province of Siena has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site. It is one of the nation’s most visited tourist attractions, with over 163,000 international arrivals in 2008. Siena is famous for its cuisine, art, museums, medieval cityscape and the Palio, a horse race held twice a year.

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Aerospace AVR Lesson about Concorde

EON Reality

Aerospace AVR Lesson about the Concorde developed by Bologna based student demonstrating the feature and functionalities of the British–French turbojet-powered supersonic passenger airliner that was operated until 2003. It had a maximum speed over twice the speed of sound, at Mach 2.04 (1,354 mph or 2,180 km/h at cruise altitude), with seating for 92 to 128 passengers.

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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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360 VR Sailing Lesson developed by Southern California Student

EON Reality

360 VR Sailing Lesson developed by Southern California Student, that demonstrates how sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wing sails—to propel a craft on the surface of the water over a chosen course, which is often part of a larger plan of navigation. A course defined with respect to the true wind direction is called a point of sail.Start Creating your own free 360 Lesson today at www.eonreality.com.

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Forklift Safety OSHA Standards Lesson

EON Reality

Irvine based Smart Worker developed an AVR Platform Forklift Safety OSHA Standards Lesson. The forklift (also called lift truck, jitney, fork truck, fork hoist, and forklift truck) is a powered industrial truck used to lift and move materials over short distances. Start Creating your own free Lesson today at www.eonreality.com. #spatialcomputing #augmentedreality #360learning # virtualreality #remotelearning #onlinelearning #handsonlearning.

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VR 360 AVR Lesson about a car assembly line

EON Reality

VR 360 AVR Lesson about a car assembly line, a manufacturing process (often called a progressive assembly) in which parts (usually interchangeable parts) are added as the semi-finished assembly moves from workstation to workstation where the parts are added in sequence until the final assembly is produced. By mechanically moving the parts to the assembly work and moving the semi-finished assembly from work station to work station, a finished product can be assembled faster and with less labor th

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AVR lesson about the knee anatomy

EON Reality

Swedish Student developed an AVR lesson about the knee anatomy. The knee joins the thigh with the leg and consists of two joints: one between the femur and tibia (tibiofemoral joint), and one between the femur and patella (patellofemoral joint). It is the largest joint in the human body.The knee is a modified hinge joint, which permits flexion and extension as well as slight internal and external rotation.

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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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VR 360 Alpine skiing lesson

EON Reality

VR 360 Alpine skiing lesson , or downhill skiing, is a lesson about the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing (cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for recreation or for sport, it is typically practiced at ski resorts, which provide such services as ski lifts, artificial snow making, snow grooming, restaurants, and ski patrol.

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Virtual Geography about San Francisco

EON Reality

Virtual Geography about San Francisco 360 Lesson Fisherman’s Wharf a popular tourist attraction in San Francisco, California. It roughly encompasses the northern waterfront area of San Francisco from Ghirardelli Square or Van Ness Avenue east to Pier 35 or Kearny Street. The F Market streetcar runs through the area, the Powell-Hyde cable car lines runs to Aquatic Park, at the edge of Fisherman’s Wharf, and the Powell-Mason cable car line runs a few blocks away.

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VR 360 Sports Lesson abouts the National Hockey League

EON Reality

VR 360 Sports Lesson abouts the National Hockey League in North America, currently comprising 31 teams: 24 in the United States and seven in Canada. The NHL is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. Start Creating your own free 360 Lesson today at www.eonreality.com.

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Aviation Augmented Reality Lesson developed by Atlanta Student

EON Reality

Aviation Augmented Reality Lesson developed by Atlanta Student. The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is a German World War II fighter aircraft that was, along with the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, the backbone of the Luftwaffe’s fighter force. The Bf 109 first saw operational service in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War and was still in service at the dawn of the jet age at the end of World War II in 1945.

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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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Transportation Augmented Reality Lesson developed by Spanish Student

EON Reality

Transportation Augmented Reality Lesson developed by Spanish Student. The Madrid Metro (Spanish: Metro de Madrid) is a rapid transit system serving the city of Madrid, capital of Spain. The system is the 12th longest rapid transit system in the world, with a total length of 293 km (182 mi). Start Creating your own free 360 Lesson today at www.eonreality.com.

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Anatomy Small Intestine Augmented Reality Lesson

EON Reality

Anatomy Small Intestine Augmented Reality Lesson developed by Spanish Student. The small intestine or small bowel is an organ in the gastrointestinal tract where most of the end absorption of nutrients and minerals from food takes place. It lies between the stomach and large intestine, and receives bile and pancreatic juice through the pancreatic duct to aid in digestion.

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Taj Mahal Augmented Reality Lesson developed by Indian Student

EON Reality

The Taj Mahal Augmented Reality Lesson developed by Indian Student.?’Crown of the Palace’, is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the southern bank of the river Yamuna in the Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (reigned from 1628 to 1658) to house the tomb of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal; it also houses the tomb of Shah Jahan himself.

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Augmented Reality Lesson about the neuron

EON Reality

Augmented Reality Lesson about the neuron or nerve cell developed by Indian Student, an electrically excitable cell that communicates with other cells via specialized connections called synapses. It is the main component of nervous tissue in all animals except sponges and placozoa. Plants and fungi do not have nerve cells. Start Creating your own free 360 Lesson today at www.eonreality.com.

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

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?