ARPost
JUNE 2, 2020
Mixed reality is thriving amid a global health crisis. The outbreak of COVID-19 has brought most of the world to a standstill. However, it isn’t stopping immersive technologies from evolving. Now, more than ever, we’re seeing new applications in the medical field. In the UK, for instance, MR is supporting doctors in their care for COVID-19 patients.
Road to VR
JUNE 2, 2020
I recently had the opportunity to test the YAW VR motion simulator , so I wanted to share my first impressions! Cas & Chary Present. Cas and Chary VR is a YouTube channel hosted by Netherland-based duo Casandra Vuong and Chary Keijzer who have been documenting their VR journeys since 2016. In partnership with the channel, Road to VR shares a curated selection of their content.
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AR Insider
JUNE 2, 2020
This post is adapted from ARtillery Intelligence’s report, Lessons From AR Revenue Leaders, Part II: Niantic. It includes some of its data and takeaways. More can be previewed here and subscribe for the full report. A lot can be learned from consumer AR’s early leaders. What are they doing right? How are they engaging users? And how are they making money?
Road to VR
JUNE 2, 2020
An update to Oculus developer tools has brought a handful of updates, including support for Quest hand-tracking in Unreal Engine 4. Oculus released controllerless hand-tracking on Oculus Quest as a beta feature back in late 2019. At the time, the company had only added support to the Oculus Unity integration, meaning that developers building apps in Unreal Engine didn’t have access to the feature.
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.
EON Reality
JUNE 2, 2020
The expansion on self-directed learning features full courses from over a dozen of the university’s schools. EON Reality, the global leader in Augmented and Virtual Reality-based knowledge and skills transfer for industry and education, announces a brand new expansion of the VR and AR self-directed learning initiative at University for Business and Technology (UBT) in Kosovo.
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EON Reality
JUNE 2, 2020
Explore the great pyramid from the inside on the AVR Platform and marvel at the architecture and engineering expertise of our ancient forefathers! The oldest and largest of the three pyramids at Giza, known as the Great Pyramid, is the only surviving structure out of the famed Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was built for Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops, in Greek), Sneferu’s successor and the second of the eight kings of the fourth dynasty.
Road to VR
JUNE 2, 2020
Last month Oculus released the Oculus for Business program for enterprise customers. The company promises a secure and reliable VR solution for enterprise customers with the capability to manage VR deployments and have a tailored in-headset experience. Is this the new backbone of immersive technology built with the enterprise in mind; is user friendliness and adaptability at the core of this technology?
EON Reality
JUNE 2, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a watershed moment for education, exposing the inherent weaknesses while revealing opportunities for transformation. In this piece by the Brookings Institution, experts from the UK and the US reflect on the impact on education. Top 10 risks and opportunities for education in the face of COVID-19. March 2020 will forever be known in the education community as the month when almost all the world’s schools shut their doors.
AffinityVr
JUNE 2, 2020
The Google Cardboard App platform has been around since 2014, yet, it is not among the most well-understood technology, hence, few people are hands-on with them. The best way to understand VR apps is to try them out. To make things easy, Google Play store is now showcasing Cardboard compatible apps under the special collection [.]. The post Have You Tried These Virtually Addictive Google Cardboard Apps?
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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.
EON Reality
JUNE 2, 2020
Explore a virtual tour of the Pyramid of Giza from the inside on the AVR Platform and marvel at the architecture and engineering expertise of our ancient forefathers! The oldest and largest of the three pyramids at Giza, known as the Great Pyramid, is the only surviving structure out of the famed Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was built for Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops, in Greek), Sneferu’s successor and the second of the eight kings of the fourth dynasty.
GizModo VR
JUNE 2, 2020
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XR for Business Podcast
JUNE 2, 2020
Even in a virtual world, you still sweat. That’s why it’s important to keep your HMDs clean, especially if there’s multiple users. Cleanbox devised UV light technology for just such a purpose, then found a higher calling during the Coronavirus. Alan: Hey, everyone. Alan Smithson here, with the XR for Business podcast. Today, we're speaking with Amy Hedrick, co-founder and CEO of Cleanbox, a smart technology hygiene company that's providing hospital grade decontamination of shared hardware, which
The AR Show
JUNE 2, 2020
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.
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.
Stuck E. in Augmented Reality
JUNE 2, 2020
To all my brothers and sisters out there who are feeling pain from the past few months, my heart goes out to you. It has been a tough time to cope with. I created something for you. If I was a rapper, I would make a song, but I make books. This is a book, with poems, and a quirky pictures to ease your soul. It is called Risk Free. I wish there was more I could do right now, but I cannot.
Stuck E. in Augmented Reality
JUNE 2, 2020
To all my brothers and sisters out there who are feeling pain from the past few months, my heart goes out to you. It has been a tough time to cope with. I created something for you. If I was a rapper, I would make a song, but I make books. This is a book, with poems, and a quirky pictures to ease your soul. It is called Risk Free. I wish there was more I could do right now, but I cannot.
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