VRScout

MARCH 3, 2023

These discounts will go into effect this Sunday. Earlier today, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced via Instagram that the company will be reducing the prices of its Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest Pro headsets. Beginning March 5th, 2023, the 256GB Quest 2 will be available for $429.99 (previously $499.99) in the US, Canada, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the UK.

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AR Insider

MARCH 3, 2023

ARtillery Intelligence released a new report that projects XR revenue to grow to $100.8 billion in 2026. How will it reach that lofty total? We examine strategic takeaways in the latest 'Behind the Numbers.' This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Road to VR

MARCH 3, 2023

Meta today announced it’s lowering the price of the 256GB version of Quest 2 as well as its more recent enthusiast-grade standalone, Meta Quest Pro. Meta initially launched a 64GB and 256GB variants of Quest 2 in late 2020 for $300 and $400 respectively. A 128GB version was introduced in 2021, which replaced the 64GB version. To stave off rising costs, the company announced in July 2022 that it was raising the price of Quest 2 128GB and 256GB variants to $400 and $500 respectively.

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ARPost

MARCH 3, 2023

Gaming and social experiences are great uses for virtual reality. However, enterprise VR is also making huge strides to solve big problems in the world of work. Companies that do things like manufacturing, retail management, advertising, and just about anything else have a lot to gain from enterprise VR. But, they don’t always know where to start. Everyone who runs a business making enterprise VR solutions has to have a decent pitch on why companies should sign on, but there are also some organi

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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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Road to VR

MARCH 3, 2023

Echo VR’s days are numbered, as Meta announced earlier this year it would soon be pulling the plug on one of its most successful games on Quest. But hardcore players of zero-G sports game Echo VR and its shooter variant Echo Combat aren’t going down without a fight. Organizers behind a protest group called ‘The Fight For Echo’ are looking to keep their favorite game alive, and they’re apparently ready to take drastic measures.

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Bernard Marr

MARCH 3, 2023

For as long as we’ve been around, human beings have fought against the inevitability of death. This struggle has given rise to religions that have dominated human culture for millennia and has been central to philosophies that have shaped our civilizations. But might it be the case that a scientific solution to immortality is finally in sight? In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has evolved to the stage where it looks set to revolutionize every aspect of our lives.

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Upload VR

MARCH 3, 2023

Meta’s CTO had some interesting words to say about the market lifespan of Quest 2. While discussing Quest Pro’s price cut in an Instagram AMA (Ask Me Anything) session today, Andrew Bosworth said: “I think the Quest Pro’s going to be in-market a good long time. That’s actually how we designed it; we wanted it to be in market a good long time.

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Anand Tech

MARCH 3, 2023

This week, consumer-grade PCIe 5.0 M.2 drives have finally hit the U.S. market, well over a year since the first client PC platforms supporting PCIe Gen5 became available. The new drives offer higher performance than the flagship PCIe 4 drives they supplant, albeit with some trade offs such as high prices and a greater need for good cooling. Meanwhile, for better or worse, the current crop of drives are largely interim solutions; as faster NAND becomes more readily available later this year, dri

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Upload VR

MARCH 3, 2023

French accessory developer ProTube VR confirms it’s developing a gun stock for the PlayStation VR2 Sense controllers. Best known for developing gun-themed accessories that fit VR controllers across different platforms, ProTubeVR announced its upcoming plans earlier today through Twitter. “We officially confirm that we are working hard on the #PSVR2 cups design to make our gunstock compatible with this bad boy!

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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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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 3, 2023

For many distributed and remote workforces, employees must remain more connected than ever to perform their tasks with optimal efficiency, reliability, and transparency. Regardless of location, assisting such workers in the modern workplace must deliver tangible results while providing real-world return on investment (ROI). Solutions from RealWear’s assisted reality (aR) product lineup aim to facilitate this.

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Upload VR

MARCH 3, 2023

Quest Pro’s price is officially being cut from $1500 to $1000. Unlike the US & UK discount tested earlier this year, this is an actual price adjustment – not just a temporary offer – and it will apply to all countries where Quest Pro is sold. The price of the 256GB Quest 2 is also being reduced, from $500 to $430. The 128GB Quest 2 is remaining at $400.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 3, 2023

NTT DOCOMO Inc wrapped up its exhibition on Thursday at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 in Barcelona, Spain. The event, which took place from 27 February to 2 March, showcased some of the world’s top tech firms and their latest innovative products and solutions. NTT DOCOMO hosted an expanding portfolio of use cases for its current and future offerings, including in 6G, open radio access networks (ORAN), and extended reality (XR), among others.

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Upload VR

MARCH 3, 2023

Peaky Blinders: The King’s Ransom arrives on Quest and Pico next week. Alongside a new hands-on preview, we interviewed developer Maze Theory to learn more. It’s been nearly four years since Maze Theory released Doctor Who: The Edge of Time, and now, they’re back again with a new TV show adaptation. Swapping time travellers and Daleks for Birmingham gangsters in the 1920s, Peaky Blinders: The King’s Ransom offers an original story set between Seasons 4 and 5.

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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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Cathy Hackl

MARCH 3, 2023

Neal Stephenson's legacy is coming to Web3. In partnership with Sotheby’s and Sir Richard Taylor’s WETA Workshop, the auction house is offering unique items from Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash archives and lore, comprising physical and digital items connected to the book, including a 1-of-1 NFT.

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Everything VR & AR

MARCH 3, 2023

Our guest this week is Diana Olynick. Diana is the Founder of M4 Method and has more than ten years of experience as an engineer. She has a passion for looking beyond just scope of how we create new technology and instead discover the effect that technology has on consumer health and habits. All this in an effort to answer the question: what type of world are we creating?

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VRGames

MARCH 3, 2023

It is high time we start switching up our gameplay for Among Us in virtual reality. Schell Games, Innersloth and Oculus partner together to bring a new level of gaming fun with the release of Among Us VR.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 3, 2023

Yesterday, a report by Alex Heath on The Verge reported that Quest has sold around 20M units. Since this is well beyond the 10M threshold we were all waiting for, does this mean that VR is getting mainstream? Well, things are not that straightforward in my opinion… The magic 10M threshold Speaking at Oculus Connect 5, Mark Zuckerberg expressed this opinion of his about the path to make VR mainstream (thanks Road To VR for writing this down): The big question is what is it gonna take for it

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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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VRGames

MARCH 3, 2023

Meta is set to ship a new consumer VR headset codenamed Ventura in 2024, which it hopes will be available for the most attractive price point. The company’s goal seems to center bringing the latest technology at an accessible level to its users without breaking their wallets.

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Oculus

MARCH 3, 2023

Today marks the debut of Reimagined—an animated VR series showcasing lesser-known fairy tales, fables, myths, and folklore. Fitting for Women’s History Month, the series is.

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VRGames

MARCH 3, 2023

Yesterday, the community of Echo VR players took to the skies in support for their beloved game. A group called Fight for Echo purchased a sky banner with the message “ZUCK, DONT KILL VR ESPORTS FIGHTFORECHO.

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Oculus

MARCH 3, 2023

Good news, everyone: We’re lowering prices for Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest Pro! Starting March 5, the 256GB Meta Quest 2 SKU will cost.

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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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VRGames

MARCH 3, 2023

Read more about this here: [link]

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Oculus

MARCH 3, 2023

Think fast! The Meta Quest Flash Sale starts now. Today through 11:59 pm PT on March 5, you can score deep discounts on a number.

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Road to VR

MARCH 3, 2023

It’s been over a week since PSVR 2 made its big launch, bringing with it 40+ games that let you dive head-first into virtual worlds aplenty. Here we take a look at our top titles you should think about nabbing first. There’s a good smattering of games here to get you started which span a number of genres, including shooter, horror, adventure, platforming, and more.

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Oculus

MARCH 3, 2023

Welcome back to our weekly spotlight on the people building for Meta Horizon Worlds and their amazing creations.

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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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