ARPost
AUGUST 11, 2022
Have you heard of language learning “immersion camps”? Built on the idea that languages are best learned through culture, immersion camps have helped people learn new languages by also teaching them about the customs and traditions of the people that speak that language. Not everyone can (or wants to) go to that kind of camp. But, what about immersion in the metaverse?
VRScout
AUGUST 11, 2022
Get your posse together for some 3v3 action. Saddle up everyone because Rec Room is galloping into the Wild West with a rootin’ tootin’ original experience called Showdown. This western-inspired game has you and other players taking a ride on the old Rec Express to Sarsaparilla Springs, a legendary ghost town that is now used as a battlefield. The moment your spurs hit the dusty old town, the adventure begins.
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The Ghost Howls
AUGUST 11, 2022
Some months ago, when I was in Los Angeles to attend AWE , I had the opportunity of trying one of the experiences offered by Dreamscape , one of the leading companies for LBVR (Location-based VR) entertainment. It has been my first time at Dreamscape, so let me tell you how it was! (And by the way, thanks to the Dreamscape people for having offered me the ticket so that I could do this review).
AR Insider
AUGUST 11, 2022
AR's use in shopping is usually framed in the context of virtual try-ons. But what about physical retail. particularly as the world returns to IRL shopping? Lowes is one company looking to answer this question. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
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.
VRScout
AUGUST 11, 2022
Those in Europe can download the app for free via the Apple Store and Google Play. CUSTOMCAST is an all-in-one mobile app that allows you to create your very own virtual entertainer, aka ‘VTuber’, using a smartphone or tablet. You can control your avatar using facial tracking and even broadcast live to audiences around the world with ease.
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XR Today - Virtual Reality
AUGUST 11, 2022
This Tuesday, Lenovo teased a new virtual reality (VR) headset in a Chinese language poster. In the promotional material, the global technology firm teased its VR700, a new entry into its Legion line-up of VR gaming hardware. Lenovo’s Chinese promotional material for the Legion VR700 PHOTO: Lenovo. The Chinese poster does not reveal many details about the headset, excluding the front plate and head strap.
ARVR
AUGUST 11, 2022
As you may have heard, Meta announced Q2 earnings last week. Among other things, Meta Reality Labs’ (MRL) represented a $2.8 billion expense. There, the message to investors is to stick with Meta while it builds, and cements a central position within, computing’s next era. Back to the near term, MRL top-line revenue is growing year over year. Specifically, it brought in $452 million in Q2, which mostly consists of Quest 2 sales.
Charlie Fink
AUGUST 11, 2022
The surgical simulation company raised $30M for their unique approach, which gives users force feedback on scalpels and other instruments.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
AUGUST 11, 2022
The Metaverse could potentially host large volumes of cryptocurrency transactions that could pose risks to users and investors, researchers from the Bank of England said in a blog post on Tuesday. According to Owen Lock of the BoE’s Resilience Division and Teresa Cascino, the Bank’s Fintech Hub , institutions were urged to regulate cryptocurrency use to mitigate meltdown risks in the Metaverse.
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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.
Upload VR
AUGUST 11, 2022
Tennis League VR is a new sports game coming to Quest headsets later this year with a free playable demo launching on August 12. Get your rackets ready — Tennis League VR aims to bring realistic tennis gameplay to VR with accurate ball physics and online multiplayer. You can check out some gameplay in the trailer above, which looks like an impressive new take on the genre.
GizModo VR
AUGUST 11, 2022
If you’ve taken a good look at the night sky in recent years you may have noticed a few more twinkling lights. That’s largely due to a surge in low Earth orbit satellites, an increasing number of which are being deployed to offer satellite internet service. SpaceX , OneWeb , and Amazon, the latter through its… Read more.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
AUGUST 11, 2022
This Tuesday, extended reality (XR) device administration service ManageXR partnered with immersive learning solution Prisms of Reality to scale virtual reality (VR)-based science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. With help from the ManageXR onboarding service, Prisms is scaling its STEM learning platform to schools in 60 areas, distributing its solution across roughly 5,000 Pico and Meta Quest devices for selected institutions.
GizModo VR
AUGUST 11, 2022
Despite years of tech companies tracking users, gathering data on their online activities and selling it for profit, few government entities have done anything tangible to halt the hoarding of people’s online information. But it looks like the Federal Trade Commission is putting on its bright orange vest, thinking it… Read more.
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.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
AUGUST 11, 2022
3D technology firm Browzwear unveiled on Tuesday fresh updates to its VStitcher and Lotta fashion visualisation platforms complete with enhanced physics and fresh updates. Version 2022.1 of the software will expedite the creation of realistic visuals and improved 3D fabric digital twins, allowing companies to employ the technologies across processes and reduce waste.
GizModo VR
AUGUST 11, 2022
In 2016, cybersecurity pro Patrick Wardle heard a story that deeply disturbed him: cybercriminals were using malware to surreptitiously spy on people through their MacOS webcams and microphones. In one particularly unsettling case, a hacker had used a malware called “Fruitfly” to hijack the webcams of laptops with the… Read more.
Full Dive Gaming
AUGUST 11, 2022
VR Podcast: On this week's episode we discuss Quest 2 Price Changes, Jay's Trouble at Meta, Adam came back to share his new Quest 2 Opinions and we answer all your WEIRD Questions LOL. Enjoy! 0:00 Intro 1:23 Q&A 1:35 Pedicures. In VR? 4:46 3D Printing Body Parts 6:00 A SCARY Future 7:03 Is ADAM a better host than JAY? 7:58 Jumping Spiders? 10:44 Quest 2 Vs.
GizModo VR
AUGUST 11, 2022
Meta’s expanding end-to-end encryption on its Messenger platform. The company is now testing the privacy feature as the default setting for certain chats, as announced in a Thursday press release. E2E encryption is the gold standard for online data privacy. With E2E, messages can theoretically only be viewed by the… Read more.
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.
Steki Amusement
AUGUST 11, 2022
On August 3, the jury of VR Awards announced the list of finalists for 2022. This year is the sixth year of the event. Due to the impact of the epidemic in the previous two years, the award ceremony was changed to be held online. This year, it will return to offline. Aixr, the organizer of VR awards, said that this year it will cooperate with ITW to hold the award ceremony in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on December 1.
GizModo VR
AUGUST 11, 2022
Try typing in “can I remove a tick with my teeth?” in Google search, and the first thing you’ll see is advice from the Centers for Disease Control to “pull upward with steady, even pressure.” Of course, the CDC is referring to using a tool like tweezers rather than your mouth, but Google doesn’t always get it correct.… Read more.
Oculus
AUGUST 11, 2022
Home Net Games nailed the intensity of VR aerial battles when it released Warplanes: WWI Fighters last year. And now, the studio is back with.
GizModo VR
AUGUST 11, 2022
Medicine has come so far in 100 years—and yet many diseases have eluded our best efforts at treatments and cures. You can think of health research and innovation as the catch-all R&D department for healthcare. It’s essential work: Research in cell lines, animals, and computer models steadily progresses into human… Read more.
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?
Program Ace
AUGUST 11, 2022
The post Why Outsourcing Software Development to Ukraine Is a Good Idea appeared first on Program-Ace.
GizModo VR
AUGUST 11, 2022
Environmental and climate scientists help monitor Earth’s environment and investigate humans’ relationship with it. Understanding climate change and its effects is crucial for mitigating its immediate impacts. Earth’s environments are changing as the planet warms due to human industry. Building better climate models… Read more.
Ryan Schultz
AUGUST 11, 2022
HOUSEKEEPING NOTE: Yes, I know, I know —I’m off on yet another tangent on this blog! Please know that I will continue to post “news and views on social VR, virtual worlds, and the metaverse” (as the tagline of the RyanSchultz.com blog states) in the coming months! However, over the next few weeks, I will be focusing a bit on the exciting new world of AI-generated art.
GizModo VR
AUGUST 11, 2022
The 25 fields we’ve identified as Degrees of the Future reflect the technologies, cultural shifts, and challenges that will shape the mid-21st century. Just as the advent of computers, research into genomics, and the advancement of rocketry changed the trajectory of the 20th century, these areas are likely to produce… Read more.
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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