Mon.Dec 05, 2022

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This Mixed Reality Meal Combines Food And VR

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A delicious meal that pairs beautifully with immersive technology. This past week, Italian artist Mattia Casalegno debuted his latest thought-provoking installation, Aerobanquets RMX , at Miami Art Week in Miami, Florida. The multisensory experience combined VR technology with delicious food to deliver a mixed reality meal quite unlike anything we’ve seen before.

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Bringing Multi-Sensory XR Experiences to Life With “Symbiosis” at PAM CUT

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Symbiosis , an award-winning multi-sensory XR experience directed by Marcel van Brakel and Mark Meeuwenoord, debuted at the Portland Art Museum Center for an Untold Tomorrow (PAM CUT) on November 12, 2022. It’s one of the world’s first multi-user and multi-sensory XR experiences that leverages storytelling and engages all of the participant’s five senses, including their olfactory and gustatory systems.

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LA Rams Get Their Own Stadium-Sized AR Experience

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The immersive sports experience made its debut during yesterday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks. The professional NFL team the Los Angeles Rams have partnered with fan engagement platform ARound to launch an absolutely massive augmented reality (AR) experience at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, California. 70,000 fans can now participate in shared AR experiences during live games using their smartphone devices. “We are thrilled to team with ARound and SoFi to incorporate AR into gam

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The XR Week Peek (2022.12.06): Apple headset delayed, Gorilla Tag on the Quest Store, and more!

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It’s December, the month of Christmas, the holidays, and New Year’s Eve! But while you wait for the days in which you can relax a bit, enjoy this collection of the most interesting XR news of the week! Top news of the week. (Image by Antonio De Rosa). Apple headset may have been delayed again. A new week, a new set of rumors about the upcoming Apple Reality One, the most awaited headset in the history of XR.

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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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Spatial Beats: Sony, Disney & Generative AI

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Welcome back to Spatial Beats, AR Insider's weekly series that features observations and insights of author and futurist Charlie Fink. This week, we look at Sony's latest moves the rise of generative AI and all the news from the spatial spectrum. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Where Do VR Users Want to See UX Improvements?

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Building from the VR satisfaction ratings we explored in the last installment, we now move on to desired areas of improvement. Specifically, where do VR users want to see their VR experiences improve – in both hardware and software? This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Moss: Book 2 Wins Game Of The Year At VR Awards 2022

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Polyarc’s fantasy adventure sequel, Moss: Book 2 , won Game of the Year at the annual VR Awards. Following Demeo’s win at VR Awards 2021 , Moss: Book 2 faced strong competition at this year’s ceremony, beating out twelve other finalists for ‘VR Game of the Year’. The other nominations (which fall in the VR Awards eligibility period of July 2021 to August 2022) included Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge – Last Call , After the Fall , Lone Echo 2 , and Zenith: The Last City.

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Brain-computer interfaces could allow soldiers to control weapons with their thoughts — but the ethics lags behind the science

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(Image courtesy Gordon Johnson via Pixabay.). Imagine that a soldier has a tiny computer device injected into their bloodstream that can be guided with a magnet to specific regions of their brain. With training, the soldier could then control weapon systems thousands of miles away using their thoughts alone. Embedding a similar type of computer in a soldier’s brain could suppress their fear and anxiety , allowing them to carry out combat missions more efficiently.

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Population: One Sandbox Launches December 14

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Population: One will launch early access for its sandbox creation tools on December 14th. The cross-platform battle royale game has been teasing its sandbox creation for a couple months with initial launch for the new features confirmed for December 14th. POP1 first launched in late 2020 on both Quest and Steam , and Fortnite-like building has always been part of the experience.

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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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The AR Smart Glasses Market is Going Mainstream

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The demand for smart glasses and augmented reality (AR) technology is accelerating at an incredible rate. Consumer-friendly AR technology like Pokemon: Go, and social media filters are leading the adoption of immersive technology amongst a general audience. Additionally, the restrictions caused by the pandemic forced countless companies to rethink how they operate.

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Pico 4 By Far The Fastest Growing Headset On SteamVR

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Pico 4 was by far the fastest growing VR headset on Steam in November. Companies like Meta and Pico don’t reveal hardware sales figures, so the Steam Hardware Survey has been the most reliable indicator of PC VR’s adoption. It’s offered to a random sample of Steam’s userbase each month. If you accept, it uploads your PC specs and peripherals to Valve.

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As demand for real estate VR booms, Founders Fund leads $16M round into Giraffe360 platform

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The property industry now requires high-quality photographs, floor plans and virtual tours, so the industry for software providers in the space is booming. The whole area was accelerated during the pandemic, when many property viewings migrated from physical to virtual, and this trend has continued to tick upward. Players in the space include Walnut , Stonly , Capterra… the list goes on.

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Snap, Miroma Project Factory Expands APAC Coverage

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Today, Miroma Group’s digital development sub-division, Miroma Project Factory (MPF), officially partnered with the augmented reality (AR) social media firm Snap Inc. The move provides Snapchat with its first official Australian Creative Partner, expanding the AR platforms development presence in the APAC region. MPP is joining Snap’s Lens Studio ecosystem as an official creative partner allowing the Australian firm to work directly with Snapchat to build engaging AR social content.

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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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This Blog Post Was Written by AI

Ryan Schultz

On November 30th, 2022, OpenAI released a new chat-based AI text generator model called ChatGPT , describing it as follows: We’ve trained a model called ChatGPT which interacts in a conversational way. The dialogue format makes it possible for ChatGPT to answer followup questions, admit its mistakes, challenge incorrect premises, and reject inappropriate requests.

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Start Exploring Noun Town: Begin Learning a Language on Quest Today!

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Immersive language learning app Noun Town is now available for both Quest 2 and Quest Pro users at a price of $14.99, with PC VR release coming soon near December 15. Initially presented during their kickstarter campaign back in September 2021, the application helps people learn different languages like Japanese, French, Spanish, Italian and even […].

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`Meld the Real and Virtual Worlds with Meta Quest Pro’s Exciting Update!`

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Meta has just released the newest v47 update for their Meta Quest Pro and Meta Quest 2 devices. It is packed with amazing new features that will make any VR user happy! This includes Background Audio Playback, Mixed Reality Capture and Shareable Wishlist options. Additionally, an Avatar Mirror in Horizon Home now makes it even […].

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“Quest Pros, Get Ready for the Upgraded Experience: MR Passthrough Recording and Support for Pro Controllers on Quest 2!”

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Meta has unveiled a new software update for its Quest platform, one with features that look to improve the user experience for both Quest 2 and Quest Pro headset owners. With v47, users are now able to exploit all of the extra horsepower in their Quest Pros, like mixed reality passthrough recording and controller support […].

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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.