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FEBRUARY 19, 2023
Pico is laying off hundreds of staff, South China Morning Post reports. The report cites “ two people familiar with the matter.” One of those people reportedly said the cuts represent a “substantial portion of Pico” with some teams seeing as much as a 30% reduction. The other person reportedly said even some higher-level positions are affected.
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FEBRUARY 19, 2023
Apple’s highly-anticipated AR/VR headset has been postponed yet again for a June launch at the annual WWDC Conference. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, software related issues have caused this delay and are linked with sensors on the device for hand and eye control mechanisms.
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FEBRUARY 19, 2023
Quest 2 finally supports automatic shared-space colocation. “Colocation” is the term for multiple headsets sharing the same physical play space with the same virtual coordinate space. Facebook showed off an “arena scale” prototype of this feature in late 2018, but didn’t ship it to a headset until late last year when it came to Quest Pro.
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FEBRUARY 19, 2023
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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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FEBRUARY 19, 2023
VR painting app Vermillion launched a beta for a new overlay mode this week, allowing you to paint with Vermillion’s easel in other SteamVR apps like Half-Life: Alyx or Skyrim VR. Although it’s still in beta, opting into the overlay mode lets you bring Vermillion’s core tools into another app, which you can use for inspiration or reference when painting.
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FEBRUARY 19, 2023
Andrew Eiche is taking over Job Simulator studio Owlchemy Labs. The long time operations head at the Google-owned VR development studio is taking over for Devin Reimer, who says he’s leaving “t o focus on new opportunities outside the company ” after 12 years with the studio. Eiche joined Owlchemy in late 2015 as a producer before the 2016 launch of Job Simulator, one of VR’s most well-known and highest selling titles. “A s CEO, my mission is to keep Owlchemy Labs o
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FEBRUARY 19, 2023
In this week’s episode of the Between Realities VR Podcast, Alex and Skeeva host Geenz, graphics programmer for the social Metaverse platform NEOS VR. Geenz explains what makes NEOS different from other social VR apps. Other topics include the imminent PSVR2, Meta’s influence in the VR industry, and the importance of personal expression through avatars online.
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FEBRUARY 19, 2023
A new gameplay walkthrough video posted to the PlayStation YouTube channel gives us our first proper look at The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR, an upcoming horror-themed rollercoaster shooter for PlayStation VR2. The video reveals a bunch of new details, including a first look at some of the game’s key mechanics. As previously revealed, Switchback VR will use eye tracking to introduce an enemy that only moves when you blink, à la Weeping Angels from Doctor Who.
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