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AR Briefs: The Convergence of AR and AI

AR Insider

The breakout tech topic of the past year has clearly been AI. But one looming question is how it intersects with the focus of this publication: spatial computing. This is the topic of a recent report and the latest episode of AR briefs. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Mixed Reality Flight Sims Are Accelerating F-16 Pilot Training in Ukraine

Road to VR

Flight simulator company Dogfight Boss, and Varjo, the high-end XR headset creator, announced they’ve shipped their first mixed reality F-16 simulator to the Ukrainian Air Force to help accelerate pilot training. And there’s likely more to come, as the country inevitably looks to scale training to keep pace with the influx of the American-built fighter jets.

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A Varjo Headset Is Being Used To Rapidly Train Ukrainian Pilots To Fly F-16s

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A simulator with a Varjo XR-3 headset is being used to train Ukrainian pilots to fly the F-16 fighter jets the country recently received. Ukraine started receiving the first F-16s in August, intended to boost the country's ability to repel attacks by Russian aircraft on its cities and infrastructure. Around 65 F-16s have been pledged to the country by NATO countries including the Netherlands and Denmark.

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iPhone 16 Adds Spatial Photos and Spatial Audio Capture for Vision Pro

Road to VR

Apple announced its new iPhone 16 is getting a little more spatial with the addition of both spatial photos and audio, essentially putting it in line with Vision Pro’s capture capabilities. The company’s big event on Monday didn’t bring any giant revelations for Vision Pro, although the company announced a host of products, including its AI-infused iPhone 16 line, as well as all-new Apple Watch Series 10 and AirPods 4. iPhone 16 Pro Max & 16 Pro (left), iPhone 16 Plus &

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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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A Developer Got PlayStation VR2's Adaptive Triggers Working On PC

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A VR developer got the adaptive triggers feature of PSVR 2 Sense controllers working on PC. PlayStation VR2 PC Adapter Review: Bare Minimum OLED PlayStation VR2’s PC adapter is out today, and we’ve been testing it for the past few days. Here’s what we think of PSVR 2 as a PC VR headset. UploadVR David Heaney PlayStation VR2 got official PC VR support last month as Sony released a SteamVR driver and PC adapter needed for most graphics cards.

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Two Games Took #1 In August's PSVR 2 Download Charts

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Sony released its latest PlayStation VR2 download charts for August, and there are two games in #1. The latest monthly PlayStation Store charts are live, revealing last month's top downloads. While July's #1 Stilt is nowhere to be found after receiving a hefty 90% discount, Beat Saber is back on top in North America and #2 in Europe. Those positions are reversed with Swordsman VR , which took #1 in Europe and #2 in North America.

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Looking Glass Factory CEO Discusses 3D Spatial Monitors and the Accessiblity of AR wearables, VR Headsets

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Recently, XR Today caught up with Shawn Frayne, CEO and Co-Founder of Looking Glass Factory , a Brooklyn, New York, based XR device start-up developing a portfolio of 3D spatial displays that allow individuals or groups of users to view and collaborate on 3D content visualisations without needing to put on AR smart glasses or a VR/MR headset. Looking Glass Factory is developing its spatial monitors with enterprise clients and consumers in mind.

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Quest 3 VR Gaming Can Be Therapy? Or BETTER?

Full Dive Gaming

Quest 3 VR Game Developer of Zengence talks EVERYTHING Games, Therapy, Medicine and MORE FIND DEEPWELL: [link] Some of the sources cited by the guest: Study on Mario Odyssey and Depression Symptoms: [link] Study on Tetris and PTSD: [link] Study on length of time playing video games: [link] Correction to Study on length of time playing video games showing differences in reaction times were very small: [link] 0:00 VR Podcast Intro 0:37 Media & MEDICINE??

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Pico Motion Trackers first impressions: a potential game changer

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Today here in Qingdao I visited Pico and tried the new Pico Motion Trackers. I had a wonderful impression of them so I want to tell you all about my experience with them. Pico offices When I attended the Pico Business Connect in London I discovered with my great surprise that Pico was headquartered in Qingdao before the acquisition by Bytedance. I’ve already been a few times to Qingdao and I love it as a city, but I thought that there was not much VR-related here.

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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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University of Louisiana and EON Reality Strengthen Ties with Renewed Partnership for EON-XR and Expansion into EON-AI

EON Reality

University of Louisiana Expands Educational Horizons with Enhanced EON Reality Technologies in XR and AI IRVINE, CA., September 11, 2024 – EON Reality, the world leader in AI-assisted Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality-based knowledge transfer for industry and education, is excited to announce the renewal and expansion of its partnership with the University of Louisiana.