VRScout

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Return to the highly polished shoes of a world-class spy in this upcoming VR puzzler. Schell Games, the developer of Among Us VR and the I Expect You To Die series, today announced I Expect You To Die 3: Cog In the Machine , the third installment in the award-winning action puzzle franchise. Coming later this year to Quest 2 and Quest Pro headsets, I Expect You To Die 3 will introduce a new series of spy-themed puzzles designed to keep you on your toes.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Over the years, ARPost has covered the physical nature of XR in athletics and sports a number of times – from how athletes use XR to improve their game , to how gamers can use VR sports to stay fit , to how thrilling and active a good AR team game can be for players and spectators alike. XR is also increasingly being used in another capacity: fan engagement.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Direct Touch and in-game multi-tasking will begin rolling out on headsets over the next few weeks. Meta has introduced a number of significant updates to its lineup of standalone VR headsets over the years. Today, the company announced yet another update that will begin rolling out on Quest 2 and Quest Pro headsets over the next few weeks. V50 introduces a variety of exciting upgrades, including Direct Touch for Quest 2 and Quest Pro, a new feature that allows you to interact with the Quest user

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

What were the biggest lessons and takeaways in the wide world of spatial computing over the past year? We’ll zero in today on the state of mobile AR. Though it's not AR's endgame, it's the modality that today scales on the backs of 3 billion+ smartphones. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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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

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

PSVR 2 is finally here and for those of you lucky enough to get your hands on Sony’s newest VR headset, here’s some essential tips and tricks you’ll want to know. PSVR 2 is a pretty straightforward headset thanks to the fact that once you plug it into the console you’ll see the usual PS5 menu that you’re already used to.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Chinese tech giant Tencent is reportedly shuttering its XR development team, ostensibly putting a hold on its home-grown VR ambitions. That may not mean Tencent is hanging up the XR towel for good though. As reported by Chinese language publication 36Kr , WeChat developer Tencent is set to promote Meta Quest 2 in mainland China. At the time of this writing, Meta officially supports the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan and most countries in Europe.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Demand for Augmented Reality solutions is increasing at an incredible rate in today’s landscape. In recent years, AR applications, headsets, and other technologies have proven to be lucrative tools for not just entertainment and media consumption, but also for collaboration and business productivity. Used correctly, AR technologies can provide businesses with unlimited opportunities to enhance workplace performance, improve customer experience, and unify teams.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

A Fisherman’s Tale (2019) , the VR adventure from Innerspace and Vertigo Games, is getting a sequel, launching on all major VR platforms this year. Aptly called Another Fisherman’s Tale, the episodic tale is bringing you back for another round of mindbending VR puzzles which the team says lets you use your own body, detach and control your limbs, and find new attachments to progress. “Discover the truth as you journey through beautiful and unique locations, brought to life by

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TechCrunch VR

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Today, Meta announced new improvements to the Quest platform as part of the v50 OS update, including an experimental feature called “Direct Touch,” which lets users tap and swipe with their bare hands. The company also rolled out an in-game multitasking feature to Meta Quest 2 and upgraded the Meta Quest Touch Pro controllers. While Meta already has hand tracking, which launched on the Quest platform in 2019, users will now be able to do more than just pinch the air in order to interact in VR.

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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 - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Visitors to the Palais des Congrès de Montréal can join a major extended reality (XR) exhibition, which launched on 19 January and will continue for several months. The event takes place at the Palais’ OASIS Immersion , Canada’s largest permanent venue for immersive content curation. The massive 2,200 square-metre facility has three immersive galleries — Portal, Teleporter, and Panorama — to host events, two huge light installations, and other amenities for attendees.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Following its PC VR release last year, Kayak VR: Mirage now arrives on PlayStation VR2. Developed by Better Than Life, how does this visually stunning physics-based sim fare on the new PS5 headset? Here’s our full review. Kayak VR is my biggest surprise among the PSVR 2 launch titles. In a line-up dominated by Horizon Call of the Mountain and older ports, Better Than Life’s latest game offers a simple premise with a solid execution as the Sense controllers become your rowing paddles.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Extended Reality solutions have quickly proven to be more than just a tech novelty. Over the years, as the technology in the ecosystem has evolved, companies have begun to uncover endless new ways to leverage XR in day-to-day operations. For field services professionals, the right immersive tools can make it easier to collaborate with team members wherever they are, access valuable information on the go, and even gather lucrative insights.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Sony’s State of Play presentation returns this Thursday, promising reveals for five new PlayStation VR2 games. With just one day left before PlayStation VR2 arrives, Sony announced a new online broadcast on February 23 at 1pm PT. This latest showcase promises “a first glimpse at five PlayStation VR2 games set to arrive later this year,” giving us our first major look at Sony’s upcoming line-up beyond the PSVR 2 launch games.

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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Toei Animation, one of Japan’s most prestigious anime studios, has launched its ONN’ON STUDIOS venture and plans to host its first-ever “Watch Party” on VRChat. The parent company has produced some of the top animations in the world, including the hit series Dragon Ball, Transformers, Digimon, Sailor Moon, and many others. Under its new studio, the collaboration with Sony will debut in the virtual world ‘Nostalgia1999,’ which features concepts from a Japanese

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Pico headsets are now fully compliant with the OpenXR standard, the company says. OpenXR is the open standard API for VR and AR development. It was developed by Khronos, the same non-profit industry consortium managing OpenGL. OpenXR includes all the major companies in the space such as Meta, Sony, Valve, Microsoft, HTC, NVIDIA, and AMD – but notably not Apple.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Today, virtually every leading brand is building its own strategy to leverage and access the metaverse environment. Accenture, a pioneering technology innovator, is one of the organizations leading the charge for new and transformative solutions, with extensive research, development, and partnerships. Over the last couple of years, Accenture has conducted various studies into the potential of the metaverse.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Building an effective field services team means not only providing customers with excellent, personalized support, but also empowering employees to deliver assistance as quickly as possible. In an environment where businesses often rely on field services experts to assist with everything from troubleshooting to installing new technologies, every second is crucial.

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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

For years, innovators have been pushing the boundaries of the XR landscape, looking for ways to make immersive experiences more intuitive, mainstream, and accessible. For many, smart glasses emerged as the next-generation solution for AR experiences, offering users the ability to combine the real and virtual world with a wearable device that doesn’t feel exhausting to wear.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Extended Reality solutions have quickly proven to be more than just a tech novelty. Over the years, as the technology in the ecosystem has evolved, companies have begun to uncover endless new ways to leverage XR in day-to-day operations. For field services professionals, the right immersive tools can make it easier to collaborate with team members wherever they are, access valuable information on the go, and even gather lucrative insights.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

This week, virtual production specialists Scenez entered a developer partnership with HTC VIVE to leverage its XR Elite headset for mixed reality (MR), “4D,” content creation and distribution. Scenez is leveraging AI, MR, and volumetric capture technology to provide enterprise clients with immersive music, entertainment, sports, healthcare, and training solutions.

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Ryan Schultz

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The theme of VWBPE 2023 conference is Uncommon Realities Once again this March, the Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education conference (VWBPE for short) will take place in Second Life, running from March 23rd to 25th, 2023. According to the EventBrite description of the conference : This year, we celebrate Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education’s 16th Annual International Conference on Education in Virtual and Augmented Reality.

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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Providing exceptional support and service to customers outside of the office environment isn’t always as simple as it seems. Delivering step-by-step instructions and guidance can be complex, particularly when distance from your audience means you need to connect over the phone, or via email. Fortunately, extended reality could be the answer field services brands are looking for.

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CraneMorley

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Back to Blog Page “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” This popular misquote is attributed to author Samuel Clemens, known by his pen name, Mark Twain. This quote perfectly sums up the on and off again rumors of the death of Microsoft’s Mixed Reality headset the HoloLens 2. Again and again without any sourcing or official word from Microsoft, reporters and journals will continue to push the downfall of the HoloLens.

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AIXR

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Where exactly does the Metaverse end or begin? Everything from social to AR to VR to Web3 are being identified as part of the all-mighty Metaverse, but will it be one massive entity where we each exist as an avatar? Or will it be a collection of worlds that enhance our lives in different ways? How will we be Marketing in the Metaverse? These are all thought-provoking questions that could be debated at great length.

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VRGames

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Tencent is reportedly planning to bring the highly popular Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality headset to China. The announcement comes on the heels of Tencent scrap its in-development VR headgear due to uncertainty about profitability until 2027.

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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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