VRScout
APRIL 21, 2023
Felix & Paul Studios, the award-winning team behind Space Explorers and Traveling While Black , is back with yet another jaw-dropping VR series. Arriving just in time for Earth Day, Space Explorers – Blue Marble is a “presence-based experience” that discusses our place in the universe and the vital importance of ensuring a future for generations to come.
AR Insider
APRIL 21, 2023
One theme at this year's Snap Partner Summit was expanding beyond the walls of Snapchat by bringing AR to other spaces & screens. We break it down in this week's XR Talks. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
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ARPost
APRIL 21, 2023
Peaky Blinders: The King’s Ransom is a new VR game from Maze Theory inspired by the popular period crime drama. I’m reporting from a virtually reconstructed Garrison pub, so confess – Jon and ARPost are listening. This review covers major game elements (avoiding juicy spoilers), how VR is implemented, and some ethical considerations. After all, if you’re familiar with Peaky Blinders , you know that some of the content can be pretty challenging – particularly in VR.
Road to VR
APRIL 21, 2023
SenseGlove, a Netherlands-based creator of XR haptic gloves, has secured €3.25 million (~$3.5 million) in a series A funding round, something the company says will be used to accelerate its enterprise-focused SenseGlove Nova haptic gloves. The funding round was led by Dutch venture capital firm Lumaux, bringing the company’s total outside investment to around €5.5 million (~$6 million).
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.
XR Today - Virtual Reality
APRIL 21, 2023
This Monday, NVIDIA entered a project partnership with Immerse to launch VR-to-Desktop streaming for international language learners. The move lets learners access Immerse’s virtual teaching environments via NVIDIA servers. The streaming service allows users to access the service as a WebXR application via browser services -negating intensive computing requirements for accessing immersive learners thanks to a browser.
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XR Today - Virtual Reality
APRIL 21, 2023
This week in XR. Various firms are making moves to provide immersive solutions for brands and enterprise end-users. While consumer-grade XR will always be a significant player, enterprise-grade XR solutions seem to have been gaining traction in recent weeks. Not only are major immersive technology firms like Snap and Varjo inking deals and securing partnerships, but standards are also being considered to best utilize the Metaverse for businesses and consumers.
Gravity Jack
APRIL 21, 2023
In recent years, augmented reality (AR) has gained significant momentum as a technology with the potential to transform industries and change the way we interact with digital content. One company that has been at the forefront of AR innovation is Apple, and its highly anticipated AR glasses are expected to have a profound impact on the AR development ecosystem.
Upload VR
APRIL 21, 2023
Jeopardy contestants on Thursday’s episode lost more money on the Metaverse than Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has made from it. The clue given to the three Jeopardy contestants in the "modern words" category would've been easy for most UploadVR readers: Neal Stephenson coined this word in his 1992 novel "Snow Crash"; It was later shortened by a company to become its new name.
Anand Tech
APRIL 21, 2023
When SK hynix initially announced its HBM3 memory portfolio in late 2021 , the company said it was developing both 8-Hi 16GB memory stacks as well as even more technically complex 12-Hi 24GB memory stacks. Now, almost 18 months after that initial announcement, SK hynix has finally begun sampling its 24GB HBM3 stacks to multiple customers, with an aim towards going into mass production and market availability in the second half of the year.
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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
APRIL 21, 2023
First Contact Entertainment will support manual reloading, adding a hardcore "ultra mode" in a post-launch update to Firewall Ultra. Revealed by First Contact Entertainment CEO Hess Barber in a comment on YouTube, the confirmation follows press previews last month for the upcoming tactical shooter. Alongside details on its eye-tracking support, news emerged that Ultra uses single-button reloading instead of a manual reloading system, a move that's faced criticism from VR FPS fans. 0
Anand Tech
APRIL 21, 2023
AMD has announced their latest processor line-up designed for embedded-class products, the Ryzen Embedded 5000 series. The latest parts adds to their collection of other Zen 3-based embedded platforms, including the Ryzen Embedded V3000 and EPYC 9004 series. At a high level, t he Ryzen Embedded 5000 series is designed to offer a low-powered alternative on its existing AM4 platform for embedded networking solutions such as firewalls and NAS-based systems.
metamandrill
APRIL 21, 2023
In this series, we interview the founders and CEOs behind Metaverse companies. The metaverse is fully in development, and many different technologies are involved in this process. These inspiring people are at the frontier of developing a future where the online and physical worlds merge. In this article, we'll be interviewing Costantino Roselli. He's [.
AIXR
APRIL 21, 2023
Quick navigation Cryptocurrencies Audiences Games Virtual Venues eSports Betting Redirecting Investment How the Pandemic Changed eSports Mobile More women in the industry Obstacles to further growth Lack of Standardization Niche Mentality Links to Underage Gambling With a predicted global market revenue of $1.866 million by 2025, eSports continue to rise in popularity.
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.
metamandrill
APRIL 21, 2023
Virtual reality in entertainment is one of the most exciting areas of metaverse-related development. It can instantly transport you to some of the world's most notable events. And VR can even bring people's imagination to life. But make no mistake, the futuristic promise of VR entertainment is a modern-day reality. And you're about to see [.] The post Virtual Reality in Entertainment; Examples of VR in Entertainment appeared first on Metamandrill.com.
AIXR
APRIL 21, 2023
Quick navigation Cryptocurrencies Audiences Games Virtual Venues eSports Betting Redirecting Investment How the Pandemic Changed eSports Mobile More women in the industry Obstacles to further growth Lack of Standardization Niche Mentality Links to Underage Gambling With a predicted global market revenue of $1.866 million by 2025, eSports continue to rise in popularity.
VRGames
APRIL 21, 2023
Things are changing rapidly across the world, and one factor that has received much attention is how climate change has impacted the global environment. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently released a report detailing expected changes due to the ongoing warming of global temperatures.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
APRIL 21, 2023
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.
VRGames
APRIL 21, 2023
Enterprise headset maker Vrgineers has created a portable virtual reality combat flight simulation system specifically designed to train pilots in flying a wide range of aircraft, including planes and helicopters. What sets Vrgineers’ system apart is that the entire setup fits into one single large case–allowing it to be transferred anywhere with ease.
Oculus
APRIL 21, 2023
Welcome back to our weekly spotlight on the people building for Meta Horizon Worlds and their amazing creations.
VRGames
APRIL 21, 2023
As automotive manufacturing continues to evolve, cutting edge technologies are being used more and more for the development of car designs. Audi is paving the way by revealing how it used Augmented Reality (AR) technology to create its latest concept vehicle: the Audi activesphere.
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