Tue.Nov 14, 2023

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What Lies on AR’s Longer-Term Horizon?

AR Insider

When will we get all-day AR glasses that offer graphically robust UX and stylistic viability? That combination isn’t possible today, but when will it be? We gather evidence and sentiments from tech leaders. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Varjo Teaser Strongly Suggests New XR-4 Headset Reveal

Road to VR

High-end enterprise headset maker Varjo is teasing an online “special event” where it says viewers will “discover the future of VR/XR.” The tease heavily points in the direction of the company’s next headset, likely the XR-4. Varjo has been steadily making its high-end enterprise focused XR headsets better and cheaper over the course of years.

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VIROO Partnerships Shows XR ‘Here to Stay,’ Virtualware CMO Says

XR Today - Virtual Reality

As companies increasingly demand virtual reality (VR) training solutions, enterprises like Virtualware are creating them for Europe and the world’s largest enterprises. The news comes as the Bilbao, Spain-based company sponsors the Unity Unite 2023 Summit and aims to showcase its Virtual Reality-as-a-Service (VRaaS) platform, VIROO. The comprehensive suite of solutions allows businesses to engage with immersive training services complete with hardware, software, and solutions.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Co-op Adventure Comes to ‘Rec Room’ This Week

Road to VR

Social VR platform Rec Room is getting ready to launch another co-op game this week, this time taking you to the sewers with a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtled-themed adventure. Called ‘Trials of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’, you’ll soon be able to take on Foot Clan goons with friends or strangers, and even face off against the evil Shedder mano a mano.

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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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Banter Takes On VRChat With Performant Social VR On Quest

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At 9 am on a recent weekday I was standing in a Banter virtual broadcast studio with the founder of SideQuest, Shane Harris. Next to him was an avatar with a name overhead reading “Rev. Lunar Tiger”, and to my right three cameras stood in positions very close to the ones we use to record our weekly VR Download podcast. I told Harris to hold on as I started typing messages to my colleague David Heaney on Slack, looking out from the underside of Meta Quest 3 tapping my fingers on the keys.

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Immersed Says Visor Will Have A Standalone Mode As Preorder Price Rises To $950

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Immersed says Visor will now have a standalone mode, and it increased the price to $950. What Is Visor? Visor was announced in August as an ultra-compact productivity headset with OLED microdisplays, inside-out tracking, HD color passthrough, hand tracking, and eye tracking set to release in 2024 with support for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Immersed says it has a tethered battery pack but can support support a wireless monitor streaming mode, and has integrated inside-out tracking.

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SK hynix Ships LPDDR5T: 9600 MT/s Memory for Smartphones

Anand Tech

SK hynix had started volume shipments of its LPDDR5T-9600 memory for high-end smartphones, the company announced this week. So far, the company's LPDDR6 'Turbo' memory with a 9600 MT/s data transfer speed has been certified to work with two range-topping mobile application processors from Qualcomm and MediaTek. SK hynix's LPDDR5T-9600 memory is available in 16 GB packages with a VDD voltage range of 1.01V to 1.12V and a VDDQ of 0.5v.

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Multiplayer Shooter Vail VR Is Available Now On Quest App Lab

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Following recent alpha tests, multiplayer team shooter Vail is now available on Quest App Lab. Released last year in Steam Early Access , we've known for several months that Vail VR was coming to the Meta Quest platform. Launched yesterday through Quest App Lab , developer AEXLAB also confirmed the competitive 5v5 tactical shooter supports cross-platform multiplayer with PC VR.

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Boeing and Mixed Reality Transform Australia’s Air Force

CraneMorley

Back to Blog Page In an exciting collaboration between two giants of the tech and aerospace industries, Boeing and Microsoft have teamed up to provide cutting-edge mixed reality tools to the Australian Air Force. This partnership promises to revolutionize training, maintenance, and operations within the Air Force, enhancing their capabilities in ways never seen before.

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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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Timeloop Puzzle Shooter We Are One Adds Level Creator In Free Update

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We Are One receives a level creator, letting you build your own challenges through a free update on Quest and Steam. Developed by Flat Head Studio and published by Fast Travel Games, We Are One is a time loop puzzle shooter that was released this June. Now the new 'Level Creator Update' lets you create and share your own challenges by picking enemy types, level themes and course duration.

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AMD Unveils Ryzen Embedded 7000 Series: Embedded Zen 4 for Industrial And Edge Solutions

Anand Tech

AMD has announced the Ryzen Embedded 7000 Series processor family at Smart Production Solutions 2023, primarily targeting industrial markets such as automotive, robotics, and edge solutions. Built on the Zen 4 architecture and incorporating integrated Radeon graphics, it offers a new level of performance and functionality for the embedded market. Announced today are five new SKUs, ranging from 12C/24 down to 6C/12T, with three models with a 65 W TDP and two overclockable X-series models with a h

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American Express Launches AR Shopping for Small Business Saturday

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Global payment system American Express announced on Tuesday it would launch a “Door to Shop Small” augmented reality (AR) campaign. To commemorate its 14th annual Small Business Saturday event on 25 November this year, AmEx will roll out its AR experience to those purchasing $50 or more on eligible cards across the United States. Users must buy from US retailers on the Shop Small Map and online directory provided for their cards.

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Samsung T5 EVO Portable SSD Review: QLC Sets Sane Expectations, Insane Pricing

Anand Tech

The market for portable SSDs (PSSDs) has seen rapid growth over the past decade. Samsung is one of the active tier-one flash vendors in the space, with their popular T-series PSSDs servicing a range of target markets in terms of performance and price. Today, the company is introducing a new category in PSSDs - high-capacity flash storage limited to entry-level speeds.

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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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Is a New Valve XR Headset in Development?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Valve, the firm behind the Index VR headset, stormed into the XR space in 2019 with the powerful device that introduced a new level of immersion for VR enthusiasts. Since the 2019 debut of the Index VR headset, Valve has remained quiet concerning a long-term immersive hardware portfolio. However, the firm has revealed small insights into its next potential headset across the past year.

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Virtual Reality, Real Business: The Impact Of The Metaverse On Companies

Bernard Marr

Metaverse has undoubtedly been one of the most talked-about concepts of the year. At the start of 2022, the focus was on Facebook’s surprise re-branding of itself to Meta Platforms. Now, as we head into 2023, the conversation has shifted to Apple CEO Tim Cook’s concerns that it might not take off because it’s too complicated and other commentators suggesting it’s too weird to gain mainstream traction.

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Meta Horizon Worlds v136 Release Notes

Oculus

Meta Horizon Worlds v136 is here! In this week’s release, we’re rolling out a test for some people of an updated look and feel for the Horizon Menu. And for creators, we tweaked the anchor positioning for head attachments and fixed a physics bug in the editor that prevented creators from selecting items. Take a look at the full release notes below.

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Meta’s Best-selling VR Headset Drops to $250 in Early Holiday Deal

Road to VR

It’s pretty unlikely we’ll see any deals this year on Meta’s latest and greatest VR standalone, Quest 3. Before the holiday season kicks into gear though, the company is dropping the price of Quest 2 to just $250. Both variants are on sale from now until December 31st, dropping the 128GB version from $300 to $250, and the 256GB version from $350 to $300.

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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.

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Meta Quest 3 vs 2: Which Headset Should You Buy?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The Meta Quest 3 vs 2: which Meta headset is right for you? Meta’s latest offering in the extended reality headset market has finally arrived, and consumers from all environments are understandably excited. The latest Meta Quest 3 headset promises to offer a range of improvements over its predecessor, valuable for consumers and business users alike.

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EON Reality Enables Users to Instantly Create Unlimited 3D Environments

EON Reality

EON Reality revolutionizes XR with instant, user-driven creation of limitless 3D environments from text descriptions. IRVINE, CA – November 14 , 2023 – EON Reality, a leader in extended reality (XR) technologies, proudly announces a significant enhancement to its user capabilities: the instant creation of limitless 3D environments. This breakthrough empowers users to transform simple text descriptions into expansive, detailed 3D spaces today.