VRScout

MAY 11, 2023

Tamagotchi’s are back! Sort of… Pokémon GO creator Niantic has released a number of location-based augmented reality (AR) games since the launch of its first title, Google Ingress , back in 2013. This includes the now-defunct Harry Potter: Wizards Unite as well as the more recent Pikmin Bloom. Niantic’s latest game, Peridot , launched earlier this week on iOS and Android devices, and although we’re only a couple of hours in, we’re already loving this addictive Tamag

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MAY 11, 2023

The first time I heard about GitHub Copilot I was like WOW. It was far before the hype for artificial intelligence, and it was already promising an AI-powered system to speed up the work of developers. The teaser video showed a system that was able to predict what you wanted to write and write it down even before you could think about it. I was excited, but the system was not available yet, plus it was said it was compatible in the beginning only with web-related programming languages.

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VRScout

MAY 11, 2023

Square off against other players in a variety of challenges in this Super Smash Bros-like third-person competitive fighting game. QUANTAAR , a new VR party brawling game from developer PumpkinVR , will finally launch on June 7th on SteamVR, Pico 4, and Meta Quest headsets after being in beta since 2022. The cross-platform battle royale pits players against one another in a variety of PvP games across the world.

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Road to VR

MAY 11, 2023

As a part of its big send off, Meta has already deprecated first-party social features on the original 2019 Quest , which includes access to Parties and Meta Horizon Home. If you thought you could keep using Quest 1 with other social VR platforms though, your choices are about to get even more limited, as VRChat is soon dropping support too. The studio announced it was dropping support in a recent developer update , stating that VRChat will no longer provide support for the Meta Quest 1 head

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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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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 11, 2023

This Tuesday, a report from leading immersive firm Meta Platforms, produced by Deloitte, analysed the economic forecast of Metaverse services across the US, Canada, the Middle East, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Turkey, and Asia. The report predicted that Metaverse solutions, active across various markets such as retail and manufacturing, could generate up to $402 billion and $760 billion in annual US GDP by 2035.

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MAY 11, 2023

During its I/O 2023 conference, Google said it will share more about its 'Android collaboration' with Samsung on 'immersive XR' later this year. "Our partnership on WearOS with Samsung has been amazing, and I'm excited about our new Android collaboration on immersive XR. We'll share more later this year." Samsung revealed in February that it was partnering with Google and Qualcomm to develop XR hardware, with Qualcomm providing the chipset and Google handling "the software".

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Road to VR

MAY 11, 2023

We’re back for another dose of mind-bending puzzles à la Bob the Fisherman. The sequel offers up a longer, more emotionally complex story while packing in a ton of new puzzle mechanics that makes Another Fisherman’s Tale feel leagues ahead of the original in almost every sense. Another Fisherman’s Tale Details: Available On: SteamVR , Quest 2 , PSVR 2 Release Date: May 11th, 2023 Price: $30 D eveloper: Innerspace VR Publisher: Vertigo Games Reviewed On: Quest 2 Gamep

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MAY 11, 2023

Another Fisherman's Tale arrives on Quest 2, PSVR 2 and PC VR today, marking a new installment in the story that began four years ago with A Fisherman's Tale. Does the sequel fare well across tumultuous seas or sink to the bottom of the ocean? Here's our full Another Fisherman's Tale review. When it released in 2019, A Fisherman's Tale from Innerspace brought a whole new perspective, quite literally at times, to VR puzzle games.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 11, 2023

Google has unveiled its Geospatial Creator for Unity platform, allowing developers to preview 3D assets via the Unity Editor. Viewing spatially-linked assets on a hyperrealistic 3D planet map, the toolkit powers ARCore and Photorealistic 3D Tiles via the Google Maps Platform, it said on its website. Users can select locations, retrieve 3D geometry of the region, and navigate virtually-produced maps with flythroughs similar to Google Earth.

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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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MAY 11, 2023

Quantaar, the Smash Bros-like VR party brawler game, will release next month for Quest 2, Pico 4 and PC VR. Quantaar sees you assume the role of a floating avatar above a 3D arena and go head-to-head with other players in third-person brawler fights. It will be available from June 7, with support for cross-platform PvP multiplayer. There will be multiple heroes to choose across class-based roles such as Fighter, Assassin, Generalist and Shooter.

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Charlie Fink

MAY 11, 2023

More AR is coming to Maps.

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MAY 11, 2023

Meta AI researchers are getting closer to delivering realistic avatar legs without extra tracking hardware. Meta’s current legless avatars Out of the box, current VR systems only track the position of your head and hands. The position of your elbows, torso, and legs can be estimated using a class of algorithms called inverse kinematics (IK), but this is only accurate sometimes for elbows and rarely correct for legs.

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Everything VR & AR

MAY 11, 2023

This week we are joined by Liv Erickson. Liv leads the team building Mozilla Hubs, an open source immersive virtual world platform that provides decentralized technology for creating online 3D social VR worlds. Listen in as we discuss the ever evolving world of technology and the ways we can bring different people and projects together to make that technological evolution more meaningful.

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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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MAY 11, 2023

Dungeon Full Dive brings tabletop adventures to PC VR via Steam Early Access later this year, and you can sign up now for an alpha test. Announced two years ago, Dungeon Full Dive looks considerably different from other VR tabletop experiences like Demeo. While the latter uses procedurally generated dungeons and preset characters, Dungeon Full Dive lets you build original maps and create your own heroes.

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VRPlayin

MAY 11, 2023

In today’s digital landscape, social media has become an essential tool for brands looking to create a buzz-worthy brand activation. From engaging with customers to driving brand awareness, social platforms offer a wide range of opportunities to amplify your brand’s message and reach new audiences. In this blog post, we’ll explore some key strategies for leveraging social media to create memorable brand activations.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 11, 2023

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VRPlayin

MAY 11, 2023

The world of team building is evolving rapidly, with new technologies and innovative approaches continually reshaping the landscape. One of the most exciting developments in recent years is the emergence of virtual reality (VR) as a powerful tool for fostering collaboration, communication, and connection among team members. The Impact of Virtual Reality on Team Building VR offers a fully immersive experience that transports users into a digital world, opening up new possibilities for group ac

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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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VRGames

MAY 11, 2023

No Man’s Sky has been around since 2016, but its virtual reality update in 2019 completely revolutionized the open-world adventure game. With this update came a number of new features, such as full VR support that allows players to explore the vast universe from their cockpit using tools such as OVRToolkit and XSOverlay.

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Oculus

MAY 11, 2023

The creepy Mr. Peterson has been scaring Hello Neighbor fans for years across a number of games, books, and cartoons. And now, the Neighbor and.

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VRGames

MAY 11, 2023

Exploring the memories of a WWII refugee, End of Night is an award-winning short virtual reality (VR) story based on true accounts and set in 1943 Denmark. Directed by David Adler, the journey follows Josef as he escapes from Nazi-occupied Denmark to neutral Sweden.

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ARPost

MAY 11, 2023

Augmented reality (AR) transforms how we view the world and do things. Since its first introduction in the 1960s , it has rapidly developed and been used extensively in fashion , marketing , the military, aviation, manufacturing , tourism, and many others. Consumers are increasingly becoming adept at using augmented reality apps to try on products, learn new things, and discover information about their surroundings.

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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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MAY 11, 2023

Walkabout Mini Golf is an essential VR title that belongs in every library alongside the likes of Beat Saber. Whether you’re new to Walkabout or a long-time player, here’s our definitive review breaking down why it’s one of VR’s best multiplayer games. There’s magic on the greens of Walkabout Mini Golf. Each course features only 18 holes, but studio Mighty Coconut developed a formula that makes it one of VR’s most reliably breath-taking experiences that's both endlessly replayable and an absolut

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Anand Tech

MAY 11, 2023

Although E Ink technology has remained a largely niche display tech over the past decade, it's none the less excelled in that role. The electrophoretic technology closely approximates paper, providing significant power advantages versus traditional emissive displays, not to mention making it significantly easier on readers' eyes in some cases.

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