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How USA Hockey Is Using VR Tech To Train Its Players

VRScout

VR sports training appears to be on the rise as major organizations begin to see the benefits. Sense Arena, a VR training platform popular among professional sports teams, is now the official VR training tool of USA Hockey. In an official announcement made last month, the company revealed that it has signed a multi-year deal with the national ice hockey organization to train players as well as create new training drills.

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Spatial Beats: Snap, Apple & AI

AR Insider

Welcome back to Spatial Beats, AR Insider's weekly series that features observations and insights of author and futurist Charlie Fink. This week, we look at the intersection of AI and XR. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Mechanical Backpack Makes Jumping In VR More Fun

VRScout

“Jump up and down and move it all around.” Pedro Lopes , an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the University of Chicago who focuses on integrating interfaces with the human body by exploring the interface paradigm that supersedes wearables, wants to make jumping in VR a more enjoyable experience. Lopes and his team created a mechanical backpack called JumpMod that can help enhance the sensation of falling and jumping in the virtual world by moving your weight up and down thr

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How Many Consumers Have Tried VR?

AR Insider

25 percent of U.S. adults have tried VR, up from 23 percent last year. These results flow from ARtillery Intelligence's latest original survey research with Thrive Analytics. We break down the findings. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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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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The XR Week Peek (2023.05.08): Quest Gaming Showcase to come on June 1, Zappar shows Zapbox cheap AR headset, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Welcome back to the last completely human-written newsletter that remained on Earth! You can be sure that this article has been entirely crafted by some breathing meat… for the good and the bad. It’s a few weeks that nothing truly relevant is happening in the XR field: it seems the most interesting articles lately are all about AI… and especially about how AI is going to kill us all.

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Metaverse Faces Widespread Adoption, Says 47% of UK Consumers

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Last week, new research highlighted how 47 percent of UK consumers believe that Metaverse platforms will be widely adopted in the next ten years. In the KPMG UK study, UK consumers appeared to have split opinions regarding Metaverse services. Questioned individuals had split confidence towards Metaverse growth and usage forecasts. KPMG UK found that, of its questioned individuals, 37 percent were optimistic towards the future of the Metaverse, 31 percent had negative forecasts, and 32 percent di

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EA’s ‘F1 23’ Racer Coming to PC VR Headsets Next Month, PSVR 2 Still Uncertain

Road to VR

Codemasters, the EA-owned developer behind the F1 racing franchise, announced F1 23 is coming to consoles and PC next month, again bringing its high-profile racing game to VR. F1 23 is coming to PlayStation 4|5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC on June 16th, which is confirmed to include VR support on PC. Codemasters hasn’t said whether it’s also coming to PSVR 2 on PS5, so we’ll just have to wait and see.

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Meta Settle for $725 Million in Class Action Lawsuit

XR Today - Virtual Reality

This Sunday, reports revealed that leading immersive technology firm Meta Platforms Inc. is paying roughly $725 million in a class action lawsuit to its social media users. The United States District Court for the Northern District of California issued the payout based on user privacy concerns on the firm’s umbrella of social media platforms. In its ‘Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation’ case, Meta is paying out to users affected by privacy breaches stemming from the Menlo

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One of VR’s Most Hardcore Apocalyptic Survival Games is Getting a Sequel

Road to VR

Into the Radius is a cult favorite for a reason, as it offers up some of the most hardcore gameplay in a very Stalker -inspired post-apocalyptic world, making for an absolutely unforgiving experience in the anomaly-ridden wasteland. Now developers CM Games say a sequel is in the works. In a community update, CM Games says a second chapter to Into the Radius is currently being developed. “We are in the pre-production phase, and will follow an Early Access development model like before when

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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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Samsung Foundry Vows to Surpass TSMC Within Five Years

Anand Tech

The head of Samsung's semiconductor unit acknowledged last week that the company's current mass production, leading-edge process technologies are a couple of years behind TSMC's most advanced production nodes. But Samsung is working hard to catch up with its larger rival in five years. "To be honest, Samsung Electronics' foundry technology lags behind TSMC," said Dr.

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The MR Headsets Market Map for 2023

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Demand for Extended Reality (XR) is growing at an astonishing rate. In recent years, companies from virtually every industry have begun to discover just how beneficial immersive technology can be when it comes to improving collaboration and productivity. In fact, immersive headsets are becoming a commonplace investment for brands in the health, manufacturing, and construction sectors.

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The Future Of Business: 8 Trends For Startups To Watch

Bernard Marr

Change and transformation in business continue at a furious rate, and new trends pose opportunities and challenges for organizations of all sizes. But what are the top trends that are the most relevant for startup organizations right now? Let’s look at how startup founders can rethink their organizations’ product and service delivery to leverage these trends and stay ahead of their competition. 1.

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The XR Eye & Hand Tracking Market Map for 2023

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Creating the most immersive XR experiences requires more than just the best visuals or spatial audio technologies. To respond to user actions in real-time, XR devices, such as VR headsets and AR smart glasses, need to be able to track and understand the right information. Eye and hand tracking technologies embedded into wearable devices, or delivered through external sensors, provide the feedback that applications need to optimize the immersive experience for each user.

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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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How to Create a Fun and Productive Team Event

VRPlayin

Planning the perfect team event can be a daunting task. You want to ensure that it’s not only fun and engaging but also productive and beneficial for your team. In this guide, we’ll walk you through the steps to create a team event that strikes the perfect balance between entertainment and professional development. Define Your Objectives: Before diving into the planning process, establish clear objectives for your team event.

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“Painting In Virtual Reality Gets A Fabulous Facelift On May 9th!”

VRGames

Painting VR, an app from Oisoi that gives users a more casual painting simulation than Vermillion’s oil painting one, is going to be spring-cleaning soon with the 2023 Spring Refresh update. The latest version will feature a zero gravity mode and updated visuals coming out May 9 for Quest 2 and Steam platforms.

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The Power of Experiential Marketing in Brand Activation

VRPlayin

Experiential marketing has taken the world of brand activation by storm, providing companies with a unique and immersive way to engage consumers. By creating memorable experiences, brands can leave lasting impressions on their target audience, fostering strong connections and driving brand loyalty. In this article, we’ll explore the power of experiential marketing in brand activation and share tips on how to make the most of this innovative strategy.

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VR Zen: 5 Meditation Apps to Increase Your Well-Being

Oculus

May is National Meditation Month, but mindfulness practices can be beneficial year-round. So let’s align those chakras and take a look at five of the.

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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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Talespin Releases AI-powered, Web-Accessible No-Code Creator Platform

ARPost

To prepare professionals for tomorrow’s workplace, you need to be able to leverage tomorrow’s technology. Talespin was already doing this with their immersive AI-powered VR simulation and training modules. Now, they’re taking it a step further by turning over a web-based no-code creator tool. To learn more, we reconnected with Talespin CEO Kyle Jackson to talk about the future of his company and the future of work.

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‘Propagation: Paradise Hotel’ Review – A Pretty Ok Impression of ‘Resident Evil’

Road to VR

Propagation: Paradise Hotel offers some patently terrifying moments of horror, but between the ever-lingering danger of zombified attacks and a few giant bosses—making for a very Resident Evil- inspired experience—there’s a bit of clunk that tarnishes what could have been a more memorable and cohesive experience. Still, it’s functionally a pretty solid zombie adventure that makes a clear departure from the franchise’s roots as a static wave shooter.

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