VRScout

MARCH 22, 2023

Pixel Ripped 1978 arrives this summer on VR headsets like Quest and PS VR2. It’s no exaggeration to say that without Atari, the modern video game industry wouldn’t be what it is today. Founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, the iconic interactive entertainment company lead the electronic gaming market from 1975 to the 1980s, producing hit products like Pong and the Atari 2600 home game console just to name a few.

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Road to VR

MARCH 22, 2023

Meta has nearly scrubbed all of its products of the Oculus name, however the company today announced its third-party publishing wing is getting a sort of rebrand that will see the Oculus name live on. Meta announced at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) that it’s naming its third-party publishing arm Oculus Publishing. The company tells us Oculus Studios, its first-party studio, will continue to exist.

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VRScout

MARCH 22, 2023

Earn exclusive rewards by completing specific objectives. Meta today announced update V102 for Horizon Worlds , the company’s social VR metaverse platform. This latest update introduces a number of bug fixes plaguing world editing and collaborators. What is most exciting, however, is a new feature called “Quests.” Rolling out on Quest headsets over the next few weeks, this new feature allows you to unlock exclusive rewards for your Meta Avatar by completing various objectives,

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Road to VR

MARCH 22, 2023

ARVORE, the studio behind the Pixel Ripped game series, announced it’s releasing a sequel this summer called Pixel Ripped 1978 , which aims to take us back for another immersive trip down memory lane. To bring the latest entry in the Pixel Ripped franchise to life, the Sao Paolo, Brazil-based Arvore has struck a major branding partnership with iconic gaming house ATARI.

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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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ARPost

MARCH 22, 2023

AR smart glasses company Rokid has just launched its next consumer product, “Rokid Max.” Shipping isn’t scheduled to start until the end of April, but here’s everything that we know about the glasses so far from a shared press release and user manual. The Specs Like most consumer AR glasses on the market today, Rokid Max is presented exclusively as a virtual screen for mirroring a smartphone.

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AR Insider

MARCH 22, 2023

No two SXSW experiences are the same. There's simply too much going on, so it's all about serendipity, FOMO and Joy. Charlie Fink recounts all three in his SXSW travel journal. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Bernard Marr

MARCH 22, 2023

In recent years, the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) has led to the rise of sophisticated language models, with OpenAI’s ChatGPT at the forefront. While these powerful tools have revolutionized various industries, they also come with their own set of challenges. One of the most concerning issues is the phenomenon of hallucination.

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AR Insider

MARCH 22, 2023

This week on Reality Bytes, we discuss why Meta is ditching NFTs, Microsoft's new “Copilot’ AI for its applications, and YouTube TV is seeing quadruple. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Hypergrid Business

MARCH 22, 2023

Water polo in Second Life made with Firestorm. (Image courtesy Berry Bunny.). Development of  Crystal Frost — a mobile-friendly Unity -based Second Life viewer which is now in beta trials — will continue despite Second Life recently announcing its own mobile virtual world viewer. Crystal Frost is currently a downloadable Windows virtual world viewer like Firestorm, but will also be available on Linux and Macs — and on mobile devices, said project lead and developer Berry B

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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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AR Insider

MARCH 22, 2023

AI and AR have several developing use cases. One that's begun to come to light is helping people work through grief. There are a few ways this is playing out with mixed results. Guest author Devin Partida examines the ways. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 22, 2023

Extended Reality innovators are constantly looking for new ways to make experiences feel more engaging and immersive. Whether users are using an AR app on their smartphone, exploring virtual worlds with a headset, or interacting with holograms in mixed reality, developers want them to feel fully submerged in the experience. Part of unlocking true immersion is finding ways to engage as many different human senses as possible in an XR experience.

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Upload VR

MARCH 22, 2023

Meta will continue using the Oculus name as part of its third-party VR games publishing program, now officially titled Oculus Publishing, with 150 games in active development. Announced during GDC 2023, Oculus Publishing provides a new name for Meta’s existing efforts to work with developers on everything from conceptualization and funding to promotion of their projects.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 22, 2023

As the XR (Extended Reality) landscape has continued to evolve at an incredible, virtually every industry has begun to discover just how beneficial immersive experiences can be. Initially, most people looked at XR as an innovation specifically intended for the gaming space, but we rapidly see new use cases emerge across the globe. Today’s XR innovations are empowering everything from improved customer experiences in retail to better collaboration among automotive manufacturers and improved tr

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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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Upload VR

MARCH 22, 2023

The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners – Chapter 2: Retribution is now available on PlayStation VR2 and PC VR. Saints & Sinners – Chapter 2 launched last December for Quest 2, featuring some pretty glaring bugs and issues that plagued the initial release. However, two weeks later developers Skydance Interactive patched the game to address those major bugs.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 22, 2023

Yesterday, at its yearly GTC online event between March 20-23, NVIDIA unveiled new tools to create enterprise-grade avatars or virtual humans. NVIDIA is currently working on various updates to its Omniverse real-time 3D (RT3D) content creation suite. Notably, the firm is adding Avatar Cloud Engine (ACE), a collection of cloud-native microservices to support the development and integration of avatars across various levels of a business.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 22, 2023

Submit your application now! The deadline for the sophomore XR Awards is coming up quickly! The application deadline for the XR Awards 2023 is on 31 March. Already, the XR Awards 2023 is attracting a lot of attention. So, XR Today encourages international firms to apply now to join the Awards’ illustrious line-up of winners. The XR Awards 2023 celebrates the best in XR innovation, leadership, and solutions; moreover, the online showcase employs industry experts and leaders to provide core

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 22, 2023

XLA announced on Tuesday that it had launched its Metasites modular 3D internet framework, with subsequent demos taking place at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2023. Alexey Savchenko, XLA Chief Product Officer , demoed the solution at the event in San Francisco as the firm addressed audiences in a speech on the Metaverse and synthetic media. The platform incorporates metaverse, cloud, and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to power community-driven video game and entertainment creat

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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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Bernard Marr

MARCH 22, 2023

Startups are often considered the natural wellspring of industrial innovation. Many are founded on a new concept, and the very reason they exist is usually to bring a new idea into reality. But as innovation increasingly acts as the fuel for digital transformation and growth, traditional corporations and incumbents are flipping this on its head, according to the authors of a book.

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VRGames

MARCH 22, 2023

Meta Horizon Worlds V102 is the latest update to the groundbreaking game-building platform. With this version, players can now collaborate on creating exciting and unique worlds with their friends and family. The new update supports bug fixes which help improve editing functionality and enhance collaborative gameplay.

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Road to VR

MARCH 22, 2023

Meta today revealed at Game Developers Conference (GDC) a fresh bit of insight into Quest Store stats. The company says in a developer blog post there are now 500+ titles available on the Meta Quest Store, 40 of which have grossed over $10 million in revenue. At Connect 2022 in October, the company reported that 33 titles out of the 400 apps on the Quest Store at the time had tipped over the $10 million mark.

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VRGames

MARCH 22, 2023

The Humble Store VR sale is now underway with discounts of up to 90% off on nearly 100 PC-based virtual reality titles. Popular PCs games like Bonelab and Red Matter 2 are 20% and 25% off respectively, while more budget friendly indies and older titles hitting a whopping 90% discount. Highlights include Boneworks for $23.

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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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EON Reality

MARCH 22, 2023

The new partnership delivers EON AI Assistant and more to Orange Coast College’s students and teachers. IRVINE, CA, March 22, 2023 – EON Reality, Inc. (“EON Reality”), a global leader in Virtual and Augmented Reality (“XR”) industry and education solutions powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), announces a new partnership with Orange Coast College (OCC) to bring cutting-edge Spatial AI technology to its students.

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VRGames

MARCH 22, 2023

Polyarc, the studio behind the Moss franchise has announced an upcoming competitive multiplayer VR game. While little is known beyond that, concept art offers some insight into what we can expect to see in this new title.

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VRGames

MARCH 22, 2023

The world of virtual reality and fitness continues to evolve in leaps and bounds. With its ability to provide an immersive, engaging and entertaining experience for users, more people are turning to VR fitness as a way to bolster their exercise routine.

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VRGames

MARCH 22, 2023

Newly released from Austin based company Virtuix Inc., the Omni One omnidirectional treadmill promises a more immersive and active VR experience for your home.

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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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