Mon.Sep 12, 2022

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Disney Released An AR Short Film Starring Brie Larson

VRScout

Remembering: The AR Experience is available now to Disney+ subscribers. This past Thursday was Disney Plus Day, an annual event designed to promote new films and television series coming to popular streaming services. This year’s celebration featured everything from a sneak peek at Andor , the latest series in the Star Wars franchise, to the surprise premiere of BTS: Permission to Dance On Stage – LA , a feature-length documentary featuring South Korean boy band BTS.

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AWE EU 2022 Is Headed for Lisbon

ARPost

Wait, wasn’t AWE a few months ago? It was for America, but it’s the Augmented World Expo – there are three live AWE conferences throughout the year. Next, it’s time for AWE EU. We saw what AWE had to offer in Santa Clara this spring. So, what can we expect when it comes to Lisbon next month? What to Expect. If you know the flow of AWE in the States, you’ll spot some similarities and differences.

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The Bad News: Non-AR Users “Just Not Interested”

AR Insider

AR has lots of positive demand signals and performance metrics in brand marketing. But there are also adoption speed bumps here and there. We examine the latest challenges in this week's Behind the Numbers. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Alleged Quest Pro Unboxing Video Apparently Leaks Meta’s Next VR Headset

Road to VR

As rumored over the past few months, Meta’s upcoming high-end VR headset Project Cambria seems to be named Quest Pro. And an apparent unboxing video has leaked too, which gives us a good look at the company’s next VR headset and controllers. We saw the exterior box of Meta Quest Pro pop up on Reddit over the weekend, but a new video seems to have completely blown the cover off Meta’s next VR headset.

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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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Meta Quest Pro Design & Packaging Leaks In Unboxing Video

Upload VR

A hotel worker says he found a Quest Pro sample unit and shared an unboxing video on Facebook. Earlier today Ramiro Cardenas posted images in the ‘Oculus Quest 2’ Facebook group appearing to show Quest Pro packaging labelled ‘NOT FOR RESALE – ENGINEERING SAMPLE’ Cardenas claimed the boxes were left in a hotel. Not everyone believed him, so Cardenas then shared a post from another Facebook page featuring a video of a Quest Pro being unboxed.

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Don’t leave your Meta Quest Pro prototype in your hotel room

TechCrunch VR

Looks like someone made a booboo. A video game streamer in Mexico, Ramiro Cardenas , claims to have found an engineering prototype of the Meta Quest Pro in a hotel room. Per Cardenas’ leaked videos and photos, the new virtual reality hardware surpasses the current, consumer-grade Quest 2 by adding three cameras on the front of the headset. The controllers also have a new look, getting rid of the open circle design on the existing model.

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X8 Brings A New Tactical Hero Shooter To Quest 2 And PC VR This Winter

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Following Altair Breaker , Thirdverse has revealed X8, a tactical 5v5 VR shooter coming to Quest 2 and PC VR. . It’s been a crowded week for VR shooters. First, we had Breachers from Triangle Factory, which seemingly offers a VR take on Rainbow Six Siege. Then we had Firewall Ultra , First Contact Entertainment’s PSVR 2 exclusive sequel to 2018’s Firewall Zero Hour.

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XR in Education Case Study in Focus: VIVE and Nowa Era

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Universities, schools, and training teams across the globe are consistently looking for new ways to inspire, enlighten, and engage a new generation of students. As the world becomes more complex, with various new technologies and concepts to understand, the educational landscape is evolving. Helping students to grasp complicated topics and develop specialist skills requires educators to invest in the best possible resources and tools.

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Choosing Your Partner Among Top Metaverse Development Companies

Program Ace

The post Choosing Your Partner Among Top Metaverse Development Companies appeared first on Program-Ace.

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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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Which 3 Chinese Stocks Will Benefit from the Metaverse?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JP Morgan has selected three Chinese tech giants as major beneficiaries of the Metaverse, with stock values set to increase amid the rise of the next iteration of the internet, the investment banking giant said in a report cited by CNBC. The 7 September report named Tencent, NetEase, and Bilibili as its top Chinese firms for the Metaverse, as the three have huge amounts of experience with key serious gaming infrastructure, gaming, and social media, the report read.

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Monday Must-Play—’Zenith: The Last City’

Oculus

We’re back with our latest Monday Must-Play! This weekly article series highlights Meta Quest 2 VR games you don’t want to miss. Each week, we.

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How Do Augmented Reality and Smart Glasses Work?

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Perhaps the fastest-growing component of extended reality (XR) right now, augmented reality (AR) is taking the world by storm. The AR industry is always evolving, particularly now that new companies are investing in various kinds of smart glasses and devices. By 2028, experts predict that the industry will reach $340.16 billion. Of course, before a person can justify investing in new solutions like AR for their business, they need to understand how the technology works.

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Developing Rich VR Interactions Faster & Easier Using UltimateXR

Road to VR

Rich interactions between the user and the virtual world are a key aspect of what makes VR so compelling, but creating and tuning such interactions is a challenging and time consuming task for developers. Toolsets like UltimateXR can speed up the iteration process for VR interactions, bringing more interactivity and immersion to games and experiences.

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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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AR Smart Glasses ‘Valuable Tool’ for Industry 4.0, CEO Says

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Many of the world’s most influential people believe that smart glasses will one day replace smartphones. Jakub Korczynski, Co-Founder, and CEO of Giant Lazer. XR Today recently reported on how the head-worn augmented reality (AR) market is expected to reach USD 13.4 billion by 2024 – but what exactly is driving this massive growth in the enterprise marketplace?

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CHIPS Act a ‘Watershed’ Moment, XRA Chief Says

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The extended reality (XR) industry is gaining the required legislation from US government bodies for extensive research and development (R&D). The opportunities come amid three years of campaigning among lawmakers and the XR Association, with Elizabeth Hyman, the group’s President and COO , hoping to establish capital and support for emerging immersive technologies.

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Addressables + UGS Cloud Content Delivery for Post Build Asset Customization

ARVR

Why: Fast Loading Memory Optimization Great for large projects Post build/apk asset customization (without your users having to redownload the app) How: Download Addressables package in Unity Download Cloud Content Delivery package in Unity Make a prefab you want to use, mark as addressable Adjust AddressableAssetSettings to use “Remote” & “Build Remote Catalog” (key to allowing the overwrite / post build customization) Create CCD bucket for release Adjust selected Addressable Profile “Remot

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XR- India Summit- A Metaverse, Web 3.0 Movement

XROM

We have been vested in Immersive technologies since early 2015 and understood the barrier for mass adoption in #india was education, the question that interested me most was " How could India the 2nd largest country in the world, Its people & businesses benefit by extended reality & what role would XR play in democratizing healthcare & the education industry ". so we took it upon ourselves to be the platform that would work towards raising awareness, educating, evangelizing, engaging

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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.