The Ghost Howls
MAY 16, 2022
This has been a week full of interesting news. But before digging into them, let me show you the first episode of The Spatial Show, the comedy show about the metaverse organized by Ori Inbar in which I took part. If you watch the video , you can see me say stupid things about XR… well, more or less as I do every day in my life… Have fun! Top news of the week.
AR Insider
MAY 16, 2022
At Google I/O, there was a notable nugget buried in all the keynote action: Google Lens is now used for 8 billion visual searches per month - 2.5x year-over-year growth. We break down the strategic implications in this week's Data Dive. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
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ARPost
MAY 16, 2022
UK-based WebAR studio Blippar is planning an impending US expansion. To understand what that means for the US and for the company, ARPost reconnected with CEO Faisal Galaria. What Brought Blippar to This Point. Galaria has been the CEO of Blippar since the struggling company was purchased by Candy Ventures – the same firm that backs Audioboom, Biotech, Ralph & Russo, and some twenty other companies.
AR Insider
MAY 16, 2022
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 Google's latest AR announcements, Meta's Cambria reveal, and Snap's live events play. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
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.
Road to VR
MAY 16, 2022
While Meta doesn’t offer much publicly in the way of understanding how well individual games & apps are performing across its Quest 2 storefront, it’s possible to glean some insight by looking at apps relative to each other. Here’s a snapshot of the 20 best rated Meta Quest games and apps as of May 2022. Some quick qualifications before we get to the data: Paid and free apps are separated.
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Road to VR
MAY 16, 2022
If you’re looking to jump into either Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (2017) or Resident Evil Village (2021) on a PC VR headset, you’ll need a mod to get your kicks. Now modder ‘Praydog’, who has developed a number of unofficial RE mods, says a new controller update is coming to both games soon which will bring full 6DOF support, which means you’ll soon be able to take on the universe’s myriad of wicked creatures mano a mano.
ARVR
MAY 16, 2022
There’s growing sentiment in the mobile AR world that apps aren’t the optimal vessel. Yet the technology lives on a device where apps rule. 90 percent of mobile users’ time is spent in apps versus the browser. Can AR break that cycle? And if so, could web AR be the answer? What is web AR? In short, it delivers AR experiences through the mobile browser.
Slashgear
MAY 16, 2022
NASA gave their Low-Boom Flight Demonstration mission a brand new name: Quesst, named after the Quiet SuperSonic Technology that makes it all possible.
Upload VR
MAY 16, 2022
At Display Week 2022 eMagin presented a 4K OLED microdisplay for ultra slim VR headsets. OLED “microdisplays” are manufactured differently than smartphone or TV sized OLED panels – directly onto silicon wafers. The result is a much higher pixel density but also a much smaller size. Usually such microdisplays are 1 inch diagonal or less, which is hard to magnify over a large field of view and limits the resolution possible.
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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.
Slashgear
MAY 16, 2022
Tesla vehicles have revolutionized the electric vehicle market, proving to be as efficient and practical as they are fun and engaging.
GizModo VR
MAY 16, 2022
How many times do you think your privacy gets violated every day you spend surfing the web? Maybe once? Twice? A few dozen times? It turns out that daily number is in the hundreds, according to a new report from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL). On average, a European user’s data is shared with… Read more.
Slashgear
MAY 16, 2022
Each Tesla car features many high-tech gizmos -- but when it comes to making the car more efficient, few do more work than the Aero Wheels.
Mashable VR
MAY 16, 2022
In February 2022, Apple announced Tap to Pay – a system that allows businesses to accept payments directly on an iPhone, without any additional hardware. Apple didn't provide much clarity on when the feature will launch, besides saying it's coming "later this year." But there's already one spot where Tap to Pay is operational: Apple Park's Visitor Center.
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.
Slashgear
MAY 16, 2022
iPhone 14 Pro Max leaks are picking up speed, hinting at a largely similar design to the current generation, but with one big change that most consumers want.
GizModo VR
MAY 16, 2022
Grant Morrison , multiple award-winning writer of acclaimed comic books like All-Star Superman, The Invisibles, Doom Patrol, New X-Men, Batman, and many many more, had a special gift released this past Free Comic Book Day. In wasn’t a new title; in fact, it was quite the opposite—a 40-year-old short story he’d written… Read more.
Slashgear
MAY 16, 2022
Verizon has announced plans to increase prices for consumers and businesses, though the additional charge will come in the form of a fee rather than plan rates.
GizModo VR
MAY 16, 2022
Time is a flat circle and every day, streaming platforms get closer and closer to replicating network television. Password sharing is out , commercials are in , and there’s a centralized hub where you can combine all of your subscriptions onto one platform. Read more.
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.
Slashgear
MAY 16, 2022
We're only weeks away from the arrival of Sony's revamped PlayStation Plus subscription in the U.S., and now we finally know some of the games inbound.
GizModo VR
MAY 16, 2022
Monday mornings can be difficult enough without watching a treasure trove of Warner Bros. intellectual properties get smushed together in the most bonkers ways possible, as if by overcaffeinated toddlers who were also put in charge of the company’s games division. And yet, we’re all forced to reckon with this very… Read more.
Slashgear
MAY 16, 2022
Cadillac is gearing up to release its 2023 Lyriq EV, and now we finally know its starting price and the type of driving range buyers can expect.
GizModo VR
MAY 16, 2022
The originator among destinations where you can “ride the movies,” the Universal Studios Resort in Orlando pushes the boundaries of thematic entertainment to the max when it comes to thrills. Last year it opened the Velocicoaster , the tallest and fastest launch coaster in Florida, inspired by the Jurassic World … Read more.
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?
Slashgear
MAY 16, 2022
It's well known that blue light may damage your vision over time and cause sleep disturbances, but could it have similar consequences for your skin?
GizModo VR
MAY 16, 2022
Puerto Rican artist Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio —aka Bad Bunny — dropped his fifth studio album on May 6, and it’s already 2022’s most streamed album. Its title, Un Verano Sin Ti, translates to “A Summer Without You,” and the vibe recalls a languid beach day and its afterparty: There are songs about dancing,… Read more.
Slashgear
MAY 16, 2022
When it comes to self-driving cars, most people think of Waymo and Tesla models. The fastest autonomous car looks quite a bit different, however.
GizModo VR
MAY 16, 2022
After some wait, Black Mirror is coming back with a new season, according to Variety. The three-year gap in between seasons is largely due to creator Charlie Brooker leaving House of Tomorrow, their production company and the group that held the rights to the Black Mirror franchise. As companies were bought and sold… Read more.
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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