Road to VR
MAY 30, 2024
Google and Magic Leap today announced a “strategic technology partnership.” The move shows Google seeking to gain ground to keep up with the likes of Meta, Apple, and others in a race to control the AR headset market. While consume VR headsets have been around for years now, none of the world’s major technology companies have launched consumer-focused AR glasses.
AR Insider
MAY 27, 2024
AR's strengths include more immersive data visualization. This use case has barely been unlocked, but has broad applicability from research to fintech. How will it elevate personal finance? This post appeared first on AR Insider.
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XR Today - Virtual Reality
MAY 30, 2024
The arrival of a Meta Quest 3 Lite, or at least a cheaper version of the Quest 3, seems likely. While the Meta Quest 3 is one of the most popular headsets for business users and consumers alike, Meta seems keen to increase its market share. I consider the Quest 3 one of the most affordable , high-performance headsets for mixed reality capabilities. It’s a lot cheaper than the competing Apple Vision Pro.
Cats and VR
MAY 24, 2024
5thScape , a recently launched virtual reality project has garnered the attention of global investors and enthusiasts after raising $6 million in its pre-sale. The presale currently in its 5th round, offers participants the opportunity to get involved in the project at a very discounted price. The Growth of Virtual Reality Industry As the world of virtual reality continues to evolve, revolutionary products such as the 5th Scape are created to cater to the ever-changing needs of users.
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.
Upload VR
MAY 30, 2024
Magic Leap has entered a "multi-faceted, strategic technology partnership" with Google. The companies say the partnership will combine Magic Leap's "leadership in optics and manufacturing" with Google's "technology platforms". Google was an initial investor in Magic Leap, leading a $542 million funding round back in 2014. Google CEO Sundar Pichai also joined the Magic Leap board at the time, but he stepped down in 2018, ostensibly due to his schedule being too busy.
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AR Insider
MAY 30, 2024
What are adaptive interfaces? And how do they factor into the evolution of mixed reality? Guest author and design expert Eleanor Hicks breaks down what lies at the intersection of these converging concepts. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
XR Today - Virtual Reality
MAY 30, 2024
VR meetings have grown increasingly popular in recent years as companies look for ways to bridge the gaps between hybrid workers and enhance team productivity through immersion. Although a virtual reality meeting may not be the same as collaborating with a colleague in person, VR can bring a unique sense of “presence” to conversations between staff.
Charlie Fink
MAY 30, 2024
Primetime Emmy winning ex-Pixar and Oculus team, Fable, launched the first web streaming series made exclisvely with AI.
Upload VR
MAY 24, 2024
QuestCraft 5.0 revamps the unofficial Minecraft VR port for Quest 3 with performance improvements. In the absence of an official standalone release, QuestCraft is a wrapper for Minecraft with full motion control support that you can sideload onto Quest headsets. Previously one of the only Quest 2 apps that didn't work on Quest 3 , SideQuest's recent ' Indie Spotlight ' presentation announced that QuestCraft Version 5.0 is available now and fixes this compatibility issue.
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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.
Road to VR
MAY 30, 2024
Two anticipated VR games, Behemoth and Alien: Rogue Incursion , showed their first glimpse of gameplay during PlayStation’s State of Play presentation today. Both are set to launch across all major VR platforms later this year. Behemoth First Look at VR Gameplay Kicking things off with Behemoth : this is the latest game from developer Skydance Interactive, the studio behind The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners series.
AR Insider
MAY 29, 2024
Educators, homeschoolers and remote learners using VR and AR have experienced a big win — Meta announced it’s launching a new education product. We explore the potential and possibilities. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
XR Today - Virtual Reality
MAY 27, 2024
Google Project Starline finally looks like it’s going to be rolling out to workplaces worldwide, potentially transforming the way we meet and collaborate in the future of work. When it was first announced, Project Starline was one of the first solutions to leverage holographic imagery and extended reality to reimagine face-to-face connections between remote participants.
Hypergrid Business
MAY 29, 2024
Kitely Welcome Center. (Snapshot by Maria Korolov.) Kitely, a leading OpenSim grid, has announced a significant upgrade to its virtual world hosting service, doubling the performance of all Kitely regions without increasing prices. The company has achieved this by adopting the latest Amazon server technology, the M7i generation , while maintaining its existing pricing structure.
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.
Upload VR
MAY 29, 2024
PlayStation VR2 is $100 off until June 12. The headset is available for $450, down from its regular price of $550, and the bundle with Horizon Call Of The Mountain is available for $500, down from its regular price of $600. The PlayStation 5 console itself is also on sale, with a $50 discount available. That means you could get a PS5 (Digital Edition) and PSVR 2 for $850, instead of the usual price of $1000.
Road to VR
MAY 29, 2024
The Marvel What If…? experience is set to launch tomorrow exclusively on Vision Pro. We got an early look at the experience and found a polished presentation that foreshadows the possibilities and pitfalls of immersive VR games on the headset. Marvel’s What If…? on Vision Pro is being described as an “interactive Disney+ Original story.” And while it isn’t meant to be a full-blown VR game, it’s the headset’s biggest fully immersive production to
AR Insider
MAY 29, 2024
Experiential art offers deeper and more immersive user experiences than traditional formats. How is this colliding with spatial computing to create immersive fan experiences for musicians? This post appeared first on AR Insider.
XR Today - Virtual Reality
MAY 24, 2024
If you’re looking for the best VR headset for PC, you’re in luck. The virtual reality landscape has exploded in recent years, with innovative new solutions from leading brands like Meta, Pico, and Varjo and new systems from forward-thinking startups. While many modern headsets promise a wire-free (standalone) experience, PC-tethered headsets still represent a valuable part of the market.
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.
XR Today - Augmented Reality tag
MAY 27, 2024
The XReal Air 2 AR Glasses are some of the most popular augmented reality specs in XReal’s evolving lineup. Not only are they extremely comfortable and feature-rich (particularly with the addition of the XReal Beam), but they’re also pretty affordable. Though the XReal Air 2 Ultra glasses might be earning more attention in the new age of spatial computing, I still think there’s a lot to like about these simpler glasses in the Air collection.
Upload VR
MAY 28, 2024
Boneworks, Stress Level Zero's acclaimed physics-driven PC VR shooter, is now playable on Quest through modding. Created in Bonelab by Volx64 and EvroDev , the 'Labworks' mod has been in development for roughly 18 months. Now at Version 11.1, the latest build recreates the full Boneworks campaign and several non-campaign levels for existing Bonelab owners on both Quest and PC VR.
Road to VR
MAY 28, 2024
PlayStation Plus members are in for a treat next month, as Sony is serving up six PSVR 2 games to premium subscribers which are all actually legitimately awesome, and even the chance to nab a headset for $100 off. Announced in a PlayStation blog post , Sony says that starting June 6th, it’s releasing six bonus titles during the Days of Play celebration ahead of its normal release schedule, which include: Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord Walkabout Mini Golf Synth Riders Before Your Eyes
AR Insider
MAY 28, 2024
How many smartphones can run AR experiences? Among those, how many do so regularly? We break down ARtillery Intelligence's latest data in this week's Behind the Numbers. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
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?
EON Reality
MAY 30, 2024
“Empowering Saint Lucia’s Future: Revolutionizing Education, Tourism, and Healthcare with XR and AI Technologies.” IRVINE, CA – May 30, 2024 — EON Reality, a global pioneer in extended reality (XR) and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, is excited to announce a transformative expansion into Saint Lucia with the establishment of the island’s first Spatial AI Center.
Anand Tech
MAY 30, 2024
In addition to revealing its roadmap and plans concerning its current leading-edge process technologies, TSMC also shared progress of its N2 node as part of its Symposiums 2024. The company's first 2nm-class fabrication node, and predominantly featuring gate-all-around transistors, according to TSMC N2 has almost achieved its target performance and yield goals, which places it on track to enter high-volume manufacturing in the second half of 2025.
Upload VR
MAY 28, 2024
Job Simulator now supports controller-free hand tracking on Meta Quest headsets, and Vacation Simulator's hand tracking support is no longer experimental. Joining today's Apple Vision Pro launch for Job Simulator and Vacation Simulator , Owlchemy Labs also updated the Quest versions. Notably, that introduces hand tracking support to Job Simulator for the first time.
Road to VR
MAY 28, 2024
Google’s directly competing services aren’t on Vision Pro, but that doesn’t mean the company isn’t doing business on Apple’s headset altogether, as it has now brought two of its most influential VR games to Vision Pro. Google’s XR studio Owlchemy Labs today launched Job Simulator (2016) and its sequel Vacation Simulator (2019) on Vision Pro, respectively priced at $20 and $30 on the App Store.
Speaker: Micah Eppler, Account Executive for Rehearsal of eLearning Brothers
Did you know that companies such as Paychex, 3M, and Honeywell are getting better results by incorporating video-based practice and coaching within their L&D strategy? From sales pitches to soft skills, learners are becoming top performers by applying and validating knowledge transfer using the unique benefits of video. Whether used as a stand-alone application or integrated with a learning platform, video-based practice and coaching platforms give learners the ultimate opportunity to repeatedly
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