AR Insider
MAY 8, 2024
If virtual reality is the empathy machine, SXSW 2024 was the empathy festival. AR Insider Editor-at-Large Emily Olman reports about her emotive experiences on the ground with immersive works. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
The Ghost Howls
MAY 6, 2024
This week has been quite cool for me. One of my biggest highlights has been that my article about Social AR has been featured in the famous New World Notes blog that I usually read… I’ve felt very honored about this! And after a little celebration with you, my amazing readers, it is time for me to start telling you more about the most important XR news of the week!
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Road to VR
MAY 10, 2024
The latest major SteamVR update has arrived, coming with it an improvement to Steam Link for Quest. Initially released in November 2023, Steam Link is Valve’s own app on the Meta Quest Store which allows users to quickly and easily connect their Quest headset wirelessly to SteamVR to play PC VR or flatscreen PC content, essentially letting you bypass Meta’s own Air Link.
XR Today - Virtual Reality
MAY 8, 2024
Recently, Network Rail officially taught more than 1,000 students at the Trinity Academy in Thorne, Doncaster, a landmark number for immersive training programmes. Industry professionals at Network Rail’s Community Safety team and the British Transport Police hosted five railway safety sessions at the Doncaster school, showcasing the dangers of trespassing on railways.
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 9, 2024
Pokemon Go studio Niantic now offers one of Quest's most interesting examples of mixed reality experimentation. The free Hello, Dot app available now lets loose one of the virtual creatures from the AR game out into your environment. You can grab the jiggly little creature from the air, dip it in a bucket of paint, or point at a surface to direct its interest.
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The Ghost Howls
MAY 10, 2024
Today I’ve tried the free demo of COLD VR, the VR game that is the opposite of Superhot VR (hence the joke of the name). I think this game is fun and has a lot of potential, but it needs a bit more of polish to become a true hit when the full version will be released. Discover why in this review of the free preview demo that is available on Steam.
Road to VR
MAY 9, 2024
Take a look around the web at reviews of Vision Pro and you’ll find that practically everyone agrees: Vision Pro’s display is excellent. Words like “crisp,” “smooth,” and “4K,” are commonly used when people are talking about the headset’s visuals. But what if I told you Apple’s headset actually has a lower effective resolution than Quest 3?
XR Today - Virtual Reality
MAY 10, 2024
Today, Interplay Learning announced a strategic partnership with Peterman Brothers’ Heating, Cooling, Plumbing, and Electrical divisions to distribute immersive learning services to ten Peterman service branches and their workers. The move sees more than 250 Peterman technicians leverage the XR training solution to improve technical skills, including HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and drain-clearing procedures.
Upload VR
MAY 5, 2024
Chinese news outlet WallStreetCN reports Apple plans to launch the cheaper and lighter Vision headset as early as June 2025. The report cites "the supply chain" as saying Apple is accelerating the launch from an original plan of September 2025, and claims the headset will weigh roughly 400 grams, significantly lighter than the 600-650 gram Vision Pro.
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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.
AR Insider
MAY 6, 2024
As spatial computing continues to evolve and advance, it’s important that its devices and systems embrace inclusive design accessibility. Who's doing what to fulfill that mission? This post appeared first on AR Insider.
Charlie Fink
MAY 9, 2024
M&A activity in AI and XR drove the news this week. Sandbox VR adds 25 more locations, and Niantic tries MR for the first time.
Road to VR
MAY 8, 2024
Meta announced Batman: Arkham Shadow last week, which is coming exclusively to Quest 3 in late 2024. And wouldn’t you know it, YouTube users absolutely hate it. Although YouTube disabled the dislike button counter in 2021, you can still get a good idea of how the public is reacting to any given video by installing an extension to your browser, like Chrome’s ‘ Return YouTube Dislike ‘ Released officially through both IGN’s main YouTube channel and Meta’s own Y
XR Today - Virtual Reality
MAY 6, 2024
The University of Miami has implemented ENGAGE’s spatial computing technology to bolster immersive learning experiences across the university. The Top Immersive Education Trends to Watch in 2024 New Meta Quest for Education Product Due this Year How Immersive Learning can Help Education, Governmental Shortages ENGAGE is a SaaS Enterprise advanced spatial computing platform that allows professionals, event organisers, educators, and businesses to create their own virtual worlds.
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 7, 2024
The new Apple Pencil Pro would make a perfect accessory for Apple Vision Pro. Alongside new iPad Pro and iPad Air models, today Apple announced the $130 Apple Pencil Pro for use with them. 0:00 / 0:27 1× The new Apple Pencil Pro. In addition to the pressure sensing and double tap detection of the existing second-generation Apple Pencil, the new Pro model has a gyroscope, squeeze sensor, and haptic feedback.
AR Insider
MAY 7, 2024
AR content – with its demand for high-quality, real-time rendering – presents challenges that go beyond traditional digital-creation paradigms. How can render farms add value? This post appeared first on AR Insider.
Charlie Fink
MAY 10, 2024
AIFF is a great thing for the growing community of artists and filmmakers drawn to Cinematic AI.
Road to VR
MAY 6, 2024
Some major car manufacturers still design cars in clay before heading into production, and while that tradition doesn’t seem to be going away just yet, companies like Ford, Volvo and Rivian say mixed reality headsets are substantially helping them to reduce time and cost in vehicle design. In a new video focusing on the Australia-base ddesign team behind the Ford Ranger, Ranger Raptor and Everest, we get a look at just how one of the world’s largest car manufacturers is using mixed r
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.
Anand Tech
MAY 7, 2024
Setting things up for what is certainly to be an exciting next few months in the world of CPUs and SoCs, Apple this morning has announced their next-generation M-series chip, the M4. Introduced just over six months after the M3 and the associated 2023 Apple MacBook family, the M4 is going to start its life on a very different track, launching alongside Apple’s newest iPad Pro tablets.
Upload VR
MAY 6, 2024
This post was produced by UploadVR in partnership with Kluge Interactive and Mighty Coconut. Fans of Synth Riders and Walkabout Mini Golf, we’ve got some news: The base games of both are available as a discounted bundle ! The Synthabout bundle launched May 3rd, 2024 and will be available until May 17th, 2024 on the Meta Quest and Steam VR for $31.99 USD.
AR Insider
MAY 9, 2024
This week on Reality Bytes, we try Instagram's new interactive stickers, YouTube's AI skipper tool, and Dave & Buster's gamified loyalty. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
MAY 7, 2024
Rivian deployed Autodesk’s virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) solution alongside Varjo headsets to enhance sustainability processes. NTT and the Role of Sustainability in the Industrial Metaverse Digital Twins, Where Profitability and Sustainability “Coexist” Lenovo Outlines Metaverse, Sustainability Pledge The software, Autodesk VRED, provides full support to virtual and mixed reality and, combined with Varjo’s headsets, allows the design department to work with life-like digital model
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?
Road to VR
MAY 6, 2024
Searching for Vision Pro apps when not actually wearing the thing has been a hassle since day one. Now Apple has added a nifty new search function to its App Store web portal which makes it a lot easier to browse and download stuff. Apple launched its Vision Pro web portal a while ago, but if you were left scratching your head looking for a search function, scratch no more.
Anand Tech
MAY 10, 2024
Coming out of the dark times that preceded the launch of AMD's Zen CPU architecture in 2017, to say that AMD has turned things around on the back of Zen would be an understatement. Ever since AMD launched its first Zen-based Ryzen and EPYC processors for client and server computers, it has been consistently gaining x86 market share, growing from a bit player to a respectable rival to Intel (and all at Intel's expense).
Upload VR
MAY 10, 2024
Inspired by Dungeon Keeper, Underworld Overseer sees you protecting your lair this year on Quest and PC VR. Read on for our full impressions. Developed by Myron Games, best known for its VR sandbox god simulator, Deisim , Underworld Overseer shares some similarities but mixes in tactical combat. Playing the powerful god-like Overseer, this villain protagonist adventure tasks you with managing an underground lair and its various minions, protecting your base from invaders across an 18-level campa
AR Insider
MAY 9, 2024
Niantic brings Peridot to Quest, Matterport gets acquired and Sora opens a new era of music videos. We have these and other happenings from the intersection of AR and AI through the eyes of Charlie Fink. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
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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