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‘Seeker VR’ Brings Harry Potter’s Quidditch To Oculus Quest 2

VRScout

Chase the ever-elusive snitch, cast various spells, and discover magical creatures in this fan-made broomstick flying simulator. Available now on Oculus Quest 2 headsets, Seeker VR is a Harry Potter VR game developed by fans for fans. You can navigate the sprawling grounds of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry, chase the Snitch across the Quidditch pitch, and cast spells with your trusty wand.

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A Sneak Peek of Some of the Must-See Sessions at AWE USA 2021

ARPost

The annual Augmented World Expo (AWE) USA is still over a month away, but the full agenda is live. Here, we’ll take a look at some of the speakers and talks that we’re most excited about at ARPost , but we’ll also tell you why we’re so excited about them and why you should be too. AWE Is Back In-Person. We’re excited about the whole event. There’s a lot of buzz around this year because, while AWE never took a break, the conference went online last year and this time it’s live and in-person in Sa

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How to build your passthrough AR app for Oculus Quest in Unity

The Ghost Howls

I love passthrough augmented reality , because it lets us create AR experiences with the VR headsets that we already own, plus it also opens up augmented reality to new possibilities, like wide-FOV vision or diminished reality experiences. You all know that Facebook has recently released Passthrough APIs to let developers create AR experiences on Quest 2, and of course, I am experimenting with them.

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Where Do AR and NFTs Intersect?

AR Insider

AR could be the optimal vessel for NFTs. while NFTs serve as an AR killer app. How will this play out? Guest author Anne McKinnon breaks down 3 lessons from creating AR on the blockchain. The post Where Do AR and NFTs Intersect? appeared first on AR Insider.

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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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Report: Valve Developing Standalone SteamVR Headset

VRScout

Valve’s next hardware release could be an all-in-one VR headset according to new reports circulating the web. According to several bits of information discovered in Valve’s SteamVR code, it appears as though the company is currently in the development of a new VR headset. Unlike the Valve Index, the company’s premium PC VR headset, the “Deckard,” as it’s referred to in the notes, is a wireless standalone VR headset capable of operating without the need of a de

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Nreal announces Nreal Air AR glasses

The Ghost Howls

After some days of teasing, Chinese AR company Nreal has finally announced its latest AR glasses: Nreal Air. I would define them as the “GearVR of augmented reality” Let me tell you why. Nreal. Nreal is one of the most interesting AR startups out there, and it has revolutionized the augmented reality sector launching the first stylish and affordable AR glasses during CES 2019.

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Facebook is Unlocking Root Access to Oculus Go Soon

Road to VR

John Carmack, legendary programmer and key player in the Oculus Rift genesis story, announced recently that he’s won a decisive battle within Facebook to finally release root access to Oculus Go, the 3DOF standalone VR headset launched in 2018. Carmack says in a recent tweet that users can expect to gain root access “soon,” which will be made available via an unlocked OS build for the Oculus Go headset that can be side loaded.

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Nreal’s New AR Sunglasses Look Pretty Gosh Darn Stylish

VRScout

The Nreal Air AR smart glasses are capable of simulating a massive 201-inch with a refresh rate of 90Hz. Hot off the heels of a successful Series C funding round, Nreal—the company behind the Nreal Light AR glasses—has announced a new set of consumer AR sunglasses. The Nreal Air are unlike any other AR glasses we’ve seen so far, combining style with technology.

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Resident Evil 4 VR release date is just in time for Halloween

Slashgear

It’s been a while since we last received an update on Resident Evil 4 VR, but today we got a big one. Not only did we get a new trailer for the game, but we also got a release date. As it turns out, release day is coming up pretty fast, so those who own an Oculus Quest 2 don’t … Continue reading.

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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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Lego Star Wars Terrifying Tales' Best Short Is More Sad Than Spooky

GizModo VR

Like last year’s holiday special before it , Lucasfilm and Lego’s latest special shifts outside of canon to riff on the reason for the season, dipping into a trio of spooky stories revolving around dark side artifacts. Also like the special before it, it’s at its best when it ignores its non-canonicity to really take a… Read more.

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Promising VR MMO ‘Zenith: The Last City’ Just Got a Huge Boost With $10 Million in Funding

Road to VR

Ramen VR, the studio behind the upcoming VR MMO Zenith: The Last City announced today that it has raised $10 million in venture capital. The game is set to launch later this year on all major headsets. Zenith: The Last City got its start with a successful Kickstarter back in 2019. Despite raising $280,000—significantly more than its $25,000 goal—that isn’t much budget to create a full-blown MMO.

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Meditate On Your Own Virtual Island In ‘Maloka’ On Quest

VRScout

Practice your meditation skills alongsdie your own Tamagotchi-style spirit guide in this guided meditation app. There are a number of studies that highlight the positive impact meditation can have on the human body as well as the mind. Not only can it reduce your overall stress, but it can also give you more cognitive flexibility, improve your working memory, help with anxiety, and even lower your blood pressure.

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Intel’s First 4nm EUV Chip, Ready Today: Loihi 2 for Neuromorphic Computing

Anand Tech

We’ve been keeping light tabs on Intel’s Neuromorphic efforts ever since it launched its first dedicated 14nm silicon for Neuromorphic Computing, called Loihi, back in early 2018. In an interview with Intel Lab’s Director Dr. Richard Uhlig back in March 2021, I asked about the development of the hardware, and when we might see a second generation.

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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.

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Leaked Facebook Docs Depict Kids as 'Untapped' Wealth

GizModo VR

The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday published the latest in its investigative series “ The Facebook Files ,” diving even deeper into the ubiquitous platform’s efforts to target and recruit young children. Read more.

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‘Rec Room’ is Getting a Mario Kart-style Racer on September 29th, Trailer Here

Road to VR

Rec Room , arguably the most successful social VR platform, today announced at its annual Rec Con conference that it’s getting a new go-kart racing mini-game that will let you duke it out against your friends and strangers in six-player online matches. Called ‘Rec Rally’, the new mini-game is set to launch on September 29th, arriving for free on all supported platforms.

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‘Resident Evil 4 VR’ Arriving Just In Time For Halloween

VRScout

Check out the latest trailer for the upcoming VR survival horror game here. During the Resident Evil Showcase this past April, Capcom revealed Resident Evil 4 VR , a full VR port of the classic 2005 survival horror game coming soon to Oculus Quest 2 headsets. Earlier today, Oculus revealed an official October release date alongside a new trailer that offers us our best look yet at the highly-anticipated action-horror experience.

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Why are so few people actually using 5G in the U.S.? Here’s what the experts say

Digital Trends

On paper, 5G rollout is increasing in the U.S., but consumer-focused mobile subscriptions are still lagging. We asked the experts to find out why.

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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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China's Alibaba to Stop Selling Crypto Mining Machines

GizModo VR

Alibaba, China’s largest online retailer, will stop selling cryptocurrency mining machines, according to an announcement published online Monday. The ban comes after the Chinese government made its own sweeping announcement on Friday banning all cryptocurrency trading in the country. Read more.

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AR Glasses Creator Nreal Secures $100M Series C Financing to Expand Internationally

Road to VR

Chinese AR glasses startup Nreal announced it’s raised a fresh $100 million Series C financing round, something it says will be used for R&D and to fund wider international expansion. As first reported by CNBC , the latest round reportedly brings the company’s valuation to $700 million. That figure was obtained by an anonymous source with knowledge of the deal, CNBC says, however the company has yet to comment.

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‘Rec Room’ Adding VR Rally Racing Game

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“Rec Rally” is basically Mario Kart: Double Dash in VR and I couldn’t be more excited. Social VR platform Rec Room is currently in the middle of Rec Con , a three-day celebration featuring a variety of Rec Room -themed panels, events, and concerts. There’s also a virtual event space filled with various art, cosplay, and over 200 individual booths to peruse at your leisure.

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Molten ring in space allows Hubble to peer 9 billion years into the past

Digital Trends

Gravity creates strange optical illusions like beautiful rings in space named Einstein rings, one of which was recently captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Who C.A.R.E.S.!? How Learning Got Its Bad Rap & What We Can Do About It

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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So Much Ice Has Melted, That the Earth’s Crust Is Shifting in Weird, New Ways

GizModo VR

Both the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets—the world’s two largest bodies of ice—are melting at an alarming rate, causing major problems for local ecosystems and coastal communities alike. Now, in yet more evidence that the climate crisis is changing everything in bizarre and profound ways, new research suggests that… Read more.

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HTC is Holding a Vive Product Event Just Ahead of Facebook Connect

Road to VR

HTC is gearing up to hold what seems to be a new product unveiling on October 14th, or just ahead of Facebook Connect on the 28th of that month. The company says we’ll be hearing about some “big news in a small package.” HTC announced the event on Twitter, saying it will take place on October 14th at 11 AM ET ( local time here ) in the company’s online event space, which is hosted by social VR platform Engage. 10.14.21 [link] #gowiththeflow pic.twitter.com/TaidAkicJo. 

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How Researchers Use AR Spiders To Cure Arachnophobia

VRScout

Researchers claim that AR-powered “exposure therapy” can assist those suffering from an unrealistic fear of arachnids. Arachnophobia, aka the fear of spiders and other arachnids, has been proven to cause clinically significant distress for those diagnosed, which is somewhere between 3.5 and 6.1 of the global population. To help combat the dramatic effects brought on by this traumatic condition, researchers at the University of Basel in Switzerland have developed a new smartphone app

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How an AR Technology Can Connect Students to Museums for Global Discovery-Based Learning

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Imagine if you were a student and there could be a way to interact with your choice of art or artifact in any museum in the world for discovery-based learning in your classroom or home, no matter where you were in the world. Your school, teacher, or parent could just use the equipment they probably [.]. The post How an AR Technology Can Connect Students to Museums for Global Discovery-Based Learning appeared first on Virtual Reality Augmented Reality Technology Latest News.

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The Key to Getting the Best Out of Video-Based Practice & Coaching

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