VRScout
JUNE 3, 2021
Sony reveals new VR games and exciting updates during its latest PS VR Showcase event. Today marked yet another PS VR Showcase by Sony, during which the company revealed new games for the PlayStation VR as well as exciting updates on several highly-anticipated titles. The event highlighted seven games in total, from brand new experiences like Winds & Leaves to previously-announced titles such as After the Fall.
The Ghost Howls
JUNE 2, 2021
The Keynote of Facebook F8 Refresh, the digital version of the usual Facebook F8 event, has finished some hours ago. Since I’ve watched it all, I think it’s my duty to write an exhaustive summary of the most important AR and VR news announced at this event for you all members of the XR community, so that you are sure not to have missed anything important.
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Digital Trends
JUNE 3, 2021
You can go buy a 5G phone today, but what about 6G? What is it, how different from 5G will it be, and when will it arrive? We've got the answers for you here.
ARPost
JUNE 4, 2021
So far, AR marketing has allowed consumers to try on various products and see how they look wearing these. Bollé , a French sports and lifestyle eyewear manufacturer, takes things further. Their Instagram AR campaign does not only allow users to see how they look wearing their new product line, but also see the world through it. Why are these sunglasses so special?
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.
VRScout
JUNE 4, 2021
Alyx-multiplayer transforms the popular single-player VR shooter into a buddy adventure. Available now via SteamVR, Half-Life: Alyx offers one of the most satisfying single-player adventures currently available on VR headsets. That being said, it can be somewhat lonely at times. For those who’ve yet to play the game (who are you?), Valve’s immensely popular VR shooter has you stepping into the shoes of Alyx Vance, a brilliant hacker and resistance fighter, as she battles her way deep
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AR Insider
JUNE 1, 2021
A. common AR industry sentiment is that the smartphone will pave the way for smart glasses. Before AR glasses achieve consumer-friendly specs and price points, AR’s delivery system is the device we all have in our pockets. There, it can stimulate demand for AR experiences. This thinking holds up, but a less-discussed product class could have a greater impact in priming consumers for AR glasses: wearables.
Road to VR
JUNE 4, 2021
The latest update to the Oculus Integration for Unity includes a beta release of a spectator camera capability which will allow developers to show a third-person view to spectators watching on a smartphone or web browser. Today if a friend wants to watch the action going on inside your Quest game, you can cast your first-person view to your smartphone (through the Oculus app), to a TV (with Chromecast), or to a web browser ( through the Casting page ).
VRScout
JUNE 3, 2021
Spice up your video calls with AR games and party hats. With the COVID pandemic forcing many of us to adhere to social distancing measures, video calls have become essential in the way we work, socialize, and learn. Unfortunately, as the pandemic continued, even this once-futuristic form of communication began to take a toll, resulting in what many refer to as “Zoom fatigue.” .
The Ghost Howls
JUNE 1, 2021
Facebook is working very hard to update fast the Oculus Quest runtime, adding always more features. And it is great that the community is able to find hints to them far before they get released. This is possible thanks to amazing developers, hackers, and enthusiasts that always check for cues in the runtimes that get released. One of them is Basti564 , which has just released a Youtube video about some new hidden features detected in the just-released v29 runtime.
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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
JUNE 2, 2021
E merging technologies often follow a common evolutionary path from novelty to utility. It’s all about fun & games before settling into lasting value in everyday mundane utilities. Consider the iPhone’s arc from novelty apps like iBeer and Zippo to staples like Uber and Spotify. The same happened on the web. After the early 2000’s bubble burst from an inflated atmosphere of grandiose visions, the web eventually reached those elevated valuations… but in a different for
Road to VR
JUNE 4, 2021
Rebellion, developer of the Sniper Elite franchise, announced its bringing Sniper Elite VR to all supported platforms on July 8th, 2021. The game, which puts you into the shoes of an Italian anti-fascist resistance fighter in WWII, is simultaneously launching on Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift, SteamVR headsets and PSVR. The single-player game focuses on first-person action, and takes you across a linear campaign with 18 missions as you rid Sicily of the Nazi U-Boot menace.
VRScout
MAY 30, 2021
Ubisoft’s VR multiplayer party game comes to life on the big screen as a modern horror-comedy. Back in 2018, it was revealed that the popular VR party game Werewolves Within was being developed into a full-length feature film produced by Ubisoft Motion Pictures, the same team responsible for 2016’s Assassin’s Creed film. Today, we received our first look at the modernized film adaptation, and what we’ve seen so far has us genuinely excited for this upcoming horror-comedy.
The Ghost Howls
JUNE 1, 2021
While the Pico Neo 3 will be sold as an enterprise device in the West with the name of Pico Neo 3 Pro, it is currently on sale as a consumer-oriented headset in China. It costs around $400, and it features amazing games like Synth Riders, Red Matter , SuperHot VR. Not bad for a device that wants to jumpstart the consumer VR ecosystem in the country of the Red Dragon.
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.
AR Insider
JUNE 4, 2021
A s you may know, Snap recently held its annual Partner Summit, during which it made the splashy “one-more-thing” announcement that it’s launching AR-enabled Spectacles. As we examined at the time, this is a considerable moment in Snap’s AR lifecycle. But the news was so big that it overshadowed several other notable AR announcements and updates. These are more evolutionary than revolutionary — and less prone to headlines — but are key updates in Snap’s AR mix.
Road to VR
JUNE 3, 2021
Arcade Legend is an upcoming arcade simulator for PC VR headsets that not only lets you manage your own arcade, but also collect and play officially licensed arcade games too. It’s been a rough year for arcades, yours included. Now it’s time to clean up the place, build your reputation among the quarter-dispensing public, and unlock all of the arcade games along the way.
VRScout
JUNE 2, 2021
Theia Interactive’s new VR tool takes the guesswork out of designing products and campaigns. . Beyond the obvious use-cases of gaming, socialVR, workforce training, and education, VR can also be used to collect deep marketing data in new and exicting ways. For example, Kellogg’s turned to VR and eye-tracking to put themselves in the shoes of consumers in an effort to develop new ways to better market their Pop-Tart Bites.
ARPost
JUNE 3, 2021
A 2017 study on extended reality predicted that Europe will be a leading force in XR development. Well, it wasn’t wrong. The European XR industry has grown steadily over the past few years, adding more companies, employees, and value. Building on the original research that the XR Association (XRA) and Ecorys published in 2017, XR and Its Potential for Europe study illustrates that the industry has been growing slower than initially projected.
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.
AR Insider
JUNE 3, 2021
V R traction over the past few years has been slower than many had anticipated. But it’s still finding small wins and is growing at a fairly healthy pace. This leads to several questions such as who uses VR ? What are their motivations ? And what experiences resonate most ? So we set out for answers. Working closely with Thrive Analytics , ARtillery Intelligence authored questions to be fielded through its established survey engine to more than 46,000 U.S. adults.
Road to VR
JUNE 2, 2021
YUKI is an upcoming VR bullet-hell roguelike from ARVORE, the studio behind the Pixel Ripped games, The Line , and more. Today the studio released a new gameplay trailer showing how players will control the game’s character by flying them around with their hands like an action figure. Yuki is now set to launch this Summer on Quest and PC VR, with a PSVR release planned later this year.
VRScout
JUNE 2, 2021
First to 30 kills wins in this limited time game mode coming soon to Oculus Quest and SteamVR headsets. Developer BigBox VR Inc. ( Smashbox Arena ) this week announced the latest update to its popular VR battle royale game POPULATION: ONE. Beginning tomorrow, players can dive into a brand new game mode, Team Deathmatch, and compete against other players for the highest kill count.
ARPost
JUNE 2, 2021
Recruitment is the most crucial division of a company. One good hire and your business can skyrocket. Likewise, one bad hire and your company can go into the drain. Having said that, we know that there’s no perfect recruitment process to dig deeper into the swarm of applications and find the best match. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t do 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?
ARVR
JUNE 4, 2021
The Haptics club is an Open community about #Haptics. Founded by members of Unity, Interhaptics , Senseglove , and Nanoport. An event every other week with speakers from various industries and academia. Do you want to listen to the full podcast ? Who is Alex Meland and bHaptics? Alex Meland is a Community Manager at bHaptics , and passionate about the world of haptics. bHaptics is a company that specialized in full-body haptic suits.
Road to VR
JUNE 2, 2021
Arkio is a collaborative VR tool built for quickly sketching architectural ideas and for reviewing designs with a group. In addition to a focus on speed, Arkio also aims to be cross-platform and easy to use, with the ability for VR and non-VR users to collaborate together. The 1.0 version of the tool is available starting this week across Quest, Rift, SteamVR, iOS, Android, and Windows.
VRScout
JUNE 1, 2021
A new update turns TypeEh Studios’ DragonRide VR into a fast-paced VR rhythm game. Originally released back in August 2020, developer TypeEh Studios’ relaxing VR dragon-riding experience, DragonRide VR , received a massive update this week introducing a brand new game mode inspired by VR rhythm games like Beat Saber and Supernatural. Available now on SteamVR headsets, DragonRide VR is a fantasy-lovers dream, offering players the rare opportunity to grab the reigns and take control of
AR Insider
MAY 31, 2021
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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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