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Oculus Quest Shortage Is A Good Sign For VR

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Industry insiders weigh in on the potential impact of the standalone headset. Facebook’s standalone 6DOF headset, Oculus Quest hit retail stores on May 21 st , and in just one week after launch, the VR headset was listed as sold out at many U.S. retailers such as Walmart, Amazon and Newegg, suggesting that VR is finally catching on with consumers. So, what is about this iteration of the VR headset that is getting consumers outside of the VR industry all hyped up about VR?

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Analysis: Monthly-connected VR Headsets on Steam Pass 1 Million Milestone

Road to VR

Valve’s monthly Steam Survey has long offered useful insight into the share of VR headsets in use on Steam. But the figures provided are relative to the non-static Steam population, which obfuscates the actual adoption trend of VR headsets on the platform. To demystify the data, Road to VR has developed a proprietary model which derives actual headset counts by correcting for Steam’s changing population.

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HP Reverb is finally available in the US and other selected countries

The Ghost Howls

The HP Reverb is now finally available in selected places. I have spent the last weeks asking whoever people something about it, and today the awesome Joanna Popper notified me that it is finally on sale online on HP Store. So, if you are interested in a high-resolution headset, shop it now ! HP Reverb. Hp reverb headset (Image by Road To VR). The HP Reverb is a high-resolution enterprise headset offered by HP.

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Magic Leap Achieves Full Hand Tracking & Lays Foundation for Magicverse with Latest Lumin Update

Next Reality AR

After improving hand-tracking and adding multi-user sharing features in the last Lumin OS update, Magic Leap has upped the ante yet again. In the Lumin OS 0.95 update (accompanied by SDK 0.21), Magic Leap introduced tracking for eight key poses from varying positions, as well as the ability to recognize gestures without key poses. Now, with Lumin OS 0.96, hand tracking has improved even further, with a 15 keypoint model giving Magic Leap One the ability to track a full hand with five fingers.

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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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Location-Based AR Is Changing How The World Looks At Gaming

VRScout

Breaking down the world of location-based AR gaming. Who remembers summer of 2016 when the very popular AR game Pokémon GO dominated the news cycle? Well, maybe not dominated, but it definitely soaked up the spotlight with big media like Good Morning America and other prominent news outlets. The location-based AR game—in which users traveled throughout their physical environment to discover and capture Pokemon—had such a huge impact on its users that the National Safety Council issu

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My Taiwanese XR Chronicles part 3: Vive Pro Eye hands on, meeting with iStaging, Lyra VR and Women in XR!

The Ghost Howls

In this third and last article about my trip to Taiwan (here you are the links to my first and second one , if you missed them), I want to tell you about some other amazing XR stuff that I did there. Do you know for instance that I have tried the Vive Pro Eye ? iStaging. Front door of the iStaging offices in Taipei. iStaging is one of the companies that I loved the most in Taiwan.

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Amazon Adding Virtual Try-On from L'Oréal's ModiFace to Its Beauty Products

Next Reality AR

Cosmetics augmented reality specialist ModiFace appears to be really benefiting from the brand power of L'Oréal, which acquired the company last year. Now, after Facebook added ModiFace to its AR platform earlier this year, online retail behemoth Amazon is following suit and has agreed to use ModiFace's technology for cosmetics products on its web store.

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Apple’s ARKit 3 Introduces Human Occlusion, Body Tracking, And Motion Capture

VRScout

Apple showcases new upgrades to its AR platform during WWDC. First introduced during the 2017 Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple’s ARKit platform has since grown into a powerful set of tools for developers looking to create high-end AR experiences on iOS devices. Keeping in line with their past two conferences, Apple used this years WWDC to debut ARKit 3, which introduces a slew of new upgrades to the already-powerful AR platform.

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Samsung Reportedly to Release “multiple AR and VR products” in Coming Months

Road to VR

Samsung hasn’t really said much about VR since the release of Samsung Odyssey+, the hardware refresh to its Windows Mixed Reality headset that came to market in October 2018. However at Augmented World Expo (AWE), the company offered a few brief statements to underline their continued commitment to the space. In short: Samsung has more AR/VR products coming down the pipeline.

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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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How Virtual Reality Can Close the Gender Pay Gap

ARPost

Even in the age of technologies like virtual reality , women all around the world only earn a small portion of what men make. According to Equal Pay Today, the average woman loses around $430,480 in income throughout her life. Women don’t always enjoy the same privileges as their male counterparts. In the years to come, emerging technologies such as virtual reality will change that.

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Ellen Degeneres Is Leveraging the Power of Augmented Reality Gaming to Help Save an Endangered Species

Next Reality AR

Many tech insiders are waiting for augmented reality to go mainstream, but if you look around hard enough, you'll find that it's already gone as mainstream as possible, thanks to talk show host Ellen Degeneres. Degeneres and her partner, actor Portia de Rossi, recently teamed up with Krikey, a San Francisco-based augmented reality app studio, to create Gorillas!

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Microsoft’s Minecraft Earth AR Experience Is Straight-Up Black Magic

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New gameplay shown at WWDC teases an incredible augmented adventure on the way. Last month, Microsoft celebrated the 10th anniversary of Minecraft with the reveal of Minecraft Earth , an upcoming Pokemon Go-like AR mobile game that brings all the crafting, exploration, and adventure of the original PC game to the real world. The company promised fans of the historic franchise the opportunity to discover a variety of resources hidden throughout real environments, such as rare blocks, unique anima

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Apple Offers Impressive Web-based AR Previews of New Mac Pro

Road to VR

Apple is taking advantage of a recent iOS feature called AR Quick Look to allow potential customers to see the company’s new Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR at scale in augmented reality right from Apple.com on an iPhone. The ease of use, rendering, and tracking quality make it surprisingly compelling. While no one is going to care enough to check out a 3D model of a new pair of socks before hitting the buy button, big purchases are an entirely different story.

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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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Epson Moverio Brings Scale to Smartglasses

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What comes to mind when you think of Epson? If you’re like most people, probably printers and scanners. With the launch of Epson Moverio , the company hopes to change that perception and position itself as a leader in the enterprise AR. Epson is not new to AR. The company has made smartglasses for nearly a decade. But they couldn’t help but notice that something was missing in the marketplace to make those glasses usable on a large scale.

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Snapchat Celebrates Pride Month with New Landmark AR Experiences

Next Reality AR

While the 49th Annual Gay Pride Parade and Festival will take place on Santa Monica Boulevard and West Hollywood Park, revelers will also be able venture Northeast to the TCL Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard to continue celebrating via Snapchat. On Thursday, Snapchat launched a Landmarker AR Lens, designed by Los Angeles-based creator Sallia Goldstein, that adorns the iconic theater with Pride decorations for the occasion.

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Vive Pro Eye Now Available For Purchase In North America

VRScout

Professional-grade VR eye-tracking for $1,599. HTC announced today their Vive Pro Eye VR headset is now available for purchase in North America through Vive.com and select retailers. Priced at $1,599 , this latest iteration builds upon the existing Vive Pro headset and its SteamVR 2.0 tracking with the inclusion of precision eye-tracking functionality, opening up a new realm of possibilities for enterprise VR.

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‘Primitive’ Visualizes Complex Code for Collaborative Analysis in VR

Road to VR

Primitive represents one of the most interesting use-cases I’ve seen for VR so far—it creates 3D visualizations of source code that can be collaboratively explored and analyzed in VR. It’s creators believe that bringing a spatial understanding to otherwise flat code enhances the development process of complex code created by distributed development teams.

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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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Peek Inside Harry’s Unraveling Mind in Awake Episode One – A VR Film Review

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Awake Episode One is a 20-minute, 9-chapter, episodic VR film by Start VR. It was published in December 2018 on Viveport and Steam for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Windows Mixed Reality headsets. To watch and review, I used my Oculus Rift and stood to watch and interact with it. Awake or a Waking Nightmare? VR has been described as an empathy provoking machine.

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Fashion Startup Kollectin Lets You Try on Earrings & Necklaces from Indie Designers in AR, with Just a Swipe to Buy

Next Reality AR

The natural marriage between fashion and augmented reality is charging onward, but not just from the major brands we already know about. A new Los Angeles-based startup called Kollectin has decided to harness the power of AR to power its entry into the fashion accessories market, not as a gimmick, but as a central part of the business. Don't Miss: Christian Dior Fashion Fans Can Now Try on Sunglasses & Headbands via Augmented Reality on Instagram "Kollectin was built on the idea of using tec

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Tachyon Rider Is A Vaporwave-Inspired VR Cyber-Racer RPG

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Take a joyride down Neon Highway in this Tachyon-powered retrofuturistic universe. If you’re unfamiliar with the concept behind Vaporwave, it can best be described as a retrofuturistic subgenre of music, art, clothing, and architecture designed to induce a sense of nostalgia and surrealism. Often times this includes blue and pink neon colors, mood music styles—such as elevator and lounge music—and specific pop culture references.

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Rift S is the Lowest Rated Oculus Headset on Amazon, Quest Vaults Ahead

Road to VR

Though Oculus touts the Rift S as its “most advanced, PC-powered gaming headset,” the headset is notably trailing other Oculus headsets (including the original Rift) in customer ratings on Amazon. Meanwhile, Quest has taken the lead as the most favorably rated Oculus headset, ranking as high (or higher) than major game consoles. Rift S and Quest launched on May 21st, with the former being the company’s second PC VR headset, and the latter being the company’s first standal

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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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Microsoft Mt. Rogers has you wearing VR headsets in public for productivity

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We seem to be a screen-obsessed society these days, be it on phones or on computers. Truth be told, if we could have more screens, we would jump on them without a second thought. Unfortunately or perhaps fortunately, there are only so many screens you can afford and squeeze in a physical location. One solution would be to have an … Continue reading.

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Magic Leap Adds Sketchfab Support to Its Native Helio Web Browser

Next Reality AR

New York-based virtual content startup Sketchfab is usually at the forefront of the latest developments in augmented reality, so it's no surprise that the company has locked in yet another major platform. Magic Leap has announced that Sketchfab is its first WebXR partner (a feature found in Magic Leap's Lumin OS 0.96), a development that will immediately allow creators to view and directly interact with Sketchfab's vast virtual object library. • Don't Miss: Sketchfab Launches Professional 3D Mod

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Dragon Quest Is Receiving Its Own Pokemon Go-Style AR Experience

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A closed beta for Dragon Quest Walk launches in Japan later this month. Location services-based AR games are all the rage at the moment. Thanks to the initial groundwork laid out by Google Ingress and the unprecedented popularity of Pokemon Go, it seems as though every major franchise has begun toying with the idea of their own AR mobile apps. Major properties, such as The Walking Dead and Jurassic World, have already launched their own GPS-powered AR experiences; with Niantic planning the launc

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‘Trover Saves the Universe’ Launches on PSVR, Coming to PC Next Week

Road to VR

Trover Saves the Universe , the latest VR title from Squanch Games and the mind of Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland, launched today on PS4 with support for both PSVR and non-VR. The game will launch for PC VR headsets via Steam next week. Trover Saves the Universe is now available on PS4 for $30 , and can be played in both VR and non-VR. It’s a third-person adventure game that’s clearly built around the zany, unique humor and voices of Justin Roiland, the co-creator of Rick

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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