VRScout
JULY 5, 2023
The futuristic structure features 10,000 immersive chairs powered by an infrasound haptic system. Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. recently unveiled Sphere, a “next-generation” entertainment venue packed with an impressive variety of multi-sensory 4D technologies designed to immerse audiences in a number of captivating experiences.
AR Insider
JULY 5, 2023
Advances in tech often present new learning opportunities for younger generations. And that's currently the case with Generation Z. Can AR help them learn essential skills? This post appeared first on AR Insider.
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ARPost
JULY 4, 2023
Sponsored content Sponsored by VR Vision The recent introduction of Apple’s Vision Pro has ignited a fresh wave of excitement in the extended reality landscape, with industry experts and enthusiasts alike anticipating a surge in the growth and evolution of the XR industry. This immersive technology (coined “spatial computing” by Apple), which encompasses virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality, is set to experience a significant boost from Apple’s entry into the field.
Road to VR
JULY 4, 2023
John Carmack, legendary programmer and former CTO of Oculus, is known for giving his unfiltered thoughts on almost every aspect of the XR industry. While he departed Meta in December , concluding his “decade in VR,” Carmack is still very interested in the medium, as he recently went hands-on with one of the latest PC VR headsets to hit the scene, the slim and light Bigscreen Beyond.
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
JULY 7, 2023
New shared AR games have also been announced. The Minnesota Twins baseball team is expanding its collaboration with smartphone-based augmented reality (AR) platform ARound to bring AR-powered statistics and new AR mini-games to Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, according to an official release. The partnership was originally announced back in 2022.
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ARPost
JULY 7, 2023
The idea of digital twins has been conceptually important to immersive technology and related ideas like the metaverse for some time – not to mention their practical employment, particularly in enterprise. However, the term doesn’t, or hasn’t, necessarily meant what it sounds like and the actual technology has so far had only limited usefulness for spatial computing.
Road to VR
JULY 6, 2023
After being out of stock for months, HTC quietly removed the US-facing product page for Vive Cosmos, its modular PC VR headset released in 2019. The discrepancy was first discovered by Reddit user ‘Kody1996’, who wondered why the Vive Cosmos product page was missing. “I am afraid the VIVE Cosmos headset has been discontinued in the US.
VRScout
JULY 3, 2023
According to the manufacturer, only 24 of these extravagant headsets will be made available. During Apple’s 2023 WWDC, the company finally unveiled Vision Pro , a high-end mixed reality headset that could provide a big consumerism boost for augmented reality (AR) and VR technology. That said, the device comes with an expensive price tag of $3,500.
AR Insider
JULY 3, 2023
Welcome back to Spatial Beats, AR Insider's weekly series that features observations and insights of author and futurist Charlie Fink. This week, we look at the latest move from Google, Niantic and others. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
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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.
ARPost
JULY 5, 2023
Historically, Niantic has made much of its money through in-app purchases on its free-to-play games like Pokémon Go. However, recent announcements from the company suggest that it’s exploring new monetization strategies, including through web-based experiences powered by 8th Wall. Niantic Pioneers AR Ads In-App The Cannes Lions Festival recently took place in the South of France (and in Virbela , if you got a golden ticket from PwC ).
Road to VR
JULY 6, 2023
Samsung’s upcoming XR headset, which is meant to compete with Apple Vision Pro, has been delayed by “one to two quarters” from its reported early 2024 release target, according to an SBS Biz (Korean) report. Samsung announced in February it was developing an XR headset in partnership with Qualcomm and Google , the former supplying the device’s chipset and the latter the headset’s operating system.
VRScout
JULY 5, 2023
Compete for a trophy and tickets to the actual 152nd Open in 2024. Last week, The R&A and Golf 5 announced The VR Open at Royal Liverpool, a virtual event based on the prestigious golf tournament. Players can log in to Golf 5 via their Meta Quest, PC VR, or Pico headset and compete in a series of qualifying events, just like the real competition.
AR Insider
JULY 4, 2023
AREA15 in Las Vegas represents a new format for art and entertainment. Could this be a model for the experiential outings and tech-infused commercial spaces of the future. Charlie Fink reports on his latest visit. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
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.
ARPost
JULY 3, 2023
Press release Istanbul, Türkiye — EUMENA Events, the event consultancy and management specialist, is proud to announce the launch of MetaGate – International Metaverse Summit, a three-day business-focused hybrid summit that will take place in September 2023 in Istanbul, Türkiye. MetaGate will bring together international experts, technologists, digital builders, entrepreneurs, investors, business leaders, and enterprises to discover the power of the metaverse, identify its real value, and discus
Road to VR
JULY 4, 2023
Following the studio’s acquisition by Meta late last year, we haven’t heard much about Twisted Pixel, a veteran VR game studio which made several exclusive titles for Meta. Now we’ve learned of the first details of the studio’s next project. Following the launch of several non-VR games, Twisted Pixel Games in recent years has become largely focused on VR.
VRScout
JULY 6, 2023
Create your own unique plants and share them with artists across the world. Yesterday, Apple revealed Deep Field , an immersive augmented reality (AR) art app powered by iPad and Apple Pencil. Developed by Australian artists and creative technologists Tin Nguyen and Edward Cutting of Tin&Ed, the interactive experience tasks you with creating your own unique flora and fauna using a variety of colors, shapes, and textures.
AR Insider
JULY 5, 2023
ARtillery Intelligence’s VR global revenue forecast does a deep dive on market sizing, growth drivers, and strategic takeaways. We break down the results in the latest Briefs episode. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
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.
ARPost
JULY 3, 2023
(A)Riddle me this, what do you get when you create a gaming platform that facilitates the distribution of AR content and improves the multiplayer gaming experience? The start of a new era of interactive entertainment. ARVision Games , an innovator in AR gaming , takes interactive and collaborative gaming experiences to the next level with the recent launch of its newest multiplayer gaming platform, ARiddle.
Road to VR
JULY 7, 2023
Facebook and Twitter have been blocked in China since 2009, but Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is hoping to get back in that country with Quest, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Citing people familiar with the matter, the report maintains that Meta has held discussions with several Chinese tech companies, making the most progress with massive entertainment conglomerate Tencent.
VRScout
JULY 7, 2023
Step into the role of “mind-breaking” operative. Available now on PlayStation VR2 headsets, Synapse is a mind-bending VR action shooter from developer nDREAMS ( Phantom: Covert Ops, Far Cry: Dive Into Insanity, Fracked ) that immerses players in fast-paced combat across an otherworldly battlefield. In this unique VR FPS, players take on the role of a “mind-breaking” operative tasked with entering the mind of Color Peter Conrad, an enemy of the state hell-bent on world des
AR Insider
JULY 5, 2023
This week on Reality Bytes. we discover Amazon’s dark patterns, let an AI take our meetings for us, and look through the lens of Google Chrome. 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?
XR Today - Virtual Reality
JULY 6, 2023
Bringing XR into the workplace is a challenge in itself. However, once a firm has a collection of devices, what next? How does a firm big or small, not only leverage XR devices in the office but also secure engagement, scalability, and distribution success? There are various considerations enterprise end users of XR must have to secure immersive integration success.
Road to VR
JULY 3, 2023
Apple has allegedly slashed production targets for Vision Pro due to manufacturing issues related to the mixed reality headset’s complex design, a Financial Times report maintains. Unveiled during Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in early June, the $3,500 Vision Pro represents the first big step into XR for the company. Launching sometime next year, Vision Pro is a high-end headset that combines virtual reality displays with color passthrough cameras, allowing it to do b
VRScout
JULY 7, 2023
After long last, season three of the popular martial arts crime drama Warrior has finally begun airing on Max (formerly HBO Max). To help promote the new episodes, Max teamed up with a handful of multicultural artists to create a series of interactive murals powered by augmented reality (AR) technology. Each mural features a QR code that, when scanned, brings the 2D images to life in the real world.
AR Insider
JULY 7, 2023
Now that Apple has launched a cost-prohibitive Vision Pro and Meta's metaverse efforts are floundering, where does the AR world stand? Guest author Mike Rhodes gives his take. 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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