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Can AR Breathe New Life Into Retail?

AR Insider

AR's use in shopping is usually framed in the context of virtual try-ons. But what about physical retail. particularly as the world returns to IRL shopping? Lowes is one company looking to answer this question. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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5 VR Games Perfect For Beginner Players

VRScout

You can’t go wrong with the following games and apps! With VR having officially gone mainstream, more people than ever find themselves picking up a headset to see what all the fuss is about. Whether you’re on a standalone VR device such as the Meta Quest 2 or one of the many PC VR headsets currently available, you’ll find no shortage of incredible games and apps to immerse yourself in.

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Language Learning in the Metaverse

ARPost

Have you heard of language learning “immersion camps”? Built on the idea that languages are best learned through culture, immersion camps have helped people learn new languages by also teaching them about the customs and traditions of the people that speak that language. Not everyone can (or wants to) go to that kind of camp. But, what about immersion in the metaverse?

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My experience at Dreamscape

The Ghost Howls

Some months ago, when I was in Los Angeles to attend AWE , I had the opportunity of trying one of the experiences offered by Dreamscape , one of the leading companies for LBVR (Location-based VR) entertainment. It has been my first time at Dreamscape, so let me tell you how it was! (And by the way, thanks to the Dreamscape people for having offered me the ticket so that I could do this review).

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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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Meta’s PC VR Dominance Continues as Quest 2 Passes New Milestone

Road to VR

Quest 2 quickly rose to become the most-used VR headset on Steam, but last month it crossed a new milestone as the majority of headsets used on the platform. Quest 2’s aggressive price point and ability to be used as both a standalone and PC VR headset propelled it to become the most-used VR headset on Steam back in February 2021, just four months after its launch.

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How To Build AR App for Your Business Without Coding

ARPost

Augmented reality is one of the most popular features for mobile apps. Users enjoy manipulating holographic items as if they were real-world objects. AR is useful in various industries, from logistics to healthcare , gaming , and shopping. According to market statistics, AR/VR market size is projected to reach over US$454 billion by 2030 and is rapidly expanding into new sectors and industrial applications.

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This Week In XR: FundamentalVR Series B, Roomba Household Spy

Charlie Fink

The surgical simulation company raised $30M for their unique approach, which gives users force feedback on scalpels and other instruments.

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‘Iron Man VR’ Developer Remains “All-in on VR” and “Can’t wait to tell you more”

Road to VR

Developer Camouflaj has been pretty quiet since the 2020 release of one of our favorite PSVR games— Iron Man VR. But the developer recently teased that it has “exciting things on the horizon” and remains “all-in on VR.” Iron Man VR was a PSVR exclusive released by Camouflaj in 2020 which won the studio multiple VR game of the year awards ( including ours that year ).

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Half-Life 2: VR Beta Coming Next Month To PC VR Headsets

VRScout

Valve’s near-perfect first-person shooter is finally coming to SteamVR headsets. After years of development hell, Half-Life 2: VR will be available in open beta this coming September on PC VR headsets. Work on the highly-anticipated mod originally began back in 2017 only to hit an unexpected dead end. In 2021, new team members stepped in to help revitalize the project.

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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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Making High-End Digital Fashion a More Accessible Reality

ARPost

Digital fashion is making waves online and in the real world. Using augmented and virtual reality technologies, customers can “wear” digital clothing and accessories like they would their traditional, tangible counterparts. However, unlike their more traditional counterparts, these digital outfits break the rules and confines of the real world, enabling people to have more ways to express themselves and break boundaries.

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The Best University Courses To Learn Metaverse Skills

Bernard Marr

Everyone has heard by now that the metaverse is set to be a multi-trillion dollar business opportunity -widely seen by many brands and corporations as the next evolution of the internet. But beyond it being a term for the digital, persistent, and highly immersive virtual worlds we will become used to, what it actually is – or will be – is up for debate!

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App Lab Gem ‘Dead Second’ Update Adding Manual Reload, Dual Wield, & New Levels

Road to VR

App Lab shooter gem Dead Second is getting a big update this Friday ahead of a price increase; the update gives players many more ways to play, extra levels, and more polish. In a sea of many experimental App Lab apps, Dead Second stands out as a highly optimized (120Hz) and polished Time Crisis -esque VR cover shooter designed for quick and digestible action.

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Hugo Boss Lets Shoppers Build A Digital Mannequin Using AR

VRScout

Virtually try on high-end clothing using Reactive Reality’s PICTOFiT technology. There’s nothing worse than purchasing a new article of clothing only to discover it doesn’t fit your particular body type. This is especially true when it comes to e-commerce, which offers little to no opportunity for customers to try before they buy. Luxury fashion house Hugo Boss understands this dilemma, which is why the company has partnered with technology company Reactive Reality to develop a new s

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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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Fun VR Board Games You Can Play With Friends and Family

ARPost

If you ask your parents, one of their top entertainment activities during rainy weekends or cold winter days was playing board games. You may also have joined them as they tried to continue the family tradition. But now there is an even more exciting way to enjoy these games. VR board games are now the best choice for those days when going out to have fun is not an option.

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Abuse of VFX Artists Is Ruining the Movies

GizModo VR

There’s a joke in the visual effects industry that goes like this: Someone hears you work on films, so they ask you, “What movie made you cry?” The artist will respond, “In theaters or in the office?” Read more.

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VR Surgical Training Platform Raises $20M, Further Solidifying VR’s Place in Medicine

Road to VR

VR surgical training platform FundamentalVR today announced it has raised a $20 million Series B investment to further expand its VR surgical training platform. The company is among a growing list of companies taking root in what appears to be a prime use-case for VR. FundamentalVR today announced it has raised a $20 million Series B investment, bringing the company’s total fundraising to a purported $30 million.

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Attend A Metaverse Job Fair In VR Later This Month

VRScout

Connect with immersive technology professionals in VR via Mozilla Hubs. Interested in working in the field of immersive technology? Then you’ll definitely want to check out Active Replica’s inaugural XR Career and Opportunity Fair, a virtual job fair taking place later this month in the metaverse. Those interested can attend the limited-time event in VR using Mozilla Hubs.

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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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Voted, Passed and Signed: XRA Commended the CHIPS and Science Act

ARPost

The Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act signed into law on Tuesday, August 9, 2022. President Joe Biden signed the H.R.7178 Act after lawmakers on Capitol Hill passed the landmark bill late last month. Semiconductors or microchips are tiny computer chips about the size of a fingertip. They are the building blocks of the modern economy.

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New Digging at Pompeii Reveals How the Middle Class Lived in 79 AD

GizModo VR

Archaeologists at Pompeii have announced the discovery of several furnished rooms in the House of the Lararium, a middle class residence on the ancient city’s northern side. Read more.

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12 Simple Ways To Boost Your Creativity

Bernard Marr

Creativity enables creative thinking (coming up with new ideas) and problem-solving (implementing ideas to make things better) – both skills that are highly attractive in the workplace. So, it’s no surprise that the World Economic Forum listed creativity as one of the ten essential skills needed to thrive in the fourth industrial revolution. (That’s in any profession or industry, not just creative ones.

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Surf The Metaverse In Style With The CARV Metaboard

VRScout

Upgrade your Ready player Me avatar and compete against other Metaboard owners in a game of Hoverball. Metaverse company CARV recently announced the CARV1 Metaboard, a metaverse hoverboard that doubles as a digital collectible. Each Metaboard will use avatar integration depending on which metaverse platform you find yourself in and will include custom avatar animations and allow for modifications and upgrades.

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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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Unity, Microsoft Leverage Cloud for RT3D Content

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Unity Technologies has teamed up with Microsoft Azure to add the former’s Create Solutions to the Cloud, allowing users to distribute games across Windows and Microsoft Xbox systems. Marc Whitten, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Unity Create Solutions , said in a blog post that his company’s partnership with Microsoft would offer more cloud-based functionalities across its ecosystem, boost workflows and reliability, and increase productivity.

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A Linux Zero-Day Was Finally Patched After Half a Decade of Inaction With Help From Google

GizModo VR

Google’s Threat Analysis Group revealed new details today about its efforts to identify and help patch a zero-day exploit impacting Android devices built by a commercial surveillance vendor and dating back to at least 2016. The research, presented at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas, represents the… Read more.

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7 Easy Ways To Boost Your Digital Literacy

Bernard Marr

No industry will be left untouched by the wave of digital transformation that’s taking place. Everyday tasks and communications will increasingly involve digital tools. Learning (whether workplace learning or full-time education) will increasingly harness digital tools. Intelligent machines – which could encompass robots, software, AIs, sensors, and who knows what else in the future – will increasingly become part of every workplace, from factories to law firms.

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Augmented Books Are On The Way According To Researchers

VRScout

Augmented reality (AR) technology adds a whole new dimension to paperback books. Imagine this. You’re several chapters into a captivating novel when a character from an earlier book makes a surprise appearance. You swipe your finger across their name on the page at which point their entire backstory is displayed on a nearby smartphone, allowing you to refresh your memory before moving forward.

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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