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A first look at the Tundra Labs HDK

The Ghost Howls

Today I host a new article of the amazing Rob Cole, passionate maker and ergonomics expert from Immersion Mechanics , already the author of amazing posts on this blog, especially about the ergonomics of the Valve Index. Some weeks ago, he has bought a Tundra HDK , which is basically a Hardware Development Kit to create your objects that can be tracked by a SteamVR system and has played around with it for a while.

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Case Study: The Design Behind ‘Cubism’s’ Hand-tracking

Road to VR

Hand tracking first became available on the Oculus Quest back in late 2019. Out of enthusiasm for this new input method, I published a demo of Cubism to SideQuest with experimental hand tracking support only a few days later. Needless to say, this initial demo had several flaws, and didn’t really take the limitations of the technology into account, which is why I decided to initially omit hand tracking support from the full release of Cubism on the Oculus Store.

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‘Pokémon Go’ Developer Niantic Is Working On Its Own Headset

VRScout

No word yet on an official price or release date. Location-based AR developer Niantic ( Pokémon Go, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite ) is currently in development of its own proprietary headset device, one that promises to leverage the companies rapidly-expanding platform. While information is scarce at the moment, Niantic CEO John Hanke offered us our first look at the upcoming hardware via Twitter , revealing some sort of “see-through” headset complete with adjustable straps.

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How Virtual Reality Aids People With Low Vision

ARPost

For millions of people around the world who have low vision, virtual reality offers a myriad of possibilities for entertainment and socialization. Putting on a VR-powered headset can improve sight and the quality of life of those with limited vision. Not only will they get to see their favorite shows, but they’ll also get to see the faces of their loved ones.

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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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EXCLUSIVE: Apple AR glasses hands-on preview

The Ghost Howls

Some days ago, all the community got excited because on the invitation to WWDC 2021, Apple has drawn an Animoji with some applications reflected on her glasses. Everyone started wondering if Apple could announce its AR glasses at WWDC or not. I have some exclusive info to share with you. Let me just start by saying that yes: AR glasses will be the “One more thing…” announcement at WWDC on June, 7th.

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I Tried FundamentalVR’s Surgical Training And Things Did Not Go Well

VRScout

FundamentalVR’s multi-person training platform could be the future of remote education for the growing medical sector. In terms of VR-based medical education, few companies are pushing the envelope quite like FundamentalVR. Since the launch of its remote training platform Fundamental Surgery in 2018, the London-based technology and data insight business has established itself as one of the leading providers of professional-grade surgical simulations, offering students and professionals ali

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VR Is Dead (Again!)… No, Wait… Hang On… What About Enterprise VR?

ARPost

The death of VR has been heralded so often that this technology is starting to take on feline qualities with regard to the number of lives it seems to have. It’s a great click-bait headline that some journalists and commentators like to roll out on a fairly regular basis. In jumping to this conclusion they have invariably focused on consumer adoption of virtual reality, as it’s an easier fit with the “VR is dead” theme than researching further across the sector.

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Quest 2 May Be Selling Thrice as Fast as the Best Selling VR Headset, PSVR

Road to VR

While Facebook has yet to reveal official unit sales figures for Oculus Quest 2, various data points the company has offered, along with data from developers, has allowed us to hone in on a reasonable estimate. Compared to PSVR, the best selling VR headset to date, Quest 2 may be selling three times as fast. Thanks to PlayStation VR’s leading sales position, Sony has confidently offered up official unit sales figures over the years while other headset makers have opted not to.

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Best VR Viking Games if you love Norse Mythology

VR Game Critic

The lives and folklore of Vikings have not only inspired many stories and retellings, but also lend themselves extremely well to the world of video games. The recent success of titles like Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Valheim seem to prove that there is a certain fascination around this brutal and mysterious past. While Viking-themed virtual reality games are still a rare sight, there are a few standout titles we believe are worth checking out if you love Norse mythology.

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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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Learn How A Virus Spreads With VR Algebra Game ‘Pandemic’ On Quest

VRScout

Prism’s immersive algebra learning app breaks down the mathematics of a viral outbreak. As vaccines continue to roll out across the United States as well as the rest of the globe, we’re beginning to see a slow return to normalcy after what feels like an eternity of government-mandated lockdowns and social distancing restrictions. Part of that recovery process will involve studying the rapid progression of this unprecedented global outbreak.

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Plastic Is Creating an Environmental Justice Crisis

GizModo VR

There’s growing awareness that plastics are an environmental disaster for marine and terrestrial ecosystems alike. A new United Nations report published Tuesday shows they’re also a huge problem for human beings—and that they don’t affect us all equally. Read more.

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‘Hand Physics Lab’ Review – Putting the Fun in Frustration

Road to VR

Hand Physics Lab is all about hand-tracking, and this over 80-level game aims to throw you head first into a whimsical series of seemingly simple tasks. Quest can offer mixed results when it comes to hand-tracking fidelity though, so if you’re not careful, it can be extremely frustrating for all the wrong reasons. Hand Physics Lab Details: Available On: Oculus Quest.

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Arm Announces Armv9 Architecture: SVE2, Security, and the Next Decade

Anand Tech

Today, as part of Arm’s Vision Day event, the company is announcing the first details of the company’s new Armv9 architecture, setting the foundation for what Arm hopes to be the computing platform for the next 300 billion chips in the next decade.

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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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Story-Driven VR Fitness Game ‘Gym Masters’ Announces Kickstarter

VRScout

Build the raddest gym in Gym City with the help of the Gym Masters. Developer ViFit this week launched an official Kickstarter for Gym Masters , a narrative-driven VR fitness game that looks as radical as it does exhausting. Whereas most VR fitness games throw you straight into your workout, Gym Masters features its own over-the-top storyline designed to keep you motivated as you partake in a variety of physically-intensive minigames.

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Joe Biden's Offshore Wind Plan Is Radically Ambitious and Wholly Achievable

GizModo VR

If President Joe Biden has his way, the U.S. is about to go all in on offshore wind power. His administration announced on Monday that it was setting a goal of getting 30 gigawatts of electricity from offshore wind farms by 2030. Read more.

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Facebook’s Bosworth: Quest 2 Has Outsold All Oculus Headsets Combined

Road to VR

During an interview with Bloomberg this week, Facebook Reality Labs VP, Andrew Bosworth, said that Quest 2 has outsold all Oculus headsets combined, a significant milestone for a headset which has only been available for five and a half months. Andrew Bosworth | Image courtesy Facebook. Adding to a handful of Quest 2 milestones that Facebook has reported in recent months, this week Facebook Reality Labs VP, Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, told Bloomberg reporter Emily Change that he bel

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Exoskeletons with autopilot: A peek at the near future of wearable robotics

Digital Trends

You don't consciously think about moving each leg when you walk, so why should you have to do so while piloting a robotic exoskeleton?

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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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Easiest Way To Livestream Oculus Quest To YouTube & Twitch In HD

VRScout

Here’s everything you need to get started on your path to Twitch stardom. Those familiar with Facebook’s Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2 headsets know that you can easily stream VR gameplay to your personal Facebook profile. But what if you’re looking to broadcast to other popular live-streaming platforms like Twitch or YouTube? Today we’ll be discussing one of the easiest, cheapest, and most comfortable ways of live-streaming Oculus Quest/Quest 2 gameplay to any platform

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A Dementia-Like Illness Has Sickened Over 40 People in Canada

GizModo VR

Doctors in Canada are puzzled over a cluster of people coming down with a dementia-like brain disorder with no known diagnosis. Over the past half-decade, dozens of residents in New Brunswick are thought to have developed the condition, which includes symptoms such as memory loss, behavioral changes, and… Read more.

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This ‘Fallout 4 VR’ Modpack Brings VR-native Overhaul to the Wasteland

Road to VR

There are a ton of Fallout 4 VR mods out there since it launched on the first generation of consumer VR headsets back in 2017, most of which you can find on NexusMods. If you’re looking for an all-in-one solution that makes the game less of a port and more of a native VR experience though, modder and streamer GingasVR just released a comprehensive modpack that is essentially a survivalist’s dream come true.

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Apple mixed-reality headset: Everything we know about Apple’s VR headset

Digital Trends

Apple is working on a mixed-reality headset, but what should you expect from it? We have all the news, rumors, features, and more to keep you informed.

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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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‘VAIL VR’ Is A Hyper-Realistic Multiplayer Shooter Centered Around Tactical Gunplay

VRScout

Work with your team to claim the last remnants of humanity in this fast-paced 5v5 shooter. In the not-so-distant future, a large portion of humanity has vacated the Earth in search of a new life aboard the Colony, an orbiting facility they believe will serve as a springboard for human civilization. In an effort to preserve Earth’s history, these Colonists will return frequently to their former planet to digitize cultural artifacts and heritage sites.

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What You Need To Know About New York's 'Vaccine Passport'

GizModo VR

On Friday, New York became the first state to formally roll out a digital vaccination “passport” that residents can flash as proof that they’ve either gotten jabbed or tested negative for covid-19. Per a statement from Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office, the state developed the tech, dubbed Excelsior Pass, alongside IBM as a… Read more.

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Monthly-connected VR Headsets on Steam Top 3 Million Milestone

Road to VR

For the third month running, the number of VR headsets on Steam has reached a new record high of some 3 million, or 2.4% of Steam users. Monthly-connected VR Headsets on Steam. Each month Valve collects info from Steam users to determine some baseline statistics about what kind of hardware and software is used by the platform’s population, and to see how things are changing over time, including the use of VR headsets.

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Nintendo Switch games that run at a smooth 60 frames per second

Digital Trends

The Nintendo Switch certainly isn't as powerful as other modern systems, but is capable of offering a great gaming experience at a smooth 60 fps for some games.

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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