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Vision Care & AR: Can One Display Tech Transform Two Intertwined Worlds?

AR Insider

As shown by AR partnerships between Meta with EssilorLuxottica and Apple with Zeiss, the worlds of AR and vision care are intertwined. Where can display tech advance both? CREAL's Tomas Sluka tells us how. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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A chat with Grigore Burdea about the past, the present, and the future of VR

The Ghost Howls

On the occasion of the release of his latest book about VR , I had the honor of interviewing Dr. Grigore Burdea about his last 30 years of work in Virtual Reality and talking about the present, the past, and the future of this technology. The interview spanned various interesting topics like motion sickness, scent emulation, and neural interfaces. Who is Grigore Burdea?

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Why I Think AR Glasses Are the Inevitable Future of the Smartphone

Road to VR

I was asked recently for my thoughts on Meta’s Orion AR glasses, specifically whether or not such glasses stand a chance of becoming as big as (or replacing) the smartphones in the future. I was asked for my thoughts recently for a Lifewire article about Meta’s Orion AR glasses and the future they may or may not point at. Only a small snippet of my overall response was used, and in a way that supported the article’s (reasonably) skeptical take on the future of AR glasses.

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23,000 Emirates Cabin Crew Professionals to Undergo Airbus and Boeing VR Training

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Virtual reality training has the unique ability to replicate a working environment as a fully immersive training simulation, separating trainees from their surroundings and allowing them to focus on the XR procedures at hand. This allows trainees to gain valuable skills without risking their safety, causing equipment damage, or shutting down working environments for training needs.

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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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What are Enterprise XR’s Biggest Barriers?

AR Insider

Though XR carries ample opportunities and advantages in the enterprise, it's not without challenges. Practical barriers include internal politics, company culture and fear. We examine drivers & dynamics. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Meta CTO Confirms Mixed Reality Glasses Project, AI Earbuds with Cameras & Cancellation of High-End Quest

Road to VR

In an interview with The Verge , Meta CTO and Reality Labs chief Andrew Bosworth confirmed a number of projects previously subject to speculation, detailed the company’s strategic shift toward AI, and confirmed plans to deepen its partnership with Ray-Ban parent EssilorLuxottica. Meta reorganized Reality Labs earlier this year to better focus on wearables, such as Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses and AI-driven wearable tech, like the newer version of its wrist-worn controller revealed last month

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AI-Powered Virtual Avatar Companion Training Comes to Businesses

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Cornerstone OnDemand has introduced a new generative AI tool called Immerse Companion. The AI-based platform’s proprietary technology provides real-time learning experiences with virtual human companions through role-play, coaching, and mentoring sessions. Immerse Companion is a talent development tool, which enables employees to practice conversations, such as high-pressure negotiations, and receive tailored career advice.

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What’s Behind Infinite Reality’s $45 Million Zappar Acquisition?

AR Insider

Infinite Reality’s $45 million acquisition of Zappar offers a revealing look at both the growing consolidation in the XR industry and the shifting strategies of… Continue reading → What’s Behind Infinite Reality’s $45 Million Zappar Acquisition? This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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‘Where The Robots Grow’ Is AI’s First Feature

Charlie Fink

Writer, Director and Producer Tom Paton, who comes from a background in visual effects, brought the first AI feature film, "Where the Robots Grow" to life with a team of just nine people.

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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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One of the Best Mods for ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ is Becoming a Full Game Next Year

Road to VR

Half-Life: Alyx (2020) is one of the most moddable VR games out there, which has spawned high-quality DLC and some impressively detailed levels. Now, the developer behind the ‘Gunman Contracts’ —one of the best HLA mods out there—says we’re getting a full, standalone title next year. Called Gunman Contracts – Stand Alone , the single player game is heading for Steam Early Access sometime next year, which is said to include core features such as customizable weapons, sh

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Qualcomm Cancels Snapdragon X Elite Dev Kit

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Qualcomm has canceled its Snapdragon X Elite development kit, promising to refund those customers who pre-ordered it. The dev kit was due to ship in June but pre-ordering has been available since May this year, various sources have reported. The company did not believe that the product met its “usual standards of excellence”, according to an email sent by Arrow Electronics, an authorised distributor and partner of Qualcomm.

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Spatial Beats: A Cheaper Vision Pro and Meta’s XR Road Map

AR Insider

Apple is rumored to release a $2000 Vision (sans Pro) headset next year, and Meta talks about its XR road map. We have these and other items from XR and AI realms through the eyes of Charlie Fink. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Cinematic AI Celebrated At LA Tech Week

Charlie Fink

It’s been a busy week for AI cognoscenti in Los Angeles. There was a packed house for a screening of of AI Competition winners at Culver Studios, and panels at Toonstar's studio.

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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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‘Skydance’s Behemoth’ Gets First Quest 3 Trailer Ahead of December Release

Road to VR

Skydance’s Behemoth is coming to all major VR headsets in December, promising to be one of the biggest VR game releases this year. Now we got a peek at the game running on Quest 3, and it’s really looking the part. Initially targeting a November 14th release, developer Skydance Games announced last month that it was delaying Behemoth to December 5th to give the team more time to polish what’s been couched as its next “AAA” VR title.

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Quest 3S Is The Top Selling Device In Amazon's Video Games Category

Upload VR

Quest 3S is currently the top selling device in the Video Games category of Amazon US, and Quest 3 is third. At the time of writing, the only other products in the category selling higher than the 128GB Quest 3S model are digital gift cards for PlayStation, Xbox, Fortnite, and Roblox. Of devices, PlayStation 5 Pro is #2, and Quest 3 is #3. Quest 3S Is Out Today, A New Phase For VR & Mixed Reality Quest 3S starts arriving in homes today, beginning a new phase for standalone VR and mixed reali

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Survey: Who’s Using VR and How Often?

AR Insider

How is VR resonating with consumers? How often are they using it? How satisfied are they? And how much are they willing to pay for it? A recent ARtillery report features original consumer survey data, which we feature in this week's Behind-the-Numbers. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Nvidia’s AI Software, Funding For AI Startups, Firefly Video AI Released

Charlie Fink

Nvidia's answer to software companies designing their own AI chips is to develop software better than theirs. Funding flows to two AI startups, SynthBee and Simplismart.

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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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Quest 3S Review – Value That Can’t Be Beat, With the Same Rough Edges as Its Siblings

Road to VR

Quest 3S is here and brings with it an undeniable value considering its price and capabilities. But many longstanding gripes—largely related to Meta’s Horizon OS—apply here just the same. Quest 3S Review Summary Image courtesy Meta Quest 3S is the best value you can find in a VR headset today when considering its $300 starting price , content library, and overall capabilities.

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The Non-Pro Apple Vision Headset Will Reportedly Be "About $2000"

Upload VR

The first non-Pro Apple Vision headset could arrive next year at around $2000, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. Gurman has a strong track record when it comes to reporting Apple's moves in advance, and revealed many details of Vision Pro before it was officially revealed or even acknowledged to exist by Apple. In the latest edition of his newsletter , Gurman reiterates his previous reporting from last year that Apple is working on a cheaper non-Pro headset that would lack the EyeSight front disp

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Reality Bytes: Redit, Roku & TikTok

AR Insider

This week on Reality Bytes, we examine the White House's engagement on Reddit, TikTok's legal challenges, and the Instacart and Roku partnership reshaping ambient commerce. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Infinite Reality Acquires Zappar For $45 Million

Charlie Fink

Infinite Reality’s $45 million acquisition of Zappar offers a revealing look at the growing consolidation in the XR industry.

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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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One of PC’s Best Co-op Horror Games is Coming to PSVR 2 Just in Time for Halloween

Road to VR

Phasmophobia(2020) is one of the scariest PC VR-supported games, and now developers Kinetic Games announced a release date for PSVR 2. Phasmophobia is coming to PS5, PSVR 2, and Xbox consoles on October 29th, bringing its four-player online co-op psychological horror along with cross-platform play. Letting you explore haunted houses filled with various paranormal activity, you and your team use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.

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Meta CTO Shares Photo Holding Wide Field Of View Prototype Headset

Upload VR

Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth shared images from a recent visit to the company's research labs. In one of the six images that were shared to Instagram and Threads , Bosworth is seen holding a tethered headset that appears to have wide lenses and a wide curved body, somewhat resembling Pimax headsets. The other five images show a Ray-Ban Meta glasses prototype, Project Aria research glasses attached to a Quest 3, a silhouette appearing to be him wearing a headset, and two shots of him sitting with Met

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Spooky season brings more visitors to OpenSim worlds

Hypergrid Business

It’s the spooky season here in the United States, with Halloween coming up soon and all sorts of creepy scary stuff happening, and cooler weather outside. Also — we’ve got the elections. So, three reasons for people not to want to leave their house and spend time in OpenSim as well. Or maybe there’s another reason why active user numbers went up.

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Rony Abovitz Launches AI Startup SynthBee With $20 Million Seed Funding

Charlie Fink

The founder of Magic Leap and before it MAKO surgical, annouced the launch of an AI start-up to tackle hard AI problems with ethical solutions.

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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