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Jeremy Bailenson talks about 1,000,000 Walmart employees training with VR, presence, and the VR “empathy machine”

The Ghost Howls

I spoke with him about many topics, like why VR is so good for training (and he told me that his company Strivr has trained more than ONE MILLION Walmart employees in VR ), if it is true that VR is the “ultimate empathy machine”, how much is graphical fidelity important for presence, and of course also about his encounter with Zuck.

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Rafi Nizam Shares XR Creative Journey with NVIDIA Omniverse

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Based in London, the creative has previously collaborated on massive projects with major entertainment firms such as BBC, Sony Pictures, and NBCUniversal. He is also the Chief Creative Officer for Masterpiece Studio, Head of Story for Opis Group, and Lunar-X’s showrunner.

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BMW Unveils Mixed Reality Driving Experience

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Over the last couple years, we have gained a lot of experience with them and their Unreal Engine. BMWBlog’s Nico DeMattia attended the Web Summit 2022 in Portugal’s capital city, incorporating Varjo XR-3 headsets synched with movements from one of BMW’s top motor machines. Motor Companies Meet the Metaverse.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.07.13): Sony invests in Epic, Rockstar is working on an AAA VR game, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Ben Lang has written a very interesting editorial on the topic, and for instance, he imagines that this may mean that all Sony-owned game studios will all start using Unreal Engine as their game engine , unifying the production processes among them all. Unreal Engine can now use your iPhone to record facial animations.

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Labrodex’s Sci-Fi RPG Shooter Hybrid ‘Scraper’ Already Has Its Own Prequel Novel

VRScout

It’s drawing from a philosophically introspective yarn, exploring the what-ifs of humanity giving society over to intelligent machines. He’s someone who has worked on games early in his career at Lucas Arts and has always been tied to the entertainment industry. He was part of the design process for several of Unreal’s core features.

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What is the Metaverse?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Many Metaverse groups focus on inclusion and decentralization. It can help with natural language processing to ensure our machines and robotics can understand us. AI also supports computer vision and Simultaneous Location and Mapping technologies, which help machines understand our physical surroundings.

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Digital Twins, Generative AI, And The Metaverse

Bernard Marr

This could be a factory, retail premises, or a sports or entertainment facility such as a theme park or sports stadium. Since then, game developers, using tools like Unity and Unreal Engine, have pushed the boundaries when it comes to creating realistic, simulated worlds.

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