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Spatial Beats: Meta’s Multimodal AI Arrives

AR Insider

Ray Ban Meta Smartglasses get smarter, Horizon OS launches and AVP slows down. We have these and other happenings at the intersection of XR and AI through the eyes of Charlie Fink. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Meta’s Head of AR Hardware Teases Next-gen Transparent AR Glasses with Wide Field-of-view

Road to VR

Meta is full steam ahead on its mixed reality platform, however Head of AR Glasses hardware Caitlin Kalinowski says in a new interview with Android Central that its first augmented reality glasses will offer a real “wow” moment to users thanks to its “high field of view immersion.” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed in late 2021 the company was working on Project Nazare , which is set to be the company’s “first fully augmented reality glasses.” Since th

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Meta's Head Of AR Glasses Hardware Claims They're As Mindblowing As The Original Oculus Rift

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Meta's Head of AR Glasses Hardware claims they give the same "Oh my God, wow! I can't believe this!" reaction as the original Oculus Rift. The claim comes from an interview Caitlin Kalinowski gave to Android Central. Kalinowski was previously the Head of VR Hardware at Oculus for the consumer Oculus Rift, Oculus Touch, Oculus Go, Rift S, Oculus Quest, Quest 2, and Quest Pro.

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TSMC Jumps Into Silicon Photonics, Lays Out Roadmap For 12.8 Tbps COUPE On-Package Interconnect

Anand Tech

Optical connectivity – and especially silicon photonics – is expected to become a crucial technology to enable connectivity for next-generation datacenters, particularly those designed HPC applications. With ever-increasing bandwidth requirements needed to keep up with (and keep scaling out) system performance, copper signaling alone won't be enough to keep up.

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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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Subside Demo Delivers Breathtaking Swimming Visuals On SteamVR

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Graphics can be a touchy subject in VR. Standalone headsets are only capable of so much on their own, but consoles and PCs are expensive. When something like Subside comes along, though, even an early access Steam demo can help us all pause, look around, and take in what really eye-catching visuals can do to transport you somewhere else. The new demo from A2D is available on Steam as of this writing with a full release listed as "coming soon".

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‘Canva of AR’ Start-up Receives $2 Million Pre-Seed Funding

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Trace has come out of stealth following its successful pre-seed funding round in which it raised two million dollars to support its location-based augmented reality (AR) creation platform. Pitched as the next potential ‘Canva of AR’, the Trace platform offers tools for developers to create immersive content for a range of devices, including phones, AR glasses, and spatial computing hardware, such as the Apple Vision Pro.

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Big XR News from Meta, HaptX, Siemens, and Apple

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

As Summer quickly approaches and significant events are set to continue the ever-evolving path of XR, the industry and its players are working to keep themselves above water and the competition. The industry is undergoing tremendous growth, and the future of immersive workplace solutions will depend on today’s innovations and actions. With Q1 reports incoming, XR firms are reflecting on success and failure to achieve a market lead by 2025.

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Sun’s Out, Fun’s Out! Tips & Tricks for Traveling With Your Ray-Ban | Meta Smart Glasses

Oculus

Your Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses just got smarter! Lots of people already love chatting with Meta AI on their Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. And with this week’s update, you can now ask your glasses about what you’re seeing, and they’ll give you smart, helpful answers or suggestions.

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‘Alien: Rogue Incursion’ Finally Announced From Veteran VR Studio, Set for Late 2024

Road to VR

We’ve been waiting patiently for veteran VR studio Survios to finally offer up some details on its next game, and today we finally have them. Alien: Rogue Incursion is described as a “single-player, action-horror VR game,” with an “all-new storyline full of heart-pounding action, exploration, and terrifying Xenomorphs.” Almost two full years after Survios confirmed development on an Alien game in partnership with 20th Century Games, the studio has now confirmed t

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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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Using Zoom on Apple Vision Pro Headsets: The Pros and Cons

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

If you host most of your immersive collaboration sessions and meetings with Zoom, the Apple Vision Pro headset may have become a lot more appealing to your organization. When I first reviewed the Vision Pro , I noted the range of available apps was a little lacking. Fortunately, that’s beginning to change. Apple is working tirelessly with developers to create immersive apps that fully exploit its device’s spatial computing capabilities.

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Alien: Rogue Incursion Announced For Quest 3, PlayStation VR2, And PC VR

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Alien: Rogue Incursion was just announced, a new made-for-VR game in the Alien franchise. The game is being developed by Survios in collaboration with 20th Century Games. Survios has been developing VR games for over 10 years now. It's the developer behind Raw Data, Battlewake, Electronauts, Sprint Vector, and Creed: Rise to Glory. Survios says Alien: Rogue Incursion will be "the biggest, most ambitious VR game we have developed in our decade-long history". 0:00 / 0:49 1× Here's how it describes

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EON Reality Expands its Rollout in Mali with 10,000 Tailored Courses with the Launch of Spatial AI Center and EON AI Autonomous Agents

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EON Reality Announces National Rollout of the Spatial AI Center in Mali IRVINE, CA – April 26, 2024 —In a transformative move poised to revolutionize Mali’s educational and industrial sectors, EON Reality, the global leader in virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR)-based knowledge transfer for education and industry, is excited to announce the national rollout of Mali’s inaugural Spatial AI Center.

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EON Reality Expands its Rollout in Malawi: Introducing the First Spatial AI Center with 10,000 AI-Driven Courses

EON Reality

“Empowering Malawi with Spatial AI and XR: Shaping Futures, Enhancing Education, Bridging Gaps.” Irvine, CA – April 26,2024 – EON Reality, a global leader in immersive learning technologies, is thrilled to announce an innovative educational initiative in Malawi. This groundbreaking effort introduces the country’s first Spatial AI Center, aimed at transforming educational systems and workforce preparation across the nation.

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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.