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‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Update Adds New Weapon & Example Content for Workshop Modding

Road to VR

which adds an example weapon to the game’s Workshop modding tools, allowing modders to experiment with bringing new weapons to the game. The update also includes improvements to the Workshop tools, including more example content for animation, audio, and shaders, along with new documentation. Image courtesy McMessenger.

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2021 Predictions: AR Advertising Exceeds $2 Billion

AR Insider

For example, one of the most popular forms of consumer AR so far has been lenses, distributed through social channels like Snapchat and Facebook. For example, branded AR lenses in channels like Facebook and Snapchat let consumers visualize products on “spaces & faces” through the smartphone camera.

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BISim tells us how XR is relevant for the Army

The Ghost Howls

I joined BISim in 2009 after seven years of working in engineering positions in video games companies. VR, for example, allowed some of our customers to focus on pilot training to start to train flying in formations which was not possible with previously used displaying hardware (i.e., Otakar Nieder (Image by BISim).

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Is “Camera Marketing” AR’s Revenue Leader?

AR Insider

For example, branded AR lenses in channels like Facebook and Snapchat let consumers visualize products on “spaces & faces” through the smartphone camera. For example, quarantine-friendly consumer AR fare like social lenses are trending up , and social distancing compels enterprise remote-AR support. Snap is already seeing this.

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What Can Big Tech Companies Learn from Second Life?

XR Today - Virtual Reality

For example, a potential flaw in Second Life, which caught users’ attention and drew people in, was the aimlessness that initially confused many users. Research from the New Scientist revealed in 2009 that only about 10 percent of all users who made accounts ever bothered to return after their first visit.

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Immersive VR love story "Marco & Polo Go Round" launches Valentines Day onSteam and HTC Viveport.

Cats and VR

Since its inception in 2009, Item 7 has produced 17 feature films, including Jean-Marc Vallée's CAFÉ DE FLORE, Kim Nguyen's Oscar-nominated WAR WITCH (REBELLE), and co-produced John Crowley's BROOKLYN, starring Saoirse Ronan.

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The Rise of Consumer AR in China

VRScout

China’s population of Internet users has nearly doubled since 2009. Baidu, for example, joined forces with Yum! More than half of China’s population— 688 million people —are online, with 620 million of them accessing the web through their mobile phones—the rails upon which most AR applications run.

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