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North Korea Debuts ‘New’ Augmented Reality Education Tool

VRScout

North Korea has unveiled a “new intelligent playground equipment for children” that seems to be an AR sandbox, according to a video out last week from the state-run TV news broadcaster, NK News reports. “It ” But North Korea isn’t the first to debut AR sandboxes for learning.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.01.04): New Year’s Eve parties go virtual, Tundra to offer a Vive Tracker competitor, and more!

The Ghost Howls

This is the first newsletter of the new year, and I hope it will just be the beginning of a wonderful year in AR and VR for all of you! A reality check on AR in 2020. AR is a widely used feature on smartphones now, while smart glasses are slowly growing, waiting for the big shots of 2023 (yes, Apple, I’m looking at you).

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End of the World Simulator in VR

ARVR

At the time, genuine tensions were happening between the USA and North Korea. A year earlier, North Korea launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile theoretically capable of striking the United States. What’s the gameplay like? This isn’t a game, it’s an experience.

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Casey Sapp of Vrtul.io

Everything VR & AR

Even in 2016, it is not everyday that someone gets permission to go to North Korea and record video. Feel free to reach out and make sure to let them know you heard about them on the Everything VR & AR podcast. Vrtul.io Would you like to share feedback of the Everything VR & AR show? was able to do just that.

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VR startup helps users find content

Hypergrid Business

VR journalism lets us tell stories that are otherwise hard to tell. It lets us show audiences exactly how it feels to be in Japan while North Korea is firing missiles overhead or stand eye to eye with a North Korean border guard.

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Even North Korea Is Using VR & AR In The Classroom

VRScout

” In addition to numerous other atrocities, North Korea has become infamous for its state-run media and tight control over its civilian population. Isolated from the outside world, former residents compare life in North Korea to living on a different planet. Image Credit: Getty Images.

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The AVR Platform and Classroom 3.0 Showcased at EduTECH Asia 2018

EON Reality

Over the course of both days, visitors filled the EON Reality booth to get their own one-on-one experience of Creator AVR, Virtual Trainer, and the ways in which AR Assist can help out in the classroom. The AVR Platform’s three products are the fundamental tools of EON Reality’s Classroom 3.0 The post The AVR Platform and Classroom 3.0

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