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Case Study: Augmenting Your Beauty Routine

AR Insider

Biore was able to boost its brand recognition with an AR lens that animated users' beauty routines. What were best practices and tactical takeaways? Our latest case study dives in. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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With Quest 2 Widely Sold Out, Meta Aims to Make Quest 3 Price More Palatable with 0% Financing

Road to VR

We’re in a bit of a gulf now that Quest 2 is sold out and Meta is likely preparing to drop a new, cheaper device pretty soon to fill its shoes. To keep the headset sales chugging though, Meta announced it’s offering 0% financing on Quest 3. Meta says eligible people in the US can finance a Quest 3 starting today at 0% APR through Affirm , which lets you pay $25 per month for a 128 GB headset, or $35 per month for the 512 GB model—both of which is paid over the course of 24 months.

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Meta Quest Ditches App Lab Digital Storefront

XR Today - Virtual Reality

This week, Meta announced that it would cease its App Lab storefront operations starting August 5th. This means users can no longer use the storefront to debut and test early access or experimental services; instead, users and developers will need to use the conventional Quest digital storefront to release all applications, including under-development ones.

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Pimax Crystal Super Update Shows Development Progress & New Slimmer Exterior

Road to VR

Pimax announced that Crystal Super, its next high-resolution PC VR headset, is actually going to be a bit slimmer than originally planned, showing off a reduction in the headset’s exterior during a new update video. Unveiled earlier this year alongside Crystal Light , the Crystal Super variant is a bit of a different beast, including the addition of eye-tracking, automatic interpupillary distance (IPD) adjustment, and the ability to swap between two optional display modules and two optiona

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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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Lenovo to Provide ThinkReality VRX Headsets to Elderly Patients

XR Today - Virtual Reality

This week, Lenovo partnered with immersive healthcare solutions provider Rendever to distribute its VR elderly patient solution to individuals at the Carolina Caring facility. Jason McGuigan, Lenovo’s Head of Commercial Virtual Reality, said, “VR experiences can have the power to inspire, inform, and enhance well-being because they are immersive and even breathtakingly vivid.

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VR Games Showcase Promises 'Major' Reveals Next Month For Quest, PSVR 2 & Steam

Upload VR

A VR Games Showcase will air next month, promising "major announcements" for Quest, PSVR 2, and PC VR. Announced today, the new VR Games Showcase comes from Jamie Feltham, UploadVR's former Senior Editor. So far, the confirmed line-up includes debut gameplay footage for Hitman 3 VR Reloaded , new announcements from Flat2VR Studios. Expect new looks at Combat Waffle Studios' ( Ghosts of Tabor ) next games too, which weren't explicitly named but are likely GRIM and Silent North.

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AR/VR Headset Shipments Decline by over 60%, as Apple Vision Pro, Meta Quest, XREAL, HTC Fight for First Place

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

In a recent report, IDC highlighted the sharp decline in global shipments of augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) headsets over the first quarter of 2024. The report showed that shipments dropped by 67.4 per cent year over year in Q1. Notably, the drop mainly affected VR headsets, with potential customers looking for MR/AR devices instead. Jitesh Ubrani, a Research Manager at Worldwide Mobile Device Trackers, IDC , noted that new mixed reality/spatial computing devices are leading to the de

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The Exit 8 VR Leaves You Nervously Lost In Tokyo’s Underground Sprawl All Over Again

Upload VR

The Exit 8 VR is an immersive port of the indie hit that leaves you feeling more unnerved than ever. Having recently flown home to Japan after a few months back in the UK, I had a lot of stuff to do to ensure I could return to routine. Naturally, this meant taking the train often to get about and, after a few months away, getting lost. A lot. As the long tiled walkway of the underground Tokyo stations looped seemingly endlessly before me, I felt almost trapped in a loop as I desperately searched

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Try Out ‘Breachers’ and ‘Racket Club’ for Free This Weekend!

Oculus

Every weekend through August 12, we’ll be giving you temporary free access to two acclaimed multiplayer games on Meta Quest, so you can try out something new with your friends.

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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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Meta Quest 3 Sale Discounts 128 GB Model To $430

Upload VR

Meta Quest 3 with 128 GB of storage is $70 off its typical price on Amazon right now. The deal pricing the headset at $429 is available at the time of this writing on Amazon. There's also the " play now, pay later " offer on Meta's own website for the same 128 GB model with two-year agreement on Affirm to pay $25 monthly with warranty and Quest+ subscription bundled.

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Blade & Sorcery: Nomad Likely Won't Get Quest 3 Upgrades

Upload VR

Blade & Sorcery: Nomad probably won't get a Quest 3 upgrade, according to the developer. Following the Blade & Sorcery full release on Steam, Warpfrog's The Baron was recently interviewed by Stealth Optional. Touching upon the new campaign, mods, and chances of a PSVR 2 port, the developer was also asked if the Quest version - Blade & Sorcery: Nomad , will get a Quest 3 update.

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Ghosts Of Tabor Devs Plan Quest Early Access For GRIM & Silent North

Upload VR

As GRIM and Silent North head for early access, the Ghosts of Tabor studio's CEO isn't a fan of Meta phasing out App Lab. While Combat Waffle Studios is best known for Ghosts of Tabor , it's currently working on two other upcoming projects. For the unfamiliar, Silent North is an open-world survival horror/MMO hybrid zombie game, while GRIM is a survival multiplayer game being co-developed with Spoonfed Interactive.

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Ghosts of Tabor Outlines Plans For PSVR 2, Quest 3 & More

Upload VR

Ghosts of Tabor is one of VR's recent success stories. With system overhauls, a PSVR 2 release, and Quest 3 upgrades planned, here's what's coming next for the extraction FPS. It's been a busy year for Combat Waffle Studios. After Ghosts of Tabor launched in early access last year, the Escape from Tarkov-inspired game has hit considerable milestones, reaching 500k players and $10 million revenue.

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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.