Tue.Dec 19, 2023

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Augment Your Holidays: 15 XR Gift Ideas

AR Insider

From smart glasses to golf simulators, what are the best giftable XR items? We look at a variety of use cases and price points so you can give the gift of XR this holiday season. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Quest Pro Now Has Tongue Tracking Too

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Quest Pro's face tracking now includes your tongue too. In our review of Quest Pro last year, we pointed out how moving your tongue would break the illusion when looking in a virtual mirror to see your facial expressions. Not having it also limits expressiveness in social VR. 0:00 / 0:07 1× Quest Pro's original face tracking, without tongue. In version 60 of its SDKs for Unity and native code, Meta has released a new version of its face tracking OpenXR extension which now includes the tongue too

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The XPG Core Reactor II 1200W PSU Review: XPG Goes for the Gold

Anand Tech

An increasingly common face in the power supply market, the bulk of XPG's work thus far has been on high-end, high-margin power supplies, such as their 80Plus Platinum-rated Cybercore II. But as the company has become better established in the PSU market on the back of multiple successful products, the company is looking to expand their footprint by venturing into the mid-range segment.

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Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint Apps Now on Meta Quest

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

This past weekend, the Meta Quest headset lineup – which includes VR and MR devices – gained a significant productivity tool in new Microsoft Office 365 applications ready for spatial computing environments. The service debuted on Meta’s headset portfolio following anticipation after its announcement at Connect 2022. Microsoft is distributing its Office Word, Excel, and Powerpoint services on the Quest digital storefront for free on all models of the Quest headset – inclu

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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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AR Smartglasses, The Must-Have Geek Gift Of 2023

Charlie Fink

New display glasses put a big screen right in front of you.

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Augmented Reality Marketing: Add a New Dimension to Your Strategy

Program Ace

How does augmented reality marketing work? What value do AR marketing campaigns bring to businesses? Should your brand's marketing team use AR solutions for promotion? Learn the answers with Program-Ace!

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DPVR and SchooVR partner to enhance education with VR

XROM

DPVR a Shanghai-based provider of virtual reality (VR) hardware and software solutions, has announced a strategic partnership with SchooVR , a company that specializes in immersive educational content. SchooVR offers a cloud-based WebXR platform that empowers teachers to create immersive educational experiences across devices. Utilizing WebXR technology, SchooVR supports both augmented reality (AR) and VR in the browser, ensuring accessibility on various devices, including Chromebooks, laptops,

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No Rest for the Wicked: ‘Asgard’s Wrath 2’ Patch 1 Introduces Initial Quest 3 Visual Enhancements

Oculus

It’s been four days since the launch of Asgard’s Wrath 2, and we’ve been blown away by the response.

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Skyworth PANCAKE 2 Set to Make a Grand Debut at CES 2024

XROM

Skyworth XR, the renowned Chinese XR company, is all set to unveil its highly anticipated VR/AR headset, the Skyworth PANCAKE 2, at the upcoming CES event from January 9-12, 2024. This cutting-edge device boasts a Micro-OLED display with a monocular 4K resolution, promising an immersive visual experience like never before. The PANCAKE 2 represents Skyworth's commitment to pushing the boundaries of XR technology.

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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 Horizon Worlds v141 Release Notes

Oculus

Meta Horizon Worlds v141, our last update of 2023, is here!

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Rokid CEO Envisions a Future of Smart Glasses: Replacing Traditional Eyewear in Five Years

XROM

[link] In a captivating speech titled "Rokid, Opening the Era of Global Spatial Computing" at MEET 2024, Rokid's founder and CEO, Misa, shared an ambitious vision for the company's future. Rokid, primarily a software company, is focused on AI+AR (Artificial Intelligence + Augmented Reality) rather than just AR alone. Misa expressed his hope that within the next three to five years, Rokid will revolutionize the way we perceive eyewear by replacing traditional glasses with cutting-edge smart glass

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Immersive Learning: Expert Roundtable

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Training and education continue to lead the enterprise-grade AR/VR/MR technology sector. As adoption rises in business settings such as healthcare, aviation, and construction, VR training and education applications have always driven this curve. XR finds a keen home in training and learning thanks to the technology’s unique ability to create immersive spatial environments for trainees that can cover a broad number of use cases.

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Asgard's Wrath 2 Gets Quest 3 Toggles For 90Hz Refresh & Enhanced Visuals This Week

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Asgard's Wrath 2 is getting two optional enhancements on Quest 3 this week as part of its first patch. Asgard's Wrath 2 arrived on Quest 2, Quest Pro, and Quest 3 last week, and is bundled with Quest 3, but it doesn't currently include any graphical enhancements for Quest 3 despite the new headset having more than twice the GPU performance. Patch 1, releasing later this week, will add two toggle settings for Quest 3 players as the first step in addressing this.

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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.

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Apple to Halt Sales of Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 in the U.S. Due to Patent Dispute

Anand Tech

Apple on Monday said it would pause sales of its Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 in the U.S. due to an ongoing patent dispute. The patents in question cover the blood oxygen feature in the watches, and belong to medical technology company Masimo. Apple itself said it would halt sales of its latest oxygen sensor-equipped smart watches online starting December 21, and in retail starting December 25.

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