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Can Solos AirGo3 Put the Smart in Smartglasses?

AR Insider

Since Mark Zuckerberg pronounced AI as the new force multiplier in smartglasses, there's been elevated attention on this pairing. But it's not the only one. We examine the GPT-powered Solos AirGo3. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Vision Pro Has Apps and Quest Has Games, What Can Samsung Bring to XR to Compete?

Road to VR

Samsung has partnered with Google to make an XR headset, although the South Korean tech giant hasn’t tipped its hand on what to expect just yet. Despite its $3,500 sticker price, Vision Pro has shown that big and expensive is okay as long as you can engage diehard fans with compelling hardware and greater ecosystem integration. That’s a patently Apple recipe though that Samsung may not be able to easily replicate.

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Reality Bytes: ChatGPT, ESPN & Epic Games

AR Insider

This week on Reality Bytes, we look at an Epic new Disney experience, give the play-by-play on sports streaming, and teach ChatGPT more about ourselves. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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OpenSim area hits new high as usage grows

Hypergrid Business

The total land area on OpenSim’s public grids reached the equivalent of 131,880 standard regions this month, an all-time high, with an increase of 369 standard regions compared to last month. Meanwhile, the total number of registered users went up by more than 2,100 and the number of active users rose by over 2,200. I’m now tracking a total of 2,653 public grids, of which 316 were active, and 251 published their statistics this month.

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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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Spatial Beats: Ups & Downs for Meta, Apple, and OpenAI

AR Insider

ChatGPT gets a memory upgrade and a trademark denial while Vision Pros get lauded and returned. These and other spatial happenings through the eyes of Charlie Fink. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Meta Licenses New Haptic Technology

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Is haptic technology on the comeback? It could be with this significant licensing agreement. Recently, Meta signed a deal with haptic technology innovator Immersion Corporation to leverage the former’s patents to enhance Meta’s XR hardware, software, and products. Immersion Corporation creates haptic patents which provide touch-based feedback technology for XR peripherals and applications.

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No Man's Sky Kicks Off OMEGA Expedition With A Free Weekend

Upload VR

No Man's Sky starts its 2024 plans with a free weekend and the new OMEGA Expedition. Running for four weeks from February 15 until March 14, Hello Games promises that the No Man's Sky Omega update includes overhauled expeditions, new on-planet missions and more. While expeditions had previously been their own mode, the new 'expedition system' integrates them with the main game, letting travelers join with bespoke provisions, your favorite starships and custom multi-tools. 0:00 / 1:31 1× Detailed

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AWS Highlight Apple Vision Pro Spatial Computing Developer Tools

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is working to support developers in creating spatial applications on the recently released Vision Pro. Starting in October of last year, AWS more recently highlighted how XR/spatial computing developers could leverage its Amplify backend solution to support the deployment of visionOS applications and improve the user experience.

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1349: Building Juno for YouTube visionOS App with iOS developer Christian Selig

Voices of VR

One of the more popular apps for the Apple Vision Pro is Juno for YouTube, which iOS developer Christian Selig created in a week using the emulator to have ready in time for the February 2nd launch. Mark Gurman reported on January 18th that Spotify and YouTube were joining Neflix in not having native visionOS […] One of the more popular apps for the Apple Vision Pro is Juno for YouTube, which iOS developer Christian Selig created in a week using the emulator to have ready in time for the F

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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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Other Worlds Sale: Save Up to 60% Off Dozens of VR Games

Oculus

Now through 11:59 pm PT on February 25, you can save up to 60% off dozens of classics and recent hits during the Other Worlds.

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Job Simulator & Vacation Simulator Are Coming To Apple Vision Pro

Upload VR

A Unity sign-up page confirmed two of the best-selling VR games are coming to Apple Vision Pro: Job Simulator and Vacation Simulator. The sign up on Unity's site for a visionOS roundtable to be hosted later this month mentioned you'll "hear how Owlchemy Studios brought their popular titles, Job Simulator and Vacation Simulator , over in the fully immersive (VR) space".

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Boz to the Future Episode 18: The Future According to Matthew Ball

Oculus

Welcome back for another episode of Boz To The Future, a podcast from Reality Labs. In today’s episode, our host, Meta CTO and Head of.

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‘VAIL VR’ Launches on the Official Meta Quest Store

Oculus

It’s been just shy of a month since we announced that popular multiplayer shooter VAIL VR was making the leap from App Lab to the.

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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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‘Under Cover’ Brings Lightgun Arcade Action to Meta Quest

Oculus

Inspired by classic arcade games, Under Cover is a VR lightgun shooter where you duck to reload. Developed by Sigtrap and published by Coatsink, Under.

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