AR Insider
AUGUST 14, 2024
The 2024 Summer Olympics have come and gone, but there's much to look back on. Besides the primary sporting events and angles, there was a notable tech presence, including AR activations from Snap, Google, and others. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
Road to VR
AUGUST 14, 2024
Metal: Hellsinger VR , a port of the unique flatscreen rhythm shooter, is getting a VR version, bringing its frenetic action and metal-heavy soundtrack to all major VR headsets. Funcom today announced that Metal: Hellsinger VR will launch on Quest 2, Quest Pro, and Quest 3 on September 26th, while the PSVR 2 and PC VR version will launch a few days later on October 3rd.
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XR Today - Virtual Reality
AUGUST 14, 2024
This week, extended reality mobile device and content management service ArborXR announced its gain of roughly $12 million in capital, bringing the firm’s total raised capital to more than $25 million – as of writing. The funding will help ArborXR enhance its XR device and software management solutions. Moreover, to help ArborXR scale the benefits of its unique XR-ready MDM solution, the firm received assistance in its most recent funding round via Mercury Fund and Cortado Ventures, with
Anand Tech
AUGUST 14, 2024
Earlier this month, AMD launched the first two desktop CPUs using their latest Zen 5 microarchitecture: the Ryzen 7 9700X and the Ryzen 5 9600X. As part of the new Ryzen 9000 family, it gave us their latest Zen 5 cores to the desktop market, as AMD actually launched Zen 5 through their mobile platform last month, the Ryzen AI 300 series (which we reviewed).
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.
Bernard Marr
AUGUST 14, 2024
Shadow AI, the unsanctioned use of AI tools in the workplace, is becoming a significant concern for businesses. This article explores the risks and opportunities of this trend, offering practical strategies for harnessing employee innovation while maintaining security and compliance. In the ever-evolving landscape of business technology, a new phenomenon is emerging from the shadows: Shadow AI.
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Anand Tech
AUGUST 14, 2024
Intel has divested its entire stake in Arm Holdings during the second quarter, raising approximately $147 million. Alongside this, Intel sold its stake in cybersecurity firm ZeroFox and reduced its holdings in Astera Labs, all as part of a broader effort to manage costs and recover cash amid significant financial challenges. The sale of Intel's 1.18 million shares in Arm Holdings, as reported in a recent SEC filing, comes at a time when the company is struggling with substantial financial lo
Upload VR
AUGUST 14, 2024
Roto VR Explorer is a new VR chair for Quest launching this October. Marking the first chair to join the ' Made For Meta ' accessory program, Roto VR Explorer is a VR chair with a leather seat, back supports, adjustable seat height, and a footrest for comfort when rotating 360°. The chair moves when you turn direction in-game using “Look & Turn” technology, an approach Roto VR believes can help solve motion sickness issues with locomotion and 360º viewing.
TechCrunch VR
AUGUST 14, 2024
Virtuix’s timeline has coincided with a rise of interest around mixed reality, led by Oculus/Meta, HTC and now Apple, among others. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Upload VR
AUGUST 14, 2024
Alien: Rogue Incursion confirmed a December release on Quest, PSVR 2, and Steam. Developed by Survios, Alien: Rogue Incursion is a new single-player, action-horror VR game with an original story. Following last month's reveal that the upcoming protagonist is Zula Hendricks, a former Colonial Marine turned Xenomorph hunter, we've now learned that it's coming to all three platforms on December 19.
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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.
XR Today - Augmented Reality tag
AUGUST 14, 2024
Yesterday, workplace AR solutions provider Glartek highlighted its success in deploying immersive training tools with Plastic Energy, a Spanish global leader in plastic recycling. The partnership allows Plastic Energy to reduce training times, end paper use, lower errors, and enhance daily operation efficiency. Bruno Duarte, the CEO at Glartek , added: We are very excited to be working with a leader in the Spanish market, such as Plastic Energy, and we will continue to support their journey with
Upload VR
AUGUST 14, 2024
By Grit Alone aims to be Dead Space in VR and we interviewed the studio to learn more about this upcoming action horror game. Revealed at the UploadVR Summer Showcase in June, By Grit Alone is a new narrative-driven VR horror shooter set in the "Bermuda Triangle of space." Taking the anthology approach with different writing talents like Antony Johnston (Dead Space, Resident Evil Village ) and Emma Beeby (Judge Dredd, Doctor Who), you'll explore a graveyard of abandoned starships in a fight for
EON Reality
AUGUST 14, 2024
AI Shows You How, You Try Virtually, Get Personalized Assessments IRVINE, Calif. – August 14, 2024 – EON Reality, the world leader in AI-assisted Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality-based knowledge transfer for industry and education, today announced the launch of its groundbreaking AI Skill Simulator. This cutting-edge augmented reality (AR) training platform revolutionizes how individuals and organizations approach skill development and training.
Upload VR
AUGUST 14, 2024
Skydance's Behemoth, the upcoming VR fantasy action RPG, confirmed a release date on Quest, Steam, and PlayStation VR2. Developed by Skydance Games ( The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners ), the studio confirmed its new single-player action-adventure will arrive on November 14. Playing as Wren the Hunter across the Forsaken Lands, Behemoth promises brutal gory violence that lets you cut, maim, bludgeon, and kill enemies via physics-driven melee-based combat, eventually taking down the titular c
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.
Oculus
AUGUST 14, 2024
Behemoth is the next exciting VR adventure from Skydance Interactive, the award-winning developers behind The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners series. This is a larger.
Upload VR
AUGUST 14, 2024
UNDERDOGS, the rogue-like VR mech brawler from One Hamsa, will get its latest and largest update later this month. Titled SANDBOXXER , the upcoming update on August 29 includes challenges, leaderboards, sandbox tools, community content, and a practice gym. Most notably, SANDBOXXER adds a large kit of building blocks to play around with, as well as new events and enemy balancing. 0:00 / 0:20 1× UNDERDOGS SANDBOXXER Update Trailer UNDERDOGS is a story-driven physics-based arena combat game that se
XR Today - Virtual Reality
AUGUST 14, 2024
Kraftwerk Living Technologies (KLT) chose ENCIRCLED’s IOSONO spatial audio system to help power the ‘Flyover’ simulation flight attraction in Chicago, USA. Top 5 Reasons to Invest in Spatial Audio in 2023 Conquest Pro VR: The Ideal Spatial Audio Experience? Spatial Audio: XR Today Expert Round Table The Flyover is an immersive experience of the city of Chicago that was opened in March 2024 by Pursuit at Navy Pier and has already been ‘mesmerising thousands’ of people, according to a press releas
Upload VR
AUGUST 14, 2024
Last Stand is a new multi-location PvP shooter in mixed reality coming this winter to Quest. Developed by Soul Assembly ( Drop Dead: The Cabin , Just Dance VR ), Last Stand utilizes full-body tracking and turns your home environment into a strategic stronghold that turns everyday items like tables and sofas into cover during a 1v1 shootout. By using multi-location mixed reality, the game integrates the home environments of both players into the game.
Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor
With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.
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