The Ghost Howls
OCTOBER 18, 2024
On the occasion of the release of his latest book about VR , I had the honor of interviewing Dr. Grigore Burdea about his last 30 years of work in Virtual Reality and talking about the present, the past, and the future of this technology. The interview spanned various interesting topics like motion sickness, scent emulation, and neural interfaces. Who is Grigore Burdea?
Road to VR
OCTOBER 18, 2024
I was asked recently for my thoughts on Meta’s Orion AR glasses, specifically whether or not such glasses stand a chance of becoming as big as (or replacing) the smartphones in the future. I was asked for my thoughts recently for a Lifewire article about Meta’s Orion AR glasses and the future they may or may not point at. Only a small snippet of my overall response was used, and in a way that supported the article’s (reasonably) skeptical take on the future of AR glasses.
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XR Today - Virtual Reality
OCTOBER 18, 2024
Qualcomm has canceled its Snapdragon X Elite development kit, promising to refund those customers who pre-ordered it. The dev kit was due to ship in June but pre-ordering has been available since May this year, various sources have reported. The company did not believe that the product met its “usual standards of excellence”, according to an email sent by Arrow Electronics, an authorised distributor and partner of Qualcomm.
Road to VR
OCTOBER 18, 2024
Phasmophobia(2020) is one of the scariest PC VR-supported games, and now developers Kinetic Games announced a release date for PSVR 2. Phasmophobia is coming to PS5, PSVR 2, and Xbox consoles on October 29th, bringing its four-player online co-op psychological horror along with cross-platform play. Letting you explore haunted houses filled with various paranormal activity, you and your team use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
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.
Charlie Fink
OCTOBER 18, 2024
It’s been a busy week for AI cognoscenti in Los Angeles. There was a packed house for a screening of of AI Competition winners at Culver Studios, and panels at Toonstar's studio.
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Upload VR
OCTOBER 18, 2024
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth shared images from a recent visit to the company's research labs. In one of the six images that were shared to Instagram and Threads , Bosworth is seen holding a tethered headset that appears to have wide lenses and a wide curved body, somewhat resembling Pimax headsets. The other five images show a Ray-Ban Meta glasses prototype, Project Aria research glasses attached to a Quest 3, a silhouette appearing to be him wearing a headset, and two shots of him sitting with Met
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
OCTOBER 18, 2024
Meta Quest 3S vs Meta Quest 3: how do you make the right choice when investing in mixed reality headsets this year? The Meta Quest 3S isn’t a “new headset” designed to add new features and functionality to Meta’s leading mixed-reality device. In fact, it’s basically the opposite – a pared-down (simplified) version of the Meta Quest 3 intended to ensure budget-conscious consumers can enjoy cutting-edge extended reality experiences.
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OCTOBER 18, 2024
Gracia added three short Dynamic Gaussian Splats on PC VR - moving volumetric captured scenes that you can try now. What Is Gracia? Simple stereoscopic 3D photos and videos like Apple's spatial video only offer limited parallax of a view of a scene presented in a rectangle in front of you, and immersive 180° or 360° content like Apple Immersive Video does the same in a hemisphere or sphere.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
OCTOBER 18, 2024
This week, the ever-growing XR healthcare market had another success story : at the Institute for Neurological Sciences in Glasgow, surgeons leveraged mixed reality technology to assist with spinal surgery. Mohamed Abdelsadg, a Consultant Neurosurgeon and Complex Spine Surgeon at the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde , led the surgery, which marked the first MR spinal surgery in the UK and the third in the world.
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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.
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OCTOBER 18, 2024
Airspace Defender, a mixed reality game inspired by Missile Command, launches today in early access on Quest. Developed by Not Suspicious, Airspace Defender seeks to deliver a modern twist on Atari's classic arcade game using the MR capabilities of Quest. Beginning life as a prototype during the April 2024 Meta Hackathon, you're tasked with managing the city's defenses and protecting your citizens from enemy attacks.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
OCTOBER 18, 2024
It’s another busy week for the XR world. Major events like GITEX Global 2024 and AES 2024 showcase some of the latest workplace XR innovations, and enterprises worldwide are openly creating and deploying XR solutions across their workforces. The XR market is slowly but surely integrating into significant corporations worldwide. As 2025 approaches, more businesses may get hands-on virtually with immersive solutions as positive outcomes rise.
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OCTOBER 18, 2024
Zander Dejah describes one of the Star Wars VR games he worked on as a high fidelity "walking simulator". And so, as he started working on prototypes, he aimed for something completely different. He calls it "LO-KILL-MOTION". 0:00 / 1:18 1× Vendetta Forever made a splash when the demo appeared in August. Developed by Dejah's Meatspace Interactive, this frenetic puzzle shooter only lets you move by teleporting to enemies you've killed, taking their weapons in the process.
Steki Amusement
OCTOBER 18, 2024
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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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OCTOBER 18, 2024
Undead Citadel is an undead hack-and-slash game first released on PC VR in 2023, and it's now available on Quest. Read on for our full review. The game is technically story-driven, though the narrative yields little in terms of character development or actual plot. You embody Sir Anvil Capheus, a foul-mouthed mercenary who finds himself for no apparent reason stranded in the wilderness cursing the gods.
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