Road to VR
OCTOBER 25, 2024
Bigscreen , the social VR screen sharing platform, is spectacularly good at letting users hold communal watch parties dedicated to anything they can show on a PC’s screen, Quest users included. But now the studio is launching a paid cloud-streaming service that aims to make it even easier for Quest users looking to get away from their PC entirely.
XR Today - Virtual Reality
OCTOBER 25, 2024
This week, immersive healthcare solutions provider Osso VR announced a strategic expansion roadmap that aims to scale targeted VR training services across pharmaceutical industry professionals and institutions. The firm’s expansion roadmap covers the delivery of VR immersive learning content to the sector, which allows pharmaceutical professionals to understand sector-unique situations and disease state awareness through interactive 3D experiences; accessible via a VR headset.
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Road to VR
OCTOBER 25, 2024
Apple announced in June it was planning to release a wider, higher-resolution version of Mac Virtual Display for Vision Pro. Now, the company says its holding a bevy of Mac announcements starting Monday, October 28th, which many are hoping includes the still unreleased mode. “We have an exciting week of announcements ahead, starting on Monday morning.
VR Bites
OCTOBER 25, 2024
Ivanovich Games has launched Motion Soccer , a brand-new VR football game available in Early Access on SteamVR and Meta Quest. With this release, the Barcelona-based studio aims to offer the most authentic virtual football experience yet, building on their previous successes like Final Kick and Final Soccer. A New Era for Virtual Football If you’ve ever wanted to play football in VR, Motion Soccer takes it to the next level with full 11 vs. 11 matches.
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.
Road to VR
OCTOBER 25, 2024
VitruviusVR, the studio behind Shadow Legend VR (2019) , finally announced the release date for its upcoming single-player sci-fi shooter, Arken Age. Coming to SteamVR and PSVR 2 on January 16th, 2025, Arken Age promises a 10 to 15-hour story-driven campaign set in the lush arboreal environment of a terraformed world. Here’s how VitruviusVR describes it: Celestial Custodian’s Tower on the shores of the Bio-Chasm, a terraformed realm created to harvest Arkenite Energy.
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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag
OCTOBER 25, 2024
Announced at Meta Connect 2024, the Meta Horizon Hyperscape application promises to revolutionize the way we create and explore real-world spaces in extended reality. Unsurprisingly, the Hyperscape solution didn’t generate quite as much hype as some of Meta’s other announcements this year. After all, Connect 2024 also introduced us to the new ultra-affordable Meta Quest 3S headset , and Meta’s incredible AR glasses prototype.
VR Bites
OCTOBER 25, 2024
Skonec Entertainment has unleashed a massive update for its popular VR hero shooter Strike Rush. Titled Season 2: Unknown Villain , this overhaul introduces a slew of new features, including fresh game modes, characters, maps, and an upgraded user interface. The update, which is available now on Meta Quest 2, Quest 3, Quest 3S, and Quest Pro, is completely free for existing players.
Upload VR
OCTOBER 25, 2024
Meta's Horizon Hyperscape Demo seems to be rolling out beyond the US. Horizon Hyperscape Demo was launched at Meta Connect last month as a US-only demonstration of six fully volumetric scenes on Quest 3, meaning you can move around them with positional tracking. As brought to our attention by Dr Ray Holder , the app now runs in the UK, which I was able to verify, suggesting it may be available in other countries too.
VR Bites
OCTOBER 25, 2024
f you’re looking to add some chills to your heist adventures, the new Spooky House DLC for Thief Simulator VR on Meta Quest is here to deliver. This Halloween-themed expansion invites players to explore Hollow Street No. 13—a mansion shrouded in mystery and brimming with eerie surprises. Welcome to Hollow Street No. 13: A Mansion Full of Secrets In this new DLC, players take on the challenge of infiltrating a creepy old mansion deep within a fog-filled forest.
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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.
Upload VR
OCTOBER 25, 2024
PrismXR now sells a charging dock for Apple Vision Pro. The $90 PrismXR Carina D1 is made of silicone, and has slots for both the headset and its tethered battery, as well as a cable holder at the back. The battery slot features a USB-C port with 65W charging, the highest Vision Pro's battery can accept, which PrismXR says will charge it to 80% in 40 minutes.
VR Bites
OCTOBER 25, 2024
Game Night , a mixed reality party game developed by Fantail Games, is set to launch in Early Access for Meta Quest devices on November 18th. Designed to bring people together in the same physical space, Game Night combines classic party game vibes with innovative mixed reality features, promising a lively multiplayer experience for all ages. Bringing the Living Room to Life with Mixed Reality Game Night taps into the unique potential of mixed reality (MR) by turning your living room into a play
XR Today - Augmented Reality tag
OCTOBER 25, 2024
What are smart glasses? You might think you already know the answer – but these days, it’s actually more complicated than it seems. Some people define smart glasses as any pair of “specs” with built-in technology, like digital displays, computer chips, cameras, and microphones. Others, like Meta, with their Ray-Ban glasses and Frame AI , advertise smart glasses as specs with built-in artificial intelligence assistants (among other features).
Upload VR
OCTOBER 25, 2024
If you're after the best free games on Meta Quest 3S and Meta Quest 3, look no further. With the Quest 3S joining the library of VR headsets from Meta, there are plenty of titles for new users to enjoy. But, after spending a fair amount on your latest bit of tech, choosing between lots of games can feel overwhelming. Fortunately, there are plenty of free games you can enjoy - no payment required!
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.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
OCTOBER 25, 2024
As November wraps, the XR industry is starting to close the year on an optimistic note. Q3 reflections are proving favourable for many firms with fruitful investments in AR/VR/MR via software and hardware. While certain firms have not announced their quarterly performance yet, based on current reflection, forecasts seem hopeful. AWE EU and the year’s closing XR events will soon be underway.
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OCTOBER 25, 2024
A few months after launching, MiRacle Pool got a fresh update bringing snooker to the mixed reality sports game. Arriving right after the launch of Meta Quest 3S , the update for MiRacle Pool delivers snooker as a game mode - something that the developers say has been a highly requested feature. The new snooker mode is available in both singleplayer and online multiplayer. 0:00 / 0:36 1× While it doesn't include a full size table, as a massive 6ft x 12ft table would take up a lot of your living
Oculus
OCTOBER 25, 2024
We caught up with game designer, author, and CEO of Schell Games Jesse Schell on his own origin story and the birth of I Expect You To Die.
Upload VR
OCTOBER 25, 2024
The Bigscreen app's new Cloud Browser feature offers a synchronized browser without a PC, for a fee. It was already possible to share your PC screen to others in a Bigscreen room, or to cowatch YouTube , local videos, or "channels" without a PC. As the name suggests, the new Cloud Browser runs in the cloud and streams synchronized to each user in the session, meaning it gives you web screensharing standalone on Quest, without a PC. 0:00 / 0:55 1× Bigscreen says Cloud Browser can be used with alm
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.
Oculus
OCTOBER 25, 2024
Let’s get down to brass tacks: Flat2VR Studios and Holy Wow Studios just announced that Trombone Champ: Unflattened is sliding onto Meta Quest November 26.
Upload VR
OCTOBER 25, 2024
Trombone Champ: Unflattened is confirmed to launch this November on Meta Quest. Developed by Flat2VR Studios and based on Trombone Champ , the hit 2D rhythm comedy game from Holy Wow Studios, Trombone Champ: Unflattened is a unique and often hilarious take on the VR rhythm genre. You must honk and toot your way through over 50 classic and unique musical tracks.
Ryan Schultz
OCTOBER 25, 2024
So, as I have mentioned, I haven’t been blogging much lately, because I have been so busy with my full-time paying job as an academic librarian at my employer, the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. Now that the annual rush of training hundreds of students on how to use the university libraries effectively and efficiently has ended, my attention turns to my other big project: specifying hardware and software for a virtual reality lab, which we are calling the XR Lab (the XR stands
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