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DECEMBER 11, 2023

According to a Bloomberg report , Apple is getting ready to prepare in-store staff on how to sell the company’s upcoming Vision Pro mixed reality headset. Training is reportedly slated to take place in mid-January, with launch said to be internally expected to take place the same month. Unveiled at WWDC in June, Apple has repeatedly confirmed that the long-awaited mixed reality headset will release in “early 2024,” although there’s been no mention of specific launch date

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

Black Friday 2023 saw the "biggest ever revenue week for VR" in the UK, market research firm GfK estimates. GfK's games boss Dorian Bloch told GamesIndustry.biz "VR was in the spotlight over Black Friday 2023 and this was the biggest ever revenue week for VR" in the UK. Compared to Black Friday week 2022, GfK estimates that headset unit sales increased 33% and headset revenue increased by 17%.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Digital twins are quickly becoming a staple solution for enterprise XR clients. The technology’s similarity to pre-existing systems enables the easy integration of XR within a range of business environments, such as construction and healthcare, helping drive the adoption of immersive solutions and devices. A group leading enterprise integration of digital twins is the Orlando Economic Partnership (OEP).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Is Meta working on another XR headset following the Meta Quest 3? Just as the leading immersive technology firm started rolling out its most recent MR headset and Ray Ban Smartglasses, it appears that behind the scenes, Meta’s diverse lineup of XR engineers is working towards the next step of its headset lineup. Currently, Meta is experiencing an uptick in MR headset orders during the holiday black Friday period.

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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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DECEMBER 11, 2023

Thrasher reaches Quest and PC VR next year from the developers behind rhythm violence game Thumper. Described as a "mind-melting cosmic racer," Thrasher sees you fight bosses in a race for survival as a space eel. "Use fast-paced gestural controls to evolve your space eel from worm to megabeast in a breakneck race for survival that begins at the dawn of time," states developer Puddle on the store page.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

Racket Club brings a unique spin on racket sports with a multiplayer arcade game. Available this week on most major VR platforms, read on for our full review: There’s considerable competition for VR tennis, but Racket Club is the best attempt I’ve seen yet. Rather than directly adapting the popular sport like First Person Tennis , Tennis League VR or Tennis-On-Court , Racket Club takes several creative liberties by mixing in elements of pickleball and squash.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Lipdub is a new free app democratizing the art of voice special effects. What's driving the tech and the business? And how does it blend AR and AI? Charlie Fink talks to the founders. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

Firewall Ultra receives two new maps in its latest update. Developed by First Contact Entertainment, Firewall Ultra has continued receiving a steady stream of updates following its rocky launch. Now onto Patch 1.12 , this latest update adds two new locations. 'Lab' is described as a Northern European research facility that’s been evacuated after a containment breach, and you can watch the video walkthrough below.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

Apple has been "aiming internally" to get Vision Pro "out the door" by the end of January, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. Gurman reliably reported many details of the upcoming headset before it was officially revealed or even acknowledged to exist by Apple. In the latest edition of his weekly newsletter, Gurman writes that Apple Store employee training for Vision Pro is scheduled to take place in mid-January, and Apple has "has been aiming internally" to get Vision Pro "out the door" by the en

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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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