XR Today - Virtual Reality
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
The Roto VR Explorer is grabbing the attention of plenty of XR enthusiasts right now – and I can see why. At a glance, a chair that tracks your movement as you spin around in VR might seem like little more than a gimmick. But, in my opinion, it’s an interesting alternative to all of the other peripherals emerging to tackle the issue of VR locomotion.
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Meta is widely expected to reveal the Quest 3S headset next week during the Meta Connect event. The company aims to introduce a new headset with mixed reality capabilities similar to Quest 3, but at a cheaper price. An apparent leak suggests the headset could be its most affordable yet. According to Reddit user Vast_Front259 , an Amazon ad seen on the Peacock streaming service shows the Quest 3S with 128GB of storage priced at just $300.
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XR Today - Virtual Reality
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
This week, Virtualware announced VIROO version 2.6, a fresh update for the firm’s enterprise-grade XR development platform. The XR as a service platform enables businesses to leverage a Unity-based SDK to create, distribute, and manage custom XR applications for chosen business use cases, such as immersive training and collaboration. The latest update aims to improve the content development pipeline and optimise the publishing of complex designs.
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Tokyo Game Show (TGS), the annual video game trade fair and convention, is getting set to kick off next week, and with it comes its own digital event space: TGS Digital World, now available on Quest and PC VR headsets. Now in its fourth year running, TGS Digital World is back, packing in another year of quests, collectibles, and digital booths dedicated to some of the most popular game franchises.
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.
XR Today - Virtual Reality
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
The Virtuix Omni One “VR platform” has arrived, promising extended reality enthusiasts a new virtual experience. For a while now, innovators in the XR landscape have been searching for ways to make virtual experiences feel more realistic and immersive. One of the main challenges to overcome involves figuring out how to give users a way to move freely in VR.
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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
The price of Quest 3S has seemingly been leaked by an early ad, revealing it will start at $300 for the 128GB model. 0:00 / 0:23 1× Reddit user Vast_Front259 posted a recording of the Peacock running on their phone that they say they took with their laptop webcam because the streaming service's DRM prevents screen recording. It's a Quest 3 ad we've seen before, but at the end a render is shown of it alongside Quest 3S, Meta's repeatedly leaked next headset, alongside the text "Starting at $299.9
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
We’ve been hoping to see Thrill of the Fight 2 in action since it was announced last year, the upcoming sequel to Quest’s most popular VR boxing sim. Now, studios Sealost Interactive and Halfbrick Studios released the game’s first proper trailer, further announcing it’s headed to Quest in early access on November 21st. The early access version on Quest is set to launch with online multiplayer, which includes with skill-based matchmaking and direct matching, as well as customiz
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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Meta cut the price of upgrading to Touch Pro controllers to $250. Touch Pro controllers are included with Meta Quest Pro, but they're also compatible with Quest 2 and Quest 3, and will likely work with Quest 3S too. Meta has been selling a Touch Pro controllers upgrade kit, which includes the controllers and a compact charging dock, for $300 since a few months after Quest Pro launched.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
We might have some bad news if you’re on the edge of your seat, waiting for news about an upcoming “Apple Vision Pro 2”. Despite all the hype surrounding Apple’s spatial computing device, the Vision Pro, Apple has had a rocky initial entry into the extended reality world. Sales numbers aren’t exactly skyrocketing, even as Apple continues to span into new countries and regions.
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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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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Anduril's Lattice software will run on Microsoft's militarized HoloLens IVAS for US Army soldiers. What Is HoloLens IVAS? The decade-scale Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) program aims to equip US Army soldiers with AR helmets to enhance situational awareness. HoloLens IVAS is a heavily modified variant of HoloLens 2, with a more ruggedized design, wider field of view, and many more sensors.
EON Reality
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Bringing Interactive Learning to the Next Level with AI Avatars and Chat Features on Head Mounted Displays IRVINE, CA —September 20, 2024 – EON Reality, the world leader in AI-assisted Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality-based knowledge transfer, is proud to announce the launch of AI Chat & Avatar Integration to Head Mounted Displays (HMDs) as part of the EON-XR 10.4 update.
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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
EXOcars is skipping early access and heading straight for full release on Steam, Meta Quest, and PlayStation VR2 in October. Developed by XOCUS ( Presentiment of Death ) and published by Joy Way, the developer behind Stride: Fates and Dead Hook , EXOcars is set to offer a buggy racing experience in virtual reality, delivering a new racing game with real car physics. 0:00 / 0:46 1× Despite EXOcars being revealed back in April with an early access launch date set for May, the racing game has been
Oculus
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
The champ is back! Today, Halfbrick Studios announced that the long-awaited The Thrill of the Fight 2 will release in early access this November on Meta Quest, starting with its multiplayer mode.
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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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
The highly anticipated boxing game The Thrill of the Fight 2 will launch its multiplayer mode in early access on Quest on November 21. The Thrill of the Fight 2 is being developed by Halfbrick Studios in collaboration with the original game's developer, Ian Fitz. The original is one of the most highly-acclaimed VR games, with overwhelmingly positive reviews on Steam.
XROM
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
In a groundbreaking move for technical education in Telangana, the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) in Karimnagar has become the state's pioneer in augmented and virtual reality (AR-VR) learning. This cutting-edge facility, inaugurated by Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar, marks a significant milestone in modernizing vocational training.
Next Reality - News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
There are a lot of great features for your iPhone with iOS 18, released Sept. 16, but one of the coolest features is also one of the simplest and most satisfying one that you'll notice every day you use your iPhone. And for now, it's an iPhone exclusive, so you won't get the same gratifying experience on an iPad with iPadOS 18. After updating from iOS 17 to Apple's latest iPhone software update, you'll notice a new visual animation whenever you press a hardware button, whether it's the Volume U
XR Today - Virtual Reality
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Meta Connect will launch next week. Zuckerberg’s company is creating anticipation, with audiences expecting significant announcements during the September 28th event, which continues to engage mainstream audiences year after year. Meta is planning on debuting =an accessible MR device for consumers. It aims to mirror its success in deploying the Quest 2, which brought VR to the mainstream consumer conversation.
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.
Next Reality - News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
While many of the features in the iPhone 16 and 16 Pro series build on what we've seen in previous iPhone models, Apple has packed the 2024 lineup with iOS 18 and plenty of fresh upgrades worth considering. The iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max boast several groundbreaking features, like a 6.9-inch display and ProRes video recording at up to 120 fps, and the standard iPhone 16 and 16 Plus still deliver notable improvements over last year's models.
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
The Immersed IRL event, held yesterday in Austin, Texas was the company’s big moment to showcase its upcoming headset and build confidence that it was on track to deliver on the promise of an ambitious headset. But a botched demo may have done the opposite. Guest Article by Eric Liga Eric Liga is Chief Scientist at Net Edge VR , a Houston-based company specializing in the creation of VR training software.
Next Reality - News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
While Apple keeps the Pro and Pro Max iPhone models nearly the same this year, there are still a few differences between the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max. Knowing them may help you decide which Pro model to get. Usually, the Pro Max has better camera specs than the Pro version, but this year's camera is the same for both the front and rear camera systems.
Next Reality - News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Apple announced the new iPhone 16 and 16 Pro series models on Sept. 9, and the focus on this year's smartphones was Apple Intelligence with an even smarter Siri. But generative artificial intelligence isn't the only new feature these devices come with. There are improved cameras, more advanced processors, new buttons, and more. At the "It's Glowtime" event on Monday, Sept. 9, Apple showed off the new iPhone lineup and other devices, including new Apple Watch and AirPods models.
Speaker: Treion Muller, Chief Strategy Officer at ELB Learning
Since when has learning and development (L&D) become such a negative experience with its intended learners? Could it be because learners have been conditioned by very poor learning experiences over the past two decades, combined with the kinks of technological innovation? Or is it because learning has typically been designed as a one-size-fits-all solution, despite the fact that humans are not clones?
Next Reality - News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
The new iPhone 16, 16 Plus, 16 Pro, and 16 Pro Max are worth upgrading to, but if you want more advanced features, especially for the camera, you may want to take a closer look at the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max. While all four 2024 iPhone models have the new Camera Control button, 48 MP Fusion cameras, spatial photo and video capture, new Photographic Styles, a stronger Ceramic Shield front, faster MagSafe charging, USB-C connectivity, and iOS 18, there are still quite a few areas where
Next Reality - News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Apple's Weather app keeps getting better and more refined with each new software update. For example, 2023's big update gave us yesterday's weather, averages, and wind maps, while 2022's unleashes Lock Screen widgets, severe weather alerts, and an iPad version. Now, we have significant changes to feels-like details, an update to measurement units, more pollutant statistics, and more.
Next Reality - News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
In the latest software updates for iPhone and iPad, there's an even easier way to view all your saved Wi-Fi networks and credentials and share them with family, friends, and others who need access. For a while now, whenever your Wi-Fi-connected iPhone or iPad gets close to another Apple device not on any Wi-Fi network, you may see a prompt appear to share the password.
Next Reality - News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Visit a webpage on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, and there's a good chance you'll be bombarded with distractions such as ads, fullscreen pop-ups, cookie consents, log-in requests, notifications, email signups, sticky videos, and calls to action. If you're using Safari and content blockers, "Block Pop-ups," and Reader mode can't hide the elements you need, Apple's got a new tool you should be excited about.
Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute
The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?
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