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Varjo Launches ‘World’s First’ Scan-to-VR Solution

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Varjo has released the ‘world’s first’ ultra high-resolution 3D scanning solution called Teleport. The global leader in industrial-grade virtual and mixed reality hardware and software, Varjo, has announced the general availability of Teleport, which creates photorealistic digital twins by stitching together 3D scenes made from Apple smartphone photos.

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‘Green Hell VR’ Gets Long-awaited Co-op Mode This Month on Quest and PSVR 2

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Green Hell VR (2022), Incuvo’s VR adaptation of the popular open world survival game, is finally getting the long-promised co-op mode this month on Quest and PSVR 2. First announced in April 2023, Green Hell VR’s co-op mode is nearly here, launching December 16th for free to owners of game on PSVR 2 and Quest 2, 3 and 3S. The co-op edition is said to build on the game’s challenging solo play by allowing teams of up to four players, who arm themselves with melee or ranged weapons to hunt f

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Vallourec Kick Offs Virtual Tours of Hydrogen Storage Site

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Yesterday, Vallourec leveraged virtual reality immersive environments for its Delphy hydrogen storage site, enabling visitors to take a comfortable virtual tour without setting foot in the real location. According to Vallourec, Delphy can revolutionize the hydrogen value chain, so the firm clearly wants to showcase this space as efficiently as possible for potential clients.

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Quest Black Friday Sales Volume on Amazon May Have Fallen Short of 2023

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Data from Amazon US suggests that Quest headsets didn’t sell as well over Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2024 as compared to 2023. Based on data from Amazon US, in 2023 about 170,000 Quest headsets had sold in the 30 day window surrounding Black Friday and Cyber Monday. In 2024, that number was around 146,000 Quest headsets, representing a drop in sales volume of 14%.

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The Future of eLearning in 2022: A Sensitive Eye for Authentic Translation and Localization

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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Case Study: Toyota Elevates Institutional Knowledge with AR

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How did Toyota reduce training time for novice workers while letting senior experts more scalable? We examine its AR implementation in the latest case study. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Bringing Codec Avatars to Mobile: How Close Are We?

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With Quest Pro being discontinued and Quest Pro 2 apparently canceled, the future of Codec Avatars remains unknown. What will Meta end up doing with this technology? We examine the evidence. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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The House Of Da Vinci VR Review: A Work Of Art

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The House of Da Vinci VR is a captivating puzzle adventure into the mysterious and legendary studios of Leonardo da Vinci. Read on for our full review. 0:00 / 1:33 1× Over seven years since appearing on flatscreen platforms, The House of Da Vinci is back once more with escape room style challenges as you try to locate the renowned painter and inventor who's gone missing.

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XR Trends 2025 – Award-winning Foresight

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Watch on YouTube. It’s time for the 2025 XR Trends! These predictions come from some of the winners of 2024’s XR Awards. XR Today introduces three award-winning XR leaders who make their big predictions for what will be happening in the extended reality market in 2025. Our contributors include the following: Stefan Marx, CEO, Zaubar Aida Otaola, Global Communications Manager, Virtualware Thomas Dexmier, VP of Enterprise, HTC VIVE Thanks for watching, if you’d like more like thi

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13 Ways iOS 18 Improves Your iPhone's Camera App for Even Better Photos and Videos

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Apple's iOS 18 update brings powerful new features to your iPhone's Camera app, but some tools are easy to overlook yet incredibly useful once you find them. From new shooting modes to expanded preserve settings, iOS 18 adds more ways to capture and manage your shots exactly how you want. While some enhancements are exclusive to newer devices, like the iPhone 15 Pro models or iPhone 16 series, there's plenty to explore on all devices compatible with iOS 18 and some of them you won't want to mis

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How to Train Employees 65% Faster With Virtual Reality

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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Apple Vision Pro Is Coming To Taiwan

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Apple Vision Pro is launching in Taiwan on December 17, and preorders open on Thursday. Apple Vision Pro has now been on the market for ten months. While it was originally only sold in the US, since then it has expanded to Canada, the UK, Australia, Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, and China. In Taiwan, Apple Vision Pro will start at NT$119,900.

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Everything You Can Do with the Camera Control Button on Your iPhone 16 or 16 Pro

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The devices in the new iPhone 16 series lineup have one feature no other iPhone models have: a physical Camera Control button. If you use your iPhone to take photos or record videos, the Camera Control speeds up the process and gives you immediate control over adjusting settings and values using intuitive gestures. But what exactly can you do with it?

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Samsung Reportedly Set to Unveil Smart Glasses at Galaxy S25 Event in January

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A recent report from South Korea’s Yonhap News maintains Samsung is set to unveil a pair of XR glasses at its annual Unpacked product event, which is expected to take place sometime next month. Samsung promised back in July we’d be hearing more about its forthcoming “XR platform” before the end of this year, which it’s developing in partnership with Google and Qualcomm.

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Skydance's Behemoth Due A “Day Seven” Patch On Quest

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Skydance's Behemoth, one of the most anticipated VR games of 2024, will receive a “day seven” patch on Quest. In the run-up to its launch on December 5, UploadVR has yet to go hands-on with the full release build of Skydance's Behemoth beyond prior demos. Today, a Skydance Games representative informed us that “Skydance's Behemoth launches this Thursday, Dec. 5, with a day-one patch for PlayStation and a day-seven patch for Meta Quest headsets.

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Are You Still Watching? How to Create Engaging Presentations for Virtual Learning

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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EON Reality Launches Advanced Decision-Making Simulator for Critical Situation Training

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IRVINE, CA — December 3, 2024 — EON Reality, a global leader in Augmented and Virtual Reality-based knowledge and skills transfer for industry and education, today announced the launch of its groundbreaking Interactive/Decision-Making Simulator, the third specialized learning environment within its innovative Knowledge Simulator platform. This state-of-the-art simulator revolutionizes professional decision-making training through a sophisticated three-phase approach guided by an AI Avatar.

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Attack on Titan VR: Unbreakable 1.0 Reaches Meta Quest On December 17

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The 1.0 release of Attack on Titan VR: Unbreakable adds co-operative play and extra missions later this month. Following its initial launch back in July with the first two chapters, Attack on Titan VR: Unbreakable will leave early access on December 17th with the 1.0 update. This includes technical tweaks to the base game and adding the final two chapters to round out the game’s titan-killing narrative. 0:00 / 1:54 1× “After the Early Access launch, we’ve received overwhelmingly passionate suppo

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