Thu.Dec 05, 2024

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‘Skydance’s Behemoth’ Review – A Colossal Step Forward in VR Action-Adventure Gaming

Road to VR

Skydance’s Behemoth showcases a lot of hard-won lessons in VR design, which is mostly thanks to the studio’s pioneering work on its most successful VR game to date: The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (2020). As an original IP in the action-adventure genre, Behemoth goes in a pretty familiar direction when it comes to the game’s narrative, which would otherwise make it difficult to stand out in the crowd were it a standard video game.

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2025 Predictions: Meta Orion Renews Faith in Optical AR

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Even though it's just a working prototype, Meta Orion showed the world that it's possible to build AR glasses that are both UX-rich and relatively stylish. Will this inspire others (ahem, Apple) to move in the same direction? This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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XREAL One Series AR Smart Glasses to Take on Ray-Ban Meta and Apple Vision Pro during December

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This week, XREAL is closing the year by announcing a new AR smart glasses product, just as the market is set to skyrocket in the new year. The firm is debuting two new AR smart glasses models, the XREAL One Series and a Pro variant, which will ship to buyers worldwide in the coming months, including the US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic, Netherlands, China, Japan, and Korea.

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I Am Cat Heads Into The Yard & Garage On Quest & Steam

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Feline role-players have more places to create mischief in I Am Cat with the addition of a garage, garden, street and more to explore in VR on Quest and Steam. Creators of I Am Cat revealed a look at the new areas and interactions in the game during the UploadVR Showcase, available from today in the Quest and Steam versions of the game. Here's the official description on the Meta Horizon Store for Quest headsets: In the full release of I Am Cat, your furry clawed paws can pounce around new envir

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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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What is Meta for Education? The Future of Immersive Learning

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Originally announced in Spring 2024 , the Meta for Education program is gradually beginning to roll out to teachers, schools, and training institutions across the US and UK. This initiative is empowering schools to leverage XR headsets, like the Meta Quest 3 and Quest 3S, alongside cutting-edge software specifically created for the educational landscape.

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XR Trends 2025 – Top 10 Predictions

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Watch on YouTube. XR Today introduces ten leading experts in enterprise-grade AR/VR/MRXR solutions who make their big predictions for the extended reality market in 2025. Our contributors include the following: Roger Rohatgi, Design for Good Jonathan Hale, Wonderland Rory Greener, XR Today Thomas Dexmier, HTC VIVE Aida Otaola, Virtualware Amir Bozorgzadeh, Virtuleap Taimoor Nawab, Arvizio Lucky Gobindram, CXR.Agency & Kinemeric Stefan Marx, ZAUBAR Kevin Joyce, Tiny Brains Thanks for watching

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PlayStation VR2 On PC Now Warns Of Controller Bluetooth Connection Issues

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The PlayStation VR2 PC app now warns of controller Bluetooth connectivity issues, and Sony lists recommended adapters and drivers as a solution. Sony released the PC VR adapter and SteamVR driver for PS VR2 in August. In September, it followed up with a major firmware update , fixing the rotational distortion issue we noted in our review and enabling refresh rate options on AMD graphics cards.

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Book Review: ‘The Next Dimension: How To Use Augmented Reality For Business Growth In The Era Of Spatial Computing’ By Tom Emrich

Charlie Fink

Author Tom Emrich’s background as a pioneer in wearable technology and spatial computing lends authority to his insights.

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Stay: Forever Home Opens Pet Adoptions In Early 2025

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Windup Minds revealed a deeper look at their work on virtual pets with a release window planned for Stay: Forever Home in early 2025. In October, UploadVR published the first video and details about the upcoming mixed reality project from the creators of Bogo as developers sought their first alpha testers to bring home new virtual pets for early adoptions.

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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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Images & Ideas: A New Partnership With James Cameron’s Lightstorm Vision

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Today, we’re thrilled to announce a new partnership between his venture, Lightstorm Vision, and Meta, to scale the creation of world-class 3D entertainment experiences spanning.

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Vertigo 2: Into The Aether DLC Coming March 2025

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Vertigo 2 from Zach Tsiakalis-Brown will go Into The Aether with a paid DLC add-on scheduled for release on March 30, 2025. Zulubo.com is selling a limited Collector's Edition physical SteamVR game box with a key to access the DLC on Steam (base game not included) alongside an autographed illustrated short story. Tsiakalis-Brown said he only made 100 in a limited run to start, so if it sells out "I may print more.

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‘Skydance’s BEHEMOTH,’ from the Creators of ‘The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners,’ is Out Now on Meta Quest

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Skydance’s BEHEMOTH, the long-awaited all-new epic VR action-adventure from Skydance Interactive is finally out and available on Meta Quest! This massive new adventure is from.

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Meta Denies Claims It Plans To Outsource Quest Headset Design To China

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Meta's CTO Andrew Bosworth denied claims that Quest headset design will be outsourced to Goertek, the company's Chinese manufacturer. The claim first emerged last week as a rumor spread by former VR developer Cix Liv. Liv claimed Meta's headset design team "is gone", and that Goertek would take over the role "100%". Bosworth directly and publicly denied this in a reply on X.

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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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New ‘Synth Riders’ Experience Brings Barbie™ to Life in Mixed Reality

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Bruno Mars. Muse. Gorillaz. Barbie™ ? What do they all have in common? As of today, they are all in Synth Riders. On top of that, Barbie brings something different with our latest Synth Riders Experience! We’re taking advantage of the mixed reality features of Meta Quest 3 and 3S to transform your living room into a Barbie dream. This is Synth Riders Experience™ – Barbie™ Dance ’n Dream.

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Watch The Winter UploadVR Showcase Here

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The Winter UploadVR Showcase is underway with a series of releases today, this holiday season and being planned throughout 2025 as well. Watch the Showcase here with videos from a range of VR developers including Vertigo 2, Walkabout Mini Golf, Airspace Defender, I Am Cat and so many more. We've hosted our VR Download today , posted an interview with Vertigo 2 creator Zach Tisakalis-Brown , compared the graphics of Behemoth across all platforms, assessed the diversification of Meta's supply chai

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Avantis Education Introduces Eduverse+ for ClassVR

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Avantis Education has launched Eduverse+ for ClassVR, which is an expanded content library designed to enhance virtual reality and augment reality experiences in schools around the world. The new library comprises four advanced content suites: EduverseAI, WildWorld, STEAM3D, and CareerHub. According to the UK-based innovative learning solutions provider, Avantis, Eduverse+ allows schools to create AI-powered, immersive, and customisable experiences to meet students’ needs at all educational leve

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MR Puzzle Game Make It Stable Adds First Campaign In New Update

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Make It Stable, a free to download mixed reality stacking game, adds new DLC levels today on Quest. Developed by Odders Lab, whose previous work includes OhShape and Les Mills XR Bodycombat , Make It Stable tests your ability to balance everyday objects as you build taller towers in mixed reality using hand tracking or controllers. Following its recent release, the studio announced that it's now launching the paid 'First Campaign' DLC. 0:00 / 0:53 1× While the base game includes ten levels, Make

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

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.

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EON Reality Introduces a Revolutionary Whitepaper on Transforming Education Through the Learn-Train-Perform Paradigm

EON Reality

IRVINE, CA – December 5, 2024 – EON Reality, the global leader in AI-enhanced Virtual and Augmented Reality, proudly presents its latest whitepaper, Knowledge as a Human Right: Global Education with EON Reality’s Spatial AI , outlining an innovative approach to revolutionizing education and professional training through its pioneering Learn-Train-Perform paradigm.

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Synth Riders Gets Barbie Dance 'N Dream Experience Today

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Barbie is the latest crossover for a Synth Riders Experience, and it's out today on most supported VR platforms. Officially titled the “Barbie Dance 'n Dream” experience, the latest Synth Riders DLC sees you step through a Barbie box to the K-pop song ' Barbie Dreams (ft. Kaliii)' by Fifty Fifty, which featured in the 2023 Barbie film. Alongside a fully immersive environment, this latest experience supports mixed reality if you're playing on Apple Vision Pro or the Quest 3 family. 0:00 / 1:14 1×

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Tour Walkabout Mini Golf's Cozy Holiday Hideaway Under The Christmas Tree

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'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring except for the mini golfers. Creative place-making from Walkabout Mini Golf development studio Mighty Coconut reaches new heights as golfers become miniature underneath the Christmas Tree in Holiday Hideaway. Mini mini golf plays out in the corner of a cozy cabin the night before Christmas, with a hard mode to unlock reversing the game's typical night course for a scene on Christmas morning. 0:00 / 0:32 1× Wal

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Cues Is A Relaxing Mixed Reality Block Breaker For Quest

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Cues is a relaxing mixed reality block breaker that's out now for free for a limited time on Quest. Developed by No Ragrets Games, who previously delivered the mixed reality unicorn massacre that is BLUD back in October, Cues takes a very different approach with an MR block breaker game that supports hand tracking controls. Placing colorful cubes across your play space, all you need to do is hit the ball toward them, while a pinch motion lets you draw across your space.

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Who C.A.R.E.S.!? How Learning Got Its Bad Rap & What We Can Do About It

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?

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Time-Bending Shooter COLD VR Heads To PC VR, PS VR2 & Quest Soon

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Cold VR is making its way to PS VR2, PC VR and Quest headsets soon. Set in a world where humanity has been trapped in a simulation by an evil AI, you play as a gun-toting tactician who can control time with their movement speed. During today's Upload VR Winter Showcase, publisher Perp Games announced that COLD VR will launch this December on PC VR , PS VR2 , and Meta Quest. 0:00 / 1:12 1× In a preview piece from earlier this year, we described the temporally tricky shooter as “ SUPERHOT VR in re

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Wade Into Pools In PlayStation VR2 Headsets Next Year

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The eerie setting of water-filled Pools VR is coming to PlayStation VR2 headsets in 2025. Earlier this year the developers behind the popular Steam title revealed their SteamVR trailer with UploadVR. Now in the UploadVR Showcase, the studio is confirming a PlayStation VR2 version is also on the way in 2025. The flatscreen version carries "overwhelmingly positive" reviews over its lifetime with its straightforward premise of being an eerie "walking simulator" and unnerving water-filled locales wi

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Mixed Reality Rollercoaster Game CoasterMania Gets Full Release Today On Quest 3

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CoasterMania, the physics-based VR and mixed reality rollercoaster game, enters full release today on Quest 3. Previously released in early access last year, CoasterMania by 4th Wall Breakers has seen several post-launch updates that introduced and subsequently improved MR support. To commemorate the full release, here's the new trailer as seen in today's UploadVR Winter Showcase. 0:00 / 1:23 1× CoasterMania at full release comes with three different gameplay modes.

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UNDERDOGS Heads For PlayStation VR2 In Early 2025

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Urban sci-fi brawler UNDERDOGS is heading to PlayStation VR2 early next year. Developed by One Hamsa ( Racket: Nx ), UNDERDOGS is a physics-based brawler that uses arm-based locomotion and a comic book-style presentation. Previously released on Quest, Steam and Pico, this 22nd century underground roguelike fighter is now scrapping onto Sony's headset with Perp Games publishing.

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

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?