AR Insider
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
While consumer XR continues to be held back by several factors, XR has found fertile ground in the enterprise. Benefits include a clearer business case for AR guidance and VR training. But it's not all good news. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
HTC today revealed its next standalone XR headset, the Vive Focus Vision. The company appears to be appealing again to enterprise and prosumers, packing in a mishmash of specs from Vive Focus 3 and Vive Elite XR—priced at $1,000. HTC launched pre-orders today for its new MR headset, Vive Focus Vision. Pre-orders are available from today through October 17th, after which the headset will presumably launch.
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XR Today - Virtual Reality
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
HTC’s VIVERSE has added Sairo to its growing list of resellers, gaining its XR, Web3, and 3D experiences in the process. Sairo is on a mission to bridge reality and the metaverse, and this partnership helps it to fill that gap by delivering “engaging” and “immersive” brand activations using the VIVERSE platform. According to the virtual reality platform, VIVERSE, its new partner brings with it a “wealth of expertise” to its suite of business and creative solutions.
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Organizers behind the VR Games Showcase last month announced they’re putting on a new livestreamed games event next week focusing on independent developers and studios “both big and small.” Just in time for what will certainly be a rush of XR news. Called the XR Indies & Friends Showcase, the livestream is slated to kick off on September 25th at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET ( local time here ), coming just a few hours ahead of the 2025 Meta Connect keynote from CEO Mark Zuckerberg at
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.
EON Reality
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
EON-XR 10.4: Elevating Immersive Learning with Groundbreaking AI-Powered Features IRVINE, CA., September 18, 2024 – EON Reality, the world leader in AI-assisted Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality-based knowledge transfer, announces the launch of EON-XR version 10.4, a transformative update introducing pioneering features like Spatial IQ, EON Portal, and EON SoftSkills Train AI, alongside significant enhancements to the platform’s interactivity and user experience.
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Upload VR
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
HTC just announced Vive Focus Vision, a refresh of Vive Focus 3. While Vive Focus 3 was only sold to businesses, Vive Focus Vision is being offered to consumers too, and is priced at $1000. Vive Focus Vision inherits the rear battery design, 2.5K LCD displays, fresnel lenses, and original Snapdragon XR2 Gen 1 chipset from Vive Focus 3. But HTC has upgraded the sensor suite and RAM, and added multiple new features including eye tracking and support for DisplayPort PC VR. 0:00 / 1:00 1× While Vive
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
HTC has revealed a new VIVE headset aimed at the enterprise and high-end gaming markets. The VIVE Focus Vision is the latest device to join the VIVE stable, joining the VIVE XR Elite, VIVE Focus 3 and Vive Pro headsets, as well as the VIVE Flow augmented reality glasses. The VIVE Focus Vision consumer edition will cost $999, with the enterprise edition at $1,299, making it the second most expensive in HTC’s line-up behind the VIVE Focus 3 (The XR Elite was previously $1,099 but has since been k
Upload VR
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Meta and EssilorLuxottica have signed an agreement extending their partnership “into the next decade” to develop “multi-generational smart eyewear products”. EssilorLuxottica has a near monopoly on the eyewear market worldwide, and its brands like Ray-Ban and Oakley are among the most recognizable on the planet. “I’m proud of the work we’ve done with EssilorLuxottica so far, and I’m excited about our long term roadmap ahead.
XR Today - Augmented Reality tag
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
This week , just days before Meta’s Connect 2024 event, EssilorLuxottica, the firm’s partner behind its Ray-Ban Stories AR product, announced an extended partnership into the 2030s. According to EssilorLuxottica, the extended contract with Meta showcases a working relationship between the two firms to create “multi-generational smart eyewear products.
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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 18, 2024
Minecraft will no longer support PlayStation VR after March. Four years after Mojang added PSVR support in a free Minecraft update on PS4, the Microsoft-owned studio announced that support will soon be discontinued. Recently detailed in 1.21.30 release notes for Bedrock, Mojang states, "our ability to support PlayStation VR has come to an end" and that it "will no longer be supported in updates after March of 2025.
ARVR Magazine Podcast
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
In today's podcast I talk about the EU Artificial Intelligence Act. If you are a EU based business, or do business in the European Union and are also working with AI in any aspect, there are some important compliancy dates for implementation that are coming in the next couple of years that you definitely need to pay attention too. Curious? I'll see you in the episode!
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SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Starship Home from Creature arrives on Quest 3 September 26th. The debut internally developed project from Doug North Cook's studio Creature, with a development team led by legendary VR developers Mark Schramm and Ashley Pinnick, is an exploration of Meta's tools for mixed reality. "I feel this is the first true full length mixed reality game," North Cook told us in a face-to-face meeting in VR.
ARVR Magazine Podcast
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
In today's podcast I talk about the EU Artificial Intelligence Act. If you are a EU based business, or do business in the European Union and are also working with AI in any aspect, there are some important compliancy dates for implementation that are coming in the next couple of years that you definitely need to pay attention too. Curious? I'll see you in the episode!
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 18, 2024
Two of the best games you can enjoy in a headset teamed up for an intriguing new project. Walkabout Mini Golf's iconic Cherry Blossom course from Mighty Coconut's breakout hit is becoming a 3D puzzle you can piece together in Puzzling Places. The new puzzle is available as a free download inside Realities.io' standout game from September 19th. Walkabout Mini Golf and Puzzling Places are each among the best ways to spend your time in a headset, and they are bundled together for 25% off through Se
Steki Amusement
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
GTI Expo Special Offers, VR Beat Star 20% off From September 11 to 13, 2024, the 16th GTI Asia China Expo was held in Guangzhou ,and it was a spectacular event for the gaming and amusement industry.Among the many exhibitors, Owatch stood out with its impressive 2.0 series VR products ,drawing a significant crowd to their booth at 4.1 Hall, Booth 4T09A.
Upload VR
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Dumb Ways to Die heads to VR this November with a new multiplayer party game on Quest 3. Originally launched in 2012 as a rail safety campaign for Metro Trains Melbourne, Dumb Ways to Die might be one of the least likely hit brands to date, and it's become a long-running series of eccentric games for players of all ages. An equal parts cautionary tale and whimsically bleak comedy about the many dangers of our world, it's making the leap to VR through a new minigame collection. 0:00 / 1:06 1× Dev
Oculus
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Soon, fans of the Dumb Ways to Die franchise will be able to engage with those loveable, colorful Beans up close and personal with Dumb.
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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