AR Insider

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Much has been said about Meta Orion since it was unveiled two weeks ago. Stepping back, where does the device sit in the AR continuum and how could Meta's massive investment bring AR's future into focus. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 9, 2024

When I wrote the article about my 5 main highlights of Meta Connect , I selected among them Meta Hyperscape, the solution to scan environments and enter inside them. I guess this surprised a few of you, who were expecting a mention of Meta Avatars or some of the new games, but after I’ve tried the beta of Hyperscape available on the Horizon Store, I’m not only convinced that I did right at considering it one of the main pieces of news of the show, but I also think that it’s muc

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Sightful, the hardware startup working to carve out a new ‘headless AR laptop’ niche, has cancelled plans for its $1,900 Spacetop G1. Unveiled back in May, Spacetop G1 was set to be the company’s first commercially available product following the early access release of its first Spacetop , which delivered a somewhat bulgy laptop form factor tethered to a pair of XREAL AR glasses.

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

Final Fury, the upcoming VR arcade fighter from the Synth Riders studio, will receive a Steam demo next week. Following previous Final Fury beta tests, Kluge Interactive announced its fast-paced 1v1 fighting game is getting a new playable demo on October 14 for the upcoming Steam Next Fest. This latest demo includes two playable fighters - Tempest and Glitch, letting you play solo offline or in online multiplayer with support for rollback netcode. 0:00 / 1:12 1× It's been a while since we've see

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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 9, 2024

This week, Zappar, a provider of XR end-to-end solutions and affordable MR headsets, underwent a $45 million acquisition led by Infinite Reality, helping the firm boost its XR content creation platform and hardware to global clients. With the $45 million Infinite Reality acquisition, Zappar will be able to scale its product portfolio, perhaps in a bid to boost the presence of Zappar’s affordable MR headset, following recent similar announcements from the likes of Meta-further expanding the glob

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Sightful has decided to pivot from its ‘Spacetop’ AR laptop to an AR software for Windows in order to more effectively integrate AR technology with AI capabilities like Copilot. The company’s founders shared the news with the technology media publication CNET , telling them it has emailed customers who had preordered one of its $1900 Spacetop G1 laptops and offered to refund their $100 deposits.

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

Dan Riccio is retiring, Bloomberg reports. Riccio joined Apple upon Steve Jobs' return in 1998, serving as VP of Product Design, and was heavily involved in the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad. In 2012 he became Apple's SVP of Hardware Engineering, joining the executive team. During this time he oversaw the launch of the Apple Watch, iPad Pro, AirPods, HomePod, and the first Apple silicon Macs.

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EON Reality

OCTOBER 9, 2024

I RVINE, CA – October 9, 2024 – EON Reality, the world leader in AI-assisted Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality-based knowledge transfer for industry and education, is pleased to announce that Fusion-Synth Technologies, a leading provider of real-world technology solutions, has become the latest addition to their Value-Added Reseller network.

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

Honey Pot is a new co-op VR game where you fight bears with bees, and it's certainly intriguing. Overcooked and Plants vs. Zombies are from two completely different genres. One is a co-op cooking game, while the other is tower defense. As odd as it may sound, both titles actually inspired Brazil-based studio VRMonkey when they envisioned their next offering: Honey Pot.

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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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EON Reality

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Irvine, CA – October 9, 2024 — EON Reality, a global leader in Augmented and Virtual Reality-based experiential learning solutions, proudly announces the launch of its groundbreaking EON SoftSkill DebateMaster (Multi Avatar). This cutting-edge educational tool simulates formal debate competitions in a virtual environment, leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Augmented Reality (AR) to create immersive, interactive debates between avatars representing opposing viewpoints on a vast arr

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

Orion Drift, the upcoming social VR sports game from the Gorilla Tag studio, showcased the Driftball District in a new trailer. Recently revealed by Another Axiom, Orion Drift is a sci-fi VR sports game that aims to put its own spin on major sports like soccer or volleyball using hand-based locomotion. It splits each sport into different districts with organized events, offering a social hub where up to 200 players can jump in simultaneously as customizable robots. 0:00 / 1:30 1× The latest game

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Oculus

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Welcome back for another episode of Boz To The Future, a podcast from Reality Labs. In today’s episode, our host, Meta CTO and Head of Reality Labs Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, is joined by StatusPRO Founders Andrew “Hawk” Hawkins and Troy Jones.

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

Meta AI is now available on the Ray-Ban Meta glasses in the UK & Australia. Previously Meta AI was only available in the US & Canada. In the UK Meta AI on the glasses is voice-only "to start", while in Australia it also supports vision, letting it see the world through the camera when needed to respond to a query or take an action you asked for.

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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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Oculus

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Hockey is back—both in real life and in VR. NHL Sense Arena 25 returns for the 2024-25 NHL season with a revamped Season Mode, a Trophy Room, and (of course) the brand-new Utah Hockey Club.

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