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What is AR Marketing and Why Does it Matter?

AR Insider

AR has spawned several sub-segments. Among them is immersive marketing, including branded lenses that let consumers visualize or virtually try-on products. What are dynamics, drivers and revenue potential? This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Meta Pauses Quest 3 Elite Battery Strap Sales Amid Widespread Charging Fault

Road to VR

Meta paused shipments of its Elite Strap with Battery for Quest 3 amid widespread user reports of a charging fault that renders the battery useless. Meta says it’s now manufacturing new battery straps that fixes the defect, and that replacements are being handled on a case-by-case basis. We reported earlier this month that the Elite Strap with Battery was facing serious reliability issues among its users.

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QSR With a Side of VR: The Perfect Recipe

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The franchised fast food, or Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) industry, faces an enduring dilemma: ensuring total consistency in customer and product experience across every branch, while simultaneously managing big challenges in staff retention and training. “The typical staff turnover rate is 150%”, explains Sean Hurwitz, CEO of PIXOVR. “That means replacing your entire workforce one and a half times per year.

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These Details Make ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Unlike Any Other VR Game – Inside XR Design

Road to VR

In Inside XR Design we examine specific examples of great VR design. Today we’re looking at the details of Half-Life: Alyx and how they add an immersive layer to the game rarely found elsewhere. You can find the complete video below, or continue reading for an adapted text version. Intro Now listen, I know you’ve almost certainly heard of Half-Life: Alyx (2020) , it’s one of the best VR games made to date.

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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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Quest 3 Elite Strap With Battery Sales Paused To Fix Charging Issue In Firmware

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Meta paused Quest 3 Elite Strap with Battery sales as it replaces stock with a firmware issue causing incomplete charging. Many buyers of the $130 official accessory have reported it not being recognized by the headset or not charging correctly. Meta told Road To VR that this is due to a firmware fault with the strap itself, and since the firmware isn't user-updatable it will have to replace its inventory with units with new firmware, hence the sales pause.

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Pico 4 Will Continue To Come With 3 Free VR Games Until January 15

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Pico 4 will continue to come with three free VR games for another seven weeks. The offer of the headset coming with Green Hell VR , Warplanes: Battles over Pacific , and the upcoming blockbuster Arizona Sunshine 2 - together worth around €100/£80 - was originally announced last week as a Black Friday weekend deal. But Pico is now extending it until the end of January 14.

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HoloLight Earns $12m in Funding amid XR Streaming Push

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

German enterprise extended reality (XR) firm Hololight announced on Tuesday it had received new sources of funding to launch its Holo-Light Hub. Designed as the company’s first-ever XR streaming solution, Hololight Hub will allow enterprise users to stream any XR applications across virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) devices. It will also accommodate smartphones, laptops, and tablets, among others.

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Swordsman VR Tests Your Skills In New Training Grounds Update

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Swordsman VR introduces training grounds in a free update available today on all supported platforms. Offering a new map with three challenges, developer Sinn Studio explains the Training Grounds are designed for testing precision and strength. Split between 'The Range' for practicing marksmanship, 'Tatami Mat Cutting' for sharpening your swordsmanship and 'The Punchbag' for testing physical strength, every challenge includes cross-platform online leaderboards.

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Revolutionizing Pharmaceutical Manufacturing with Microsoft HoloLens

CraneMorley

Back to Blog Page In the fast-paced world of pharmaceuticals, innovation is the key to staying ahead. Sanofi Pharmaceuticals, a global giant in the healthcare industry, has taken a giant leap forward by harnessing the power of augmented reality with Microsoft HoloLens 2. This groundbreaking technology has transformed the way Sanofi designs and manufactures pharmaceutical products, improving efficiency, safety, and collaboration across their teams.

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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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Mecha Force Brings Roguelike Mech Action Next Year On Quest, SteamVR & Pico

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Mecha Force marks the latest VR mech game, arriving next year on most major platforms. Developed by Ming Studio, the team describes themselves as lifelong fans of classic Japanese robot anime, citing Shin Getter Robo, Gunbuster and Gurren Lagann. Combining mech action and roguelike mechanics, you're thrown into a chaotic future as you fight towering foes, using customizable mechs with different weapon combinations.

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Varjo Launches XR-4 Series Mixed Reality Glasses That Rivals Natural Vision

XROM

Varjo is the first company to introduce gaze-directed, high-resolution autofocus cameras in mixed reality with the XR-4 Series; At $3990, the Varjo XR-4 is half the price of XR-3. [link] Varjo the technology leader in industrial-grade VR/XR hardware and software, today advanced the state of the art in highest-fidelity virtual and mixed reality with the debut of its next generation XR-4 series headsets – XR-4, XR-4 Focal Edition and XR-4 Secure Edition.

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Summon Your Friends for Co-Op Spellcasting in ‘The Wizards - Dark Times’ Brotherhood Update

Oculus

In the free Brotherhood Update for The Wizards - Dark Times, you’ll gather your mystical comrades and unleash elemental skills against new foes. Explore enchanted.

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Is Apple working on Smart Glasses?

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

All eyes are on Apple. The XR world and beyond are seemingly focused on whether the famed technology innovator will succeed in developing a game-changing MR headset by way of the Vision Pro. The firm seems confident in its marketplace debut. Leading up to the device’s introduction at WWDC 2023, Apple revealed many details of the then-upcoming device via various patent requests, which built a neat image of the Vision Pro before official announcements began.

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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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Lip GOT A QUEST 3 - VR News, Games & ONE MONTH LATER

Full Dive Gaming

Quest 3 One Month Later Review, VR News, Games & MORE LIPNOX DISCOUNT ON VAMPIRE GAME: [link] TRY THE FREE QUEST GAME: [link] 0:00 VR Podcast Intro 1:20 Q&A 2:25 Thanksgiving in Canada?? 4:29 Green Bean CASSEROLE?? 5:39 VR Motion Sickness? 8:47 The DOWNSIDE to VR Success? 10:52 THANK YOU!!! 13:16 VR News Section 13:35 Arizona Sunshine 2 17:35 SPOILERS: Last of Us 2, Blair Witch VR 18:15 Arizona Sunshine 2 FEARS 22:24 Spatial Video ON QUEST??

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EON Reality Unveils AI Soft Skills Training to Revolutionize Enterprise Sales

EON Reality

EON Reality announces a new AI Soft Skills Training program designed to revolutionize enterprise sales training and significantly boost business ROI through immersive spatial AI technology. IRVINE, CA – November 28 , 2023 – EON Reality, a leader in spatial artificial intelligence technology, has announced the launch of its pioneering AI Soft Skills Training program, aimed at transforming the landscape of enterprise sales training and significantly improving return on investment (ROI) for busin

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Last 2 Days of Owatch IAAPA Expo BIG Promotion

Steki Amusement

Last 2 Days of Owatch IAAPA Expo BIG Promotion During the IAAPA Expo promotion period, the new VR Space Travel 3 Seats Dynamic Cinema and VR Beat Star Hand Interactive Games in the VR 2.0 Series enjoy a fixed One-Price, each unit is only priced at US$9,000! For orders of US$30,000 or more, you will enjoy 20% off the entire order, limited to 5 Quotas!