AR Insider
MAY 8, 2024
If virtual reality is the empathy machine, SXSW 2024 was the empathy festival. AR Insider Editor-at-Large Emily Olman reports about her emotive experiences on the ground with immersive works. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
Road to VR
MAY 8, 2024
Marvel Studios and ILM Immersive today announced a new interactive story coming exclusively to Apple Vision Pro, which is based on the popular Disney+ animated series What If…? Called What If…? – An Immersive Story, the developers call it an “immersive, narrative-driven and innovative story in mixed reality,” which is promised to be an hour-long experience.
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XR Today - Virtual Reality
MAY 8, 2024
Recently, Network Rail officially taught more than 1,000 students at the Trinity Academy in Thorne, Doncaster, a landmark number for immersive training programmes. Industry professionals at Network Rail’s Community Safety team and the British Transport Police hosted five railway safety sessions at the Doncaster school, showcasing the dangers of trespassing on railways.
Road to VR
MAY 8, 2024
Meta announced Batman: Arkham Shadow last week, which is coming exclusively to Quest 3 in late 2024. And wouldn’t you know it, YouTube users absolutely hate it. Although YouTube disabled the dislike button counter in 2021, you can still get a good idea of how the public is reacting to any given video by installing an extension to your browser, like Chrome’s ‘ Return YouTube Dislike ‘ Released officially through both IGN’s main YouTube channel and Meta’s own Y
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.
Charlie Fink
MAY 8, 2024
Dnsys used artificial intelligence, biomedical engineering, and rehabilitative medicine to create a new kind of wearable tech.
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Anand Tech
MAY 8, 2024
As LPCAMM2 adoption begins, the first retail memory modules are finally starting to hit the retail market, courtesy of Micron. The memory manufacturer has begun selling their LPDDR5X-based LPCAMM2 memory modules under their in-house Crucial brand, making them available on the latter's storefront. Timed to coincide with the release of Lenovo's ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 laptop – the first retail laptop designed to use the memory modules – this marks the de facto start of the eagerly-aw
Upload VR
MAY 8, 2024
Commenting on UploadVR articles is now free, UploadVR Membership is now more affordable than ever, and you can now support us even more with UploadVR Patronage. We relaunched the UploadVR website just over a year ago with a cleaner reading experience, faster loading time, far fewer bugs, and the ability to support our work directly by becoming an UploadVR Member instead of seeing programmatic ads.
Anand Tech
MAY 8, 2024
Further to our last piece which we detailed Intel's issue to motherboard vendors to follow with stock power settings for Intel's 14th and 13th Gen Core series processors , Intel has now issued a follow-up statement to this. Over the last week or so, motherboard vendors quickly released firmware updates with a new profile called 'Intel Baseline', which motherboard vendors assumed would address the instability issues.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
MAY 8, 2024
Rumours are swirling that Apple’s initial Vision Pro shipment numbers are so low that it is forcing Apple to cut production numbers leading into WWDC 2024. Long-trusted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo posted on X to explain how low customer demand for the Vision Pro is now leading to mass production delays. “Because Apple isn’t very optimistic about the AR/MR headset announcement recreating the astounding iPhone moment,” said Kuo, Apple will be pushing back plans for a mass pr
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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.
Upload VR
MAY 8, 2024
Five Nights At Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 brings the iconic series back to Quest soon. Released on PSVR 2 and Steam in December, Five Nights At Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 is a direct sequel to 2019's Help Wanted. As the latest Fazbear employee, you're tasked with clearing six different minigame categories - Backstage, Fazcade, Staff Only, Food Prep and Ticket Booth, alongside VR versions of minigames seen in Sister Location.
EON Reality
MAY 8, 2024
“Empowering Saint Vincent with Skills for a Sustainable, Resilient Future.” IRVINE, CA – May 8th, 2024 – EON Reality, a pioneering force in virtual reality and augmented reality technologies for education, proudly announces a new transformative educational initiative in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. This initiative is designed to revolutionize learning and skill acquisition, focusing on sustainable development and disaster resilience through a custom blend of educatio
Upload VR
MAY 8, 2024
VR sports game Racket Club introduces two new courts, a ball cannon and more in a free update. Following last December's launch, Resolution Games has released a substantial Racket Club patch, the ' Fun Courts ' update. That adds a new wider court and a 'Spinminton' court, a ball cannon players can use on any court, an increased maximum player level and new clothes.
Upload VR
MAY 8, 2024
Razer adapted its Quest 2 head strap and facial interface for Quest 3, and that's available now. Part of the ' Made For Meta ' program, the Razer Facial Interface and Adjustable Head Strap are both available across North America and Europe for $70 each. The Facial Interface uses a silicone cushion with cooling vents and hypoallergic material, while the Head Strap is designed for "all head shapes" and uses nylon material.
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.
Upload VR
MAY 8, 2024
Intergalactic rhythm game 'Spin Rhythm XD' is heading for PC VR and PSVR 2 this summer. Previously released on flatscreen platforms last year by Super Spin Digital, Spin Rhythm XD takes inspiration from Guitar Hero and Dance Dance Revolution. Featuring over sixty licensed and original tracks by Hyper Potions, Au5, Camellia, Anamanaguchi, Pegboard Nerds and more, you must twist a colored wheel to hit the matching icons.
Upload VR
MAY 8, 2024
The multiverse is the narrative backdrop for Marvel and ILM Immersive in exploring "What If." on Apple Vision Pro. The upcoming What If…? – An Immersive Story is described as a "Disney+ Original story coming exclusively" to Apple's platform in passthrough mixed reality, offering an hour-long experience. Teased as releasing soon with more details to come, Disney, Marvel and ILM are promising to take fans across alternate Marvel histories in both VR and AR up close with animated characters from th
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