The Ghost Howls

APRIL 22, 2024

Today a (positive) earthquake hit the virtual reality ecosystem: Meta has just opened up its walled garden, as a strategic move to expand its business in the virtual reality market. It has just authorized other VR OEMs to use its Quest operating system and blurred the lines between the Meta Quest Store and App Lab. Let me tell you everything about this massive news and also analyze with you why this has been a very good idea.

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AR Insider

APRIL 22, 2024

Marco Tempest embodies Arthur C. Clarke's famous dictum: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” His latest work is an AI-fueled retrospective of Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Road to VR

APRIL 22, 2024

Today Meta made what is likely to be an industry-altering announcement: it plans to open up the Quest operating system to third-party device makers. Asus, Lenovo, and Xbox have been tapped to create new headsets built on the operating system which is being branded ‘Meta Horizon OS’ Meta has just made its biggest strategic move in the XR space since betting the farm on standalone headsets over PC VR.

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APRIL 22, 2024

Meta is rebranding its Quest software platform to Meta Horizon OS, and opening it up to third-party headset makers. Headsets running the platform will feature a "Built with Meta Horizon OS" sticker on the box. They'll have access to the same core software and platform services as Meta Quest headsets, including Meta's tracking and mixed reality technology and store.

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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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Road to VR

APRIL 22, 2024

Meta today announced it’s opening its operating system to third-parties , and has named three heavy weights that have pledged support for its newly renamed Meta Horizon OS: Asus, Lenovo, and Microsoft’s Xbox. In a blog post , Meta says it’s tapped ASUS’s Republic of Gamers to develop an “all-new performance gaming headset,” Lenovo to “develop mixed reality devices for productivity, learning, and entertainment,” and Xbox to create its own limited-edition

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Road to VR

APRIL 22, 2024

As part of Meta’s huge announcement today, the company says its rebranding the Quest Store to the Meta Horizon Store. In doing so, the company plans to make it easier for developers to get their content onto the platform. As it stands today, the Quest Store only includes apps that Meta has allowed into the store on an individual basis. Then there’s App Lab, which acts like an ‘unlisted’ store; customers can buy and download content from App Lab, but only if they know the

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APRIL 22, 2024

Meta says it will get rid of Quest's unlisted App Lab and instead make the store much more open. The current Meta Quest Store has faced both criticism and praise for its highly curated console-like approach. That approach avoids the "shovelware flood" problem some other stores suffer from, but also heavily constrains the reach of independent developers, including those with new and interesting ideas Meta's curators don't like but consumers may love.

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Road to VR

APRIL 22, 2024

Meta says that even though third-parties will be making headsets with Quest OS (now called Horizon OS) the company will continue to develop its line of Quest headsets. Meta made a huge announcement today , saying that the Quest operating system, rebranded to Meta Horizon OS, would be the software basis of new headsets built by third parties like Asus and Lenovo.

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APRIL 22, 2024

Mannequin, a social VR stealth game, sneaks onto Quest App Lab next month. Supporting five players in online 2v3 matches, Mannequin sees two Agents hunting down shape-shifting aliens. As the aliens, you can freeze to blend in with your surroundings by striking a pose. While an open alpha test is currently ongoing via SideQuest , Fast Travel Games confirmed that's ending on April 28, and it's marking the end with a Discord community tournament.

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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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Road to VR

APRIL 22, 2024

From now until April 28th, you’ll be able to get your hands on a ton of top Quest titles for up to 64% off the regular price. For this week only, Meta has put hundreds of classic and recent titles at a discount during its April Mega Sale. There are 200+ games on sale right now, with a staggering number of popular VR titles on the list, which include: Among Us VR Assassin’s Creed Nexus Demeo Fujii Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord Green Hell VR I Expect You to Die 3 In Death: Uncha

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APRIL 22, 2024

CONVRGENCE is a post-apocalyptic VR survival shooter reaching Steam Early Access today. Created by solo developer Monkey-With-a-Bomb, CONVRGENCE is a STALKER-esque shooter with horror elements similar to Into The Radius and its upcoming sequel. Playing as a mystical artifact hunter scavenging for loot, each expedition across the Chernokamensk exclusion zone occurs in a procedurally generated location.

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Road to VR

APRIL 22, 2024

Laser Limbo is a mixed reality game for now in early access on Quest App Lab that brings a host of laser tag-style games to your home, playable either in single or multiplayer. Created by indie studio freeroam.ar , Laser Limbo transforms your home, office, or entire floors into a unique mixed reality multiplayer arena, replete with things like laser pistols and even laser tag vests, which not only show off your team colors, but also act as a pretty obvious enemy targets.

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APRIL 22, 2024

Episode 2 of Prehistoric Planet Immersive is out now on Apple Vision Pro. Prehistoric Planet Immersive is an Apple Immersive Video documentary series directed by Jon Favreau, based on his existing flatscreen Apple TV+ series Prehistoric Planet. The Apple Immersive Video format is 180-degree video with 8K resolution, stereoscopic 3D, and spatial audio.

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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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Road to VR

APRIL 22, 2024

Rebellion, developer behind cult horror shooter series Zombie Army, is getting ready to release the franchise’s first VR game on all major headsets this year, and it’s pumping the hype with a new trailer that showcases the upcoming co-op story campaign. Here’s how Rebellion describes Zombie Army VR’s campaign: The game’s campaign takes place alongside the events of the Zombie Army series and sees you take to the field as one of the Deadhunters, an elite squad that is hu

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Anand Tech

APRIL 22, 2024

When JEDEC released its DDR5 specification (JESD79) back in 2020, the standard setting organization defined precise specs for modules with speed bins of up to 6400 MT/s , while leaving the spec open to further expansions with faster memory as technology progressed. Now, a bit more than three-and-a-half years later, and the standards body and its members are gearing up to release a faster generation of DDR5 memory, which is being laid out in the newly updated JESD79-JC5 specification.

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APRIL 22, 2024

Laser Limbo turns your living space into a mixed reality laser tag arena, and an open beta is available on Quest App Lab. Developed by freeroam.ar, Laser Limbo gives you laser pistols and overlays each person's body with an avatar vest. Previously released as a location-based entertainment experience, the Quest, Laser Limbo features several modes: Coin Chase for collecting cash, the more strategic Team Puzzling, and Shooter, which pits you against AI enemies in solo play or other players.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 22, 2024

Last week, Siemens, in collaboration with enterprise XR software provider BILT, leveraged Apple Vision Pro headsets to provide on-site electricians with XR instructional overlays. The partnership also gives BILT a place as the newest member of its Xcelerator Ecosystem for scaling enterprise XR solutions. Andreas Matthé, CEO of Electrical Products at Siemens Smart Infrastructure , noted that the partnership “is a great example of how we are maximizing digitalization to enable the next generati

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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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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 22, 2024

Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is coming. The yearly event will showcase the latest, and at times potentially paradigm-shifting, products. This year’s WWDC event is due between June 10 through 14, 2024. Apple will host a widely published in-person keynote showcase during the event, followed by three days of virtual content to bring budding developers the latest updates.

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TechCrunch VR

APRIL 22, 2024

The mixed reality operating system that powers Meta Quest headsets can officially be used by third-party device makers, the company announced on Monday. Three major tech players—Asus, Lenovo and Microsoft’s Xbox—are the first companies to confirm they’ll be developing new devices that run the software. Now called “Meta Horizon OS,” the open system allows developers […] © 2024 TechCrunch.

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Anand Tech

APRIL 22, 2024

While desktop PC power supplies receive the bulk of enthusiasts’ attention for good reasons – not the least of which being the vast selection of options that comes from being a standardized part – power supplies as a whole aren’t just a concern for big PCs. With the majority of PC sales having flipped to notebook sales some years ago, notebook power supplies already lead the market in volume.

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Oculus

APRIL 22, 2024

Today we’re taking the next step toward our vision for a more open computing platform for the metaverse. We’re opening up the operating system powering.

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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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Bernard Marr

APRIL 22, 2024

In a landscape where generative AI is hailed as the frontier of technological innovation, Yann LeCun, Chief AI Scientist at Meta, presents a contrarian viewpoint that challenges the status quo. It was a pleasure to meet Yann LeCun in London this week and listen to his keynote at the Meta AI Day, where he offered a candid critique of generative AI’s limitations and charted a course toward what he believes is the future of artificial intelligence: Objective-Driven AI systems.

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Instinctively Real Media

APRIL 22, 2024

Welcome to the Manifold Valley Character Animation Questionnaire We are leading the next revolution in performance capture with a streamlined production process that prioritizes the creative experience for human actors. By leveraging machine learning, we eliminate pain points in existing pipelines. We aim for seamless efficiency, immediate feedback, and the ability for storytellers to capture unlimited amounts of rich human emotion for virtual productions.

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Trenzi VR

APRIL 22, 2024

In today’s rapidly evolving world, technology plays a crucial role in driving innovation and efficiency across various industries. However, one sector that has been known for being slow in embracing technological advancements is the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry. This tech-aversion has hindered progress, leading to inefficiencies, cost overruns, and missed opportunities for growth.

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Program Ace

APRIL 22, 2024

Discover the groundbreaking collaboration between Program-Ace and Magic Leap, poised to redefine immersive experiences.

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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?

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