Road to VR

JULY 12, 2024

This week Samsung and Google confirmed their forthcoming “XR platform” will be announced this year, though it’s unclear if it will actually launch before the end of 2024. It was early 2023 when Samsung, Google, and Qualcomm first announced their collaboration on an “XR platform” based on Android. The timing of that announcement made it sound like we’d probably hear more about that platform and whatever devices it would power in late 2023 or maybe early 2024.

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Hypergrid Business

JULY 12, 2024

StorylinkRadio region in Kitely. (Image courtesy David Kariuki) Kitely, a leading OpenSim grid, has announced a significant upgrade to its virtual world hosting service, implementing an enhanced version of OpenSim 0.9.2.2. This update comes on the heels of a recent system-wide upgrade that doubled world performance. According to an announcement earlier this week , the new version of OpenSim includes hundreds of proprietary stability and performance improvements developed by the company over the

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Upload VR

JULY 12, 2024

Apple Vision Pro just launched in the UK, Canada, Germany, France, and Australia. Preorders opened in these countries two weeks ago and are now shipping, and the headset is also available to demo and buy in Apple Stores. In the UK Vision Pro starts at £3500, in Canada at CA$5000, in Germany and France at €4000, and in Australia at AU$6000. 256GB 512GB 1TB UK £3500 £3700 £3900 Canada CA$5000 CA$5300 CA$5600 Germany France €4000 €4250 €4500 Australia AU$6000 AU$6350 AU$6700 This comes two weeks af

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Hypergrid Business

JULY 12, 2024

(Image by Maria Korolov via Adobe Firefly.) I’ve been interacting with OpenSim bots — or NPCs — for nearly as long as I’ve been covering OpenSim. Which is about 15 years. (Oh my God, has it really been that long?) I’ve been hoping that OpenSim writing would become by day job, but, unfortunately, OpenSim never really took off.

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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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Anand Tech

JULY 12, 2024

After months of searching for a buyer, troubled U.K.-based AI processor designer Graphcore said on Friday that it has been acquired by SoftBank. The company will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of SoftBank and will possibly collaborate with Arm, but what remains to be seen what happens to the unique architecture of Graphcore's intelligence processing units (IPUs).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 12, 2024

There’s no denying that Apple revolutionized the XR industry when it introduced its spatial computing headset, the Apple Vision Pro. Unfortunately, the price of the headset is a major sticking point for a lot of consumers. Enter the Immersed Visor. Introduced at the Immerse Global Summit in 2023, the Immersed Visor promises users a spatial computing experience similar to that offered by the Apple Vision Pro for a fraction of the price.

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Anand Tech

JULY 12, 2024

Although the pace of Moore's Law has undeniably slackened in the last decade, transistor density is still increasing with every new process technology. But there is a challenge with feeding power to smaller transistors, as with the smaller transistors comes thinner power wires within the chip, which increases their resistance and may cause yield loss.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 12, 2024

Generative AI is transforming every part of the world as we know it. It’s revolutionizing customer experiences, enhancing productivity, and streamlining content creation. In the XR world, generative AI is accelerating the production of immersive spaces and assets and enhancing the creation of more unique experiences, like AI XR customer service interactions.

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EON Reality

JULY 12, 2024

Maximizing the Benefits of VR in the Workplace The integration of Virtual Reality (VR) into various industries has revolutionized the way businesses operate. Using VR in the workplace has shown immense potential in enhancing productivity, training, and collaboration among employees. The benefits of VR in the workplace extend beyond mere novelty, offering substantial improvements in efficiency and employee satisfaction.

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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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 12, 2024

The Apple Vision Pro will gain new 3D design tools with the arrival of Dolium’s 3DtoMe app on the Vision Pro store. Dilium, an Italian SME pitched at the forefront of Frontier Technologies, recently launched 3DtoMe for iOS and macOS users as well as Vision Pro. This app aims to democratise the creation of high-quality 3D models, making it accessible to a broader audience.

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Voices of VR

JULY 12, 2024

TFMJonny is a full-time VTuber content creator with more than a million subscribers on YouTube and TikTok, but also does Twtich livestreams, releases music on Spotify, and has a background in acting, voices acting, and improv (more links are here on his Linktree). It’s a journey that started with live singing within The Great Pug […] TFMJonny is a full-time VTuber content creator with more than a million subscribers on YouTube and TikTok, but also does Twtich livestreams, releases mu

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 12, 2024

What some may perceive as a quieter month for enterprise XR following a busier period that took not only the headlines of XR enthusiasts but also those produced by the mainstream channels is actually a building-up period where the industry is recharging its batteries for what is looking to be an active second half of the year. New devices and announcements are due.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 12, 2024

The Meta Quest 3 Elite Strap (and the Elite Strap with an added battery pack) is probably one of the top accessories you’ve considered buying if you have Meta’s new mixed reality headset. After all, while Meta’s standard head strap isn’t terrible, it’s hard to resist the promise of greater comfort and a longer battery life (if you choose the option with the extra battery).

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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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