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Between the Lines: What’s Happening at Pico?

AR Insider

Rumors continue to swirl about imminent death at Pico. The ByteDance-owned VR player continues to face challenges in penetrating global markets and competing with Meta. We examine the latest evidence. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Road to VR’s 2023 Game of the Year Awards

Road to VR

“Virtual reality is dead.” That’s what we’ve been told about every six months for the better part of a decade now. Anyone who’s been following the space though knows that more people than ever are playing VR games and opening portals to other dimensions right where their living rooms, home offices, or dorm rooms used to be.

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Spatial Beats: The Best XR of 2023

AR Insider

Welcome back to Spatial Beats, AR Insider's weekly series that features observations and insights of author and futurist Charlie Fink. This week, we look at XR's positioning at the turn of a new year. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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When Will Immersive Learning Become Standard?

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Immersive learning and training applications are becoming a leading use case supporting the value of XR for enterprises. From construction to retail, immersive learning solution providers are continuing to drive adoption and innovation in the XR industry by providing positive learning and capital outcomes for many end users. The hardware and software behind XR training are evolving rapidly, offering advanced immersive learning solutions that empower trainees and mentors at all stages of their le

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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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Reality Bytes: A Year-In-Review

AR Insider

What are the biggest insights and observations in immersive tech & media this week? Welcome to Reality Bytes' lightning-round commentary.

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EON Reality Expands Its AI-Powered XR Solutions With the Launch of EON Reality Oman

EON Reality

Embracing the Future with AI-Enhanced XR, EON Reality Launches New Hub in Oman to Transform Learning and Training. IRVINE, CA – December 21 , 2023 – EON Reality, the international leader in Artificial Intelligence-driven Augmented and Virtual Reality (AV/VR) experiences for education and industry, is proud to announce the official establishment of EON Reality Oman, marking a significant milestone in the company’s ongoing efforts to increase global access to cutting-edge XR technologies.

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Microsoft Is Killing Windows Mixed Reality & Will Remove Support For It From Windows

Upload VR

Microsoft is killing its Windows Mixed Reality PC VR platform. Despite the name, all Windows MR headsets were actually VR-only, and are compatible with most SteamVR content via Microsoft's SteamVR driver. The first Windows MR headsets arrived in late 2017 from Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung, aiming to compete with the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive that had launched a year earlier.

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ASML Ships Industry's First High-NA EUV Litho Scanner To Intel

Anand Tech

ASML on Thursday said that it had shipped its pilot High-NA EUV scanner to Intel. The Twinscan EXE:5000 extreme ultraviolet (EUV) scanner is AMSL's very first High-NA scanner, and it has eagerly been awaited by Intel, who first placed an order for the machine back in 2018. Intel will be using the new machine to experiment with High-NA EUV before it deploys commercial grade Twinscan EXE:5200 tool for high-volume manufacturing (HVM) sometime in 2025.

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Microsoft Explains What Exactly Will Happen To Windows Mixed Reality Headsets

Upload VR

Own a Windows Mixed Reality VR headset? Here's what Microsoft told us about when support will end, and what that means for you. If you missed the news, Microsoft announced that Windows Mixed Reality is now officially deprecated, and will be "removed in a future release of Windows". The Acer AH101, Acer OJO 500, Asus HC102, Dell Visor, HP VR1000, HP Reverb, HP Reverb G2, Lenovo Explorer, Samsung Odyssey, and Samsung Odyssey+ VR headsets all require Microsoft's Windows Mixed Reality software to fu

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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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Silicon Power MS70 SSD-in-a-Stick Review: Thumb Drive Meets Massive Capacity

Anand Tech

NAND flash technology has seen rapid advancement in recent years. This has resulted in the capacity limits of SSDs and thumb drives getting pushed up regularly. Companies like Kingston had innovated in the late 2010s to deliver 1TB and 2TB thumb drives. They were overpriced and over-sized for their product class at that time. However, interest in this category has been sparked again by the introduction of high-performance native UFD controllers and the appearance of cost-effective high capacity

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This Week In XR: OpenAI Suspends Bytedance, VR Up Or Down, Top Gifts And Games

Charlie Fink

Misbehaving in the season of good cheer.

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AR Automotive Solutions for Real-Time Vehicle Diagnostics and Repair

Program Ace

Explore the transformative impact of AR automotive diagnostics and repair. Discover cutting-edge AR solutions for vehicle maintenance, user experience, and industry trends.

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Yi Xu (OPPO) on OPPO's Role in the Coming Age of AR Smartglasses

The AR Show

Yi Xu is the director of XR Technology at OPPO, a leading Android smartphone company that's innovating in AR with their Air Glass product line. Prior to OPPO, Yi received a PhD in computer science, specializing in computer vision. He utilized these skills as computer scientist and engineer at GE Global Research and CapsoVision, working on a number of projects revolving around 3D computer vision.

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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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Decorating My Ranch Linden Home for Christmas: I Wish You Season’s Greetings and a Happy New Year!

Ryan Schultz

When Linden Lab announced the launch of their Ranch-style homes this past June , I immediately upgraded my main male avatar, Heath Homewood, to Premium Plus, and snapped up this lovely house! (Heath is the one who owns most of the home and garden decor, dating back to when I first owned land in the then-brand-new Bay City neighbourhood. I joke that he is my walking storage shed!

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UploadVR's Best of VR 2023 Awards – Game Of The Year & More

Upload VR

Welcome to UploadVR's Best of VR Awards for 2023. 2023 was a packed year for VR, with a bunch of new hardware releases and a plethora of exciting new VR games across several platforms. This year, our Best of VR Awards will highlight our picks for the best hardware and software of the calendar year across multiple categories, with one winner and a few honorable mentions for each.

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EP #29 - A Look Ahead to 2024

ARVR Magazine Podcast

It has been quite a transformative year with more coming! In today's podcast, we review 2023 and take a look ahead to 2024. Big surprise: it's all about artificial intelligence and some big changes are coming in the future, so tune in! Show Notes: Schedule an AI Expedition Workshop and strategically position your business for the future. Lalals - Text to speech generator to sound like Not Joe Biden - [link] MusicFX AI Test Kitchen Leonardo.ai - [link] My band: Tea and Sweaters - Lofi Hip

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Top 25 Best Meta Quest 3 Games

Upload VR

Here are our picks for the top 25 best Quest 3 games available now. Our list of best Quest 2 games and best Quest 3 games will be updated and maintained separately. There will be some crossover, but with a few key differences. On Quest 3, our recommendations will be slightly different, taking into account upgraded visuals, mixed reality experiences, better performance and featuring some newer releases that shine on the new headset.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

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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EP #29 - A Look Ahead to 2024

ARVR Magazine Podcast

It has been quite a transformative year with more coming! In today's podcast, we review 2023 and take a look ahead to 2024. Big surprise: it's all about artificial intelligence and some big changes are coming in the future, so tune in! Show Notes: Schedule an AI Expedition Workshop and strategically position your business for the future. Lalals - Text to speech generator to sound like Not Joe Biden - [link] MusicFX AI Test Kitchen Leonardo.ai - [link] My band: Tea and Sweaters - Lofi Hip

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The 25 Best Free Meta Quest Games & Apps - Winter 2023

Upload VR

Looking for the best free Quest games and apps? Here are our top recommendations. Four years after the original Oculus Quest headset arrived, the Meta Quest platform offers an impressive range of experiences that caters to all interests. However, that won't go far if you're someone who's just bought a Quest 2 , Quest Pro or Quest 3 and doesn't have much budget left for paid games and apps.

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