XR Today - Virtual Reality
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
PICO has announced support for OpenXR 1.1, which Khronos Groups believes can reduce fragmentation and simplify advanced XR application development. Khronos Group is a non-profit consortium powering royalty-free interoperability for VR, AR, ML, 3D graphics, and other technologies. Open XR 1.1 has already been made available on PICO 4 Ultra with OS 5.12.0.
Road to VR
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Varjo, the high-end XR headset creator, today announced the release of a new smartphone-based 3D scanning service for enterprise that promises to let users quickly build photorealistic environments and explore them in both VR and on traditional screens. Called Teleport , the paid app allows users to capture and recreate real-world locations, something the Finland-based company says takes just 5–10 minutes, which is notably faster than traditional photogrammetry methods.
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XR Today - Virtual Reality
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
This week, amid legal battles, Meta announced a collaboration with UK immersive learning start-up Moonhub to bring VR/MR training to the facilities management industry. The move enables Moonhub to scale its CPD-accredited immersive learning solutions exclusively on the Meta Quest headset portfolio ready for businesses. Christine Trodella, Vice President, Commercial Sales at Meta , said: At Meta, we’re excited to bring the power of mixed reality to help create immersive training experiences d
AR Insider
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Across the fashion industry, conversations about 3D shopping have moved from "if" to "how." But even the most innovation-minded executives face legitimate challenges in this transformation. We break them down. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
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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NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Looking for the best deals on VR games this Black Friday? Here's what we've seen so far. With Black Friday less than a week away on November 29, it's no surprise to see discounts are already coming through fast, and VR gaming is no exception. While we'll mention hardware deals within this list, we're primarily focusing on sales for individual games across Quest, PC VR, PlayStation VR2, Vive, and Pico.
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NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Hellsweeper VR is expanding co-op support to three players, and it's kicking off a two week playtest on Quest and Steam. While a two-player co-op mode has been available since launch with cross-platform support, Hellsweeper VR is now expanding this to support three players at once. Mixed Realms announced it's hosting a playtest with a focus on improving “stability and performance” for the multiplayer mode, which will run on Steam, Quest 2 and the Quest 3 family from November 25 to December 9.
EON Reality
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
IRVINE, CA – November 25, 2024 – EON Reality, a global leader in AI-driven Virtual and Augmented Reality for education and industry, announces Chairman Dan Lejerskar’s participation as a distinguished keynote speaker and panelist at the 11th CII Global Summit on Skill Development in New Delhi, India. The summit, themed “Building a Resilient Skilled Talent Pool: Driving Industry Growth,” brings together government ministers, industry leaders, and innovators to address India̵
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NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Starship Troopers: Continuum was supposed to reach PlayStation VR2 today. Instead, it's been delayed and the store listing has been removed. We've known since its reveal that Starship Troopers: Continuum would receive a staggered launch between platforms. Following its Quest release earlier this month, the PS VR2 version was due to follow on November 25.
Ryan Schultz
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
I’ve had a good run, but it’s time for me to close this blog after a little over seven years and three months. It’s time. Please know that it has been an honour, a joy, and a privilege to write about a subject that I loved: virtual worlds, social VR, and the metaverse, plus virtual and augmented reality in general. This blog has opened many doors for me, and I am truly grateful for the experiences I have had.
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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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NOVEMBER 25, 2024
For $30/month, Varjo Teleport lets you capture real world scenes with your iPhone to view volumetrically in PC VR. Like Meta's Horizon Hyperscape Demo and Gracia , Varjo Teleport uses Gaussian splatting, leveraging advances in machine learning to "train" the output based on image views of the scene. Meta also eventually plans to allow you to scan Hyperscape scenes with your phone, but Varjo is shipping this feature first.
Oculus
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Everybody loves a little friendly competition, but it can be tough to get out to the pickleball court or the mini-golf course around the holidays—especially.
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NOVEMBER 25, 2024
A physical edition of Kayak VR: Mirage for PlayStation VR2 is now available to pre-order. Following this year's Soča Valley DLC and the real-time multiplayer update for Kayak VR: Mirage , Limited Run Games is now releasing a physical edition for PlayStation VR2. No additional extras are mentioned beyond having the game on a disc, and that's estimated to ship during May 2025.
The Ghost Howls
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Today Varjo has officially launched Teleport, its comprehensive solution for environment scanning and reconstruction using Gaussian Splats. I had the pretty unique occasion of trying it, so in this article, I will not only tell you the news of the day but also give you my hands-on analysis of this product. There’s a lot to unfold, so let’s start!
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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NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Home Sports, the upcoming mixed reality multi-sports game reminiscent of Wii Sports, arrives next month on Quest 3 and 3S. Originally announced in September, Home Sports is the latest title from Racket Club and Demeo studio Resolution Games. Supporting both VR and mixed reality gameplay, this upcoming collection contains five different sports bundled into one package; pickleball, hockey, bowling, mini golf, and badminton.
Road to VR
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Vision Pro is an incredible headset in many ways, but its most obvious weak point (after the pricetag) is comfort. Apple’s obsession with aesthetics made a headset that’s striking for those looking at it, but less comfortable than it could be for those actually using it. Luckily, fixing this flaw is quite simple. Many critiques of Vision Pro’s comfort attribute the issue to the headset’s weight.
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NOVEMBER 25, 2024
HTC's holiday deals offer discounts & bundles for Vive Focus Vision, Vive XR Elite, and Vive Pro 2. All of these offers apply for the rest of the year, ending after December 31. Vive Focus Vision: Free Accessory & Games Vive Focus Vision is HTC's current flagship headset, priced at $1000. It features eye tracking, color mixed reality, and the ability to operate as either a standalone or PC VR headset.
XR Today - Virtual Reality
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Today, MR and VR headset vendor Varjo debuted the general availability of Teleport, a spatial capture software that turns objects, spaces, and individuals into 3D digital twins for simulation and other workplace use cases such as design procedures, remote inspections, construction workflows, and training. The project aims to improve and optimise photogrammetry workflows, therefore allowing companies to optimise digitisation of real-world work assets.
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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NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Five years after its initial launch, Real VR Fishing is heading to Steam next month. Developed by Devs United Games, Real VR Fishing is bringing the arcade fishing game to Valve's storefront on December 6 with "the same pricing policy and gameplay" as on Quest. The studio states it's supporting multiple VR headsets on Steam, including Quest 2 and the Quest 3 family, Rift, HTC Vive, and Valve Index. 0:00 / 0:11 1× As part of this, Devs United Games also confirmed that all the previously released
EON Reality
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
IRVINE, CA — November 25, 2024 — EON Reality, a global leader in Augmented and Virtual Reality-based knowledge and skills transfer for industry and education , today announced a revolutionary partnership program for telecommunications providers worldwide. This groundbreaking initiative enables regional telcos to offer their subscribers exclusive access to immersive learning experiences powered by EON’s advanced Spatial AI technology.
XR Today - Big XR News tag
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Watch on YouTube. In this episode of the Big XR News show, Rory Greener, Tech Journalist, XR Today welcomes some of XR’s top analysts to talk about 2024’s big industry events, and how XR sits within targeted enterprise expos. Our guests include: Kevin ‘O Donovan, Co-Chair, Industrial Metaverse & Digital Twin Committee, VRARA Jennifer Rogers, Executive Officer, Learning Technology Standards Committee at the IEEE Thanks for watching.
Road to VR
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Alongside updates to its PC VR headset lineup, Pimax revealed a new financing plan for Crystal Super and Crystal Light which makes both PC VR headsets more affordable, but also alters the payment structure and returns policy in a way that could raise a few eyebrows moving forward. Announced back in April, Crystal Super is set to be the company’s next flagship PC VR headset , offering a base 57 PPD version with QLED panels that features a staggering resolution of 3,840 x 3,840 pixels per ey
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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