AR Insider
MARCH 21, 2024
Though there's still a ways to go, the past six months have seen a noticeable inflection in the smart glasses category. We look back at the category's history and forward to its potential impact. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
Road to VR
MARCH 21, 2024
Sony announced last month it was bringing PC VR support to PSVR 2 sometime this year, although the company didn’t specify how or exactly when this would happen. While we’re no closer to knowing when , all signs now point to a direct wired connection—holding a few implications for Sony’s VR strategy. According to the latest PS5 firmware update , PSVR 2 now works without needing Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) and DisplayPort Compression (DSC), two things which were b
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AR Insider
MARCH 21, 2024
This week on Reality Bytes, we discuss Apple’s new AI plans, debate the power of NVIDIA’s newest chip, and redeem a discount on Instagram. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
Road to VR
MARCH 21, 2024
Meta this week announced Oculus Publishing Ignition, a “multi-million dollar” fund aimed at newly formed XR studios. The company is offering money for VR and MR prototypes, with the potential for follow-on funding to turn those prototypes into full titles. Seemingly wanting to tap into the unfortunate number of recently laid off game developers, Meta’s new Oculus Publishing Ignition fund is specifically looking for XR studios that were formed on or after April 2023.
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.
AR Insider
MARCH 21, 2024
Dueling conferences unfold at GDC & Nvidia GTC, while Xreal flexes muscles. We have these and other items from the spatial spectrum through the eyes of Charlie Fink. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
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Charlie Fink
MARCH 21, 2024
It was a week of dueling conferences and big, big money.
Upload VR
MARCH 21, 2024
Meta just officially cut Quest 2's price to $200 for the 128GB model, the only model remaining. It comes just one month after the 256GB model went out of stock across the Meta Store and retailers, and it remains unavailable. When bought from Walmart , the headset also comes with $50 Quest Store credit, effectively valuing it at $150 if you plan to buy standalone games.
Anand Tech
MARCH 21, 2024
AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 technology package introduced a plethora of enhancements to the FSR technology on Radeon RX 6000 and 7000-series graphics cards last September. But perfection has no limits, so this week, the company is rolling out its FSR 3.1 technology, which improves upscaling quality, decouples frame generation from AMD's upscaling, and makes it easier for developers to work with FSR.
Upload VR
MARCH 21, 2024
Safari on Apple Vision Pro now lets WebXR leverage the headset's default input system. WebXR isn't enabled on Vision Pro by default, but you can turn it on in the advanced settings of Safari. Until now however WebXR developers have only been able to use hand tracking and implement direct touch or wrist-driven interactions, as Vision Pro doesn't include tracked controllers and WebXR doesn't support eye tracking.
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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.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
MARCH 21, 2024
This week, Apple Vision Pro introduced support for WebXR browser-based Safari immersive applications, following a series of hurdles in bringing the platform’s support to the device. Firstly, it was difficult for WebXR’s integration into Vision Pro due to the service requiring controllers and the Vision Pro only using hand tracking. However, now Vision Pro users can use WebXR services with integrated hand-tracking input thanks to a new transient-pointer input mode that Apple designed
Upload VR
MARCH 21, 2024
Meta is aiming to help at least 20 small newly-formed teams rapidly build prototypes for Quest 3. The Ignition program from Oculus Publishing was announced at GDC 2024 "in light of [.] the recent challenges faced by the game development industry and the sweeping impact it has had on platforms, publishers, studios, teams, and individuals." Oculus Publishing was established as Meta's brand for third-party publishing relationships at last year's GDC, confirming 150 titles in the works at the time.
Anand Tech
MARCH 21, 2024
Proving the adage “ask, and you shall receive”, Qualcomm is back this week for a second Snapdragon SoC announcement for mobile phones. This time, the company is announcing the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3, the latest-generation member of their relatively new Snapdragon 7+ lineup of SoCs. Like its predecessor, the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2, the Gen 3 is aimed at the premium segment of smartphones, offering high-end features with more modest performance and costs – but still a feature set and l
Upload VR
MARCH 21, 2024
Meta extended the deal of all Quest 3 purchases coming with a free copy of Asgard's Wrath 2. The deal has been available since Quest 3's launch, and was originally supposed to only be until the end of January, but Meta has repeatedly extended it and has now extended it again until the end of June 30. Asgard's Wrath 2 is a 60+ hour made-for-VR RPG with open world elements.
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.
Anand Tech
MARCH 21, 2024
MediaTek this week has introduced a new lineup of Dimensity Auto Cockpit system-on-chips, covering the entire market spectrum from entry-level to premium. And while automotive chip announcements are admittedly not normally the most interesting of things, this one is going to be an exception to that rule because of whose graphics IP MediaTek is tapping for the chips: NVIDIA's.
Upload VR
MARCH 21, 2024
Soul Covenant, a narrative VR action RPG from Thirdverse, reaches most major VR platforms next month. Developed by Thirdverse ( X8 , Altair Breaker ), Soul Covenant is a sci-fi action game with hack-and-slash combat set in a desolated Japan. Facing a relentless AI-led genocidal army called the "Deus Ex Machina," you embody avatars infused with memories of past heroes thanks to the "Reincarnation Project.
Anand Tech
MARCH 21, 2024
The Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC) has announced this week that the next-generation interconnection consortium has grown to 55 members. And as the group works towards developing the initial version of their ultra-fast Ethernet standard, they have released some of the first technical details on the upcoming standard. Formed in the summer of 2023, the UEC aims to develop a new standard for interconnection for AI and HPC datacenter needs, serving as a de-facto (if not de-jure ) alternative to Infi
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MARCH 21, 2024
Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom received a new trailer, and we spoke with Atlas V to learn more. Previously announced last November, Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom is a VR interactive anime film with an original story. Set three years after Char's Counterattack in the Universal Century 0096, it promises battles in outer space with familiar mobile suits.
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.
Oculus
MARCH 21, 2024
Lawn Mowing Simulator VR releases today on Meta Quest headsets. No sweat, no mess—just you, your headset, and acres of virtual grass to mow down in perfect parallel rows.
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MARCH 21, 2024
Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs is getting a mixed reality mode next week on Quest and Pico. Marking Resolution Games' seventh title with MR support, Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs includes controller and hand tracking support, letting you manually move the stage across your living room. Compared against Angry Birds AR: Isle of Pigs , the studio states it's taking advantage of room mapping, hand tracking and more powerful hardware that wasn't previously available.
EON Reality
MARCH 21, 2024
“Empowering Laos: EON Reality’s XR and AI Initiative Reshapes Education and Industry. “ IRVINE, CA – March 21, 2024 – EON Reality, the global leader in Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) knowledge transfer for industries and education, proudly announces its momentous expansion into Laos. This ambitious venture includes the inauguration of Laos’s first Spatial AI Center, aiming to redefine educational methodologies and enhance industry skills acro
EON Reality
MARCH 21, 2024
“Empowering Jordan’s future: Transforming education with XR and AI for global competitiveness.” Irvine, CA – March 21, 2024 – EON Reality, a leading global innovator in immersive learning technologies, proudly unveils a pioneering educational endeavor in Jordan. This landmark collaboration heralds the debut of Jordan’s inaugural Spatial AI Center, poised to revolutionize learning for students and professionals nationwide.
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?
EON Reality
MARCH 21, 2024
“Empowering Lebanon’s Future: Revolutionizing Education Through Immersive XR and AI Solutions.” IRVINE,CA, March 22, 2024 – EON Reality, a pioneer in leveraging Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) to revolutionize knowledge transfer in industry and education, proudly announces its strategic expansion into Lebanon. This milestone marks the establishment of Lebanon’s premier Spatial AI Center and the introduction of a vast portfolio of over 10,000 VR and AR cour
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