AR Insider
JUNE 25, 2024
Do Ray-Ban Meta Smartglasses represent an AR turning point? Editor-At-Large Emily Olman goes hands on, wearing her new pair to AWE. We have her travel logs and hardware review. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
Road to VR
JUNE 25, 2024
Quest users have long wanted a better way to manage windowed content to make web browsing and using 2D apps easier. It seems the next Horizon OS update (ex-Quest OS) will include a way to do just that. As discovered by XR enthusiast and serial data miner Luna , the public test channel (PTC) has allowed some users early access to the headset’s v67 update, which includes a new experimental feature that allows a more flexible way of placing windowed content—feeling more than a little inspire
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AR Insider
JUNE 25, 2024
The 15th Augmented World Expo (AWE) took place in Long Beach last week. Mixed Reality (MR) on the Oculus Quest and Apple Vision Pro, and… Continue reading → Mixed Reality and Mobile AR Dominate AWE This post appeared first on AR Insider.
XR Today - Virtual Reality
JUNE 25, 2024
Late last week, Varjo debuted its new Teleport solution. This digital twin-creation product drives accessibility to the emerging technology by allowing iOS users to create virtual recreations of real-world locations. The service is available under an early access period, with further distribution news to follow. The service will be an Apple-exclusive smartphone application that enables simple options to capture spaces for sharing and exploration via an XR headset, including full spatial movement
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.
Upload VR
JUNE 25, 2024
Quest 2 is now out of stock in the US on Meta Store and major retailers. Since Quest 3 launched Meta has repeatedly cut the price of Quest 2, first to $250 and then in March to just $200. In April it even cut Quest 2 official accessory prices by more than 50% compared to their original prices. In February, the higher storage 256GB model of Quest 2 went out of stock globally and was delisted from all retailers, suggesting that production of at least that model has ended.
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Upload VR
JUNE 25, 2024
Quest v67 will finally let you freely position 2D windows, the Public Test Channel build reveals. What Is the Public Test Channel (PTC)? The Public Test Channel (PTC) is Meta Quest's beta release channel. If you opt in, your headset receives a pre-release build of each Quest system software, now technically called Horizon OS , version. Note that there are often features in the eventual stable version not present in the PTC, and occasionally (but very rarely) features or changes in the PTC don't
Anand Tech
JUNE 25, 2024
OLED panels have a number of advantages, including deep blacks, fast response times, and energy efficiency; most of these stemming from the fact that they do not need backlighting. However they also have drawbacks, as well, as trying to drive them to be as bright as a high-tier LCD will quickly wear out the organic material used. Researchers have been spending the past couple of decades developing ways to prolong the lifespans of OLED materials, and recently LG has put together a novel (if brute
Upload VR
JUNE 25, 2024
Play For Dream's latest headset is a blatant Apple Vision Pro clone but with a Quest Pro style rear battery. When Qualcomm announced Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 in January, a higher-end variant of the chipset used in Meta Quest 3, the company told UploadVR that it will power Immersed's Visor , Samsung's upcoming Google-powered headset , a yet-to-be-announced new HTC Vive headset, a YVR headset in China, and a fifth headset from a currently undisclosed company.
XROM
JUNE 25, 2024
Meta is launching the Meta Quest Lifestyle App Accelerator , a program designed to ignite a revolution in Lifestyle applications. Imagine: Learning the guitar with a holographic instructor in your living room (no detangling cords required!). Designing your dream home with virtual furniture that lets you see how that perfect couch will actually look in your space.
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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.
Upload VR
JUNE 25, 2024
Exploding Kittens planted its flag in the card and tabletop gaming space nearly a decade ago. Now, Saber Interactive and Asmodee Entertainment are bringing this chaotic social-strategy card game to Quest 2 and 3. Originally released as a physical card game in 2015, Exploding Kittens is all about keeping yourself alive while putting other players in danger of getting caught in the titular incendiary felines' blast radius.
Oculus
JUNE 25, 2024
School’s out—summer vacay’s in. From front-row seats at the season’s must-see concerts to fast-paced games for some friendly competition, Meta Horizon Worlds is the perfect.
Upload VR
JUNE 25, 2024
visionOS 2 Beta 2 has been released for Apple Vision Pro. Beta 1 was released a few hours after visionOS 2 was announced by Apple at WWDC24 earlier this month. It's unclear what's actually changed from Beta 1 to Beta 2 however, as Apple didn't post a changelog for Beta 1 and the Beta 2 official changelog includes many features and improvements from the first beta. visionOS 2 Officially Announced For Apple Vision Pro visionOS 2 introduces a number of new features and improvements across the opera
Oculus
JUNE 25, 2024
Meta Horizon Worlds V168 is here and we are excited to announce that we will begin expanding access to Worlds to more places around the world!
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.
Upload VR
JUNE 25, 2024
VR Download will now stream on Thursdays at 9am PT, and VR Gamescast will stream on Tuesdays at 10am PT. What Is VR Download & Gamescast? If you're unfamiliar, VR Download is our weekly show about XR hardware, technology, and industry trends, while VR Gamescast is our weekly show about VR and mixed reality gaming. Both shows are streamed live to YouTube from UploadVR Studios, our in-house VR app built in Unity, then uploaded to podcast platforms like Apple Podcasts and Spotify soon after.
Oculus
JUNE 25, 2024
Today, Riven—the 1997 sequel to Myst—releases on Meta Quest 2 and 3, the first time ever that Gehn's Fifth Age has been fully explorable in realtime 3D, let alone in VR.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
JUNE 25, 2024
Last week, news emerged stating that Apple has informed its suppliers of Vision Pro components about plans to delay production of the next Vision Pro model. Apple originally planned to introduce a cheaper version of the Vision Pro with fewer features following the debut model; however, Apple is facing issues with this goal. Recent news indicates that Apple is slowing down its plans.
Upload VR
JUNE 25, 2024
Spatial Ops, the mixed reality FPS from Resolution Games, will reach the main Quest Store later this year. Initially revealed two years ago, Spatial Ops previously appeared as an open beta on SideQuest. This Laser Tag-like experience turns your living space into a battlefield, fighting friends or bots, supporting 1-8 users on Quest 2, Pro, and 3. You can choose between Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Domination and a free-for-all mode. 0:00 / 1:22 1× Resolution confirmed that the beta version
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.
Road to VR
JUNE 25, 2024
Meta’s social VR platform Horizon Worlds hasn’t been available to everyone, with the company restricting the app’s use to only a few countries. Now it’s rightfully rolling out to every region where Quest is supported. Despite being available on the web since last January , geolocation restrictions only allowed Quest users access in select countries, which included Canada, France, Iceland, Ireland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Upload VR
JUNE 25, 2024
Meta's Horizon Worlds "metaverse" platform is finally rolling out to all countries where Quest headsets are sold. Currently Horizon Worlds is only available in the USA, Canada, UK, France, Spain, Ireland, and Iceland. Now the platform is coming to the remaining Quest supported countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Sweden, South Korea, Switzerland, and Taiwan.
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