Road to VR

JULY 19, 2024

Windlands 2 (2018), the co-op platforming adventure from Psytec Games, is finally making its way to PSVR 2 next week. Both the original Windlands (2016) and Windlands 2 have been available on the original PSVR for years now, but come July 25th, PSVR 2 players are going to get a chance to step into the high-flying combat platformer. In addition to its new 90hz native refresh rate, adaptive triggers, and headset haptics, the game is coming as a free upgrade to owners of the PSVR version.

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Hypergrid Business

JULY 19, 2024

Kitely’s Coopersville region is a Mega World. (Image courtesy Kitely.) For a limited time, Kitely ‘s “Mega Worlds” region packages are on sale again, for $90 a month, the company announced today. A “Mega World” is a variable size region the size of 64 standard region that can hold up to 150,000 prims. That works out to just $1.40 per standard region per month.

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Road to VR

JULY 19, 2024

Yeeps: Hide and Seek is an App Lab sleeper hit that the developers say reached 360,000 monthly-active users, even before its debut on the main Quest store this week. Speaking to Road to VR , the studio shares the impetus of the project and where it’s headed next. Created by Trass Games, Yeeps: Hide and Seek was developed over an eight-month period, culminating in a Closed Alpha launch in February 2024.

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Upload VR

JULY 19, 2024

The Meta Quest smartphone app is being rebranded to Meta Horizon next week. The announcement comes after the app recently got an overhaul that changed the design and made store pages, search results, and other content significantly faster to load. Previously the Meta Quest app stood out as the slowest feeling app on my phone, and now it feels as fast as any other.

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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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Road to VR

JULY 19, 2024

Apple is launching a new slate of immersive video content for Vision Pro using Apple Immersive Video, a 180-degree video format combining 8K 3D video and spatial audio for immersive experiences. Premiering on July 18th is Boundless , which features unique travel adventures, starting with a hot air balloon journey over Cappadocia, Türkiye—the episode suitably named ‘Hot Air Balloons’ In August, Vision Pro users will get to see the next installment of Wild Life , a nature documentary

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Upload VR

JULY 19, 2024

A Deadly Premonition VR demo was tested and scrapped, though SWERY expressed interest in creating a VR adaptation "if given the chance." Following last week's launch of Death Game Hotel , the debut VR game from White Owls Inc., UploadVR conducted an email-based Q&A with the studio's founder, Hidetaka Suehiro, often known as SWERY. Asked if he would consider VR adaptations for his previous work, such as 2010's survival horror game Deadly Premonition , Suehiro advised it would depend on the ri

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Anand Tech

JULY 19, 2024

Tenstorrent has unveiled its next-generation Wormhole processor for AI workloads that promises to offer decent performance at a low price. The company currently offers two add-on PCIe cards carrying one or two Wormhole processors as well as TT-LoudBox, and TT-QuietBox workstations aimed at software developers. The whole of today's release is aimed at developers rather than those who will deploy the Wormhole boards for their commercial workloads. “ It is always rewarding to get more of

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Upload VR

JULY 19, 2024

Magic Leap is undergoing layoffs just a few months after announcing a partnership with Google. Online postings from recently departed employees raised public notice of the move. We reached out to Magic Leap seeking a headcount, either remaining employed by the company or laid off, and received the following statement from a "company spokesperson" at an external public relations firm responding to an email sent to Magic Leap itself: Magic Leap has been evolving our go-to-market approach to better

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 19, 2024

Gaussian splatting is an exciting new rasterization technique gaining significant attention in the extended reality landscape. It enables 3D reconstruction and rendering in virtual environments. Often, it’s described as an alternative to NeRF (we’ll look at how they compare in a moment). The concept of Gaussian splatting has only recently begun to emerge in the XR space, following some interesting demonstrations released in 2023.

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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 - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 19, 2024

Meta is widely reported to be in talks to purchase a five percent stake in Ray-Ban owner EssilorLuxottica. According to calculations by Reuters based on LSEG data, the stake could be worth $4.73 billion based on an overall company valuation of over $94 billion. The Italian-French multinational corporation and owner of Ray-Ban, EssilorLuxottica, is already collaborating with Meta on Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, which recently surpassed sales of Ray-Ban’s first generation of smart glasses ‘Ray-Ban

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Upload VR

JULY 19, 2024

The first episode of the Boundless Apple Immersive Video series is now available in the US. Apple says the new Boundless series lets Apple Vision Pro owners with an Apple TV+ subscription "embark on the trips they’ve only dreamed of as they meet inspiring people in extraordinary places". What Is Apple Immersive Video? The Apple Immersive Video format is 180-degree video with 8K resolution, stereoscopic 3D, and spatial audio.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 19, 2024

It may seem like generative AI has stolen the spotlight from the metaverse and extended reality technologies for tech enthusiasts. However, there’s actually a significant symbiotic relationship between extended reality, AI solutions, and machine learning. Generative AI , in particular, is helping to accelerate development cycles in the XR world. It’s helping companies to create more realistic, immersive environments and unique assets and enhancing the development of new XR hardware.

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Program Ace

JULY 19, 2024

Find out how Program-Ace develops cost-effective virtual reality therapy software tailored to your needs. Our team delivers high-quality, affordable solutions. Contact us today.

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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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Oculus

JULY 19, 2024

Thanks to the hand tracking and mixed reality features of Quest 2, 3, and Pro, the gameplay of Demeo is more immersive than ever before, as you can pick up your figures, manually play cards, and toss dice across the virtual table.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 19, 2024

Is the future of extended reality technology AR smart glasses? While VR headsets will always have use cases in areas like immersive training, the market is shifting towards new AR and MR devices. While MR headsets are generally more expensive, with the Apple Vision Pro raising the average selling price by over $1000, audiences are still interested enough to turn their gaze towards a product that can leverage VR and AR applications.

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Oculus

JULY 19, 2024

We’ve been improving our mobile app so you can explore worlds right from your phone, stay up to date on the latest and greatest MR experiences, and connect with friends—even when you’re on-the-go. And as we announced in April, we’re renaming the existing Meta Quest mobile app as the Meta Horizon mobile app, which will begin rolling out next week.

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