AR Insider
JULY 24, 2024
Walmart’s virtual showroom is its sixth AR project in two years. Along with its full blown in-house platform, Retina, this signals a real commitment to AR shopping. We examine the evidence. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
Road to VR
JULY 24, 2024
HTC released a new video promising something “coming soon,” teasing what promises to be the next XR headset from the company. The video is largely a sizzle reel of its recent standalone headsets, Vive XR Elite (2023) and Vive Focus 3 (2021), focusing on their use for both enterprise and gaming. “Soon, out innovation will offer you a new kind of power.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Charlie Fink
JULY 24, 2024
Rapid improvements in AI video generation tools, like Runway, Kling, Luma's Dream Machine, and Hapier, are enabling more cinematic and realistic films.
Road to VR
JULY 24, 2024
Arken Age, the upcoming single-player sci-fi shooter from Shadow Legend VR (2019) studio VitruviusVR, is almost here. The team announce it’s completed the first large beta test with SteamVR users, and are currently sending out a second batch of codes, noting that a release date will be revealed in the “next couple weeks.” With it, the studio also teased a new bit of gameplay, seen below: Arken Age Update – For the past week we’ve been beta testing with a larger gr
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
JULY 24, 2024
The upcoming Meta Avatars graphics overhaul is being tested by Meta employees. VR enthusiast Luna has spotted that some Meta employees' Horizon profiles show a completely different avatar style to the current Meta Avatars, and provided UploadVR with links to independently confirm this. The upcoming overhaul was first announced with a CGI mockup by Mark Zuckerberg at Meta Connect 2022 almost two years ago.
Virtual Reality Pulse brings together the best content for VR professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Upload VR
JULY 24, 2024
There's never a better sign with a multiplayer game than when your first reaction after finishing a match is wanting to hop right back into the queue. If nothing else, Brazen Blaze nails the fundamentals of a PvP brawler, making it very easy to fall in love with MyDearest's latest title - even if it's just as easy to be disappointed with the lack of launch content. 0:00 / 1:39 1× Brazen Blaze - The Facts What is it?
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
JULY 24, 2024
Want to experiment with the Apple Vision Pro before you consider buying the device? No problem, all you need is an Apple Vision Pro appointment. Just as Apple has allowed buyers to take other products, like the Apple Watch, for a test drive in the past, it also offers the same service for its new spatial computing headset. Notably though, you can’t just expect to walk into an Apple store and try out a headset.
Anand Tech
JULY 24, 2024
AMD sends word this afternoon that the company is delaying the launch of their Ryzen 9000 series desktop processors. The first Zen 5 architecture-based desktop chips were slated to launch next week, on July 31 st. But citing quality issues that are significant enough that AMD is even pulling back stock already sent to distributors, AMD is delaying the launch by one to two weeks.
Voices of VR
JULY 24, 2024
Laser Dance is a mixed reality game by solo XR game developer Thomas van Bouwel, who previously released minimalist puzzle game called Cubism. I had a chance to try out Laser Dance through Raindance Immersive, and it’s one of those types of games that I think will really help define some of the key affordances […] Laser Dance is a mixed reality game by solo XR game developer Thomas van Bouwel, who previously released minimalist puzzle game called Cubism.
Advertisement
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.
Anand Tech
JULY 24, 2024
Micron has introduced its Micron 9550-series SSDs, which it claims are the fastest enterprise drives in the industry. The Micron 9550 Pro and 9550 Max SSDs with a PCIe 5.0 x4 interface promise unbeatable performance amid enhanced endurance and power efficiency, which will be particularly beneficial for data centersMicron's 9550-series solid-state drives are based on a proprietary NVMe 2.0b controller with a PCIe Gen5 x4 interface and 232-layer 3D TLC NAND memory.
Oculus
JULY 24, 2024
Last month, Beat Games launched a new video series called Dev Bloqs. ICYMI, the first episode—hosted by Beat Saber Game Director Josh Joynes (aka Freeek)—tackles.
Voices of VR
JULY 24, 2024
Laser Dance is a mixed reality game by solo XR game developer Thomas van Bouwel, who previously released minimalist puzzle game called Cubism. I had a chance to try out Laser Dance through Raindance Immersive, and it’s one of those types of games that I think will really help define some of the key affordances […] Laser Dance is a mixed reality game by solo XR game developer Thomas van Bouwel, who previously released minimalist puzzle game called Cubism.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
447 
Let's personalize your content