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One of my favorite demos at AWE has been with Ekto VR boots , which have probably been the craziest devices that I’ve tried during the expo… and I totally loved them for it! Ekto VR. Locomotion in VR is still an unsolved problem. Apart from the software solutions (e.g. teleportation, smooth locomotion), there are a bunch of companies that are trying to solve the problem in the physical world, using some hardware to give the user the possibility of walking naturally in the real world to walk in V
We’ve seen our fair share of bizarre VR experiments over the years, but this one might just take the cake. Last month, neuroengineer Viktor Tóth published an article entitled Rats in Doom in which he details a “VR” setup that automatically trains rodents to traverse 3D environments without the need for excessive restraints or any surgical procedures. “I built a VR setup for rodents from scratch and trained three rats in an automated fashion, without manual intervention, t
Virtual reality and its cousin augmented reality , have taken the world by storm. VR is typically only thought of in a game sense, but it has made strides in accessibility and education. Students who have access to a virtual classroom could benefit from new, cutting-edge styles of learning. The Current Classroom VR Technology. Most kids are proficient in technology.
Though apps rule smartphone usage, could the browser be a better vessel for mobile AR experiences? It scales better and offers less friction than apps, to name a few advantages. We crunch the numbers in the latest report excerpt. The post Web AR: By the Numbers 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.
Nreal, the Chinese startup behind the Nreal Light AR glasses which made a splash back at CES 2019, has now expanded to the United States, making the smartphone-tethered device available through select Verizon stores starting today. Nreal Light is a pair of AR glasses that are physically connected to a smartphone via USB Type-C to drive its graphics and provide power, making it lighter than standalone AR headsets like HoloLens 2 since it’s offloaded the need for an internal battery, chipset
I’m a huge fan of virtual reality, the metaverse will be absolutely fascinating and will provide us with a second life, a second identity. Movie READY PLAYER ONE , source: variety.com/2018/digital/news In movies like Ready Player One we could get a glimpse of a possible reality. In series like Altered Carbon they even go one step further and transport consciousness into different bodies so you can live forever.
I’m a huge fan of virtual reality, the metaverse will be absolutely fascinating and will provide us with a second life, a second identity. Movie READY PLAYER ONE , source: variety.com/2018/digital/news In movies like Ready Player One we could get a glimpse of a possible reality. In series like Altered Carbon they even go one step further and transport consciousness into different bodies so you can live forever.
There is a lot of talking about cloud rendering, and at AWE I have been able to try the solution proposed by German startup Holo-Light, and it was interesting to see that it worked quite well. Holo-Light. Holo-Light is a company working in providing cloud rendering solutions for XR. I know the company since a while, and I have finally been able to meet some of its representatives at AWE this year.
The company’s massive collection of original IPs could make for the ultimate metaverse experience. To the metaverse and beyond! The Walt Disney Company has announced that they will be joining Mark Zuckerberg in creating their own branded metaverse by connecting the physical and digital worlds using Disney’s collection of IPs universe. This includes iconic characters like Buzz Lightyear and Princess Elsa to big franchises like Star Wars, Marvel, The Muppets, Disney Animation Studios,
The Auggie Awards are a highlight event at AWE. The main ceremony took place last Wednesday evening, but the awards for Best in Show VR, Best in Show AR, and the Awesome Award were awarded at the AWE closing ceremony on Thursday. The ceremony included one new Auggie for Best Collaborative Tool, which was added in light of the high demand for this kind of product during the pandemic.
Last month at Meta's annual Connect conference, it made a big splash by detailing its metaverse plans. But buried in these updates was a data nugget that signals its mobile AR growth: 700 million mobile AR users. We examine in this week's XR Talks. The post Meta’s Spark AR Reaches 700M AR Users appeared first on AR Insider.
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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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Will consumers spend 90 seconds downloading an app for an experience that lasts 30 seconds? This question raises the benefits of Web AR. What are its dynamics and best practices? We examine in the latest report excerpt. The post Will Web AR Pull Ahead as a Go-to Channel? appeared first on AR Insider.
We’re keeping an eye on the best HP Reverb G2 Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2021 deals, don’t blink or you might miss the best Reverb G2 sale of the year! The Best Reverb G2 Black Friday 2021 Sales. Image courtesy HP. The best HP Reverb G2 Black Friday 2021 deal so far is $450 from Microsoft (25% discount). This is the cheapest we’ve seen the headset sold to date.
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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.
Today I’m writing a post about one of the best haptics devices I have tried at AWE 2021: Senseglove Nova, a pair of gloves for virtual reality. Senseglove Nova. Senseglove is a Dutch company that has been working for a few years in trying to offer force-feedback gloves that are affordable for companies to buy. Force-feedback means that the glove is able to replicate the forces that should be applied by the virtual objects to your hands if the objects were real : for instance, if you are ho
The company is making its Lightship Augmented Reality Developer Kit open to any and all developers. Niantic, the developer behind location-based AR games such as Pokémon Go and Pikmin Bloom , today announced that it will be making its Niantic Lightship Augmented Reality Developer Kit available to developers around the world in an effort to build its ever-growing AR metaverse.
A new XR studio system is aiming to revolutionize the entertainment industry. Prox & Reverie recently launched The Forge, a purpose-built metaverse studio system. This revolutionary system enables creators to harness the power of immersive technologies and unlock the vast possibilities of virtual production. Prox and Reverie: One XR Studio to Rule Them All.
AR continues to show its strengths in several areas including gaming and interactive marketing. But what about banking? In areas like customer service and data visualization, AR could transform the centuries-old industry. We examine how. The post 3 Ways AR Could Make it Big in Banking appeared first on AR Insider.
Speaker: Treion Muller, Chief Strategy Officer at ELB Learning
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In my long streak of articles about my hands-on at AWE 2021 (I hope you are liking them!), today I want to tell you about my experience with HaptX, which was one of the most remarkable of my whole event! HaptX Gloves. If you have been in the VR ecosystem for many years like me, probably you remember AxonVR, a company that was working on a complex enterprise system for offering full-body VR.
Collect mysterious artifacts scattered throughout your real-world environment while avoiding evil spirits. Available now on the Oculus (Meta) Quest 2 via SideQuest, Hauntify MR is a unique VR experience that utilizes the Quest’s Passthrough+ technology to transform your real-world environment into a mixed reality hellscape stalked by a horrifying evil spirit.
Speaker: Micah Eppler, Account Executive for Rehearsal of eLearning Brothers
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