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Netflix Hit Series ‘Squid Game’ Is Now A VR Game

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Fight for your life in this fan-made VR game based on the popular South Korean survival drama. Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past few weeks, odds are you’ve heard about Netflix’s latest global sensation, Squid Game. In this South Korean survival drama, a group of 456 individuals, each of whome suffering from financial difficulties, participate in a series of diabolical competitions based on classic childrens games for the chance to win a staggering ?

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Discover Ambr, the company behind the Tokyo Game Show VR!

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Tokyo Game Show is the first big gaming event that is being held in virtual reality : this is quite a milestone for immersive technologies, and we hope it will be the first of a long series. It is free for everyone to enjoy these days (until October, 3rd 2021) and the first reviews talk about a very interesting fair to visit. This virtual world has been created by a Japanese company called “ambr” that has curated all the exhibition, including the development of the virtual world on a

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Can Niantic Unlock the Real-World Metaverse?

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Though known best for its breakout hit Pokémon Go, Niantic's true fate may be as an AR platform. Enter Lightship, which turns Pokémon Go's architecture into a platform on which others can build geospatial AR experiences. The post Can Niantic Unlock the Real-World Metaverse? appeared first on AR Insider.

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What You Need to Know About VR Fitness??

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If the pandemic brought one good thing, it’s that home fitness is here to stay. As case numbers rose, working from home quickly turned into working out from home. Suddenly, lifting weights in the basement didn’t sound like so much fun. So the fitness and tech industries created a virtually endless library of workout videos, fitness courses, and health resources.

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The Future of eLearning in 2022: A Sensitive Eye for Authentic Translation and Localization

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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Boston Fashion Week Launches 60 AR Designs Across Boston

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Explore the City of Boston to discover a wide variety of AR fashion designs from local designers, photographers, and stylists. Boston Fashion Week is happening right now. Those lucky enough to be in the area can explore 62 incredible AR designs located at various scenic and public locations throughout the city. . Using this map and a free AR app called Hoverlay Spaces , locals can discover and unlock jaw-dropping pieces of fashion, each of which is represented as unique AR artwork.

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XR Talks: Metaverse 101

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The term metaverse continues to be a runaway train in gaming, media and XR worlds. Though it has legitimate principles and promise it’s been obscured through overuse in editorials and marketing materials. We attempt to cut through the clutter for concrete ideas in this week's XR Talks. The post XR Talks: Metaverse 101 appeared first on AR Insider.

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Blippar Releases Free Beta of WebAR SDK

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A recurring tension in the XR space has to do with the increasing demand for immersive experience outpacing the inflow of people with the technical prowess to author those experiences. Of course, as awareness and adoption of XR increases, so too does the number of creators contributing to the space – though there is still a significant skills gap.

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‘STYLY Session’ Is A Multi-User XR Art Platform

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Create and explore unique virtual tours featuring over 16,000 XR works alongside up to 15 other users in VR. Psychic VR Lab Co. Ltd. , the Tokyo-based development studio that created STYLY —an XR tool that lets you create, develop, and distribute XR content using just a web browser—has announced the launch of STYLY Sessions, a new feature that lets you and other creators share your experiences in a virtual space at the same time.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.10.04): Vive Flow teased, Valve Deckard leaked, and more!

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This period I am busy as hell… it seems that life has decided that everything should happen to me in these last months of this year. I’ll try to survive all of this work… if I can not, well, I’ll actually become a ghost, which is pretty fascinating. Send me hugs while I’m still human! Top news of the week. (Image by HTC Vive). HTC is probably going to announce Vive Flow.

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How to Train Employees 65% Faster With Virtual Reality

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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Can AR Shape the Future of Outdoor Recreation?

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AR and VR have several benefits that continue to emerge. The latest signs point to their ability to support outdoor activity. That's everything from Pokémon Go to virtual tours. Guest author April Miller breaks it down. The post Can AR Shape the Future of Outdoor Recreation? appeared first on AR Insider.

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Ultra Configurable Sci-fi Flight Sim ‘Tinker Pilot’ Now Available in Alpha

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Tinker Pilot has been in the works for a few years now, aiming to deliver a PC VR simulator experience that lets players build their own sci-fi cockpit and outfit it with 1:1 digital counterparts of things like HOTAS flight sticks, pedals, joysticks and more. Now you can get a taste of the highly configurable flight sim in its new paid alpha. Project creator Lluís Garcia Lamora is currently funding Tinker Pilot through Patreon.

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NFT Artists Come Together In VR To Raise Money For Haiti

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Bid on NFT artwork from popular NFT artists to help rebuild Haiti after this year’s devastating earthquake. This past August the southern region of Haiti was hit by a massive 7.2 magnitude earthquake in the mountains between the Nippes Department and Sud Department, resulting in multiple deaths and injuries along with severe damage to numerous schools throughout the region.

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Vision Buddy: An Innovative Television Watching System for People With Low Vision

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Sponsored content. Sponsored by Vision Buddy. There are different degrees to which people can have uncorrectable or reduced vision. Their causes also vary, with some of the more common ones being macular degeneration, RP, glaucoma, and retinal detachment. The types of low vision cover a broad range and can include blurred vision, loss of central or peripheral vision, and glare light sensitivity.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

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 Visual Search Drive AR Shopping?

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One promising form of AR shopping is visual search. This is when users hold up their phones and point their cameras at a given real-world object. The idea is to identify, contextualize or even buy the same or similar items. We examine the evidence. The post Will Visual Search Drive AR Shopping? appeared first on AR Insider.

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High-end Headset Maker Teases ‘most anticipated product reveal’ Just Days Before Facebook Connect

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Facebook Connect is certainly the marquee VR event this month, but it looks like other companies are hoping to steal a bit of the spotlight. First HTC teased an upcoming product to be revealed next week , and now high-end headset marker Varjo says it plans to unveil its “most highly anticipated product release yet” on October 21st, just days before Facebook Connect on the 26th.

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NEPA Hosting ‘Echo Arena’ Charity Cup For Special Olympics

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The in-person LAN event will take place next year at Busch Stadium’s Redbird Club in St. Louis. Founded by former US Air Force Commander Tony Cartwright, The National Esport Professional Association (NEPA) is working tirelessly towards the development of a professional VR sports network. The organization works alongside a number of franchise owners and professional Echo Arena players in an effort to establish Ready at Dawn’s competitive VR game as a legitimate sport.

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Rokid Partners With Imint on X-Craft Enterprise AR Headband

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Rokid recently announced a partnership with Imint on the upcoming X-Craft enterprise AR headband. The headband will be dustproof, explosion-proof, and take nice video. Rokid Is Back. Rokid is one of the most enterprising enterprise AR providers out there. AR displays made by this company are certified for safety and durability. Most can even be attached to specialized safety gear including hard hats.

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Are You Still Watching? How to Create Engaging Presentations for Virtual Learning

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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Join the Industrial XR Global Summit, October 28-29

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AR Insider is proud to partner with the Industrial XR Global Summit. Taking place October 28-29, the hybrid event will host the top enterprise XR leaders in Houston for networking & narratives. The post Join the Industrial XR Global Summit, October 28-29 appeared first on AR Insider.

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Canon Introduces 180° Stereoscopic Lens to Support a “bright future for VR content creation”

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Canon, one of the world’s leading camera makers, today introduced a new dual-optic lens which captures 180° stereoscopic views through a single sensor on the company’s high-end EOS R5 camera. Canon today announced what it calls the EOS VR System which includes its new dual-optic camera lens, new firmware for its EOS R5 camera to support immersive capture, and new software for handling post-processing.

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You Can Now Wear New Balance Shoes In VR

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Celebrate the 2021 London Marathon in style with these sweet new duds from New Balance. Wolf3D’s free-to-use 3D avatar creator Ready Player Me is moving at a rapid pace. Over the past several months the company has partnered with numerous organizations to expand its creator platform with additional features and clothing options. This past August, for example, Ready Player Me teamed up with fashion house RTFKT to offer a new line of over-the-top VR outfits.

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Embracing BlockChain To Enter The Metaverse

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Hey everyone. Aryan Behzadi here, CEO of ARize. I wanted to take a moment to share some exciting updates about the trajectory of our business and upcoming plans. ARize Today As many of you know, ARize technology enables brands to deliver 3D Assets and Augmented Reality on any website. We currently power thousands of immersive assets from brands like Duux, Elho, and Blendmount.

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Who C.A.R.E.S.!? How Learning Got Its Bad Rap & What We Can Do About It

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?

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Data Dive: How Do Brands Feel About AR?

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Several signals validate that AR can bring considerable value to consumer-facing brands -- everything from try-before-you-buy to interactive ads. But how do brands themselves feel about it? We examine the latest survey sentiments. The post Data Dive: How Do Brands Feel About AR? appeared first on AR Insider.

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Lynx R-1 Mixed Reality Standalone Comes to Kickstarter Today, Starting at Around $600

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French startup Lynx today launched the long-awaited Kickstarter campaign for Lynx R-1, a standalone headset capable of both VR and passthrough AR. It’s looking to grab some eyeballs too with more of a consumer-focused price, starting at $615 (€530). Lynx R-1 features the same Qualcomm XR2 chipset as Oculus Quest 2 and HTC Vive Focus 3, and like those two it’s also based on a heavily modified version of Android.

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How To Win Races In ‘Rec Room’s’ New VR Game ‘Rec Rally’

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Learn the ins and outs of Rec Room’s new VR racing game with our official beginner’s guide. Earlier this week, the popular social VR platform Rec Room launched Rec Rally , a new game mode that introduces drivable vehicles to the game. Up to six players can duke it out in fast-paced multiplayer races throughout a new race track environment using their very own interactive dune buggies.

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How Augmented Reality is transforming fitness apps?

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In recent years technology has significantly facilitated our lives. This also means doing a lot of work, finding information or different documents with just one click. Thanks to technological development we have a short and efficient process in time to do what we want but on the other hand, this greatly discourages movement thus leading to difficulties in keeping fit.

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The Key to Getting the Best Out of Video-Based Practice & Coaching

Speaker: Micah Eppler, Account Executive for Rehearsal of eLearning Brothers

Did you know that companies such as Paychex, 3M, and Honeywell are getting better results by incorporating video-based practice and coaching within their L&D strategy? From sales pitches to soft skills, learners are becoming top performers by applying and validating knowledge transfer using the unique benefits of video. Whether used as a stand-alone application or integrated with a learning platform, video-based practice and coaching platforms give learners the ultimate opportunity to repeatedly