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‘Cyberpunk 2077’ VR Mod Coming Next Month

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Step back into the role of V and explore Night City in immersive VR. Luke Ross, the creator behind popular VR mods for games like Grand Theft Auto 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 , is bringing his talents to the world of Cyberpunk 2077. First reported by PC Gamer , Ross is currently in development of a new mod that will introduce full VR support to CD Projekt Red’s ambitious open-world RPG.

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How Close Are We to Seeing VR in the Classroom?

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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.

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Immersive Reality promotes inclusion amongst special needs pupils

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Today I host a guest post from Immersive Reality , a UK-based company that immerses its users inside environments without the use of VR headsets , but projecting the images of the virtual worlds on the walls of a room. I’ve found it interesting because they also use this setup to help children with certain disabilities that can’t wear a VR headset on their heads.

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‘Propagation VR’ Sequel Coming to SteamVR in Late 2022, Announce Trailer Here

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Propagation VR (2020) , the short VR survival horror game launched on PC VR headsets last year, is getting a sequel called Propagation: Paradise Hotel. During Upload VR’s showcase, developer WanadevStudio unveiled the upcoming sequel, which promises to be an “intense VR survival horror adventure with thrilling storytelling, in which you will explore dark environments, make terrifying encounters and get your adrenaline pumping.” WanadevStudio says the sequel will be a single-pl

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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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Samsung Debuts Its New Augmented Reality Playgrounds

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Visitors can collaborate with others in real-time and contribute to existing structures using persistent AR elements. Samsung today announced Dreamground, a next-gen playground that combines physical structures with AR technology to immerse visitors in a one-of-a-kind digital environment. Here they can use their smartphone devices to explore physical artwork enhanced by AR visuals, floating portals leading to additional worlds, and a variety of on-screen animations. “Consumers want meaning

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The XR Week Peek (2021.11.29): Black Friday deals, investments in Niantic, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope that you all American friends have celebrated it with your families and have eaten a lot of turkeys (or whatever vegan alternative), enjoying good times with your peers. If you were wondering, we in Italy do not celebrate Thanksgiving, but I would love one year to participate in its celebration hosted by an American family.

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‘Cities: VR’ is a Built-for-VR Version of ‘Cities: Skylines’, Coming to Quest 2 in Spring 2022

Road to VR

Popular city-builder Cities: Skylines (2015) doesn’t offer native VR support, however the franchise is getting its first official made-for-VR game soon called Cities: VR, which will let you go hands-on as you take the reigns of your city from a new perspective. Cities: VR is being developed and published by veteran VR studio Fast Travel Games , the Stockholm-based team behind Apex Construct, The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets, and Wraith: The Oblivion – Afterlife.

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The Meta Quest Adds Mobile Mixed Reality & Cloud Backup

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This latest update will introduce a variety of long-sought-after features. Facebook (Meta) today announced update v35 for the Meta Quest and Meta Quest 2, teasing several major updates to the Quest platform. Rolling out over the course of the next month, v35 will impact everything from Horizon Workooms to the Oculus smartphone app. There’s quite a lot to unpack, so let’s dive straight into today’s biggest announcements.

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Grab an Augmented Reality Headset and Meet the Future of Fan Experiences

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I can see it now. It’s the fall of 2023, you and your friends virtually gather to watch the Carolina Panthers play division rival the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. You use your augmented reality headset to see your buddies from across the world digitally sitting in your living room?-?even Marco, who’s still wearing his Tom Brady Buccaneers jersey after Brady finally retired.

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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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Marco Magnano on XR Safety Week, journalism, and the meta…

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December, 6th will be the start day of XR Safety Week , an event that aims at fostering a healthy debate on some social themes surrounding XR , and at promoting safety, privacy, inclusion, and accessibility for everyone in our ecosystem. These are themes that have always been important to me, and that in my own small way, I have always tried to talk about.

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Gabe Newell: Valve is Making “big investments” in New Headsets and Games

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In a talk at an Auckland, New Zealand area high school back in May, Valve co-founder Gabe Newell revealed they’re making “big investments in new headsets and games,” something he hopes will prepare the company for a future of brain-computer interfaces (BCI). . Newell has been living in New Zealand for the past few months, which has been comparatively unaffected by COVID-19 due to strict measures in that country.

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Oregon Football Team Debuts Mixed Reality ‘Halo’ Promo

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Master Chief pays a visit to the Oregon Ducks. During yesterday’s game between rival college football teams the Oregon Ducks and Oregon State, Master Chief, the main protagonist of the legendary Halo franchise, stopped by to promote his latest upcoming adventure, Halo Infinite. During the game, fans watched via the jumbotron as a mixed reality Pelican, one of the many fictional vehicles featured in the series, swooped in from above and hovered gently over center field.

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What are Top Web AR Tactics?

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Web AR has a specific set of attributes that drive its value as an immersive medium. So how can brand marketers work with those realities and lean into web AR's unique capabilities? We examine the ways. The post What are Top Web AR Tactics? appeared first on AR Insider.

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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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A Hands-On (P)Review of Pico Neo 3 Pro VR Headset

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For years, Pico’s flagship model was the Goblin. This 3-degree-of-freedom headset was available in enterprise while Oculus was still chained to super-PCs. A lot has changed since then. The 6DoF Neo series is now the company’s pride and joy, and in the coming months, consumer support is finally coming to the United States with Neo 3 as “the primary device.”.

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Quest Update Adds Mixed Reality Casting, Global Cloud Saves, & More

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The latest update for Oculus Quest, v35, is rolling out to headsets starting today and brings with it mixed reality casting, global cloud saves, and Facebook Messenger calls in VR. Mixed Reality Casting on Quest. Update v35 is bringing mixed reality casting to both Quest and Quest 2. This feature allows you to cast the VR experience to a smartphone while seeing your real body right inside of the virtual world.

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Rumor: The Future Of VR Is In Jeopardy At Valve

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As more developers focus on building VR experiences for the Quest, the future of PC VR at Valve is in question. When Half-Life: Alyx was released in 2020, the groundbreaking VR adventure exceeded all expectations with gamers thanks to the roughly 15 hours of mind-blowing gameplay and amazing characters. Not to mention the incredible attention to detail and franchise-shaking storyline.

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Reality Bytes: Netflix, Apple & NFTs

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What are the biggest insights and observations in AR and adjacent sectors this week? Welcome to Reality Bytes, featuring lightning-round video commentary from AR Insider partner, M7 Innovations. The post Reality Bytes: Netflix, Apple & NFTs appeared first on AR Insider.

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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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Top 6 Augmented Reality Trends to Watch Out for in 2022

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Since its beginnings, augmented reality has left a lasting influence on people all over the world. This technology has piqued the interest of smartphone users and new and established businesses, prompting entrepreneurs and marketers to consider investing in AR app development. Technology has had a revolutionary influence on the corporate sector in recent years.

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Nreal Launches $600 ‘Light’ AR Glasses in United States via Verizon

Road to VR

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

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Korea To Begin Using VR-Based Drivers Ed For Elderly In 2025

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The program will use immersive technology to test the driving, cognitive, and memory skills of those aged 65 years and up. Of the 209,654 road accidents that took place in South Korea last year, over 31,000 were caused by elderly drivers. In an effort to combat the rising number of accidents, government officials launched an exchange program that offers elderly drivers subsidies and public transport coupons in return for their driver licenses.

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Snap Advances the Metavearth

AR Insider

Given that the Greek root 'meta' means beyond, can digital content extend meaning beyond the physical representations of places and things? This is the 'metavearth' and Snap is making moves to advance it. The post Snap Advances the Metavearth appeared first on AR Insider.

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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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Facebook Mobile Mixed Reality updates may change the way you see VR forever

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Meta has announced the final software update of 2021 for the Meta Quest – formerly known as the Oculus Quest – and it seems like it’s a big one. Playing into the “metaverse” angle behind Facebook’s name change to Meta, there actually isn’t a ton that has to do with VR gaming in this update. Instead, much of it is … Continue reading.

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Study Suggests EEG Could be Used to Predict & Prevent VR Motion Sickness

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A new study on VR motion sickness concludes that certain brain activity detectable by EEG strongly correlates with VR motion sickness. This finding suggests that it’s possible to quantitatively measure and potentially prevent VR motion sickness. While virtual reality opens the door to incredible possibilities, what we can actually do with VR today is at least somewhat limited by comfort considerations.

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WayRay Designing AR-Powered Ride-Share Car For Zoomers

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“Metaverse on Wheels.” WayRay, a Swiss technology company specializing in holographic AR, this week unveiled the Holograktor, an all-electric ride-hailing vehicle that incorporates various AR components to offer passengers in a next-gen commuting experience. According to WayRay, the Holograktor is a concept EV vehicle designed to “highlight the maturing of the breakthrough holographic technology.”.

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XR Talks: The Metaverse Meets Main Street

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Beyond digital domains like gaming, the metaverse will apply to the physical world to enable AR devices to evoke geo-anchored digital content. This was explored in a recent panel discussion that we examine in this week's XR Talks. The post XR Talks: The Metaverse Meets Main Street appeared first on AR Insider.

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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