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Giant VR Robots Are Building Railways In Japan

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Could VR-powered humanoid robots be the future of heavy construction? Over the years we’ve seen a number of major corporations try their hands at marrying VR technology and robotics, from VR convenience store employees and a remote-controlled bomb squad bot to a rather unsettling headset that uses a robotic arm to hand-feed delicious candy. And that’s just the tip of the proverbial iceberg.

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On|Metaverse: The lessons I learned organizing a physical event about VR

The Ghost Howls

On Thursday, April 21st, in Italy there has been the first edition of the On|Metaverse Summit , an amazing hybrid event of which I have been a co-organizer. It’s been the first time I worked on such an ambitious conference , so let me tell you something more about it and about the lessons I’ve learned in the process … especially for what concerns the differences between organizing physical and digital/VR events !

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The Future of VR in Education: Full Immersion in Learning

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The traditional educational process means a dry presentation of facts and putting theory into practice. Many generations have learned according to this “golden” formula. But there is one problem: this model doesn’t take into account the individual characteristics of students. Those with poor academic performance cannot memorize large amounts of information.

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Where Will AR Have the Most Marketing Impact?

AR Insider

One of AR's early-standout use cases is to make shopping more immersive. But what should brand marketers know before they dive in? We tap into the ad agency perspective in the latest guest post. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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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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Grandpa Creates Hologram Twin For Future Grandkids Using VR

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Not even death will stop this tech-savvy grandfather from meeting his great-grandchildren. Jerry Terrance, an 85-year-old grandfather from Los Angeles, California, has turned himself into a 3D hologram that will serve as a humanoid time capsule for future generations. According to the Daily Mail , Jerry’s ‘hologram twin’ will guide his two children and four grandchildren, as well as future great-grandchildren, through his family’s history, even after his death. “I t

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Top 5 AR SDKs for Building Augmented Reality Mobile Apps?

ARPost

Augmented reality is among the biggest trends these days, and you may hardly meet anyone who is not familiar with it. Although most people still consider AR as an entertainment technology, we can see its practical implementations in various industries like e-commerce, healthcare, architecture , training, and many others. Organizations have already started using AR to develop their product portfolios, interactive advertising campaigns, and offer real-time information to their consumers.

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AR & Shopping Collide, Part VI: Houzz

AR Insider

One company that continues to leap ahead in AR commerce is Houzz. But how did it get there? Lots of investment, iteration, and listening to the data. We break down the latest in our "AR & Shopping Collide" series. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Meta’s Next VR/AR Headset Will ‘Replace Your Laptop’

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Zuckerberg shares more information on the company’s upcoming XR headset ‘Project Cambria.’ During a Q1 2022 earnings call , Meta (formerly Facebook) co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared new information with investors regarding its next headset which is scheduled to launch sometime this year. During the meeting, Zuckerberg confirmed that the device, codenamed ‘Project Cambria,’ is designed primarily for “work use cases” as opposed to gaming and enter

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Laval Virtual: Hands-On with CleverPoint and PatchXR

The Ghost Howls

Two weeks ago I have been to Laval Virtual, one of the most important European exhibitions about immersive realities. I have already described to you two good experiences I had with XR Hardware (Lenovo AR glasses, and Actronika haptic suit), and today I want to close the topic Laval by telling you about two great software experiences I had there: CleverPoint and Patch XR.

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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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3 Companies Building Positioning and Tracking Solutions for Advanced AR

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Things like display, graphics, and rendering tend to get a lot of love in AR. One under-rated technical ability? Positioning. Accurate positioning helps to make sure that AR assets appear convincingly in the world. It also helps to ensure that assets tied to a specific geographic location appear where they are supposed to. Finally, it makes or breaks multi-user experiences.

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Where Do AR Users Get Their Fix?

AR Insider

After examining mobile AR user penetration and demographics last week, we move on to the question of how and in what formats they engage. Apps? web? other channels? We break down the latest survey data. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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The Coachellaverse Is A Multi-Sensory AR Music Experience

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Enter the Coachellaverse. Everyone’s favorite music & arts festival Coachella is currently underway in Indio, California. This year’s event is expected to attract over 750,000 attendees as people from around the globe gather to celebrate music, art, technology, and everything in between. This year, Coachella took its first steps towards creating its very own metaverse.

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Quest Users Can Now Watch YouTube Together Thanks to ‘Bigscreen’ Update

Road to VR

Bigscreen is putting Meta to shame again, as the VR hangout app just got a serious bump in functionality for Quest users and PC VR users alike. Now VR’s favorite social viewing app includes native YouTube support, so you can watch anything on YouTube with friends and strangers. Bigscreen has now added the version of YouTube you’d expect to find on a console or smart TVs, directly integrated into the VR hangout app.

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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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The 2022 Snap Partner Summit: Heavier Than Ever on AR

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Snap held their 4th annual Partner Summit this Thursday. The event, dedicated to the company’s staff in Ukraine, was produced across real locations in LA – a departure from the previous two partner summits that were created on stages. In addition to being a fit for the AR company, the live venues came in handy for CEO Evan Spiegel’s “one more thing” moment.

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Spatial Beats: Are You Ready for Some (VR) Football?

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Welcome back to Spatial Beats, AR Insider's weekly series that features observations and insights of author and futurist Charlie Fink. This week, we look at the NFL's VR debut, Coachella's AR play, and Snap doubles down on ARt. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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5 Hidden Gem VR Games You May Have Missed

VRScout

Don’t miss out on these surprise sleeper hits for popular VR headsets. We’ve created a lot of lists here at VRScout, from the best VR fitness apps to the most popular metaverse worlds. With such an overwhelming amount of quality games and apps hitting the market at the moment, interesting projects often fall the wayside as other big-name projects take up the spotlight.

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Meta to Open First Retail Store Including Dedicated Quest 2 Demo Area

Road to VR

Meta announced today plans to open its first ever retail store to give customers a chance to check out the company’s hardware in person. The store will include a dedicated Quest 2 demo area and send participants home with a short mixed reality video to remember their experience. Meta may only have three physical product lines at present, but that’s not stopping the company from opening its first retail store in Burlingame, CA come May 9th.

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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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Webinar: Manufacturing Leader Describes How Augmented Reality is Closing the Skills Gap, Scaling Expertise, and Attracting the Next-Gen Workforce

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Press release. New York, New York, April 29, 2022 — For packaging manufacturer IPG, augmented reality (AR) is the answer to the greatest threat to the manufacturing industry today: The industrial skills gap. Like most industrial organizations, IPG has been dealing with talent and labor shortages due to the retirement of its senior technicians, a lack of new recruits, and insufficient training methods for onboarding new hires and upskilling current workers.

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Snap Partner Summit Piles on the AR

AR Insider

There's no doubt Snap is all in on AR, which has fueled its revenue growth over the past few years. The latest evidence comes from its Partner Summit, where AR was a central focus. We break it down for this week's XR Talks. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Halo Infinite In VR Looks Like A Pretty Fun Time

VRScout

A new video shows 343 Industries’ popular first-person shooter game Halo Infinite being played in VR, and the results are pretty incredible. Over the past few days, a Reddit user going by the name of u/Dyortos has been sharing footage of themself playing select levels of the game in VR. One video shows Dyorto driving a Warthog vehicle across Zeta Halo from a first-person perspective.

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Report: ‘Assassin’s Creed VR’ May Be Called ‘Nexus’, Video Reveals Prototype

Road to VR

It appears Ubisoft’s long-awaited Assassin’s Creed VR title has suffered a pretty serious leak, as footage of the game’s starting menu seems to have found its way online along with a few player impressions. According to information from Reddit user ‘Echiketto’, Ubisoft is calling its upcoming Quest 2 game Assassin’s Creed: Nexus.

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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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METAVERSE: THE FUTURE OF THE E-COMMERCE

ARVR

What’s better than next day or same day delivery? I hear you saying it is nowadays’ hot topic of D2C businesses promising delivery under 10 minutes (like GoPuff, Getir etc.). Let’s push our imagination more for a better option and try to think about the instant delivery concept where customers are able to use/experience the product the moment they click on the purchase button.

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Can XR Enliven the Elderly?

AR Insider

AR and VR interactivity can elevate lots of things – from gaming to enterprise training. But what about sparking joy and boosting quality of life among the elderly? We examine the therapeutic benefits. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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How VR/AR Technology Is Being Used To Treat Autism

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XRHealth brings its unique VR/AR therapy to the United States. XRHealth, a VR/AR technology company specializing in digital healthcare, today announced plans to bring its unique XR therapy to ASD (autism spectrum disorder) patients located in the United States. Previously available in Australia, the technology has been used to treat the effects of autism, from anxiety and stress to attention, memory, mobility/coordination, and frustration tolerance.

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‘Elden Ring’ is Getting an Unofficial VR Mod This Week

Road to VR

We’re about to get a chance to come face-to-face with the myriad eldritch horrors that lurk within Elden Ring (2022) , as one of the most well-known names in the VR modding community, Luke Ross, announced the PC version of the game is getting unofficial VR support. Over the past few months, Ross has worked to bring VR support to a host of non-VR games, including GTA V, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Mafia II, Horizon Zero Dawn, and Cyberpunk 2077.

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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