ARPost
APRIL 28, 2021
Is virtual reality a tool for social change? In the world of film, VR has become a powerful tool for tackling pressing social issues. It’s capable of presenting hard truths in ways that the average person can easily comprehend and connect with. However, its greatest power is its ability to inspire action. Why Virtual Reality? The fully immersive experience that VR provides makes it an excellent medium for storytelling.
AR Insider
APRIL 29, 2021
W hat are the biggest insights and observations in AR and adjacent sectors this week? Welcome to Reality Bytes , featuring lightning-round commentary from AR Insider partner M7 Innovations. Founder Matt Maher lends his insights from the trenches of AR experience creation. We continue the narrative this week with Maher’s look at the Amazon One retail palm reader, Instagram Reels new stickers, and Disney robots.
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VRScout
APRIL 29, 2021
The 80’s most popular home computer arrives on Quest headsets. Back in 1982, one of the coolest devices you could own was the Commodore 64. The C64, as it’s referred to by many enthusiasts, had a screaming MOS 6510/8500 1MHz processor with a paltry 64 KByte of memory. At the time, however, this was one of the most advanced pieces of consumer electronic hardware you could buy for under $600. .
The Ghost Howls
APRIL 26, 2021
This week has mostly been in the sign of Oculus, with many news and updates from the brand controlled by Facebook. As always, they’re doing a great job not only with the product but also with the communication strategy. Before leaving you to the best news of the week, I would like to highlight two notable things about my work: My crazy trolling game “The Unity Cube” has been featured in a video by Upload VR!
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.
ARPost
APRIL 27, 2021
VR remote collaboration has long been one of the most promising use cases for the technology. Selecting a few highlights is naturally challenging, particularly since just about any VR application is arguably collaborative. However, these are the platforms and providers that have caught our attention in the last few months. A Note on Some Platforms We Left Off the List.
Virtual Reality Pulse brings together the best content for VR professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
VRScout
APRIL 24, 2021
Experience one of the scariest VR games currently available 100% free-of-charge courtesy of the Epic Games Store. Despite having released back in 2014, Creative Assembly’s Alien: Isolation remains one of the most unsettling survival horror games currently available. Set 15 years after the events of the original film, Alien: Isolation has you stepping into the role of Amanda Ripley as she embarks on a mission to discover the whereabouts of her missing mother.
Road to VR
APRIL 30, 2021
Oculus Air Link is an integrated way to play PC VR games (on Oculus PC or SteamVR) wirelessly on Quest 2. This guide will show you how to activate the Air Link feature on both your headset and your desktop software. Just like Oculus Link allows you to plug into a VR ready PC to play PC VR games, Oculus Air Link allows you to do so wirelessly. Oculus Air Link only supports Quest 2.
ARPost
APRIL 26, 2021
One of the most exciting and intimidating things about working in emerging technologies is when two seemingly unrelated use cases come together. So, when Nick Cherukuri, CEO and founder of ThirdEye – a company known for AR enterprise and EMS support – called to talk about drones of all things, it was a little surprising. So, I brushed off my notes on ThirdEye and brushed up on drones.
AR Insider
APRIL 28, 2021
W hen it comes to emerging technologies, some companies are in a unique position to accelerate adoption. That can often happen by tapping into large established networks or user bases to expose and distribute the technology in question. It’s a classic incubation play. In AR, Apple is a good example of this approach, given its work to seed user demand and developer interest through ARkit and other mobile means.
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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.
VRScout
APRIL 28, 2021
Upgrade and customize your very own old-school gaming paradise. LAI Games is an Australian-based company with location-based entertainment venues all around the world. Chance are if you’ve stepped into an arcade to play an old-school ticket redemption game, chances are LAI Games was involved. In 2017, the company worked with Ubisoft to develop a VR attraction called Virtual Rabbids: The Big Ride , which received high praise from both developers as well as players and is now considered a game-cha
Road to VR
APRIL 29, 2021
Commodore 64, the iconic 8-bit computer from the early ’80s, was one of the first home computers for many people back in the day. Its ability to run basic games, office productivity software, and development tools made it one of the highest-selling single home PCs of all time. And now you can experience all of its retro charm through the lens of an Oculus Quest.
Next Reality AR
APRIL 26, 2021
Having found success in video games and a hugely popular Netflix series, The Witcher franchise is now on the hunt for the coin Pokémon GO has earned in location-based augented reality mobile games. Developer Spokko, a subsidiary of CD Projekt Red (the developer behind the console/PC games), has opened up registration for early access to the global "soft launch" of the Android version of The Witcher: Monster Slayer.
AR Insider
APRIL 27, 2021
A common AR industry sentiment is that the smartphone will pave the way for smart glasses. Before AR glasses achieve consumer-friendly specs and price points, AR’s delivery system is the device we all have in our pockets. There, it can stimulate demand for AR experiences. . This thinking holds up, but a less-discussed product class could have a greater impact in priming consumers for AR glasses: wearables.
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.
VRScout
APRIL 28, 2021
The less you know, the more you save with these blind box bundles. Since its introduction on Oculus Quest headsets earlier this year, the Oculus App Lab has served as an excellent resource for Quest developers, allowing them to share their games and apps with the community prior to Oculus Store approval. According to several developers, however, the experimental test channel lacks any significant marketing capabilities, making it difficult for up-and-coming developers to advertise their content.
Road to VR
APRIL 29, 2021
You can now register for HTC’s upcoming VIVECON event. The free, online event will be held May 11th & 12th, and the company is promising to reveal “game-changing VR headsets,” (yes that’s plural headset s ), alongside presentations from “industry experts, strategic partners, and special guests.” HTC has been teasing an upcoming VR headset over the last month , and has now confirmed it will be revealed during next month’s Vivecon event.
ARPost
APRIL 29, 2021
AR remote collaboration solutions are those that superimpose virtual elements over a user’s view of the world around them, while allowing them to communicate with coworkers, experts, or even devices. These solutions employ either a dedicated AR headset or a compatible mobile device like a smartphone or tablet. A Note on Some Names Not Listed. Before we get started, a few light disclaimers.
AR Insider
APRIL 26, 2021
A R continues to prove itself as a shopping tool. It can help consumers visualize products on “faces and spaces,” to make more informed decisions. This is amplified during a pandemic when it can bring back some of the product essence and dimension that’s lost in retail lockdowns. AR meanwhile resonates on the sell side: brands and retailers. On one level, it appeals to their creative sensibilities — erstwhile stuck in 2D media — to demonstrate products in their full 3D glory.
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.
VRScout
APRIL 26, 2021
Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond’s heart-breaking doc wins the Oscar for Best Documentary (Short Subject). Developer Respawn Entertainment made history during last night’s 2021 Academy Awards after a short film included as part of its VR WWII shooter Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond took home the award for Best Documentary (Short Subject).
Road to VR
APRIL 30, 2021
Loco Dojo , the social VR party game which first launched on PC VR headsets in 2017, is finally getting an Oculus Quest version that aims to bring its whimsical minigames to the standalone platform sometime later this year. Created by Make Real, Loco Dojo Unleashed is set to feature both multiplayer and single player modes. The multiplayer ‘quick play’ mode lets you jump into casual games, while the ‘tournament mode’ lets two to four players engage in “a greater
ARVR
APRIL 27, 2021
In this article, I am going to guide you through some of the lessons I learned while introducing remotely newcomers to VR collaboration. I ended up writing more than I expected and decided to split the article in two. In this section we will discuss: General considerations with some important stuff that didn’t fit anywhere else Preparation with an overview of what you have to think about before shipping the headset Explanation of the hardware How to manage the participants right before and right
AR Insider
APRIL 26, 2021
W elcome back to Spatial Beats. This week, we look at new AR and VR funding rounds, Magic Leap 2, and the latest in virtual collaboration. Let’s dive in… . Munich-based Holoride closed a €10 million (approximately $12 million) Series A round. The company enables a VR headset to sync up with a vehicle wirelessly to deliver a moving and unqiue kind of VR experience.
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?
VRScout
APRIL 26, 2021
Go behind the scenes of this multi-person interactive theater experience powered by VRChat. Last month the annual South by Southwest Film Festival conducted its first first-ever virtual celebration , allowing festival-goers the chance to experience this years’ incredible projects from the comfort of their homes. Developed by social XR developer VRrOOm using the popular VR Social platform VRChat , SXSW Online XR did its best to replicate the look and feel of the legendary in-person festivit
Road to VR
APRIL 30, 2021
Facebook today announced its fourth VR studio acquisition. This time it’s Downpour Interactive, the studio behind the popular VR shooter Onward which has been continuously developed since its Early Access launch on PC back in 2016. More recently the game launched on Oculus Quest where it has become one of the headset’s most popular titles.
Charlie Fink
APRIL 27, 2021
New XR collaboration platform targets 3D design and engineering with shareable holograms.
AR Insider
APRIL 28, 2021
The post What’s at the Intersection of AR & NFTs? appeared first on AR Insider.
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
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