VRScout
DECEMBER 7, 2021
It appears as though Sony is making serious progress with its VR technology. Earlier today the company hosted an online event called Sony Technology Day, revealing new information on eight different technologies revolving around the theme of “Technology that inspires emotion.” This included a prototype VR headset with next-gen visuals and low latency.
ARPost
DECEMBER 8, 2021
RealWear has just announced the new Navigator 500 AR headset. The headset has some amazing stats in terms of camera and audio capabilities, and it’s definitely a smart headset, but “AR” might not mean what you think it means. A New Family of Assisted Reality Products. The RealWear Navigator 500 “represents a new family of assisted reality products” built on the success of the company’s flagship HMT-1 line , according to a release shared with ARPost.
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The Ghost Howls
DECEMBER 4, 2021
On the occasion of the XR Safety Week that will start next week, I had the pleasure of talking with Kristina Podnar , who, together with Kavya Pearlman, will be the head of the track about “Privacy & Safety and Digital Human Rights” Since she is an expert on these themes, I asked her some questions about privacy and digital rights in the future m**averse, and she gave me pretty interesting answers.
Road to VR
DECEMBER 7, 2021
During an online showcase today, Sony revealed a VR headset prototype with a 4K OLED microdisplay. While it appears to be a wholly different project than the upcoming PSVR 2, the company says it expects the display itself to be “used in the entertainment field,” which could include other VR headsets. Today during the Sony Technology Day showcase the company highlighted new technology from across its various businesses.
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.
VRScout
DECEMBER 7, 2021
The ‘Microverse’ is a virtual world composed of “floating planets, ancient giants, and explorable terrain.” The Game Awards 2021 is just around the corner and based on comments from the show’s host, creator, and organizer Geoff Keighley it sounds as though we have a number of exciting announcements to look forward to. During a recent interview with ForTheWin , Keighley confirmed that there are several games on the same level as Elden Ring scheduled for the show.
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GizModo VR
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Social media erupted this week when a single passage from this year’s World Inequality Report went viral comparing the carbon footprint of a short space joyride to a lifetime’s worth of emissions for the world’s poorest. The statistic perfectly encapsulates the unequal distribution of between those who cause climate… Read more.
Road to VR
DECEMBER 8, 2021
After the Fall is a four-player co-op shooter that, like Valve’s Left 4 Dead series, pits you against hordes of zombies across a handful of linear levels, all of which are characteristically dotted with safehouses. After the Fall modifies this familiar feel somewhat by introducing in-game currency, called ‘harvest’, which aims to keep players engaged as they make permanent upgrades to weapons.
VRScout
DECEMBER 6, 2021
A new firmware update introduces six predefined hand gestures and opens up quality-of-life opportunities. The HTC VIVE Focus 3 is an impressive VR headset with its dual 2.88” LCD panels, Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 processor, magnetic gasket, and easy-to-access swappable battery. . One of the VIVE Focus 3’s most exciting features is the AI-powered hand-tracking.
Digital Trends
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Does your movie or show look too real? That's motion smoothing or video interpolation, aka the Soap Opera Effect. Here's what it is and how to turn it off.
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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.
GizModo VR
DECEMBER 8, 2021
After a week of deliberation, a Miami jury has cleared Craig Wright, an Australian computer scientist who claimed to have helped invent Bitcoin , of most claims in a multi-billion dollar lawsuit. The suit was brought by the estate of Wright’s now-deceased friend over the cryptocurrency’s intellectual property rights.… Read more.
Road to VR
DECEMBER 9, 2021
Cyberpunk 2077 doesn’t officially support VR headsets, but leave it to prolific VR modder Luke Ross to get under the hood and beat CD Projekt Red to the punch—one they haven’t exactly prioritized given the litany of bugs the studio has needed to fix over the past year. As first reported by PC Gamer , the mind behind R.E.A.L. VR mod for a host of flatscreen games including Grand Theft Auto V, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Mafia II is vowing to tackle the open-world RPG Cyberpunk 207
VRScout
DECEMBER 4, 2021
Unlimited creativity and freedom are the driving force behind Cities: VR and other games like it. During the UploadVR Showcase 202 1 , Swedish VR studio Fast Travel Games announced Cities: VR , a VR spin-off of the popular city-building game Cities: Skylines. As the mayor of a bustling city, it’s your job to design neighborhoods, construct buildings, establish utility lines, and even direct the flow of traffic. .
Digital Trends
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Learning how to access the dark web doesn't have to be scary, and it certainly isn't illegal, but you need to take precautions to stay safe.
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.
GizModo VR
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Amazon Web Services (AWS), the engine that powers many of the internet’s most-trafficked websites and apps, appears to be experiencing a widespread outage that is bringing down several popular services. Read more.
Road to VR
DECEMBER 9, 2021
Social party game Among Us rose to viral success in the midst of the pandemic. Calls to bring the game’s ‘imposter-hunting’ gameplay to VR were immediate, and unofficial VR versions of the game sprang up in no time. Now the game is getting a full blown Among Us VR remake, headed by one of VR’s most experienced studios. Among Us is a low-fi, top-down game about running around a spaceship with friends and trying to find out which one of you is secretly an imposter whose o
VRScout
DECEMBER 9, 2021
Categories included fashion and beauty, environment and social good, gaming, utility, and more. . Since the launch of Snapchat Lens Studio in 2017 , Snapchat creators have created and published nearly two million Lenses on the popular social platform, resulting in a combined two trillion Lens views by Snapchatters, and that number grows every day. To celebrate these funky and quirky Lenses and help encourage more creation, Snapchat created Lens Fest , an annual event that is currently celebratin
Digital Trends
DECEMBER 4, 2021
Dozens of companies have tried to disrupt Google's search dominance, and none have really succeeded -- but You.com thinks it has an approach that could work.
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.
GizModo VR
DECEMBER 8, 2021
In a disclosure that should surprise no one, the head honcho at the CIA has confirmed that the intelligence agency has multiple projects related to cryptocurrency. Read more.
Road to VR
DECEMBER 6, 2021
The Matrix Resurrections , the fourth installment in the famed series, is set to debut on December 22nd. Later this week the film will get a tie-in game experienced based on Unreal Engine 5, but it won’t be available in VR and that’s a terrible shame. Here we are, 20 years after the original Matrix , a film that argurably popularized the concept of virtual reality more widely than any other single piece of media before or since.
VRScout
DECEMBER 6, 2021
Scan your next Amazon package to unlock a unique WebAR experience featuring the 2022 Volkswagen Taos. Volkswagen has teamed up with Amazon for a super cool 8th Wall-powered AR experience that will arrive on select Amazon boxes during the holiday season as part of VW’s “Joy is a State of Drive” campaign. The AR experience, which was designed specifically for mobile devices, will give you driving around in one of VW’s all-new 2022 Tao SUVs throughout different 3D maps and collecting fun soun
Digital Trends
DECEMBER 10, 2021
The metaverse will redefine how people use and interact with the internet and augmented realities. But will it affect smart home tech? Here's what we think.
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?
GizModo VR
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Scientists have spotted an unusually large exoplanet in orbit around b Centauri, a massive two-star system that is visible to the unaided eye. With a combined weight of roughly 10 Suns, it’s now the heaviest star system known to host a planet. Read more.
Road to VR
DECEMBER 9, 2021
Blaston (2020) is getting an update today that will bring a few new things to the futuristic 1v1 dueling game from Resolution Games, including a new dueling mode, character, arena and a passthrough AR mode on Quest. Called ‘Arctic Blast’, the free update launching today adds a new mode to the game that lets you compete using randomly assigned weapon loadouts.
VRScout
DECEMBER 8, 2021
HBO’s new app brings the Finding Magic Mike contestants into your living room for a steamy show. To celebrate the premiere of the upcoming reality TV show Finding Magic Mike , HBO Max has teamed up with the award-winning digital creative agency, Little Cinema , to launch a very steamy 8th Wall-powered experience called Finding Magic Mike AR Experience that’s guaranteed to leave any Magic Mike fan blushing.
Digital Trends
DECEMBER 9, 2021
Ford this week stopped taking reservations for its upcoming all-electric F-150 pickup after around 200,000 customers paid a $100 deposit for the vehicle.
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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