VRScout
JUNE 8, 2022
PixelMax is building a virtual replica of Alder Hey’s radiology department designed to comfort younger patients. A trip to the hospital can be an intimidating experience for adult patients in need of care, let alone children. It’s for this exact reason that PixelMax, an immersive communication platform, is building a “hospital metaverse” designed to comfort younger patients prior to their visits.
The Ghost Howls
JUNE 5, 2022
On the last day at AWE, I had some cool demos on the show floor, but the one that I will never forget has been OWO, the haptic shirt that traumatized me. OWO Vest. Owo Haptic Vest (Image by OWO). OWO is a Spanish startup that is proposing this haptic shirt able to provide you with touch sensations via electrical stimuli. The shirt must be in direct contact with the body so that it can stimulate directly the skin and the muscles with the electricity, so you can’t wear clothes below it.
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ARPost
JUNE 8, 2022
One of the most anticipated and hyped events at Augmented World Expo is the Auggie Awards. This year, there were 280 nominations, which narrowed down to 86 finalists. There are 15 main Auggie categories that go through public nomination and voting. Voting narrows each category down to five finalists, with the winner from the finalists being selected by a panel of judges.
AR Insider
JUNE 7, 2022
To pick up where we left off in the last report excerpt, what are the building blocks of geo-local AR? A tech stack will form around it, including devices, sensors, 5G, spatial mapping, and an app (or web) layer. We examine drivers & dynamics. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
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
JUNE 6, 2022
Synch your Quest headset to Apple Health for an enhanced VR fitness experience. It was back in 2020 that Meta (formerly Facebook) first introduced the Move app for Meta Quest headsets. Compatible with a wide range of VR games and apps, including Thrill of the Fight and FitXR , the system-level fitness tracker offers a variety of unique capabilities, including estimated calorie tracking as well as customizable fitness goals.
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Road to VR
JUNE 10, 2022
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been taking a personal approach lately to revealing new features coming to Quest 2. Now Zuckerberg has revealed that in the v41 software update coming sometime next week, Quest’s Horizon Home space will finally give you the ability to invite friends and tour content as a party, including 360 videos and games. The company first announced Horizon Home at Connect late last year, which promised to someday bring to Quest 2 a simple, first-party place to meet up with
Slashgear
JUNE 8, 2022
The U.S. is making progress away from proprietary repair services and towards fairer laws that not only make third-party repair easier but also acceptable.
VRScout
JUNE 10, 2022
The world-renowned film festival steps up its virtual offerings of experimental films and interactive experiences. It’s been over two years since COVID-19 entered our lives, drastically altering the way we socialize, work, and live our day-to-day lives. Nearly every industry, from entertainment to education, has felt the impact of government lockdown protocols and quarantines, but few more so than the live events industry.
The Ghost Howls
JUNE 6, 2022
Hello all from L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, the small town of the Barcelona airport. In the long and troublesome travel back to Italy from AWE, I’ve lost the last flight and so I’m currently here writing my newsletter from the lobby of the hotel where I spent the night :|. Eh, the adventurous life of the XR blogger… As you may imagine, I’m quite tired, so this newsletter will feature less commentary of mine.
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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.
Road to VR
JUNE 10, 2022
MyDearest, the Japan-based developer behind the Tokyo Chronos VR series, has unveiled its upcoming VR sci-fi adventure game for Meta Quest 2, Dyschronia: Chronos Alternate. The game, which MyDearest says distances itself from the team’s previous visual novel games, will be the developer’s first adventure game. The studio says in Dyschronia: Chronos Alternate players take on the role of Hal, a Special Supervisor in Astrum Close City.
Slashgear
JUNE 10, 2022
Cloud storage has made flash drives all but obsolete for their original intended purpose -- fortunately, there are plenty of alternative uses.
VRScout
JUNE 8, 2022
Independent movies helped Austin Lugo define who he is. He along with his partners want to bring that same passion to VR. There’s something special about seeing a film or live show at an independent arthouse theater. Perhaps it’s because these specialized venues choose to show independently produced films made on limited budgets or provide a live theater space for directors, actors, and playwrights to perform without judgment.
The Ghost Howls
JUNE 10, 2022
My report on AWE 2022 never ends and today I want to write an article about my visit to two important companies in our ecosystem: Tobii and Ultraleap. Tobii. For the first time in my life, I have been able to have a chat with people at Tobii. And it has been quite an interesting one. Tobii software. They had no new hardware for me to review, but they let me have a test with a Neo 3 Pro Eye ( Pico Neo 3 with Tobii eye-tracking incorporated) and showed me a few demos while they explained to me me
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.
Road to VR
JUNE 7, 2022
Lumus’ latest waveguide, dubbed Maximus, is now even more compact thanks to 2D image expansion. With impressive image quality and a more compact optical engine, the company is poised to have a leading display solution for truly glasses-sized AR headsets. 2D expansion adds an additional light bounce to expand the image, allowing for a smaller optical engine.
Slashgear
JUNE 10, 2022
Facebook is facing serious troubles in the near future, courtesy of its fairly large ties to what's quickly becoming a fading and failing industry.
VRScout
JUNE 9, 2022
Sony’s two-story location-based VR experience features an immersive vehicle motion simulator and virtual proton packs. Yesterday, Sony unveiled yet another location-based VR experience based on the legendary Ghostbusters franchise. Arriving later this year at Hologate VR arcades, Ghostbusters VR Academy will have you and your friends going toe-to-toe with all manner of supernatural entities in a multifaceted VR experience designed to turn you into an official Ghostbuster.
Mashable VR
JUNE 10, 2022
Let's face it: None of us have spare time and we all need a distraction from. everything. And what better time-friendly distraction is there than a great TV show you can binge in one day? If you're looking to take your mind off current events, or if you want to catch up on some of TV's most popular shows without taking up too much time, we've got some suggestions for you.
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.
Road to VR
JUNE 7, 2022
In an ongoing shift away from a somewhat proprietary development environment on its first headset, Magic Leap has committed to bringing OpenXR support to its Magic Leap 2 headset later this year. Although Magic Leap 2 is clearly the successor to Magic Leap 1, the goal of the headsets are quite different. With the first headset the company attempted to court developers who would build entertainment and consumer-centric apps, and had its own ideas about how its ‘Lumin OS’ should handle
Slashgear
JUNE 8, 2022
It is a good time to check your Sony PlayStation 5 (PS5) and make sure you have Rest Mode deactivated. It's been causing some serious problems.
VRScout
JUNE 9, 2022
The upcoming VR release will feature a custom gameplay system, multiple locomotion options, and proximity voice chat. During today’s Upload VR Showcase, developers Schell Games, Innersloth and Robot Teddy shared new details on their highly-anticipated VR port of the hit multiplayer deduction game Among Us. Scheduled to launch this holiday season on Meta Quest and PC VR headsets, Among Us VR will have you working together with other players to complete a series of specialized tasks to prepa
Upload VR
JUNE 10, 2022
Meta no longer plans release the AR glasses slated for 2024 to consumers, The Information and The Verge report. At the Connect 2021 conference in October Meta announced Project Nazare , “our first full augmented reality glasses” The company didn’t show a prototype or even real footage, instead showing a brief “simulated” concept clip. “We still have a ways to go with Nazare, but we’re making good progress,” Mark Zuckerberg remarked.
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?
Road to VR
JUNE 6, 2022
Today during Apple’s WWDC 2022 keynote, the company announced that iOS 16 will allow users of modern iPhones to scan the shape of their ear to create more accurate spatial audio. Likely implemented as an HRTF, creating custom HRTFs for consumers was once impractical due to the need for sophisticated equipment, but advances in computer vision are making the technology much more accessible.
Slashgear
JUNE 10, 2022
Artificial intelligence is making art again. A tiny tool called Dall-E mini is just the latest in a line of text input machine learning art generation tools.
VRScout
JUNE 7, 2022
Compete against other teams in a digital smart room complete with motion trackers, projection mapping, and touchscreen technology. Everyone’s favorite mobile puzzle game Angry Birds has received countless ports since its original launch back in 2009. This includes several VR experiences for Meta Quest, PC VR, and PlayStation VR headsets, as well as an AR game for iOS and Android devices.
Upload VR
JUNE 5, 2022
You’ll be able to try out that really rather excellent-looking VR fan remaster of Star Wars: Jedi Knight II this week. The project’s Twitter account announced that a free demo for the project will launch on June 10. This isn’t a full and final release for the project but instead the first part of the demo. Expect it to draw from the original game’s early missions.
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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