Road to VR
OCTOBER 11, 2024
So you’re interested in buying one of Meta’s standalone VR headsets. But Quest 3S and Quest 3 look very similar, so which one should you buy? Read on for our no-nonsense recommendation. Let’s make this real easy: If you’ve never owned a VR headset before (Google Cardboard and Gear VR don’t count in this case): Buy Quest 3S.
XR Today - Virtual Reality
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Hart District Union School District will discuss the possibility of leasing 69 virtual reality headsets from Transfr. The US school district is look to add 69 headsets to support extended day and summer career experience courses by improving access to VR equipment for all students, including the ‘underrepresented’. This will allow them to explore various career options and learn critical job skills in a safe and engaging setting.
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AR Insider
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Much has been said about Meta Orion since it was unveiled two weeks ago. Stepping back, where does the device sit in the AR continuum and how could Meta's massive investment bring AR's future into focus. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
The Ghost Howls
OCTOBER 9, 2024
When I wrote the article about my 5 main highlights of Meta Connect , I selected among them Meta Hyperscape, the solution to scan environments and enter inside them. I guess this surprised a few of you, who were expecting a mention of Meta Avatars or some of the new games, but after I’ve tried the beta of Hyperscape available on the Horizon Store, I’m not only convinced that I did right at considering it one of the main pieces of news of the show, but I also think that it’s muc
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.
Road to VR
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Shiftall has launched pre-orders for its newly unveiled MeganeX superlight 8K, a slim and light, high-resolution OLED PC VR headset tracked by SteamVR base stations. While Panasonic sold off its XR hardware startup Shiftall earlier this year, the companies held a joint press conference in Tokyo yesterday to announce MeganeX superlight 8K, which is slated to start shipping between February and March 2025.
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AR Insider
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Spacetop G1 has been cancelled in favor of a software approach, while Meta unveils Movie Gen and Vision Pro gets its first native film. These and other items in XR and AI realms from Charlie Fink. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
The Ghost Howls
OCTOBER 7, 2024
After last week’s many interesting pieces of XR news, this week has been far more relaxed. Or maybe “relaxed” is not the right word to use, considering the little drama on Microsoft’s headsets. Top news of the week (Image by HP) Microsoft officially drops support for its Mixed Reality headsets Microsoft has just released the infamous Windows 11, version 24H2 update.
Road to VR
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Kluge Interactive, the studio behind hit VR rhythm game Synth Riders (2019), announced its upcoming VR fighting game, FINAL FURY , will be featured at Steam Next Fest on October 14th, which of course means a playable demo. Final Fury is a fast-paced combat game that puts you in the arena for some arcade-style fighting—not unlike Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat —but with some very physical VR gameplay.
Upload VR
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Meta's CTO confirmed to The Verge earlier reporting about two 2027 headsets, one canceled and the other being worked on. The reporting in question came from The Information back in August. The outlet first reported that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and CTO Andrew Bosworth canceled La Jolla, the high-end headset they had planned for 2027 that likely would have been a Quest Pro 2.
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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.
AR Insider
OCTOBER 8, 2024
What are Apple's motivations for investing so heavily in AR? Answering the question of why can help answer questions like what, when, and what's next? This post appeared first on AR Insider.
XR Today - Augmented Reality tag
OCTOBER 11, 2024
It’s hard to believe that it’s already been five years since Meta initially told the world it was working on building a set of AR glasses. Finally, after months of speculation and rumors , we officially have a hands-on view of what these new specs (codenamed Meta Orion) will do for Meta’s roadmap. The Meta Orion glasses were demoed for the first time at Meta Connect 2024, an event that was packed full of other insights into the Meta Quest 3S , and Meta’s AI strategy.
Road to VR
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Meta has revived its VR Animation Player (2019) with the new release of Theater Elsewhere, a fresh iteration of the free animation player app that allows users to experience immersive, hand-painted worlds created with in VR art app Quill by Smoothstep (2021). Meta says the newly revamped Theater Elsewhere app includes a new user interface for easier navigation, faster performance, and enhanced controls, designed to offer a seamless user experience.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
OCTOBER 11, 2024
The Meta Quest 3S vs the Vision Pro: Which mixed reality headset should you invest in this year? The Quest 3S , announced at the Meta Connect event in 2024, is already generating a lot of hype. Promising an even more affordable alternative to Meta’s world-leading Quest 3 headset, this device packs a serious punch despite its small price tag. In fact, it even features the same Snapdragon processor, and full-color passthrough as its more expensive alternative.
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.
AR Insider
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Nintendo has always led the way in gaming, and even had a few AR and VR products throughout the years, including the fabled Virtual Boy. Is it getting back into the game? A new patent filing suggests it might. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
Upload VR
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Walkabout Mini Golf is climbing the sales charts on the Apple App Store. The Pocket Edition to one of VR's best games is now competing with Minecraft, Stardew Valley, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas as a paid product on the Apple App Store. As of this writing, the $4.99 game from Mighty Coconut sits at #16 on the top paid games charts on iPhone in the United States roughly 12 hours on from its global release, placing it right in front of Terraria.
Road to VR
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Magnopus, the veteran XR studio behind Mission: ISS (2017) , launched Alo Moves XR, a new mixed reality fitness app for Quest that uses volumetric 3D captures to deliver classes from top fitness gurus in yoga, Pilates, and mindfulness. Announced earlier this year, the Quest-exclusive Alo Moves XR app includes 32 classes out of the gate, and plans to add four to five new yoga and Pilates classes monthly, along with weekly meditation sessions.
XR Today - Augmented Reality tag
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Immersive training is much touted in the XR world because it can drive positive learning outcomes based on repeatable virtual scenarios. Major businesses in sectors such as transport, healthcare, retail, and more leverage AR/VR/MR training solutions to innovate work procedures and produce new learning outcomes. But the XR training space is emerging and new to many, so engaging with the data and facts about immersive learning can be challenging, especially given the steep amount of marketing that
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.
AR Insider
OCTOBER 7, 2024
XR has several advantages for enterprises and consumer-facing brands, including productivity enhancement and immersive commerce. But what about brand trust and transparency? We take a look. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
Upload VR
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Shiftall opened preorders for a new PC VR headset, after failing to ship the previous two MeganeX headsets it announced. Shiftall was formerly a subsidiary of Panasonic, but back in January Panasonic sold Shiftall off to another Japanese company, Creek & River Co. Shiftall says it's still working with Panasonic, though, just not as a subsidiary anymore.
Road to VR
OCTOBER 7, 2024
Meta’s biggest reveal at last week’s Connect conference was definitely the Orion prototype AR glasses, which the company says it’s been working on for nearly five years. It’s a big deal not only because of how compact it is, but because Meta says it wants to eventually turn the prototype into a consumer product. You may have caught our high-level coverage of the Orion headset here , but our friend Norman Chan from Tested got to sit down with Meta CTO Andrew “BozR
XR Today - Augmented Reality tag
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Recently, XR Today released its State of XR 2024 report which spoke to leaders in the broad immersive technology industry to consolidate expert insights and data related to the current state of AR/VR/MR in business environments. XR is still in its infancy in many regards: VR/MR headsets and AR smart glasses are yet to reach total ubiquity; however, adoption rates are growing year on year.
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?
AR Insider
OCTOBER 10, 2024
This week on Reality Bytes, we uncover Google Lens's exciting new features, Instagram's best practices for creators, and YouTube's extension of Shorts to 3 minutes. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
EON Reality
OCTOBER 10, 2024
IRVINE, CA., October 10, 2024 – EON Reality, the world leader in AI-assisted Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality-based knowledge transfer for industry and education, announces the renewal and expansion of its partnership with ITS Umbria Academy. As a premier Italian higher technical institute, ITS Umbria has reiterated its commitment to cutting-edge education by reinvesting in EON-XR and now also invested in EON Reality’s EON-AI technology.
Road to VR
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Samsung and Google announced in early 2023 that, along with Qualcomm, they’d be releasing an “XR platform” based on Android , which could also see the release of a high-end mixed reality headset. While we still haven’t heard exactly what that XR partnership will entail, a new report from The Information maintains Samsung and Google are also working on smartglasses positioned to potentially compete with Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses.
Hypergrid Business
OCTOBER 7, 2024
(Image via Adobe Firefly.) I am not always what one would call the perfect state of calm. I have a lot of anxiety about the present and the future. Also, my family, like anyone’s family, can be hectic. I could go for a walk, but I don’t often get around to it, instead getting stuck in my day-to-day routine. Being that I live in such a small place, there isn’t really anywhere all that quiet.
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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