AR Insider
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Ocutrx is launching a see-through, standalone AR headset early next year, the OcuLenz, which provides vision correction to patients with Advanced Macular Degeneration. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
The Ghost Howls
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Last week I was able to sneak into Varjo headquarters to try the latest XR-4 headset. Is it as cool as the marketing materials promise? Read this post and you will discover it! Varjo XR-4 Varjo XR-4 promotional image (Image by Varjo) Varjo has just announced its latest flagship headset: the XR-4. XR-4 offers many improvements over the previous XR-3 model , which was already considered an impressive MR headset.
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Road to VR
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Jonathan Blow, the creator of one of indie gaming’s fomative successes, Braid , has begun hiring a team to develop his first VR game. Before Fez (2012) , before Limbo (2010) , and before Minecraft (2009) , Braid (2008) was one of the breakout successes in the formative years of indie game development and distribution. Braid is a fairly basic 2D platformer, but with the twist of intriguing time-manipulation mechanics which made it play more like a puzzle game than a typical side-scroller.
XR Today - Virtual Reality
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Reebok will turn to the metaverse as it strives to expand the opportunities consumers have to interact with its products, from footwear to apparel. In 2024, this will kick into gear with the “Reebok Impact” premiere, which aspires to create “a mind and heart-bending” digital shoe experience. As is somewhat evident in the video below, that experience will leverage various elements of AI, web3, gaming, and metaverse technologies.
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.
AR Insider
DECEMBER 6, 2023
As we enter 2024, signs point to a potential turning point for smart glasses. These include XReal Air 2 and Ray Ban Meta Smartglasses. We examine the evidence in our 2024 predictions This post appeared first on AR Insider.
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Road to VR
DECEMBER 6, 2023
LEGO Bricktales may not be a VR-native, as it was first released on flatscreen last year, but this Quest-exclusive port makes a pretty solid case that lego brick-building not only works in VR, but is something anyone can do for hours on end—even in the face of a pretty kid-focused story. LEGO Bricktales Details: Available On: Quest 2/3/Pro Reviewed On: Quest 3 Release Date: December 7th, 2023 Price: $30 D eveloper: ClockStone STUDIO Publisher : Thunderful Publishing AB Gameplay LEGO Brick
XR Today - Virtual Reality
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Virtuleap, an immersive cognitive training solutions provider, announced the acquisition of roughly $2.5 million in a move to integrate AI as part of its XR product portfolio, with the firm having a history of working with firms such as Penumbra and HP. GED Ventures Portugal led the $2.5 million investment round, and according to Bibi Sattar Marques, a Partner and Member of the Board of Directors at GED Ventures Portugal , Virtuleap’s newly acquired capital “reflects the company̵
AR Insider
DECEMBER 5, 2023
AR marketing gets lots of attention including things like virtual product try-ons. But what are the moving parts that bring it all together. We examine the AR marketing stack in our latest report excerpt. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
The Ghost Howls
DECEMBER 4, 2023
I’m back to Italy after my trip to Helsinki! I’m happy to be back to my Pasta-land, but I have to admit that I had such a good time in the Slush-land that I’m a bit sad I’m not there anymore. The fun thing is that I saw snow all the days in Helsinki, and now that I’m back to my lovely Turin… it has snowed here, too! Is snow following me? Anyway, let’s have a look at the most relevant XR news of the past week!
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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
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Panasonic subsidiary Shiftall announced nearly a year ago that it was set to launch MeganeX sometime in early 2023, potentially making it one of the first in the coming wave of slim and light PC VR headsets. We haven’t heard much about MeganeX since then, and there’s good reason: the company is slowly ramping up production following its recent soft launch in Japan.
XR Today - Virtual Reality
DECEMBER 7, 2023
AmazeVR, a virtual reality (VR) concert firm, will expand its lineup of artists on its platform for future immersive events. Based in Los Angeles, California and Seoul, South Korea, the immersive firm has listed on its website several new rock and K-pop bands set to boost adoption of VR entertainment. Using live-action, volumetrically-captured 3D footage of artists, AmazeVR has unlocked photorealistic renders of virtual environments to democratise VR solutions for some of the world’s top r
AR Insider
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Consumer brands continue to develop AR marketing playbooks. The latest to land on our radar is Chobani, and its halloween AR campaign that brought the holiday spirit to life. We look at the execution and results. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
Upload VR
DECEMBER 6, 2023
Meta showed a render of the advanced 'Mirror Lake' prototype it teased last year, and said it's "practical to build now." The render, showing what the headset would look like being worn, was teased by Meta's Director of Display Systems Research Douglas Lanman during a talk titled "How to Pass the Visual Turing Test in AR/VR" given at The University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences.
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
DECEMBER 8, 2023
One of the co-creators of Thumper (2016) , an acclaimed rhythm action game that eventually got VR support, has announced a new VR-first game called Thrasher with some totally unique-looking gameplay. While Thumper was a flatscreen game first with an eventual VR mode, the upcoming Thrasher will be the reverse— Thrasher is being built with motion controls in mind and will launch first as a VR-only game on Quest and PC VR next year, with a flatscreen version coming at some point further down t
XR Today - Virtual Reality
DECEMBER 8, 2023
December is here. The holiday period approaches and many may receive an XR headset or device as a gift ready for an immersive 2024. With Quest headsets increasing significantly in sales following a Black Friday boost, the holiday period may provide good consumer/enterprise optics, and the space could gain a lot of capital from consumer holiday markets, with its fallout affecting the workplace XR market.
AR Insider
DECEMBER 7, 2023
This week on Reality Bytes, we achieve immortality with KISS, check out TikTok’s first AR open house, and attend the Fortnite Festival. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
Upload VR
DECEMBER 2, 2023
Just one month after launching, Meta Quest 3 is already the 5th most used VR headset on Steam. The Steam Hardware & Software Survey is offered to a random sample of Steam’s user base each month. If you accept, it uploads a list of your PC specs and peripherals to Valve, as well as any headset used on SteamVR. Quest 3 was the headset of choice for 5.2% of SteamVR users in November, a significant increase from 0.15% in October when the headset launched and first showed up on the survey.
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
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Steam VR Fest is in full swing, offering deep discounts on PC VR titles that may just give you another pretty valid reason to stay indoors this winter. While you won’t be able to nab Half-Life: Alyx (2020) on the cheap this time around, there are a host of top games on sale to buy or gift to a friend for the holiday season. That’s great news if you have a PC VR headset, but even greater news if you have a VR-ready PC and Meta Quest thanks to the new dedicated Steam Link App which ma
Hypergrid Business
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Checking out the podium at this year’s conference. (Image by Maria Korolov.) I’m giving two presentations tomorrow at the OpenSim Community Conference. First, I’m giving my usual state of the hypergrid talk at 3:30 p.m. Pacific time. I’ll be doing a roundup of this year’s top news and OpenSim statistics. Then, at 4 p.m.
AR Insider
DECEMBER 8, 2023
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 X's Grok, Google Gemini and lots of AI action. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
Upload VR
DECEMBER 4, 2023
The Quest v60 system software update improves the boundary system, adds new home environments, and boosts Quest Pro's performance in mixed reality. As always, keep in mind that Quest system software updates "roll out" gradually, so it may take a few days or even more than a week for your headset to get the Quest v60 update. Improved Boundary Recall With v60, Meta is adding "cloud computing capabilities" to the safety boundary system that it says lets the headset remember more boundaries. 0:00 /
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
DECEMBER 6, 2023
Today you might be seeing an odd looking version of our site with some layout issues. Rest assured we’re aware of the problem and investigating. In the meantime, here’s a look back at a very old version of our site from 2013! Road to VR circa 2013 The post Pardon Our Dust: We’re Investigating a Layout Issue on Road to VR appeared first on Road to VR.
Anand Tech
DECEMBER 6, 2023
Although CES 2024 is happening next month in Las Vegas, AMD has lifted the lid on their latest Zen 4 mobile processors, the Ryzen Mobile 8040 series. Codenamed Hawk Point, the Ryzen Mobile 8040HS series is set to be the successor to this year's 'Phoenix' mobile chips. Two new families of Ryzen Mobile chips have been announced, including the mid-ranged 8040HS APUs and the lower-powered 8040U series with a lower TDP designed for thin and light notebooks.
Charlie Fink
DECEMBER 2, 2023
AR and VR priced from $10 - $1,000.
Upload VR
DECEMBER 5, 2023
On a cold February evening in 2016, Arizona Sunshine changed my life. Well, kind of. Despite being a gamer for 30 years at that point, I had never heard of VR. When my wife bought me tickets to an immersive zombie experience, I had no idea that I had unwittingly stumbled into a 30-minute interactive ad for the HTC Vive that culminated in an eight-minute session of Arizona Sunshine.
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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