Road to VR

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Skydance’s Behemoth showcases a lot of hard-won lessons in VR design, which is mostly thanks to the studio’s pioneering work on its most successful VR game to date: The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (2020). As an original IP in the action-adventure genre, Behemoth goes in a pretty familiar direction when it comes to the game’s narrative, which would otherwise make it difficult to stand out in the crowd were it a standard video game.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 3, 2024

With Quest Pro being discontinued and Quest Pro 2 apparently canceled, the future of Codec Avatars remains unknown. What will Meta end up doing with this technology? We examine the evidence. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Varjo has released the ‘world’s first’ ultra high-resolution 3D scanning solution called Teleport. The global leader in industrial-grade virtual and mixed reality hardware and software, Varjo, has announced the general availability of Teleport, which creates photorealistic digital twins by stitching together 3D scenes made from Apple smartphone photos.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 6, 2024

James Cameron announced an exclusive multi-year partnership with Meta to help bring significantly more 3D video content to Quest headsets. The partnership comes through Cameron's new company Lightstorm Vision , which has the goal of "making stereoscopic technology ubiquitous for all visual media by enabling stereoscopic 3D content creation in as seamless a manner as traditional 2D".

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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.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Meta announced it’s partnering with Lightstorm Vision , James Cameron’s 3D film studio, to produce spatial content across multiple genres, including live events and full-length entertainment. The agreement includes the production of live sports and concerts, feature films, and TV series featuring “big-name IP,” Meta says in a recent blog post , noting that Quest will be Lightstorm Vision’s the exclusive MR hardware platform.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Yesterday, Vallourec leveraged virtual reality immersive environments for its Delphy hydrogen storage site, enabling visitors to take a comfortable virtual tour without setting foot in the real location. According to Vallourec, Delphy can revolutionize the hydrogen value chain, so the firm clearly wants to showcase this space as efficiently as possible for potential clients.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The House of Da Vinci VR is a captivating puzzle adventure into the mysterious and legendary studios of Leonardo da Vinci. Read on for our full review. 0:00 / 1:33 1× Over seven years since appearing on flatscreen platforms, The House of Da Vinci is back once more with escape room style challenges as you try to locate the renowned painter and inventor who's gone missing.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Halo Combat Evolved (2001) released on the Xbox over two decades ago, but thanks to this mod, you can now play the original PC version in VR, which critically includes motion controller support. The mod, called ‘HaloCEVR’, was created by modder ‘LivingFray’, who is also known for their work on an unofficial Metal: Hellsinger VR mod before the release of the official Metal: Hellsinger VR in September.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Creating realistic experiences is one of the greatest challenges in VR. And one overlooked element in that broader endeavor is color constancy. When done right, it lets users recognize and correctly associate virtual objects and scenes. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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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.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Avantis Education has launched Eduverse+ for ClassVR, which is an expanded content library designed to enhance virtual reality and augment reality experiences in schools around the world. The new library comprises four advanced content suites: EduverseAI, WildWorld, STEAM3D, and CareerHub. According to the UK-based innovative learning solutions provider, Avantis, Eduverse+ allows schools to create AI-powered, immersive, and customisable experiences to meet students’ needs at all educational leve

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Sony is demonstrating controller-free hand tracking on PlayStation VR2 at SIGGRAPH Asia 2024. The booth describes the feature as "available with the latest SDK of PlayStation 5", suggesting that developers can already start integrating it in games. It also lists the tracking rate at 60 FPS, and claims the system "displays the hands smoothly" with "low latency".

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Leopoly , the studio behind PC VR modeling software Shapelab (2023) , has launched a new version built specifically for Quest headsets. Called Shapelab Lite , the polygon-based 3D modeling app is now in early access for Quest 3, Quest 3S and Quest Pro. Shapelab Lite offers up many of the core features of the PC VR app’s toolset, targeting its intuitive sculpting tools at beginners, hobbyists, and professionals seeking a standalone 3D modeling solution.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Even though it's just a working prototype, Meta Orion showed the world that it's possible to build AR glasses that are both UX-rich and relatively stylish. Will this inspire others (ahem, Apple) to move in the same direction? This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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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.

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DECEMBER 5, 2024

This week, XREAL is closing the year by announcing a new AR smart glasses product, just as the market is set to skyrocket in the new year. The firm is debuting two new AR smart glasses models, the XREAL One Series and a Pro variant, which will ship to buyers worldwide in the coming months, including the US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic, Netherlands, China, Japan, and Korea.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Real VR Fishing is adding three European DLC packs as part of its World Tour Edition Update, which will arrive on December 17. The packs will cost $2.99 each at launch and center around France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Its not looks alone, though, as avid anglers can also hook 30 new fish species across the three new packs, too. Additionally, Devs United Games also announced that from today, new fishing locations will be added monthly to keep things fresh for players.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Green Hell VR (2022), Incuvo’s VR adaptation of the popular open world survival game, is finally getting the long-promised co-op mode this month on Quest and PSVR 2. First announced in April 2023, Green Hell VR’s co-op mode is nearly here, launching December 16th for free to owners of game on PSVR 2 and Quest 2, 3 and 3S. The co-op edition is said to build on the game’s challenging solo play by allowing teams of up to four players, who arm themselves with melee or ranged weapons to hunt f

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 6, 2024

This week on Reality Bytes, Instagram's live location sharing, Walmart's interactive holiday film, and Australias new law banning social media for children. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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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.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 4, 2024

This week, two XR technology solution providers, Animmersion UK and SystemActive, partnered to boost each firm’s customer growth. Middlesbrough-based Animmersion UK is experienced in scaling virtual reality software to a wide client list. The collaboration streamlines enterprise-grade XR deployments by working with VR headset provider SystemActive. Animmersion UK has already integrated roughly 200 of SystemActive’s VR headset units into clients.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Valve just updated the Steam Hardware Survey to list Quest 3S - but only from Steam Link users. What Is The Steam Hardware Survey? 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 in the past month.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Flat2VR Studios, a recently-formed game studio focused on bringing existing flatscreen games to VR, has released its first game, Trombone Champ: Unflattened! A positive early reception bodes well for both the studio’s ability to deliver and its choice of which games to port in the first place. Flat2VR Studios is a formalization of a group of dedicated modders who were making unofficial VR mods for flatscreen games.

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Charlie Fink

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Author Tom Emrich’s background as a pioneer in wearable technology and spatial computing lends authority to his insights.

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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?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Originally announced in Spring 2024 , the Meta for Education program is gradually beginning to roll out to teachers, schools, and training institutions across the US and UK. This initiative is empowering schools to leverage XR headsets, like the Meta Quest 3 and Quest 3S, alongside cutting-edge software specifically created for the educational landscape.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Windup Minds revealed a deeper look at their work on virtual pets with a release window planned for Stay: Forever Home in early 2025. In October, UploadVR published the first video and details about the upcoming mixed reality project from the creators of Bogo as developers sought their first alpha testers to bring home new virtual pets for early adoptions.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 2, 2024

StrikerVR, the haptic peripheral maker for out-of-home VR, announced it’s opened pre-orders for the Mavrik, a new haptic VR gun designed for consumers. The haptic gun, which is compatible with Quest 3 and Quest 3S, is now available for pre-order , priced at $499. StrikerVR says 1,000 units will available for Christmas delivery, however general shipping is expected to take place starting March 15th, 2025.

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Charlie Fink

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Spatial screen anchoring shouldn’t sound like a breakthrough, but it is. When you turn your head, the screen stays where you anchored it.

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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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