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Unity’s Latest Trends Report Declares 2020 Will Be A Breakthrough Year For VR And AR

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15 industry experts contributed their perspective on why we’re approaching a tipping point with Enterprise XR. This looks to be the year where we move beyond tentative experimentation into scalable deployment of immersive tech in the workplace. That’s the consensus that seems to emerge from “Top 2020 Trends: Enterprise AR & VR” , a report published today by Unity Technologies where 15 industry experts (yours truly among them) outline how mixed reality (or XR depending on what flavor acronym

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Masterpiece VR CEO: 3D modeling in VR is 10x faster than on flat screen

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Masterpiece VR is one of the best VR 3D modeling softwares because it lets you create 3D elements easily and also animate them, all in virtual reality, all in an intuitive way. It is a professional application , and many people in the field are already using it. The solution is continuously improving, and in fact, the software has recently had a big update launching a full suite called Masterpiece Studio.

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Virtual Reality Applications That Can Help Save Lives

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No longer just for immersive entertainment, virtual reality applications now help save lives. VR simulation technology enables better medical training , more effective health therapies, and enhanced disaster management training. Improving Performance in Medicine Through Clinical Skills Training. Different medical groups are now using virtual reality applications for clinical skills training.

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XR Talks: Snap’s AR Past, Present & Future

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XR Talks is a series that features the best presentations and educational videos from the XR universe. It includes embedded video, as well as narrative analysis and top takeaways. Speakers’ opinions are their own. For a deeper indexed and searchable archive, subscribe to ARtillery PRO. Snapchat is the engagement and revenue leader in consumer AR.

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The Future of eLearning in 2022: A Sensitive Eye for Authentic Translation and Localization

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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Facebook Just Bought An AR Startup That’s Building A 3D Map Of The Entire World

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Facebook purchases AR startup Scape Technologies for a reported $40M. The future of Facebook appears to be centered around VR and AR. During Oculus Connect 6 , the company announced Facebook Horizon , a social VR world where you can literally step into a virtual version of your Facebook page. The company also confirmed the long-rumored development of its own dedicated AR glasses.

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What Made VR Gaming Highly Popular

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The ecosystem of digital game development is all about using the latest technologies to attract and engage gamers all over the world. Games, as one of the prime sources of entertainment, could be more prominent by becoming more interactive and immersive. Technologies like VR are being used widely to make games distinctive and entertaining so that both avid and casual gamers can enjoy their favorite games irrespective of time and place.

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Enterprise XR is Coming of Age

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Unity’s Latest Trends Report Declares 2020 will be a Breakthrough Year for XR. 15 Experts weigh in on why we’re reaching a tipping point in spatial computing. This looks to be the year where we move beyond tentative experimentation into scalable deployment of immersive tech in the workplace. That’s the consensus that seems to emerge from “Top 2020 Trends: Enterprise AR & VR” a report published today by Unity Technologies, where 15 industry experts (yours truly among them) outlined how

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VR Technology Reunites Grieving Mother With Her Deceased Child

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South Korean documentary ‘I Met You’ shows how VR technology is bringing the dead back to life. We’ve seen VR technology used in a variety of incredible ways, but nothing quite as extraordinary as bringing the dead back to life. This week South Korean-based television and radio network Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation released a clip from their special documentary I Met You showing how the company used VR and haptic feedback technology to reunite Jang Ji-sung with her seven-year-old daughter, Nay

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The XR Week Peek (2020.02.10): Lynx launches MR standalone headset, Facebook acquires Scape and much more!

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Yesterday was Chinese Lanterns’ Festival… my best wishes to you all, especially a big hug to all people that are still in China and are living very hard times… ??! This week in XR has seen the launch of the first standalone MR headset, plus a lot of interesting news and articles about immersive realities. Do you want to discover them with me? Top news of the week.

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How to Train Employees 65% Faster With Virtual Reality

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 Company ThirdEye Partners With 3D Media in Air Force Contract

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ThirdEye, the innovative XR company, has recently forged a new partnership with 3D Media. The partnership will help to train Air Force service crews with augmented reality. Here, we’ll catch you up with ThirdEye, introduce you to 3D Media, and talk about the contract and why it’s important. A Run Down on ThirdEye. If you have your ear to the ground in the XR space – and particularly if you read ARPost very regularly – you’ve probably heard of ThirdEye.

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Will M&A Accelerate AR?

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“Trendline” is AR Insider’s series that examines trends and events in spatial computing, and their strategic implications. For an indexed library of spatial computing insights, data, reports and multimedia, subscribe to ARtillery PRO. As AR struggles to get off the ground and find a path to mass-market scale, there are a few confidence signals for the sector’s long term health.

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AR Takes Center Stage At SXSW 2020

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The annual festival will debut new AR experiences from Magic Leap, Intel, and director Virginia Galloway. Attendees of the SXSW Trade Show in Austin, TX will be the first to experience the next phase of movie and concert entertainment powered by cutting-edge AR technology. Here are just a few of the wild experiences festival-goers can expect! Magic Leap’s The Last Light.

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2019 Was a Major Inflection Point for VR—Here’s the Proof

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VR adoption is accelerating thanks to the Oculus Quest. We’ve seen over 100 VR titles break $1 million in revenue, growing the total VR software market by 3x in 2019. Top grossing VR titles have cleared $10 million in revenue, and can reach up to $60 million in sales given the current distribution of headsets in the market so far. Though still small, VR is a growing and sustainable platform?

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

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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“It’s Time to Go Spatial”: Get Hyped for AWE USA 2020

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In terms of events, participants, and opportunities to attend, Augmented World Expo (AWE) is the largest AR, VR and MR trade show out there. While events take place throughout the year and around the world, the main floor in America is in Santa Clara, California. This year’s AWE USA is taking place on May 27-29. There’s way too much going on for us to be able to give you all of the details.

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How Many Oculus Quests Sold Over the Holidays?

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Data Point of the Week is AR Insider’s dive into the latest spatial computing figures. It includes data points, along with narrative insights and takeaways. For an indexed collection of data and reports, subscribe to ARtillery Pro. One of the ongoing challenges in market sizing is to piece together clues to extrapolate things like unit sales and revenues.

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Battle Other Trainers In This Free Pokémon VR Game On Oculus Quest

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Choose your team, customize their stats, and do battle with other trainers via PvP multiplayer. Happy Valentine’s Day! No doubt many of you are already preparing for a romantic night out with that oh so special someone. If, however, you find yourself riding solo this month, might I suggest numbing the pain with a nostalgia-fueled immersive experience that brings the world of Pokémon to life in VR.

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Oxford VR Picks up $12.5M in Funding for Its VR-based Therapy Platform

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Virtual reality therapy startup Oxford VR today announced its secured $ 12.5 million in Series A financing to further its research and development into VR-based therapy programs. The latest funding round was led by Optum Ventures and supported by Luminous Ventures. Existing investors include Oxford Sciences Innovation, Oxford University Innovation, and GT Healthcare Capital Partners.

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Are You Still Watching? How to Create Engaging Presentations for Virtual Learning

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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Apple Attacks Snapchat's Shoppable AR with Apple Pay Button & Other Custom Actions for AR Quick Look Content

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Snapchat is probably used to Facebook copying its features by now, but Apple borrowing a page out of its playbook is likely a bit more surprising. But that's exactly what has happened, as Apple has added custom actions to its AR Quick Look protocol for web-based AR content that owes some influence to Snapchat's Shoppable AR e-commerce platform. Don't Miss: Shopify Rings up AR Shopping for Web via AR Quick Look Now, in browser-based AR experiences on iPhones and iPads running iOS 13.3 or greater,

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Panera Reaches 9.3 Million Users with AR Campaign

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This is the latest in AR Insider’s Campaign Tracker series. Running semi-weekly, it examines marketing campaigns that utilize AR visualization such as product try-ons, and their results. For a full list of campaigns, comparative ROI chart and deeper analysis, subscribe to ARtillery PRO. How Panera Uses AR to Heighten Cravings, Reaching Millions of Customers. by Stephanie Miles.

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Grab $150 Worth Of VR Games For $15 With This Insane Humble VR Bundle

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For the price of a single movie ticket, you can own SUPERHOT VR, Budget Cuts, GORN, and four other hit titles. . If you’re unfamiliar with the concept behind Humble Bundle, this brilliant digital service allows customers to choose their own price on a rotating lineup of popular games. Different price levels unlock more enticing rewards; the more you pay, the better your selection of games.

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Valve Plans to Release “SteamVR 2.0” This Year

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Heading toward the release of Half-Life: Alyx in March, Valve has been steadily improving its SteamVR software to be more stable and easier to use. Now the company is teasing the forthcoming release of “SteamVR 2.0” sometime this year. While SteamVR has long felt like a power user tool next to the more user-friendly Oculus desktop software, Valve has made notable improvements to its VR software over the last year.

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Who C.A.R.E.S.!? How Learning Got Its Bad Rap & What We Can Do About It

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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Jack in the Box Partners with Paramount to Promote 'Sonic the Hedgehog' Movie with Snapchat AR

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There might not be a better brand partnership for the speedy Sonic the Hedgehog character than a fast-food restaurant. For that matter, augmented reality is also the ideal technology for promoting a movie that features an animated talking rodent living life in the real world. Combine these dynamics and you get a marketing partnership that leverages Snapchat's AR capabilities to promote the new Sonic the Hedgehog movie, which arrives in theaters on Feb. 14 from Paramount Pictures, along with Jack

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State of the XR Industry in 2020

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Press release. London, February 8, 2020 — Over the next 10 years, XR’s potential across consumer and commercial to industrial and enterprise is huge. Every single market involved in the XR space is set to grow both in technology and application – which means more chances for you and your business to save time and money by embracing technological innovation.

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Luxury Escapism’s Multi-Sensory Spa Includes Meditative Mixed Reality And ASMR Sound Baths

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“Whimsical, fun, disarming.” This immersive spa experience is the luxury escape you’ve been looking for. Tucked down a cobblestone street just a block off from the East River in Brooklyn hides The Oddly Satisfying Spa , an immersive art and technology wellness experience produced by Luxury Escapism. . The venue feels like some sort of secret given its only marking is a small sign hanging in front of a discrete set of stairs that lead to an expansive 4000 square foot basement.

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‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Launches Next Month But Index is Still Sold Out Across the Globe

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Valve’s first flagship VR title, Half-Life: Alyx , is now set to launch on March 23rd but unfortunately the company’s Index VR headset is still just about impossible to buy direct. In the meantime, the shortage has seen secondary markets selling the headset at a 150% price premium. Valve Index Stock Check. Following up on our global stock check back in January , our latest check of Valve Index stock today shows that things have gone from bad to slightly worse.

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The Key to Getting the Best Out of Video-Based Practice & Coaching

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