Next Reality AR

JANUARY 15, 2020

While Snapchat is no stranger to location-based AR scavenger hunts, the app's new world-facing game adds some environmental understanding to the mix. This week, Snapchat launched a new Snappables game dubbed Scavenger Hunt. However, while most Snappables games use the front-facing camera to insert users and their friends into the game, Scavenger Hunt flips gameplay to the rear camera.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 17, 2020

Mojo Vision is a company that’s working to produce smart contact lenses, which it hopes in the near future will let users have a non-obtrusive display without needing to wear a pair of smart glasses. CNET’s Scott Stein got a chance to go hands-on with a prototype at CES 2020 earlier this month, and although the company isn’t at the point just yet where it will insert the prototype tech into an unsuspecting journalist’s eyeballs, Mojo is adamant about heading in that direc

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VRScout

JANUARY 16, 2020

Our mad descent into a cyberpunk dystopia continues with the Mojo Lens. Earlier today, augmented reality start-up Mojo Vision announced its development of the Mojo Lens, a smart contact lens that promises to revolutionize the way we interact with the world and each other. . Focusing on an eyes up experience the company refers to as “Invisible Computing,” the Mojo Lens is designed to provide users with relevant information without having to look down at a separate device like a smartphone or comp

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ARPost

JANUARY 14, 2020

Augmented reality is a form of technology that enhances the real-world environment around us with computer-generated images and information, creating a hybrid scenario which can add to all manner of experiences, including learning. See Also: Can Augmented Reality Shorten the Learning Curve? AR can be utilized through devices such as tablets that are equipped with an easy-to-download AR app.

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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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AR Insider

JANUARY 16, 2020

ARtillery Briefs is a video series that outlines the top trends we’re tracking, including takeaways from recent reports and market forecasts. See the most recent episode below, including narrative takeaways and embedded video. 2019 was a “table-setting” year for the spatial future we all envision. There were some flameouts and lessons learned but also some real bright spots.

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VRScout

JANUARY 17, 2020

The “On Again/Off Again” Update brings a new minigame and various creator tool improvements to standalone VR. After a grueling wait, fan-favorite Rec Room minigame Laser Tag is finally available to Oculus Quest users as part of the VR social platforms’ latest free update. Revealed yesterday in a Reddit post made by Rec Room developer u/magglerockk, the “On Again/Off Again” Update allows Oculus Quest players access to both Laser Tag maps, “Hangar” and CyberJunk City,” for cross-platform pla

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ARPost

JANUARY 17, 2020

One of the biggest challenges for VR has been how to incorporate controls into the VR experience. After all, immersive experiences aren’t just about what you see and hear. If you’ve ever played PSVR with one of their adapters rather than with a standard controller, you know that when your hands are doing something that matches the action you’re seeing, it can really enhance a VR experience.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 12, 2020

It’s been the week of CES, and we’ve got many news and articles about AR and VR in these days! Actually, I’m writing another article with the best news from CES, so I’m just writing few lines about it here, and then I will focus on the few most important non-CES news from this week. Register to my newsletter to not miss the best roundup of CES news!

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Next Reality AR

JANUARY 14, 2020

This week, the beginning of an epic legal battle was set to begin between augmented reality players Magic Leap and Nreal, the small China-based startup accused by the former of stealing trade secrets. However, a new wrinkle has emerged in the legal skirmish that could change everything. Don't Miss: Magic Leap Patents Signed Over to JPMorgan Chase as Collateral Just Months After Major Funding Push If you're just getting up to speed on the case, the background is that Nreal co-founder and CEO Chi

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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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JANUARY 13, 2020

At-home location-based entertainment finally arrives with this standalone competitive experience. One of the most attractive aspects of the Oculus Quest is the ability to access VR anywhere at any time without the need of a bulky gaming PC or external sensors. With a large enough space, the Oculus Quest can map spaces up to 4,000 feet; larger if you turn off the Guardian completely using the developer setting.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 17, 2020

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. There are few people in the AR sector that have a rap sheet to rival Avi Bar-Zeev.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2020

Last week there has been the CES, maybe the biggest technology show of the year. As it is a tradition of this blog , I have read everything I could about the AR and VR technologies showcased there, and I’ve condensed all the news in a single article , that you can skim fast until you find a topic you are interested in. Before starting, let me just tell you that if you like this kind of posts, please subscribe to my newsletter and donate to my Patreon to support me writing them.

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Next Reality AR

JANUARY 14, 2020

This week, the beginning of an epic legal battle was set to begin between augmented reality players Magic Leap and Nreal, the small China-based startup accused by the former of stealing trade secrets. However, a new wrinkle has emerged in the legal skirmish that could change everything. Don't Miss: Magic Leap Patents Signed Over to JPMorgan Chase as Collateral Just Months After Major Funding Push If you're just getting up to speed on the case, the background is that Nreal co-founder and CEO Chi

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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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VRScout

JANUARY 13, 2020

The international art, culture, and fashion VR competition hosted at PARCO Shibuya on Dec. 15 announces its official award winners , including a Gold Prize of $20,000. Following the announcement of 25 finalists at the end of last year, the NEWVIEW awards officially announced the winners of the competition. The awards are a joint production of co-working company Loftwork, Japanese department store chain PARCO, and Psychic VR Lab.

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ARPost

JANUARY 13, 2020

2019 was a big year for XR headsets, applications, and technology. Here, we’ll be taking a look at the AR and MR headsets and glasses that caught our attention in 2019 and that we’ll be keeping an eye on going into 2020. If VR is more your speed, don’t worry, we’ll have a separate article covering VR headsets. MR Headsets. Mixed reality involves a blend of virtual images and the user’s actual surroundings.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2020

Facebook slashed the price of Oculus Go for Black Friday, and kept it for the post-holiday season. Now, the company has confirmed that it’s permanently sticking with that pricing scheme, which comes to $150 for the 32GB version and $200 for the $64GB version. Residents in the Euro Zone will find both Oculus Go variants for €160/€220, and for £140/£190 in the UK.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2020

In this second and last post about my experience at Stereopsia in Bruxelles, I will focus more about creative and storytelling experiences. If you lost the first part, that was more about XR companies, you can check it out here. Lenovo Mirage AR. I was so happy to try a Lenovo Mirage AR headset because I’ve never tried it in my whole life. At Stereopsia there was the new game Marvel Dimension Of Heroes, with the new two 6DOF controllers , and I thought that I would have spent my whole day playin

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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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VRScout

JANUARY 12, 2020

The sleek cooler automatically adapts to your headset heat output, offering comfortable temperatures throughout lengthy sessions. . With a 1,440×1,600 per eye resolution on LCD panels, near-field off-ear speakers capable of 3D directional audio, and a 120-hertz standard refresh rate, the Valve Index is easily one of the most powerful consumer-friendly VR headset available at the moment.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 15, 2020

“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. We’re well past the days of listing off the areas that AR will transform our lives and work. With a retracting industry that’s disappointed in terms of consumer adoption, it’s all about the more pragmatic exercise of taking lessons from product a

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Road to VR

JANUARY 11, 2020

Bigscreen has released the latest lineup of big-name movies premiering this month in its recently released ‘VR Cinema’ feature. A virtual reality movie theater always has felt like an obvious shoe-in for VR, a sentiment illustrated by some of our earliest articles covering VR cinema pioneers and the apps they chose to build. Since then of course, VR headset owners have been given numerous ways to enjoy films alone or with others, but for the most part those movies were self-provided

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ARPost

JANUARY 16, 2020

Oculus. HTC. Varjo. Pico? Most people don’t think of Pico when they think of VR companies. The company actually created the Goblin, one of the first stand-alone VR headsets. However, they’ve been flying under a lot of people’s radars for a while now. See Also: A Comprehensive Review of 2019 and 2020 VR Headsets. The company recently announced the launch of a new industry-minded headset.

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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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VRScout

JANUARY 16, 2020

Last month we visited teamLab Borderless in Tokyo, and as you’d expect, we were amazed by what we saw. It’s difficult to offer a simple description of teamLab; the Tokyo-based interdisciplinary group of ‘ultra-technologists’—artists, programmers, engineers, animators, mathematicians, and architects—produce art that isn’t easily defined. Their flagship location, The MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM: teamLab Borderless (henceforth just, “Borderless”), is a two-story, 33,000

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AR Insider

JANUARY 14, 2020

This article is the latest in AR Insider’s editorial contributor program. Find out more or contact us to participate here. Authors’ opinions are their own. . 4 Best Practices To Keep In Mind For Your AR Advertising Campaign. by Cristina Ferrandez. AR is continuing to establish itself as a popular form of marketing and advertising, now projected to reach $8.8 billion by 2023 according to ARtillery Intelligence.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 11, 2020

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg today laid out a range of topics on which he and his company will focus over the next decade. By 2030, he says, AR and VR telepresence could allow employees to work remotely from anywhere in the world, alleviating the affordable housing crisis of increasingly populated cities. In a post on Facebook today , CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he was taking a long-term outlook on the future, emphasizing what he believes will be important areas of focus over the next 10 years.

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ARPost

JANUARY 15, 2020

With the new year upon us, let’s take a look at the VR headsets that caught our attention in 2019. It’s been a busy year for VR, and we have a lot to work with. VR headsets are just the tip of the XR iceberg. They’re only a portion of the XR headsets on the market but they’re the most visible and most sought after. If you prefer MR or AR, don’t worry, we have a similar article devoted to AR and MR headsets and glasses.

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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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