VRScout
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
The program was developed using star images from NASA. An educational VR experience called Kilo Hōkū ( Navigating the Stars ) is being used as part of Punahou School’s “Voyaging at Punahou” program to teach students how to navigate open waters using practical star navigation methods. “The VR program puts students out at sea,” said Taryn Loveman, director of Design Technology and Engineering.
ARPost
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
To bring the metaverse to life, Mayor Buddy Dyer announced the opening of 2,500 new jobs in Orlando. Over the years, Orlando has become a leading hub for tech companies that want to innovate and explore the capabilities of emerging technologies. Orlando as a Growing Hub for Tech Talent “The density of talent, investment, industry, and creativity in Orlando has made the city ground zero for metaverse development, making Orlando the MetaCenter,” shared David Adelson, Orlando Economic Partnership C
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Road to VR
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
TikTok parent company ByteDance is reportedly laying off what South China Morning Post maintains will be “hundreds of employees” working at its VR headset manufacturing subsidiary, Pico Interactive. A separate report from Reuters also maintains Chinese tech giant Tencent is scrapping its plans to release a VR headset. According to two people with knowledge of the Pico layoffs, a substantial portion of the VR headset maker is expected to be affected.
AR Insider
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Resonai surveyed 300 real estate professionals for their thoughts on virtual tours, discovering that it isn't a Covid-era fad. Guest author Emil Elon breaks down the results and takeaways. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
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.
VRScout
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Bigscreen Beyond is scheduled to begin shipping in Q3 2023 for $999. Originally released back in 2016, Bigscreen VR is a unique app that allows you to watch movies and TV with friends in VR. You can even connect your computer and stream your favorite PC games to a private lobby for an extra immersive gaming experience. This week the company behind the app, Bigscreen, unveiled its very own VR headsets, Bigscreen Beyond.
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Road to VR
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
More than six years after its VR debut, Sony is ready to bring next-gen VR to PS5 with PSVR 2. Does PlayStation VR 2 make a substantial improvement over its predecessor? And how does it stack up to other VR headsets on the market? Read on to find out. With PSVR 2, Sony is not just improving on the prior headset, it’s also raising some bars for consumer headsets overall as the first device in its class to bring eye-tracking, HDR, and new haptic capabilities to the market.
AR Insider
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Google Lens is now used for 10 billion visual searches per month. This follows the 8 billion mark that it reached in May, and the 3 billion that it announced in June of the previous year. We examine strategic implications. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
VRScout
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
This live production was built from the ground up using immersive technology. XR hardware manufacturer Varjo has partnered with the Finnish National Opera and Ballet (FNOB) to help produce a new opera using VR technology. According to an official release, FNOB is the first opera house to utilize Varjo immersive technology throughout the entire production process of an opera show.
ARPost
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
One of the most powerful recent breakthroughs in graphics and rendering is coming to mobile AR thanks to a recent update to Snap’s Lens Studio. We’re talking about ray tracing. What Is Ray Tracing? Ray tracing is a rendering technique that helps to bring digital assets to life in the environment around them – whether that environment is digital or viewed in augmented reality.
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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
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
With Horizon Call of the Mountain , Sony is hoping to have an exclusive big-budget VR game to entice players to the new PSVR 2. Does the title succeed? Read on to find out. Horizon Call of the Mountain Details: Available On: PSVR 2 Release Date: February 22nd, 2023 Price: $60 Developer: Geurilla Games & Firesprite Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment Editor’s Note: The clips in this review that were captured from PSVR 2 do not look correctly saturated due to incorrect HDR dow
AR Insider
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Though VR use cases continue to develop, it's already being used today for everything from pain management to learning new skills. It's moved well beyond gaming into some unusual possibilities. We map out seven. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
VRScout
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Lace-up your basketball shoes! Gym Class is partnering with the National Basketball Association to bring official NBA-licensed content to the popular VR basketball experience. According to an official release, NBA fans will be able to outfit their avatars in their favorite NBA team apparel as well as play on their team’s home court. IRL Studios, the developer behind Gym Class , hopes that this partnership will help inspire basketball players around the world to connect with others through
The Ghost Howls
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
I’m back in Italy! Just the time to eat some homemade pasta and I got a cold, which mixed with the jet lag of the trip from China, means that I’m truly having some great days But nothing can stop me from writing the roundup of the best AR/VR news of the week for you, my lovely readers! So get ready to read some interesting XR news… Top news of the week (Image from Brad Lynch) Meta to launch Quest 3 in 2023, despite the layoffs During the latest earning calls, Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that Meta
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
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
The Light Brigade is a roguelike shooter that I would mostly describe as a spiritual successor to In Death: Unchained, the critically acclaimed bowshooter from Sólfar Studios and Superbright. While at times a little less visually polished than In Death , the game’s variety of upgrades and array of WWII-era weaponry gives it a definite Wolfenstein bend that fans of the shooter genre will instantly be able to click into.
AR Insider
FEBRUARY 13, 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 lots of new XR funding rounds. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
VRScout
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Cheer on your friends by blasting a Kamehameha into the air or delivering a classic fist bump. Dragon Ball Z , the Japanese anime series, has received a number of popular video game adaptations over the years. That said, fans of the ultra-popular television show have been eagerly awaiting the day they can deliver a Kamehameha in VR using motion controls.
XR Today - Virtual Reality
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
The metaverse is complicated concept for consumers and companies alike. On the one hand, the successful development of the metaverse could have incredible benefits. It could break down walls between communities, enhance collaboration and communication, and transform the way we interact. On the other hand, the metaverse raises a number of new questions about how human and corporate rights can be preserved in a decentralised, ever-evolving space.
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
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Sega’s futuristic block-breaker, which you might remember from its launch on Dreamcast in 2001 or in arcades throughout Europe and Japan, is being reimagined for PSVR 2 with C-Smash VRS. The game is bringing an immersive twist to Cosmic Smash’s low gravity squash-meets-blockbreaker gameplay , including single player, co-op, and 1v1 multiplayer modes—that’s what the ‘VRS’ stands for, both virtual reality and versus.
AR Insider
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Though the metaverse represents legitimate principles, the term has become co-opted and conflated through overuse. as it often goes with buzzwords. Will that plus a lack of immediate gratification put the m-word in buzzword jail? This post appeared first on AR Insider.
VRScout
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
The game was previously only available in Japan and Europe. Those old enough to remember the early 2000s may recall an odd-looking video game for the ill-fated Sega Dreamcast console called Cosmic Smash. The game combined puzzle action and sports to immerse players in a futuristic experience set in a subway-style system. Unfortunately, the game was only available in select arcades in Japan and Europe before releasing on Sega Dreamcast consoles in Japan.
Cats and VR
FEBRUARY 11, 2023
XR Games and Sony Pictures VR (SPVR) announced that a new, completely revamped version of the hit VR arcade light gun style shooter Zombieland: Headshot Fever will arrive as a PlayStation®VR2 launch title. Zombieland: Headshot Fever Reloaded is a premium version of the hit VR game, rebuilt to take advantage of PlayStation®5 and PlayStation®VR2. Fans will experience the action, characters and humor from the hit movie franchise with a brand new cel-shaded art style, new character models, new anima
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
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Firewall Ultra , the team shooter exclusive to PSVR 2, doesn’t have a release date yet, however developers First Contact Entertainment confirmed with Road to VR it’s indeed releasing sometime this year. In the meantime, the studio has revealed a new character to its lineup of Contractors. Firewall Ultra is the upcoming sequel to the well-recieved squad-based shooter Firewall Zero Hour, which launched on the original PSVR in 2018.
XR Today - Virtual Reality
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
As interest in the expanding Metaverse landscape continues to accelerate, companies are discovering a range of potential use cases for digital environments. In recent years, numerous leading brands have begun to build their own Metaverse strategies, designed to engage customers, support employees with immersive training and improve collaboration. In the sporting world, the metaverse space allows teams and athletes from every environment to connect with fans in a new, more engaging space.
VRScout
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
It’s getting even harder to distinguish AR from reality. This week Snap Inc. introduced Ray Tracing support for its Lens Studio app, allowing developers to craft more realistic augmented reality (AR) Lenses. Ray Tracing is a rendering technique used to reflect light on digital objects. The result is more immersive AR experiences powered by the Snapchat app.
AR Insider
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
This week on Reality Bytes, we discuss an NFT lawsuit brought by Hermès, Meta shudders a small but popular VR space, and AI does more than write your book report (it will save your life). This post appeared first on AR Insider.
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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