AR Insider
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Though XR carries ample opportunities and advantages in the enterprise, it's not without challenges. Practical barriers include internal politics, company culture and fear. We examine drivers & dynamics. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
The Ghost Howls
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Hello from Finland! I’m writing this newsletter across Finland, between Helsinki and the Lapland. I’m having a pretty good time here (as always): I’ve met Santa Claus, pet reindeers, and eaten typical local food. Soon I will attend MatchXR, one of the most relevant XR events in Nordic Europe! I will tell you soon about my adventures there. Before heading to the news of the week, I want to dedicate this episode of my newsletter to Daniel Dyboski-Bryant, who has recently passed away.
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Road to VR
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Another Axiom, the indie studio behind VR phenomenon Gorilla Tag , is opening up its next project Orion Drift to all Quest users tomorrow for its first server scalability test. Currently in closed early access, Orion Drift packages in Gorilla Tag’s immersive movement mechanic with some of the action of the now-defunct sports game Echo VR, promising to serve up an activity-packed social VR space for up to 200 players.
XR Today - Virtual Reality
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Watch on YouTube XR Today’s Rory Greener hosts Oliver Wohler, Lenovo ‘s EMEA XR Development Manager, Trond Vandli, the COO of VREX, and Wiebke Uhlenbruch, the Teamlead of BIM/3D, Jotun to explore the role of virtual reality technology in the industrial sector. Thanks for watching. If you’d like more like this, don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE to our channel.
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
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
2024 saw AR form factors that deviated from traditional approaches – everything from lite AR glasses to non-display AI smartglasses. Will this divergence and diversification keep its momentum into 2025? This post appeared first on AR Insider.
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Road to VR
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Batman: Arkham Shadow had a lot to live up to. Not only were the developers trying to bring one of the world’s best known-superheroes to VR, they were also building a radical new to play a revered game series that hasn’t had a mainline entry since 2015. Following its first superhero success ( Iron Man VR in 2020), Batman: Arkham Shadow launched to critical acclaim, cementing developer Camouflaj as one of the industry’s most capable and versatile VR studios.
XR Today - Virtual Reality
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded funding by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), some of which will be used to setup a Virtual Reality Centre and Hub. According to the NHS trust, the funding will accommodate “world-leading” expertise in VR and immersive therapies to research mental health within a new research delivery hub at Bethlem Royal Hospital in Kent.
AR Insider
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Which VR headsets are showing the most traction among consumers? The latest consumWhich VR headsets are showing the most traction among consumers? The latest consumer survey from ARtillery Intelligence and Thrive Analytics tackles this question and we break it down in the latest Behind-the-Numbers.er survey from ARtillery Intelligence and Thrive Analytics tackles this question and we break it down for AR Insider readers This post appeared first on AR Insider.
Charlie Fink
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
Fable’s new simulation reenacts the five days following Altman’s removal last year. AI agents strategize, manipulate, and negotiate to secure leadership roles at OpenAI.
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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
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
Black Friday is still a week away, but Sony has already released its Black Friday deals, including the best PSVR 2 sale we’ve seen. You can now get the PSVR 2 Horizon Call of the Mountain bundle for just $350, a 42% discount over the usual price. The PSVR 2 Horizon Call of the Mountain bundle is currently on sale for $350. This is almost certainly the best the headset will see this year.
Upload VR
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 provides players with a virtual reality recreation of Earth that offers a sense of unmatched realism. Despite initial launch setbacks, the game promises thrilling aviation adventures and limitless exploration. I'll never forget Christmas 1982. We had recently gotten our first computer, the IBM PC Jr, and I was desperately hoping that this new Flight Simulator game from a small and relatively new company called Microsoft was one of those ornately wrapped packages.
AR Insider
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
Google may be forced to divest Chrome while Rokid teases its counter to the mighty Ray-Ban Meta Smartglasses. We have these and other items from XR and AI realms through the eyes of Charlie Fink. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
Charlie Fink
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
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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.
Road to VR
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Augmented World Expo (AWE) isn’t just one of the longest-running conferences focused on immersive tech, it’s also become the most important annual XR conference on our calendar. In the early days there were many industry conferences that had a significant draw for the pioneers of XR’s modern epoch. There were XR pockets within big tech conferences like CES, GDC, and E3.
Upload VR
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
PlayStation VR2 is $350 and comes with Horizon Call Of The Mountain in Sony's Black Friday sale. PS VR2 is usually $550, and the bundle with Horizon Call Of The Mountain is usually $600, so this represents a massive saving of $250, over 40% off. The sale is available on all official retailers , as well as PlayStation Direct , across multiple regions.
AR Insider
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
To deepen digital tourism and cultural engagement, Google's new AR landmarks let users explore iconic destinations. Charlie Fink goes behind the scenes with Google and creative partner Rock Paper Reality. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
XR Today - Augmented Reality tag
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
AR smart glasses vendor Vuzix is again in the news this week. Following its recent Microsoft certification, the storied XR firm is entering the consumer smart glasses market after a seasoned period working exclusively in the business sector. The news comes as interest in consumer smart glasses rises, thanks to firms like Meta broadening the market with its Ray-Ban collaboration.
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
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
Wall Town Wonders feels like a casual game from the future, when all-day AR glasses are the norm, and you can manage your growing town of tiny Sim -like inhabitants as they fly around your room in hot air balloons and live out their tiny lives as you live out yours. While visually captivating, the depth of gameplay isn’t enough to keep my attention for long, raising the question whether the genre is simply too early for the current generation of XR headsets.
Upload VR
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Pirates VR: Jolly Roger, a new action-adventure across a cursed island, arrives next year on Steam and PlayStation VR2. Developed by Split Light Studio ( Afterlife VR ) and published by VRKiwi ( Stilt ), Pirates VR: Jolly Roger promises a campaign filled with danger "looming at every turn." Set across a forgotten Caribbean island filled with jungles, rocky cliffs, and sunken ships, you're tasked with navigating perilous traps and fighting undead pirates while searching for Davy Jones' treasure.
AR Insider
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
Rising Chicago XR startup Omnia is paving the way for virtual showrooms. “Paving” is the operative word as it recently held a private event at… Continue reading → Omnia Paves the Way for Virtual Showrooms This post appeared first on AR Insider.
XR Today - Augmented Reality tag
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
This week, enterprise-grade AR smart glasses vendor Vuzix announced the integration of Microsoft’s Intune, a cloud-based Mobile Device Management (MDM) service, to help businesses deploy hardware across a workforce. Vuzix is integrating Microsoft’s MDM service into its M-series of AR smart glasses, gaining official certification from the Itune provider in a bid to support scaling and distribution efforts with its customers already using the MDM solution.
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
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Hitman World of Assassination was slated to arrive on PSVR 2 next month, but now developer IO Interactive says it’s delaying release to March 27th, 2025. “This decision to move the release date was not made lightly; we know there was a lot of demand to bring Hitman on PS VR2, and we were excited to see the great reception following the announcement,” IO Interactive says in a PS blog post. “As such, our priority will always remain to deliver an amazing experience that mee
Upload VR
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Evidence suggests Valve's next VR controller could include a D-pad and bumpers to act as a gamepad together too. XR enthusiast Brad Lynch and his team of SteamVR dataminers have discovered a new Valve controller codenamed Roy in the code of SteamVR, including an OpenXR extension , strongly suggesting it's a tracked controller, not a new Steam Controller.
AR Insider
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
This week on Reality Bytes, we dive into TikTok's new microdramas, Google Maps' new contextual upgrades, and Amazon's latest 'Haul' feature. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
XR Today - Augmented Reality tag
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Recently, at its Jungle 2024 event, Rokid partnered with Chinese eyewear leader BOLON to debut lightweight designer smart glasses in a bid to entice more early device adopters as smart glasses slowly become a trending technology. The move seems to directly correlate with the recent success of the Meta Ray Ban smart glasses, which, in its Q3 earning calls, EssilorLuxottica reported that 60% of EU Ray-Ban stores mark the smart glasses as best-sellers.
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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