VRScout
MARCH 31, 2023
One of VR’s most popular social platforms is about to get a whole lot busier. VRChat for Android and iOS mobile devices is currently in development, according to an official developer update shared earlier this week. The company states that the mobile version of the platform is already being tested by select team members. In fact, it’s possible you may have interacted with a phone user already without even realizing it.
ARPost
MARCH 31, 2023
So, in the past few weeks we have seen big tech, including Meta and Microsoft, announce massive layoffs , mostly to their XR division and at the same time, pivoting towards artificial intelligence and generative content. Despite the news, this year’s DEAL expo was as busy as ever. Teeming with an array of VR devices, games, contraptions, and a myriad of other VR-related gizmos that filled the halls, it, quite frankly, surpassed expectations.
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Road to VR
MARCH 30, 2023
Ming-Chi Kuo, a respected supply chain analyst, reports that Apple is tamping down enthusiasm for its upcoming mixed reality headset, which was rumored to see its big announcement at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June. In a tweet , Kuo reports Apple is delaying release of its MR headset due to decreased optimism in recreating the “iPhone moment” the company was hoping to achieve with the device.
AR Insider
MARCH 29, 2023
Generative AI continues to blow everyone's minds as it finds new use cases and areas of applicability. Where does it specifically converge with the equally opportune world of AR shopping? 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
MARCH 29, 2023
Craft authentic maps and embark on official 5e campaigns with ARcana. It’s been a turbulent year so far for Dungeons & Dragons fans. This past January, several proposed changes to the Open Game License leaked online and the outcry by the community was so loud that publisher Wizards of the Coast was forced to rescind the reported changes. That said, it isn’t all bad news for tabletop players.
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Road to VR
MARCH 29, 2023
It’s exceedingly rare to see a VR software startup transition to making hardware, let alone decent hardware. But that’s exactly what Bigscreen—creators of the long-running social VR theater app of the same name—has done with its upcoming Beyond headset. Bigscreen has clearly targeted PC VR enthusiasts who are willing to pay for the best hardware they can get their hands on.
AR Insider
MARCH 28, 2023
Spatial computing – including AR, VR, and other immersive tech – continues to alter the ways that we work, play, and live. But there have… Continue reading → Where Are We in XR’s Lifecycle? This post appeared first on AR Insider.
VRScout
MARCH 30, 2023
XR creators brought their A-game to this year’s festivities. Last year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) event was an absolute party. This year, the Austin-based festival felt noticeably more focused, with a number of amazing technologies being showcased. Not to say we didn’t attend our fair share of parties, which we certainly did. SXSW 2023 was stacked with some truly incredible immersive experiences, both creatively and innovatively.
ARPost
MARCH 28, 2023
Spatial started out as an enterprise remote collaboration solution. Then, it changed lanes to offer virtual worlds for consumer social uses. Now, it could become an immersive gaming platform. At least, in part. A Look at the Toolkit The new “ Spatial Creator Toolkit ” is a Unity-powered interface that allows users to create custom avatars, items, and “quests.
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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.
The Ghost Howls
MARCH 27, 2023
This has been quite an interesting week. We had at the same time the Game Developer Conference (the GDC) and the GPU Technology Conference (GTC) by NVIDIA, so we had lots of announcements about 3D technology in general and also about XR. Since there are these two conferences with a very similar name happening at a similar time and a similar place, I wonder why they don’t unify them in a single one called GTDC, or GXC, or something like that.
AR Insider
MARCH 29, 2023
The pandemic had a lasting impact on education, including accelerating digital transformation. It also boosted receptivity to new technologies. How is VR riding that wave, and what's to come for immersive learning? This post appeared first on AR Insider.
VRScout
MARCH 27, 2023
Explore an ancient temple using your own two feet in this unique room-scale VR experience. Originally released on PC VR headsets back in 2021, the incredible room-scale VR game Eye of the Temple will soon be heading to Meta Quest headsets, according to developer Rune Skovbo Johansen. This immersive VR experience tasks you with exploring a seemingly-endless labyrinth of deadly traps and environmental puzzles housed within a mysterious jungle temple.
ARPost
MARCH 29, 2023
Nreal Air is largely a virtual screen viewer. While it does have native apps designed for AR, it becomes a lot more versatile when displaying content from a tethered device like a mobile phone or game console. Nebula, the app that allows these features, will also now be available for Windows computers. Changes Coming to Nreal’s Nebula Ecosystem The job of Nebula is to “project 2D content into an interactive 3D space.
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
MARCH 31, 2023
VRChat , the popular social VR platform, announced that flatscreen ports for both Android and iOS are currently in development. The company says in a developer blog that while there’s still no release date on the books, the Android version has already been used by team members to attend large meetings. Additionally, the Android version will support any world or avatar that works on Meta Quest, since the standalone also runs Android.
AR Insider
MARCH 31, 2023
VR has come a long way since the first systems came to light in the 1960s. How has that historical evolution unfolded since, and what does VR's trajectory tell us about where it's going next? This post appeared first on AR Insider.
VRScout
MARCH 29, 2023
A virtual workout with real results. Litesport is a subscription-based fitness app for VR headsets designed to immerse you in a variety of virtual workouts. Formerly Liteboxer , the company recently expanded its digital fitness platform beyond boxing and total body workouts to include Strength Training. This new game mode utilizes various technologies—from passthrough and hand tracking to mixed reality—to offer a variety of challenging strength-building routines.
ARPost
MARCH 30, 2023
Croquet , the multiplayer platform for web and gaming, which took home the WebXR Platform of the Year award at this year’s Polys WebXR Awards , recently announced Croquet for Unity. Croquet for Unity is an innovative JavaScript multiplayer framework for Unity – a platform for creating interactive, real-time 3D content – that simplifies development by eliminating multiplayer code and server setup.
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.
XR Today - Virtual Reality
MARCH 31, 2023
Not so long ago, Virtual Reality (VR) was considered by many to be a futuristic concept. While various examples of this technology have been introduced to the landscape over the years, it’s only recently that experts have begun creating viable solutions ready for mass adoption. Today, companies from almost every industry are discovering the benefits of bringing immersive technologies into their operations.
AR Insider
MARCH 27, 2023
Welcome back to Spatial Beats. Twenty-five thousand people attended the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco this week, the first entirely in-person event since… Continue reading → Spatial Beats: Adobe, Epic Games & GDC This post appeared first on AR Insider.
VRScout
MARCH 28, 2023
Catch a glimpse of the other side with this immersive art installation. What happens after you die? It’s a question as old as time and one that artist Shaun Gladwell is committed to answering. This week the Australian-based creative debuted an immersive art piece at the Melbourne Now event that’s designed to simulate what it’s like to pass on to the other side.
Upload VR
MARCH 29, 2023
Apple announced WWDC23 will take place June 5-9. Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is a yearly developer-focused Apple event where upcoming versions of its operating systems and SDKs are revealed, and sometimes new Mac hardware too. In recent years WWDC has been fully remote due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but this year Apple will host a “ special in-person experience at Apple Park on June 5″ too.
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?
XR Today - Virtual Reality
MARCH 27, 2023
Demand for virtual reality is expanding at an incredible rate. Users are discovering that virtual reality isn’t just a powerful tool for entertainment. It can also be an effective way to boost productivity during collaborative sessions, enhance the quality of training courses, and increase creativity. Of course, leveraging the power of virtual reality starts with choosing the right headset capable of transporting each user into a new digital landscape.
AR Insider
MARCH 29, 2023
This week on Reality Bytes, ChatGPT becomes an online shopper, Gucci teams up with Yuga Labs, and Pope Francis has some divine AI intervention. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
VRScout
MARCH 28, 2023
Rokid adds yet another addition to its lineup of portable AR hardware. Rokid, a human-computer interaction technology company, is back with yet another pair of advanced augmented reality (AR) glasses that could replace your current home theater setup. Rokid Max offers a 50% larger display area than the Rokid Air, the company’s previous AR glasses released last year.
Upload VR
MARCH 30, 2023
In a new developer update , the VRChat team confirmed that it is developing mobile versions of its social VR experience, with an Android release coming first. In the update , the VRChat team shared some footage of the game running on Android, but stressed that it was an in-development build and everything in the video is not finalized, but merely an indication that development is in progress.
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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