VRScout
MARCH 4, 2020
The rise of virtual beings leads to new questions regarding the rights of digital representations. Technological advancements mean that we are rapidly approaching a time when artificial agents will be indistinguishable from that of human beings. For some, this marks an opportunity to breathe life into dynamic worlds with new creatures – artificially intelligent beings make excellent virtual pets.
HoloLens
MARCH 3, 2020
Though Microsoft has had trouble keeping up with the demand for HoloLens 2, the company has been able to supply modified headsets to the US Army. Now, newly revealed images from the US Army show exactly how the HoloLens 2 is being used during training exercises as the military puts the headset through its paces. Don't Miss: Airbus Previews Military Sandbox App for HoloLens The impetus for the weaponized headset's most recent public appearance comes courtesy of a live demonstration of an augmente
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AR Insider
MARCH 6, 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. The potential for advertising in VR is a bit of a double-edged sword (or lightsaber).
The Ghost Howls
MARCH 6, 2020
We are in the coronavirus times, and the outbreak of this disease has changed in a way or in another the lives of many people. One of the biggest consequences is that many people are now quarantined, or have problems traveling in the world. Many conference organizers are canceling their events, even important ones (like F8, MWC, GDC) because of concerns over the coronavirus.
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 29, 2020
The unsettling narrative-driven experience launches on Oculus Quest next month followed by Rift S in April. . Drifter Entertainment, the developer behind Robo Recall: Unplugged and the heavily-slept on Gunheart , today unveiled their latest project, Lies Below , a VR survival horror game that takes inspiration from a combination of macabre games and television, such as Silent Hill and The Walking Dead , as well as classic Japanese horror comics. .
Virtual Reality Pulse brings together the best content for VR professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
AR Insider
MARCH 4, 2020
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. Proof points continue to roll out for AR’s effectiveness as an advertising medium.
The Ghost Howls
MARCH 5, 2020
Today, Valve has released on Steam two special environments for SteamVR Home that let you visit two places where Half-Life: Alyx will take place. I’ve visited them and I loved every second of those moments! If you have purchased a Valve Index , Valve not only lets you play Half-Life: Alyx for free, but also gives you some special goodies. Among them, there are two Half-Life: Alyx environments: Half-Life: Alyx – City 17 Alleyway , that lets you “wander the side streets of City 1
VRScout
MARCH 4, 2020
Dr. Seuss Enterprises’ first AR experience exposes a new generation of users to the legendary children’s author. . Available now on compatible iOS devices, Dr. Suess’s ABC – An Amazing AR Alphabet! brings the instantly-recognizable characters and heart-warming themes featured throughout the Seussian universe to AR for the first time, offering younger users the chance to create and enjoy their own augmented adventures.
ARPost
MARCH 6, 2020
App-less augmented reality , or WebAR is becoming increasingly prevalent in the digital world, so much so that the AR market is currently valued at around $16.6 billion and is predicted to grow to approximately $198 billion by 2025. With this rapidly growing technology, marketers are seeing the monumental potential that WebAR has for brands. A study by retail perceptions showed that around 71% of customers would return to a retail store more regularly if it offered an augmented reality experienc
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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
MARCH 6, 2020
The recent coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) has stymied many of the industry’s most important conferences and expos this year. To avoid this, HTC today announced it will be holding its next Vive Ecosystem Conference (VEC) from within virtual reality. Update (March 7th, 2020) : It was previously reported that VEC would take place at 5:30 PM PT on March 18th, which was calculated erroneously by us.
Tech Trends VR
MARCH 3, 2020
The Boulder International Film Festival (BIFF) opens this week, and it will dedicate an entire pavilion to XR Experiences. The BIFF is widely recognized as one of the world’s coolest film festivals, and this year is the first time the event is dedicating an entire pavilion to XR experiences , a move that celebrates the evolution of storytelling and recognizes the integral role technology plays in filmmaking.
VRScout
MARCH 2, 2020
No word yet on whether or not you’ll be able to pee Monster Energy drink. Released last November for the PlayStation 4, Hideo Kojima’s next-generation walking simulator Death Stranding proved to be one of the most interesting as well as divisive games of 2019, earning mixed reviews from both players and critics for its unique albeit often-frustrating gameplay.
ARPost
MARCH 2, 2020
The world of VR games in 2020 looks bright and exciting for fans. This year, producers have prepared a lot of new titles, either new episodes of established franchises or brand new ideas. From deep space to gloomy dystopias, these games will challenge players to become immersed in unknown worlds, where enemies and unexpected events lurk at every corner.
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 5, 2020
Google has taken its sweet time bringing its VR creation app Tilt Brush (2016) to PSVR, although having recently slimmed down the app to fit on the modest mobile chipset of Oculus Quest may have given the company needed incentive to finally launch on PSVR. According to data scraped from the PlayStation Store, Tilt Brush could be right around the corner.
Next Reality AR
MARCH 5, 2020
Alongside Sesame Street, the Dr. Seuss universe has been a constant presence in the formative years of several generations of children in the US. Now, Dr. Seuss's creations are continuing to maintain relevance with today's youth via augmented reality, just as the Sesame Street Yourself app reintroduced its classic characters to children with AR. Don't Miss: Unity Previews Project MARS Mobile App, Extends AR Foundation to HoloLens & Magic Leap, Intros XR Interaction Toolkit This week, just in
VRScout
MARCH 3, 2020
Both F8 and GDC 2020 have also been postponed due to similar concerns of an outbreak. Fears over a potential outbreak of COVID-19 has forced Google to postpone its annual I/O developer conference, normally held in May at the Shoreline Amphitheater just across the street from Googleplex headquarters in Mountain View, California. “Due to concerns around the coronavirus (COVID-19), and in accordance with health guidance from the CDC, WHO, and other health authorities, we have decided to cancel the
ARPost
MARCH 3, 2020
Over the past few years, AR and VR technologies have matured significantly. Since 2017, we’ve been able to see significant growth in the adoption of AR and VR across different industries. Source: eMarketer. In 2019, the number of people using AR has increased by 9.1 million and has almost reached 70 million, while VR was already used by 42.9 million people in 2019.
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
MARCH 5, 2020
With the re-introduction of the company’s Cosmos VR headsets with four different variants, HTC’s Vive lineup has become a confusing mess with 11 different headset packages to choose from. Even when just considering the Cosmos lineup itself, the company’s approach to ‘modularity’ makes little practical sense. Update (March 5th, 2020): We reached out to HTC with an opportunity to respond to the critiques outlined in this opinion piece.
Next Reality AR
MARCH 4, 2020
While holographic Whitney Houston is hitting the road, a new mobile app is bringing volumetric captures of up and coming performers directly to the iPhones and iPads of fans. On Wednesday, AR studio 1RIC launched Jadu, a video app that delivers virtual performances by music artists Poppy, Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova, Vic Mensa, Palaye Royale, and Sir Chloe, allowing users to capture their virtual performances in the physical realm.
VRScout
MARCH 3, 2020
The acceptance of modding communities hints to the growth of a collective economy across global creative and innovation-based industries. “Hold on tight to your IP.” With the exception of open-source software, this has been the motto for companies developing and building original ideas and content. In the gaming industry, however, this movement to open-source started to make sense when a wave of user-generated content evolved into some of the most successful versions of modern gamepl
ARPost
MARCH 5, 2020
We often use terms like “extended reality” and “immersive reality” interchangeably. While most of these experiences engage our eyes and ears, few engage our other senses. A German-based company holoride is looking to change that with extended reality experiences incorporating movement in a pretty creative way. A History of Holoride. The story of holoride starts at Audi.
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
MARCH 5, 2020
For those that pre-ordered the game, Valve has brought two Half-Life: Alyx environments to SteamVR Home, giving players their first chance to step inside the game. Even if you didn’t pre-order the game, it’s still easy to check out the new environments by joining a user-hosted room. Half-Life: Alyx is less than three weeks away and Valve today released the first of the pre-order bonus content that will come with the game—two environments ripped straight from the game and converted i
AR Insider
MARCH 3, 2020
This post is adapted from ARtillery Intelligence’s report, Spatial Computing: 2019 Lessons, 2020 Outlook. It includes some of its data and takeaways. More can be previewed here and subscribe for the full report. At this stage of spatial computing’s lifecycle , it’s becoming clear that patience is a virtue. After passing through the boom and bust cycle of 2016 and 2017, the last two years were more about measured optimism in the face of the sobering realities of industry shakeou
VRScout
MARCH 6, 2020
High fidelity hand tracking lets you pinch, grab, and zoom in AR. Nreal ’s 3D system Nebula is getting a big upgrade that will bring hand tracking to Nreal’s Light AR glasses, allowing users to interact with 3D digital objects through multiple hand gestures that will make owning a pair of Nreal Light’s even more helpful for day-to-day use at work, in learning environments, and staying connected with friends and family. .
The Ghost Howls
MARCH 2, 2020
This roundup of the most important AR/VR news of the past week comes out with a little delay since I’ve been very busy with my development job, and I’ve also a damn cold that doesn’t make me feel very well (but it’s no coronavirus, don’t worry :D). Sorry for that! So, while today Valve distributes the first goodies for Half-Life: Alyx, let’s have a look to the most important things happened this week in our XR ecosystem.
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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