ARPost
MAY 30, 2022
Gaming is usually not considered a ladies’ activity. Even in the name – a female gamer is not known as a gamer but a “gamer girl.” While this bias permeated early virtual reality communities, the accessibility of new devices and an uptick in women jumping into VR for fitness, immersive experiences, and an opportunity to escape are changing the dynamic.
The Ghost Howls
AUGUST 20, 2022
Ten days ago, the business analysts at Gartner released their “Hype Cycle” for 2022 , and inside there are references to some of the technologies that we in the immersive community care about, in particular the metaverse. Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies. A small primer in case you don’t know what is the Gartner Hype Cycle.
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AR Insider
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
Qualcomm has announced the latest addition to its fleet: the Snapdragon AR2. Built for AR glasses, it joins the Snapdragon XR chips used across 60+ AR and VR headsets, splitting off into AR-dedicated design. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
VRScout
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Virtual try-on technology invades brick-and-mortar stores. Augmented reality (AR) technology is proving to be an immensely powerful tool within the fashion industry. In just the past few months, we’ve seen a number of interesting projects, from real clothing with AR effects like the RTFKT x Nike AR Genesis Hoodie to an AR-powered fashion show with ‘no clothes’ The ability to try on realistic 3D models of real-world clothing has also become a popular method of advertising among
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.
ARPost
JANUARY 4, 2022
Artificial intelligence is a versatile piece of technology that encompasses a wide aspect of our daily lives, including emerging technologies such as augmented reality , virtual reality , and mixed reality. It’s used in various fields, including medicine, education, marketing, gaming, and manufacturing to automate workflows and processes, offer more personalized experiences to consumers, predict market patterns, and develop self-driving smart vehicles.
Virtual Reality Pulse brings together the best content for VR professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
AR Insider
OCTOBER 13, 2022
VR may have started as a tool to immerse gamers in 3D worlds. But it has evolved into valuable use cases in other industries. One of the most consequential is healthcare. We examine the ways. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
VRScout
OCTOBER 5, 2022
There are a few important things to keep in mind when getting your first AR-powered tattoo. We’ve seen a lot of cool ways augmented reality (AR) technology has been used to bring the world around us to life with digital content. What’s especially cool about AR is that you can use any image to launch an experience. . I recently made the decision of getting a new tattoo and decided to use the Eyejack app to bring my ink to life with a cool AR animation accompanied by old-timey jazz music.
ARPost
JULY 23, 2022
In the modern marketplace, manufacturing is deemed to be the most complex industry. As the pace of change accelerates, it demands the adoption of highly sophisticated, novel digital technologies. Right now, the word metaverse is being tossed around like the word internet back in the 1990s. Although it may sound like a hypothetical concept, the metaverse is a souped-up version of augmented reality, virtual reality, and mixed reality.
The Ghost Howls
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Today I’m very proud to host on my blog what is probably one of the best interviews I have ever had in these 6 years of career in VR blogging. I promised to celebrate this blog’s birthday with a few cool interviews and this is one of them. I have been able to speak for almost one hour with Jeremy Bailenson , which is the professor at Stanford that is a legend in the VR field for his studies on interactions, psychology, and training in Virtual 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.
The Ghost Howls
OCTOBER 11, 2022
Meta Connect keynote has just finished: for 90 minutes, Mark Zuckerberg and Andrew Bosworth guided us in discovering the upcoming products and partnerships that Meta is developing on its road to the Metaverse. Like every year, in a few days I will write a super big roundup of the event with EVERYTHING announced (you can subscribe to my newsletter not to miss it), but for now, let me just point out what are for me the main takeaways from the keynote.
The Ghost Howls
OCTOBER 6, 2022
I had the pleasure of collaborating again with Nikk Mitchell, the fantastic CEO of FXG who is loved by the whole VR community. After the review of the Huawei VR glasses we did together, this time I interviewed him and FXG’s CTO Wilson Li about the incredible work they’re doing with VR videos in China. FXG has released a professional 180 VR camera able to record 12K (6K per eye) videos and is collaborating with Pico in the realization of VR concerts.
The Ghost Howls
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
[Disclaimer: This article has been written as part of a paid collaboration with NVIDIA. It’s been written by me, on a topic I had an interest in, and trying to convey useful information to the community, so I hope you’ll like it]. A few weeks ago, while reading the news about SIGGRAPH, I saw NVIDIA teasing the release of the Omniverse connector for Unity , and as a Unity developer, I found it intriguing.
The Ghost Howls
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Today Meta has announced the date of the Meta Connect , the upcoming event by Meta in which it will announce its latest advancements for what concerns VR, AR, and the M-word. The event will take place at 10 am PT on October 11, and it will be fully virtual , like last year. You will be able to watch it on Reality Labs Facebook page. Meta Connect Invite (Image by 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.
The Ghost Howls
OCTOBER 13, 2022
After I published my detailed article about the launch of the Pico 4 in Europe , many developers reached out to me to understand how to apply for the announced $12M fund for developers, dubbed Developer Incentive Program. I reached out to Pico to have further explanations, so now I can tell you! Pico Developer Incentive Program. The Pico Developer Incentive Program was announced together with the launch of Pico 4 (Image by Pico).
The Ghost Howls
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
I’m sure you are familiar with the amazing 7 rules of the metaverse. They have been written by Tony Parisi, a professional that works with virtual worlds since decades, and detail what should be the foundational principles of the metaverse. They represent the future vision of the metaverse, the goal we should aim for. Tony has set the path to lead us to the real metaverse.
The Ghost Howls
AUGUST 3, 2022
We all know that these days the metaverse, the infamous M-word, is one of the hot topics in the tech world. We also know that this dream is very far away, and the estimates talk about between 5 and 15 years from now. There are many problems to be solved, technological and social to begin with, until we will be able to create the “next generation of the Internet”.
The Ghost Howls
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Today has been my first day at AWE Europe in Lisbon, Portugal. I had quite a few interesting experiences, and I met a lot of amazing people. I just left a very fun rooftop party just to write an article for you, and I hope you appreciate that! In this article, you are going to discover with me some cool information about the Pico 4 Enterprise, the enterprise version of the Pico 4.
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.
The Ghost Howls
JUNE 28, 2022
Today I report news that I’m pretty excited to write about: the CEO of Mojo Vision has worn in his eye a functioning smart contact lens and used it for around one hour. This is not 2050, but only 2022, and this sci-fi movie thing is really happening in front of us. Let me tell you everything I discovered about this by directly speaking with him! Mojo Vision.
The Ghost Howls
OCTOBER 26, 2022
At AWE 2022 I had the opportunity of having a very short hands-on with the Shiftall MeganeX glasses, one of the most awaited pieces of hardware in the XR community. And even better, I have also had the pleasure of speaking with the CEO of the company! Let me tell you in this post everything I learned… Shiftall MeganeX. At CES 2020 , one of the best in the show for us VR people were the Panasonic prototypical VR glasses.
VRScout
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
One of the best Star Wars VR games will soon be available on PC VR headsets for no charge. Beginning November 24th, you can pick up Star Wars: Squadrons for free via the Epic Game Store and take part in deep space battles throughout a variety of famous and never-before-seen locations from the Star Wars Universe (SWU). Originally released in 2020, this first-person dogfighting simulator allows you to pilot a variety of customizable starfighters.
The Ghost Howls
JULY 31, 2022
Last week, we were able to discover more info about the upcoming Pico headset thanks to the FCC filings of the “Pico 4” spotted by Janko Roettgers. Since I’m pretty interested in what Pico is doing, when I reported the news on my weekly roundup, I asked for any one of you in the community to send me whatever info you could have about it.
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?
VRScout
OCTOBER 10, 2022
The Meta Quest 2 VR headset has a little something for everyone. There are hundreds of fantastic titles available to purchase in the Meta Quest Store right now. Whilst it’s great to have such a wide selection, it can also be a little overwhelming when choosing what to buy. To help you decide, I’ve put together a list of 10 incredible VR games you can play right now on your Quest 2.
The Ghost Howls
JULY 6, 2022
The hype for the Apple visor is very high, and everyone is waiting for it as a kid waits for Christmas. Poised to arrive around January 2023, it is considered by many the savior of XR, the hardware that will show the real possibilities of immersive realities and make finally VR mainstream. I was thinking about this topic this morning, and I want to share with you my stream of thoughts about Apple making VR mainstream, especially highlighting my doubts about it.
The Ghost Howls
JUNE 2, 2022
The first day of AWE has just passed by. With the show floor still closed, the highlight of the day has been the speech by Unity CEO John Riccitiello that spoke about the metaverse , telling us what he thinks it is and how he thinks it can evolve. Let me tell you something about it… including the very embarrassing moment I had with him, which you absolutely can’t lose.
The Ghost Howls
JULY 14, 2022
After a long time with my lovely Unity 2019.4 LTS, I have decided it was time to switch to something new, not to miss the new features that Unity has implemented these years. I have so started using Unity 2021.3 LTS (2021.3.5 to be exact) and experimenting with it. One of the new features offered by the new Unity is the ability of building OpenXR applications , and I wanted absolutely to test it!
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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