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How Researchers Are Using Machine Learning To Make VR Sword Fights More Realistic

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.” These repeated actions can easily break player immersion, which is why researchers have begun working on a new system that uses machine learning to deliver more realistic sword fights against less predictable opponents. For more information on Touché, visit here. Image Credit: University of Bath / Ninja Theory.

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‘Pokémon Go’ Maker Niantic Sells Off Gaming Division, Doubling Down on Geospatial AI & AR Tech

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The sale of its gaming division has also prompted Niantic to spin off a new company, called Niantic Spatial, which will be focused on developing its stack of geospatial AI tech, which combines location-based info with machine learning and AI.

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Study Shows How VR Could Help Diagnose ADHD

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The kid-friendly interactive experience uses a combination of machine learning and eye-tracking to effectively identify a variety of ADHD symptoms. Referred to as Executive Performance in Everyday Living (EPELI), the game immerses users in a virtual apartment where they must complete a series of “everyday tasks.”

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Apple Vision Pro – 5 Amazing Features You Have To See

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This includes everything from 3D “Personas” powered by machine learning technology to spatial video capture, all of which are powered by a one-of-a-kind Apple Silicon two-chip design. We received quite a bit of information about the device yesterday during Apple’s 2023 Worldwide Developer Conference.

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Terrifying VR Living Room Shows How Smart Devices Are Manipulating Us

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Brought to us by the directors of Netflix’s THE GREAT HACK , Persuasion Machines aims to a shed light on the many dangers threatening consumer privacy by immersing users in a multi-user VR experience in which players explore a sterile living room environment filled to the brim with various smart devices designed to weaponize our own data against us.

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Walmart Focuses On Future of VR/AR at New Silicon Valley Tech Incubator

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8,” a name that Bloomberg says is in reference to a previous Wal-Mart location where the company experimented with new store layouts. 8 is focusing on robotics, virtual and augmented reality, machine learning and artificial intelligence, and will be partnering with startups, venture capitalists and academics.

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Hacking Unconscious Bias

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Technologies such as Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed reality – referred to as XR – have long been collectively touted as an “ Empathy Machine ,” and for very good reason. Technologies such as Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed reality – referred to as XR – are collectively touted as an Empathy Machine Click To Tweet.