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Latest SteamVR Update Includes Steam Link Improvements for Quest
- The latest major SteamVR update includes Steam Link improvements for Quest.
- The update provides bug fixes and quality of life improvements across SteamVR.
- Quest users will experience better stability when using Steam Link.
- Improved lateral tracking stability, connection fixes, and other enhancements are included in the update.
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New Drums Rock DLC Adds Green Day, Disturbed & More
- Drums Rock DLC adds Green Day, Disturbed, and more to the VR rhythm game.
- Developer Garage51 releases the Legendary Mix Volume 2 DLC for Drums Rock.
- The DLC includes three new Green Day tracks, as well as songs from Disturbed and The Proclaimers.
- Drums Rock has received previous updates and collaborations with other artists and games.
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New invention transforms any smartphone or TV display into a holographic projector
- Researchers have created holograms using the light emitted from an ordinary smartphone screen — effectively turning an iPhone into a holographic projector.
- Using a device called a spatial light modulator (SLM), scientists transformed a 2D image displayed on an iPhone 14 Pro into a 3D hologram.
- The researchers employed a technique called a 'cascade of holograms,' refining and layering the light waves to build up the 3D image step-by-step.
- This approach could offer a cost-effective and less complex method for developing holographic displays using widely available devices and potentially be used for augmented and virtual reality interfaces.
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AMD Hits Record High Share in x86 Desktops and Servers in Q1 2024
- AMD has achieved record high unit shares on x86 desktop and x86 server CPU markets in the first quarter of 2024, according to Mercury Research.
- AMD gained significant server and client revenue share, driven by the growing demand for 4th Gen EPYC and Ryzen 8000 series processors.
- AMD's market share achieved 23.9% that is the highest desktop CPU market share the company commanded in over a decade.
- AMD's unit sales of desktop CPUs increased by 4.7% year-over-year in Q1 2024.
- AMD's unit share on the market of CPUs for notebooks decreased to 19.3% due to the ramp of platforms based on Intel's Core Ultra 'Meteor Lake' powered machines.
- But the company still demonstrated a significant year-over-year unit share increase of 3.1% and revenue share increase of 4% for mobile PC processors.
- Intel remained the dominant force in client PC sales with a 79.4% market share, leaving 20.6% for AMD. But AMD gained a 0.3% unit share sequentially and a 3.6% unit share year-over-year.
- AMD's unit share on the market of CPUs for servers increased to 23.6%, a massive 5% gain year-over-year driven by the ramp of platforms based on AMD's 4th Generation EPYC processors.
- With a 76.4% unit market share, Intel continues to dominate in servers, but AMD's revenue share of the x86 server market reached 33%, up 5.2% year-over-year and 1.2% from the previous quarter.
- AMD's rising market share signals that the company is steadily gaining prominence in important markets, supported by the growing adoption of its advanced CPUs.
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COLD VR Demo review: a promising adrenaline action game
- COLD VR is a VR game that is a bit like Superhot VR, with gameplay that has you killing enemies that are attacking you, and both you and the enemies die on contact.
- The game has a time warping mechanic that makes time go slowly as you move and go at normal speed when you are still.
- The game presents levels that require calibration and a high degree of movement which can be a frustrating experience on occasion.
- COLD VR has several weapons including guns, swords, and some platforms that propel you in the air. The game has a cyberpunk look and feel with vibrant colours and wireframe neon props.
- The controls in the game are similar to many other action VR games, and the game requires continuous movement with some teleportations.
- COLD VR gives you some sense of presence, but it is not the best out there.
- The game is not the most comfortable game out there as it features continuous locomotion and jump platforms.
- COLD VR is a promising game with the potential to be a hit on its full release. The game is available as a free demo on Steam.
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How Metaverse Is Changing The Way We Connect And Its Long Term Impact
- Metaverse is a digital universe where individuals seamlessly interact, socialize, work, play, and conduct business within immersive virtual environments.
- The global metaverse market was valued at $61.8 billion in 2022 and is forecasted to reach $426.9 billion by 2027.
- The potential of metaverse transcends passing trends and Mckinsey estimates that by 2030, it could generate up to $5 trillion.
- For the metaverse to be successful, issues surrounding data privacy, security, and accessibility demand meticulous attention.
- Meta Force, an innovative Web3 technology firm, is spearheading the ethical and inclusive metaverse shaping challenge alongside the World Economic Forum and Meta, Sony, and Microsoft.
- The core of Meta Force’s vision lies its marketplace – a hub of tokenized goods bridging the gap between physical and digital economies.
- The metaverse isn’t merely a stage for professional endeavors—it’s a boundless arena for creativity and inclusivity.
- One of the crucial elements for the enduring success of the metaverse lies in seamless interoperability between different virtual realms.
- As the metaverse rapidly becomes a part of our reality, it heralds a new era of inclusivity and connectivity.
- We must prioritize inclusivity, ensuring that everyone can participate and benefit.
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‘Pokémon Go’ Studio Releases Mixed Reality Pet ‘Hello, Dot’, Now Available on Quest 3
- Niantic, the studio behind Pokémon Go, has released a mixed reality pet experience called Hello, Dot.
- Hello, Dot is part of the Peridot AR pet franchise and allows users to interact with pint-sized virtual pets.
- Users can pick up, toss, dance, and relax with their virtual Dot companions in an immersive mixed reality environment.
- Hello, Dot is currently exclusive to Quest 3 and can be downloaded for free from App Lab.
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Star Wars: Tales From The Galaxy's Edge Dominates PSVR 2 April Charts
- Star Wars: Tales From The Galaxy's Edge dominated the PlayStation VR2 download charts for April.
- The game took the top spot across both Europe and North America.
- Beat Saber remained in second place.
- Among Us VR and Arizona Sunshine 2 secured the third position in North America and Europe respectively.
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6 Reasons to Invest In Immersive Learning Solutions in 2024
- Immersive learning solutions address problems of modern learning styles and a growing demand for hands-on experience.
- XR solutions leverage multi-sensory feedback, storytelling, and hands-on simulations to make training sessions more experiential.
- Immersive learning solutions provide access to realistic experiences without the risk which improves employee safety.
- Immersive learning provides valuable insights as companies can proactively test the skills of their employees as they move through training strategies and monitor engagement levels.
- Immersive learning eliminates distractions by embedding employees in unique environments where they’re constantly interacting with gamified experiences which boosts participation and completion rates.
- Immersive learning solutions empowers companies to deliver diverse types of training initiatives to all kinds of students.
- Companies can save up to 30-70% in training cost by implementing XR initiatives.
- The right platforms and solutions can boost employee engagement and satisfaction, by providing teams with more fun, gamified training experiences.
- Immersive learning solutions empower companies to boost productivity, attract new talent, and increase engagement.
- As immersive technologies become more flexible, agile, and affordable, the demand for immersive learning solutions will only continue to grow.
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Niantic's Hello Dot Demo Gives You A Cute Mixed Reality Pet On Quest 3
- Niantic's Hello Dot Demo is a mixed reality app available on Quest 3.
- The app allows users to interact with virtual creatures from Pokemon Go in their environment.
- Users can feed, play, and care for the virtual creatures using gestures and hand tracking.
- The app showcases dynamic occlusion and the potential of mixed reality experiences on Quest 3.
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Quest 3 Has Higher Effective Resolution, So Why Does Everyone Think Vision Pro Looks Best?
- Despite having fewer pixels per-eye than Quest 3, the Vision Pro has a lower effective resolution bottlenecked by its lenses.
- Karl Guttag, the XR display expert has compared the two headset's display + lens pipelines and had found the Quest 3 has greater resolving power than Vision Pro.
- Vision Pro, with an 11.7MP (3,660 × 3,200) per-eye resolution, has 2.6x the pixels of Quest 3 with per-eye resolution of 4.5 MP (2,064 × 2,208).
- Vision Pro appears to have a sharper display due to matching the interface with the headset's resolving power.
- Apple matches every piece of the underlying interface to the headset's resolving power which means that graphics are taking full advantage of the number of pixels available to render them.
- Apple is able to achieve much of this extra fidelity thanks to the headset’s M2 processor and the use of dynamic foveated rendering.
- The interface on Quest 3 is rendered largely with raster graphics, rather than vector which means they only have optimal sharpness at one specific distance and angle.
- Factors like color saturation, contrast levels, brightness, and frame rate affect an image's overall quality.
- With an OLED HDR display, Vision Pro is capable of showing richer colors with a higher peak brightness.
- Despite having lower resolving power, Vision Pro excels due to Apple's optimization matching the headset's resolution.
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VR Attraction Sandbox VR Announces Major Expansion With 25 New Locations in the Coming Years
- Location-based VR attraction, Sandbox VR, is partnering with Apparel Group to open 25 new locations.
- The partnership with Apparel Group, a fashion and lifestyle company based in the United Arab Emirates, is described as a 'massive franchise deal.'
- The collaboration will begin by opening 25 locations in the Middle East by the end of 2028.
- Sandbox VR has experienced success with licensing deals, including a Squid Game-inspired experience and a collaboration with Netflix for the release of Rebel Moon.
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NewImages Festival Showed Me What VR Experiences Can Offer Beyond Games
- NewImages Festival showcased a wide range of VR projects from various parts of the world that tackled difficult subjects beyond gaming.
- VR filmmakers are using the immersive medium to address challenging real-life topics like civil rights struggle, parental separation during the Holocaust, and Cambodian genocide.
- The festival featured the only VR game - Yuki, bullet hell roguelike - which also showcased its mixed reality update.
- The XR Library provided a host of VR experiences accessible on standalone Quest headsets as well as a few PC VR-focused experiences.
- The author recommends two particular titles - The Eye and I, a surrealist approach with a civil liberty concern; and Missing 10 Hours, an impactful journey to address abuse by encouraging action.
- In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats was the author's favourite experience, which used haptic vest to explore the UK's acid-house movement in '80s Coventry.
- The author found issues in experiencing 'Tonight with the Impressionists' using a Vive Focus 3 in a room with roughly 80 people where a slight delay on headset tracking and the navigation became tedious, hampering the immersive experience.
- Despite VR experiences being less popular than gaming, the author saw an impressive set of more cinematic experiences and hopes the medium continues to grow.
- The festival took place from April 24 until April 28, 2024, and brought together VR and AR projects from around the world.
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WebXR Game Of The Year Targets Apple Vision Pro's Gaze-And-Pinch Input System
- The Escape Artist, a WebXR game from Paradowski Creative with support for Quest 3 controller tracking with button input for interaction and teleportation, is exploring how eye-and hand-tracking on Vision Pro may enhance gameplay senses.
- It looks at issues regarding design, tech and privacy, and aims to create a simple teleport mechanic with less movement that utilizes this input's gaze vector, eye-tracking and subtle hand movement to increase player interaction.
- The blog recently published a three.JS example which provides a gaze vector on SelectStart, this eye-line data is exposed for a single frame, thus preventing abuse by developers.
- Apple sees this highly personal data as something that should be protected at a system level and treated with extreme care by developers.
- On Vision Pro, full “hand tracking” is only used to report joint location data for rendering and doesn't require any special browser permissions.
- Eye tracking and subtle hand gestures can be combined to create a less frustrating and more intuitive teleportation mechanic for users.
- The input's gaze vector, eye-tracking, and subtle hand movement can make it highly useful if it's given full camera access, and developers would be wise to experiment with it as soon as possible.
- Developers may also have to address object selection, applying a noise filter to the hand motion on the teleport reticule, setting a rotation delta of the wrist Z-axis to drive teleport rotation, and determining a more intuitive cancel gesture.
- Paradowski Creative is currently developing this feature for its game, and the second phase of incorporating these features is tentatively scheduled for early June.
- Gaze-based input feels like a computer is reading your mind in real-time to give you what you want.
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Sabrent Launches Rocket Nano M.2-2242 SSD: Up to 5 GB/sec
- Sabrent has launched the Rocket Nano M.2-2242 SSD, a small form-factor SSD aimed at Lenovo's Legion Go handheld and ultra-thin laptops.
- The Rocket Nano 2242 is based on the Phison E27T platform and comes in a single 1TB configuration.
- It offers read speeds up to 5 GB/s, although the controller itself is rated for speeds up to 7 GB/s.
- Priced at $99.99, the Rocket Nano 2242 is suitable for upgrading Lenovo's Legion Go, ThinkPad laptops, and other M.2-2242-sized PCs.
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