Microsoft buying Discord
categories: VR
Microsoft in Talks to Buy Discord for More Than $10 Billion from r/technology
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https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=discord
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Facebook AR
*NEW* @ForbesTech @FBRealityLabs gave the tech press an exclusive look at their research #AR https://t.co/dNnohIHT2g
— Charlie Fink (@CharlieFink) March 18, 2021
Facebook Lab Reveals Direction Of AR Smartglasses
FRL presented their concept of the “intelligent click,” a series of gestures, some large, some nearly unconscious nerve impulses, detected by a wrist band. This would communicate intent to the operating AI which would know, and anticipate, what the user needs to know, before the user knows they need it.
its goal is a “human centered interface,” which will use preferences and surroundings to infer intent, creating an “ultra low friction” computing experience.
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https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=Augmented+reality
empathy and VR
categories: AR, Digital literacy, e-learning, educational technology, gamification, gaming, information literacy, VR
Coming wave of video games could build empathy on racism, environment and aftermath of war
“Our America” and four other projects will evenly split $125,000 from Unity, the company announced Tuesday at the Game Developers Conference, which runs online through Friday. Each project may also get technical, marketing, and fundraising support from Unity.
- Ahi Kā Rangers: An ecological mobile game with development led by Māori creators.
- Dot’s Home: A game that explores historical housing injustices faced by Black and brown home buyers.
- Future Aleppo: A VR experience for children to rebuild homes and cities destroyed by war.
- Samudra: A children’s environmental puzzle game that takes the player across a polluted sea to learn about pollution and plastic waste.
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https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=empathy
AR motion controllers
Apple AR motion controllers may detect fingers without covering the hand from r/gadgets
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https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=haptic
Oculus dominates XR market
Facebook Oculus dominates the CR Market
https://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2021/03/facebooks-oculus-dominates-extended.html#
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https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=extended+reality
FrameVR
categories: VR
(from Virbela Labs)
Directions: https://youtu.be/j52snzy49Hg and https://youtu.be/99JPA-3tajs
“Frame” is the “classroom,” generates its own URL.
To enter my classroom, you just need use that URL, hit enter.
up to 3 free frames.
MNimmersive team, I created a room for us: https://framevr.io/teaching-vr
Constraints: while it seems free, the cap for the “inventory” (360 degrees photos and videos included) is 500MB
It is available for PC/Mac, mobile devices and goggles (best on Oculus)
Help is in Discord:
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https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2021/03/10/working-in-vr/
working in VR
categories: VR
I spent two weeks working in VR and now I’m not sure what’s real
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practise medicine in VR
Virtual reality has found a new role: Teaching doctors to deal with patients
Medical students and junior doctors are increasingly learning to practise medicine in VR
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2021/03/10/journal-of-applied-instructional-design-jaid/
While COVID is driving clinical learning to VR, the teaching of human anatomy — which typically takes place in the early years of a medical degree — has already shifted to virtual reality in some universities. Case Western Reserve University’s medical school, for example, had been teaching anatomy on campus through content on Microsoft Hololens, rather than by dissecting cadavers as many universities do. Now, with students unable to come onto campus, the university has shipped headsets to students at home so they can continue learning at home.
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https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=immersive
ASVR Mesh
categories: VR
Microsoft’s Mesh Platform For Mixed Reality Puts Microsoft At The Forefront Of XR Collaboration
Mesh = Hololens + ASVR + Teams
Mesh = immersive presence + spatial maps + holographic rendering
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https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=asvr
AR VR engineering education
categories: AR, educational technology, gamification, instructional technology, student-centered learning, VR
Using AR/VR for Innovative Engineering Education
The use of AR/VR in educational settings is on the rise, paving the way for new careers and a workforce trained to embrace technology.
If projections stay on track, the global spending on educational AR/VR is expected to rise from $1.8 billion to $12.6 billion over the next four years.
the International Data Corporation (IDC) released a report indicating that the pandemic has fueled an impressive forecast of worldwide expenditures on AR/VR, which are expected to grow from $12 billion in 2020 to $72.8 billion by 2024.
rom completing spinal surgery to training at a high-tech facility, such as the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Davis Global Center, which has AR/VR and holographic technologies among its many offerings.
University of Hong Kong–Innovation Academy
MIT–MIT.nano Immersion Lab
the MIT.nano Immersion Lab, an open-access facility for all MIT students, faculty, researchers and external users.
University of Michigan–Augmented Tectonics
Purdue University–Skill-XR
UC Berkeley–InsightXR
https://cto.berkeley.edu/innovation/berkeley-changemaker-technology-innovation-grants/vrtutor
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https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=immersive