Digital Literacy for St. Cloud State University
Andrew Bosworth has led Facebook’s AR/VR efforts, which provide the core technologies for the “metaverse” envisioned by Mark Zuckerberg.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/23/chinese-ar-glasses-firm-nreal-raises-100-million-in-new-funding.html
Apple CEO Tim Cook has called AR the “next big thing” and the iPhone maker is reportedly working on a headset. Facebook, Microsoft, Google and other technology companies are all investing in augmented reality too.
Xu said he welcomes the competition from these titans. “I think the best product will win,” he said.
Nreal has its own operating system called Nebula that runs on its headsets. Like Apple with iOS on iPhones, developers can make apps for Nebula which people can then use via Nreal headsets.
Having compelling apps on AR headsets will be key to their success and Nreal is trying to lure developers onto Nebula. The company currently has 8,000 developers on the platform.
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more on AR in this iMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=Augmented+reality
https://itbrief.com.au/story/snobal-launches-vr-collaboration-app-for-remote-working-and-studying
Snobal co-founder and chief executive officer Murray James says, “Over the last 18 months we have seen a huge shift in where and how people work and study.
“The shift to a distributed workforce, along with the growth of hybrid and remote working, means business leaders are focussed on what digital tools they can best use to foster more effective workplace collaboration.”
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more on VR collaborartion in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=vr+collaboration
https://skarredghost-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/skarredghost.com/2021/09/21/metaverse-fluff/amp/
I remember some years ago reading an article on The Verge saying that like 40% of startups that claim to do AI actually don’t do AI. They just use the name AI because it is cool, but they don’t actually use it. The same goes for the metaverse. I’ve seen things like a company that does AR/VR software writing on Linkedin “WE CREATE METAVERSES”.
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more on metaverse in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=metaverse
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more on Apple Glass in this iMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=apple+glass
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from the comments under that LinkedIn posting
https://www.healthysimulation.com/34075/best-healthcare-simulation-articles-summer-2021/
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more on immersive for Nursing in this iMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=nursing+immersive
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ux3lTnUTpzZRuvxE3rAsSQ4Ihub96S8_OYECNh8wv-A/edit?usp=sharing
Are you creating an online course, event or conference? If you’re not a programmer, and if you don’t have a lot of money to spend, this guide will get you started. Read it from top to bottom to get a step-by-step guide to what you can do to set up your course or event. Then check the links to find free or cheap and easy tools that will get the job done for you.
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more on online learning in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=online+learning