Style Studio for Vision Pro lets you design your dream kitchen in virtual reality
U.S. home improvement retailer Lowe's has developed Style StudioTM, an exclusive app for Apple Vision Pro. It allows customers to visualize and design their dream kitchen in a realistic VR environment. Lowe's Style Studio offers a variety of preset styles from professional designers and hundreds of customizable materials, fixtures, and appliances available from Lowe's. Completed designs can be shared on personal style boards via email, text, or AirDrop.
VR training is making fruit processing more efficient and cost-effective - study
A study explores the use of virtual reality in agriculture. Companies in the agricultural industry could use VR training to increase the efficiency of employee training. They could learn in a VR simulation of the work environment without using physical resources. In a usability test, participants reported a high level of immersion and realism, and successfully completed the tasks set for them. The results suggest that VR training is effective for training the correct selection of shock-frozen berries, for example.
Military training gets XR upgrade with Varjo and BISim collaboration
Back in September, Varjo became a technology partner of the US Army. Now the VR/XR technology experts are announcing their next big partnership: Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim), a developer of military simulation and training software, is teaming up with Varjo. The partnership will include pre-testing and early integration of each company's products, offering users turnkey packages of BISim software with Varjo's VR and mixed reality headsets. Together, Varjo and BISim aim to accelerate the creation of new use cases for training and mission rehearsal for military applications while reducing cost, risk, and time to market.
Microsoft Teams will soon enable immersive 3D meetings with avatars
Microsoft is integrating its mixed reality platform, Microsoft Mesh, into Microsoft Teams. This enables immersive 3D meetings and events with avatars within Teams. Spatial audio and integrated audio zones enable multiple simultaneous conversations in the same room. Although a VR headset is not required for 3D teamwork, the experience is much more immersive. The Mesh platform is expected to be introduced to Teams in January next year. Despite the integration, Microsoft Mesh will remain a standalone platform.
Job Simulator maker launches new VR studio with multiplayer focus
Devin Reimer, co-founder and former CEO of Owlchemy Labs, has unveiled his new studio AstroBeam, which will focus on multiplayer VR experiences. With $3 million in seed funding from Venture Reality Fund and Oculus founder Nate Mitchell, among others, AstroBeam aims to create "more comfortable, more accessible, and more human ways to hangout and have fun with friends in VR.". The goal is to create new interactive social experiences that focus on hand tracking and voice communication with people and NPCs. Further information about the new studio can be found on the AstroBeam website.
VR-Publisher Fast Travel Games secures $4 million investment
Swedish VR development and publishing studio Fast Travel Games receives $4 million in new investment funding. The funds will support the development of its own IPs for various VR platforms, including Meta Quest 3 and Playstation VR 2, as well as publishing initiatives. The studio is currently working on Mannequin, its first in-house IP in four years, as well as a yet-to-be-announced title.
Among Us VR developer launches own VR label
Creature, a new virtual reality developer/publisher label, has been launched under the leadership of industry veteran Doug North Cook. The label is already working with several game studios on mixed reality and VR games, including Funktronic Labs (The Light Brigade), Thomas Van Bouwel (Cubism, Laser Dance) and Neat Corporation (Budget Cuts Ultimate). Cook is the former head of VR at Robot Teddy and previously worked on Among Us VR and The Last Clockwinder.
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