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Bastille are the latest artist trying virtual reality technology on for size, via a partnership between the band, label EMI Records, creative agency WPP and Epic Games.

Give Me The Future Experience is being released as an app for Metas Oculus Quest headsets, and blends a live performance from Bastille with an environment built using Epics Unreal Engine. Its based on a show played by the band with a huge screen behind them displaying virtual worlds created using Epics engine with fans able to scan themselves in to those worlds as avatars during the performance.

And now all this is being put into an app. The experience will be premiered later this week at Epic Games London studio. Bastille and their label are no strangers to trying out new digital stuff: back in 2016 they won a Music Ally Digital Music Award for an album campaign taking in chatbots, Snapchat and Spotify visualisations among other features.

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PRAGUE, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vrgineers, a leader in delivering next-generation virtual and mixed reality pilot training systems to professional and military clients, donates their Portable Trainer, a reconfigurable virtual pilot trainer, to the Ukraine Airforce to help with securing airspace and train tactics with mission rehearsal. Based on the results from experimental research on the use of VR and simulators in training pilots, Vrgineers believes that their technologies can speed up and enhance the training of jet fighter and helicopter pilots, while simultaneously reducing associated costs when transitioning from eastern platforms to modern, western platforms.

For decades now there has been a push to modernize the current training methods, driven in part by the costs of altering and maintaining large, dome simulators; the inability to keep training devices up to date as aircraft in the field and corresponding software update faster than training simulators; and an overall lack of expert training professionals. Virtual and mixed reality technologies can significantly enhance the process of pilot transformation from eastern platforms such as Migs and Suchoj to western platforms such as Lockheed Martin F-16, or F-35, Airbus Eurofighters, Dassault Rafales, and Saab Gripens, as well as for multiple helicopters.

"Vrgineers can deliver modern pilot training solutions that offer highly effective training techniques at significantly reduced costs compared to traditional dome simulators, " says Marek Polk, Vrgineers CEO.

The demand to modernize is even more necessary in countries and air forces that have been dependent on eastern training methods and devices such as Ukraine. Russian manufacturers have discontinued the supply of spare parts, forcing several rescue and transport aircraft to be grounded all over Europe, based on EASA regulations.

Vrgineers trainer simulators are developed in close cooperation with the U.S. Airforce and U.S. Navy as a part of the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) program to accelerate pilot training, speed up the process and increase the preparedness of pilots. Such trainers offer incredible opportunities to deliver affordable simulators with realistic synthetic training environments, which can be deployed anywhere. They can be interconnected with one another for group training, used individually for mission and tactical training, or full procedural training. Simulators are already integrated with such IGs as Prepar3D, X-Plane, VBS 4, or MCS.

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June 7, 2022 OVR Technology, a provider of olfactory virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) technologies, has recently announced the release of its INHALE 3 Wellness Platform, the third iteration of its immersive VR experience designed to promote relaxation and general wellbeing.

OVR is the first company with the right technology and the right approach to bring something to the marketplace that has never existed before and that is effective, said Dr. Rachel Herz, neuroscientist and olfaction expert, who is also a member of OVRs advisory board.

And Herz is right. We were able to try out a demo of OVRs VR experience last week at AWE USA 2022, and it is truly one of the most unique immersive experiences we have tried before. The demo puts you in a first person view where you are able to interact with certain virtual objects that trigger the release of a scent when approached or interacted with. Scents included campfire smoke, marshmallow, lavender, rose, and wet soil all of which were truly realistic and really added to the sensory experience.

With this latest release, INHALE 3 provides a new user experience for the INHALE Wellness Platform, with a streamlined interface and a new approach to helping users achieve their desired mood state outcomes. Users interact with a relaxing and tranquil setting in VR during which corresponding scents are precisely released in order to match visuals, and mimicking scent as it would arise and dissipate in the real world.

New features of OVRs INHALE 3 platform include:

Other updates and enhancements include a new scent cartridge, improved and streamlined user navigation and settings menu, and a grip button for picking up objects. All scents are created by OVR Technology at its laboratory in Burlington, Vermont. INHALE clients include partners in healthcare, professional training, and education, according to the company.

INHALE helps our patients engage in relaxation, said Charlotte Bareiss, executive director of Ascendant New York, a drug and alcohol detox center. INHALE helps disrupt the fight-or-flight response and provides the relief patients need to continue engaging with their therapy.

Studies show that olfactory-visual stimulation positively affects emotion and memory, which can be an important aide and support in the process of mitigating the negative effects of stress to enhance wellbeing.

Whilst talking with the OVR team at AWE, they stated that it isnt just pleasant odors that the company has recreated. OVR has also created a foul odor cartridge (of course not on display at the expo), which is able to accurately recreate odors that have uses in medical VR training scenarios for example.

OVR Technology recently won the Best In Show: VR award at AWE USA 2022 last week for its unique scent-based virtual reality solution. To learn more about OVR Technology and its INHALE Wellness Platform for immersive scent-based experiences, please visit the companys website.

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Sam is the Founder and Managing Editor of Auganix. With a background in research and report writing, he covers news articles on both the AR and VR industries. He also has an interest in human augmentation technology as a whole, and does not just limit his learning specifically to the visual experience side of things.

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Perfect Corp., the leading artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) beauty and fashion tech solutions provider, partners with the innovative, female-founded hair care and hair tools brand, Beachwaver, for an interactive augmented reality (AR) try-on experience, bringing their newest boho summer Floral Collection to life. The unique, true-to-life virtual try-on is available in the free YouCam Makeup app, and invites fans to experience the Beachwaver summer Floral Collection through a whole new interactive lens.

Boho Beachweaver AR Look Now Available in the YouCam Makeup App

The featured Boho Beachweaver virtual look showcases the brands chic floral patterned design as seen in their summer Floral Collection. The look features an exclusive limited-edition silk headband that rocks the same gorgeous floral pattern, matched with a simple and elegant blushing summer style. Fans can experience the look in real-time through the live makeup camera powered by advanced AR technology in the YouCam Makeup app.

We are excited to team up with the hair experts and innovative thinkers at Beachwaver to give fans a sneak peek at their summer Floral Collection and a whole new way to experience it for themselves, shares Perfect Corp. Founder and CEO, Alice Chang. This immersive brand experience brings the Boho Beachwaver style to life, creating a unique and engaging way for consumers to connect and discover newness from the brand.

Our Beachwaver community is obsessed with the YouCam Makeup app, and we are beyond thrilled to partner with Perfect Corp. to bring our newest collection to life with the virtual headband try-on! shares Sarah Potempa, Founder and CEO of the Beachwaver Co. The dreamy boho Floral Collection includes curling irons, accessories & brushes available now on Beachwaver.com!

To try the Beachwaver Boho Floral headband look, download the free YouCam Makeup on the App Store or Google Play, and share your summer Beachwaver selfies tagging @YouCamApps and @thebeachwaver.

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Perfect Corp. is the leading SaaS AI and AR beauty and fashion tech solutions provider, dedicated to transforming shopping experiences through empowering brands to embrace the digital-first world. By partnering with the largest names in the industry, Perfect Corp.s suite of enterprise solutions deliver synergistic, technology-driven experiences that facilitate sustainable, ultra-personalized, and engaging shopping journeys, as well as equipping brands with next generation of consumer goods. Perfect Corp. offers a complementary suite of mobile apps, including YouCam Makeup and YouCam Perfect, to provide a consumer platform to virtually try-on new products, perform skin diagnoses, edit photos, and share experiences with the YouCam Community. To learn more, please visit PerfectCorp.com.

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GREENE, N.Y., June 7, 2022 As a proud supporter of the ninth National Forklift Safety Day, The Raymond Corporation is committed to prioritizing forklift operator education and providing intelligent warehouse solutions that help customers create a culture of continuous improvement and boost overall facility well-being. Along with National Forklift Safety Day, The Raymond Corporation will be celebrating its 100th anniversary and launch of its next-generation Virtual Reality (VR) Simulator.

The first of its kind in the industry, Raymonds award-winning VR Simulator is a flexible, scalable teaching tool that uses the latest immersive technology to bring new hires up to proficiency more quickly and to continually expand operator skills for reduced turnover. The updated VR Simulator is designed for optimum usability and performance with a smaller, lighter case for easier maneuverability and setup, as well as the award-winning HTC VIVE Focus 3 wireless all-in-one VR headset for enhanced operator performance, comfort and longer immersive sessions. The simulator uses training modules that build on themselves to help operators reach higher proficiency levels faster and feel more confident before reaching the warehouse floor.

Raymond continues to build on its 100-year history of innovation and continuous improvement to create solutions that help customers take meaningful action by optimizing, connecting and automating with technologies and training solutions that, together, help reinforce operator best practices, said Michael Field, president and CEO of The Raymond Corporation. We are excited to build on our history and continue to provide industry-leading education and training programs for our customers.

Additional in-person and e-learning education programs Raymond offers include: - Safety On The Move a comprehensive and modular operator training program that introduces best practices for warehouse environments to help protect employees, equipment and materials while complying with OSHA requirements. - Steps To Safety: Pedestrian Safety in a Material Handling Environment a training program that assists in teaching pedestrians how to act responsibly in environments where lift trucks are in operation, emphasizing the importance of operators and pedestrians working together to create a safe environment.

For more information on Raymonds National Forklift Safety Day, next-generation Virtual Reality Simulator as well as suite of in-person and e-learning training programs and tools, visithttps://www.raymondcorp.com/forkliftsafety.

More information and updates about National Forklift Safety Day will also be available on the International Truck Association website: http://www.indtrk.org/national-forklift-safety-day.

About the International Truck AssociationFor more than 70 years, the Industrial Truck Association (ITA) has been the leading organization of industrial truck manufacturers and suppliers of component parts and accessories that conduct business in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Based in Washington, D.C., ITA maintains an influential voice in international standards development for the industry. The organization also advances engineering practices to promote safe products, disseminates statistical marketplace information, and provides industry forums for learning and networking. Visit http://www.indtrk.org.

About HTCHTC VIVE is the premier virtual reality (VR) platform and ecosystem that creates true-to-life VR experiences for businesses and consumers. The VIVE ecosystem is built around premium VR hardware, software, and content. The VIVE Business encompasses best-in-class XR hardware; VIVEPORT platform and app store; VIVE Enterprise Solutions for business customers; VIVE X, a US$100M VR business accelerator; and VIVE ARTS for cultural initiatives. For more information, please visit http://www.vive.com.

About The Raymond CorporationThe Raymond Corporation, a Toyota Industries Company, is a leading global provider of best-in-class material handling products and intelligent intralogistics solutions. Built on principles of innovation and continuous improvement for 100 years, Raymonds integrated automation, telematics, virtual reality and advanced energy solutions provide ways to optimize operations and bring warehouse and distribution operations to a new level of performance. Raymond electric forklift trucks are engineered to achieve increased productivity and efficiency and are designed to provide ecological and economic benefits. Raymond delivers solutions to material handling and logistics markets in North America and globally. Combining operational excellence, award-winning innovation and world-class global customer support, we work together to run better, manage smarter and keep our customers always on. For more information, visit raymondcorp.com and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn.

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Henry David Thoreaus storied Walden has been recreated in pixels, for an immersive experience that invites people to explore a virtual reality forest.

In 1845, the American philosopher transplanted himself to the woods of Walden Pond, in Massachusetts, and embraced the simple life. The experience formed the basis of his book Walden, which details his two-year stay and reflects on reconnecting with nature.

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In 2022, visitors to Milan design week can enjoy their own, albeit much compressed, version of Walden. Hosted at RafflesMilano design institute, the virtual reality experience includes leaves, trees, and a cabin all drawn in pixels by Valentina Grilli, who lectures in painting techniques at the school.

The digital installation is hosted in a physical exhibition space which also evokes the wildness of nature, with real leaves and wood emphasising the experience. RafflesMilano describes the piece as the most appropriate theme to relaunch both the urgency of safeguarding forests and the themes of sustainability and circular economy.

Virtual Walden is open for tours until 11 June at Via Felice Casati, 16, Milano.

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Hype is a tricky beast; it so often builds things up only to let them down with a serious thump. And more recent Apple events have encapsulated this to a high degree. Plenty of times weve awaited the launch of an iPhone with USB-C and no notch, only to get the likes of the iPhone 13 with a Lightning port and a slightly smaller notch. And don't forget about the long-rumored but never launched AirPods Pro 2.

With WWDC 2022, an Apple VR/AR headset was tipped not for a reveal but perhaps a tease. And with realityOS reportedly seeking a trademark by Apple, the hype machine kicked into action seemingly ramping up the expectation that Apple would talk augmented and virtual reality at its developer-centric event.

Or perhaps we would at least get a sneak peek of the OS or what Apple is doing on the AR front with developers.

That didn't happen.

This years WWDC wasnt a disappointment, with macOS Ventura promising a slew of upgrades and potential Mac machines that are actually good for gaming, the new MacBook Air 2022, a refreshed 13-inch MacBook Pro 2022, the Apple M2 chip, watchOS 9, iOS 16 and more. But there wasnt any mention of AR or VR.

In fact, Apple didnt even flag any AR or VR capabilities in its developer tools or refreshed software platforms. About as close Cupertino's crew got to AR/VR was with the an upgraded version of CarPlay that integrates deeply with vehicle systems; it looked cool but it's not coming until late 2023.

Speaking of some time away, thats basically what WWDC told us about Apples AR and VR hardware and software ambitions its likely not coming soon.

The rumors have twisted and turned on predicted release dates for an Apple headset, but the latest titbit has the Apple AR/VR headset to be unveiled in early 2023 by somewhat reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Yet Im not buying that for a couple of reasons.

First off, while Apple is famously hyper secretive, information still leaks out. Not all of its accurate, but it often gives us a decent idea of what to expect from Apples upcoming products this hasn't been the case for the Apple AR/VR headset or other face-based wearables from the company. If a product was due for a reveal early next year, I feel wed have some more substantial leaked information or better renders based on tidbits from supply chain sources.

Add into the mix the lack of any mention of AR/VR software tools in iOS 16, iPadOS 16 or macOS Ventura, and I feel that developers wont be prepared to create enough apps to form the software ecosystems Apple tends to have when launching new products.

While VR isnt a super-obscure tech category, its still a niche proposition. Sure, the Oculus Quest 2 may be one of the most accessible virtual reality experiences, and tops our best VR headset list, but it's far from perfect and is VR-only. Augmented reality is fine for, say, head-up displays in modern cars or for games like Pokmon Go. But Ive not seen many people wear AR glasses out and about, even those accessible Snap Spectacles.

Taking this into account and how Apple tends to enter markets when tech adoption or appetite is growing to a peak, and said tech is mature enough to deliver very impressive experiences (VR still makes people feel sick), I feel 2023 is far too early for Apple to come out with a AR/VR headset.

Now. Apples AR/VR efforts could actually be a very well-kept secret, with but a handful of developers quietly building out a software platform and ecosystem for an augmented or virtual reality headset. And I hope that is the case, as its been some time since Apple has really surprised tech fans with something that feels properly new.

But ultimately, I want whatever AR or VR thing Apple is working on to arrive when its ready; by that I mean, it's polished to a fine finish. Apples done this plenty of times for other tech; for example, it was late to the high refresh rate display party, but with the iPhone 13 Pro, Apple adopted LTPO tech and delivered a lovely display that feels super smooth yet doesn't tank battery life.

If Apple's attention to detail and product craft can be applied to AR and VR tech, then we could finally see devices that take augmented and virtual reality devices out of their niche and into the true mainstream. It may take years to happen, but Im willing to wait.

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