Frame Releases Second Set of Platform-Defining Updates
It’s been over a year since ARPost introduced readers to Frame, the hardware-agnostic web-based virtual meeting platform. The team, a part of Virbela (which has its own app-based virtual world…
Mental Health and VR: The Role of Emerging Technologies in Transforming Mental Health Care
With one out of eight people in the world living with a mental disorder, mental health has become a critical concern of global importance. However, many people are still not…
AWE 2023 Is Right Around the Corner
Augmented World Expo, AWE for short, returns to Santa Clara this year from May 31 to June 2, 2023. The agenda is still coming together but there’s already a lot…
Apple AR Glasses Put on Hold to Make Way for MR Glasses – VR and Metaverse Expert Weighs In
Has Apple bitten more than it could chew? It appears that the long-awaited AR glasses won’t be hitting the shelves any time soon. A Bloomberg article published recently says that…
Get Fit While Having Fun With Sports VR Games
Sports VR games are changing the fitness game. These highly interactive apps have the potential to transform the way we stay fit by making sports and fitness activities more fun,…
150 Projects Advance to the MVP Phase in AWE’s XR Prize Challenge in a Bid to Combat Climate Change
Augmented World Expo (AWE) launched the “XR Prize Challenge: Fight Climate Change” in October 2022. The competition has four key categories: Replace, Visualize, Educate, and Optimize, where the winning group…
Moth+Flame Launches AI-Powered VR Authoring Tool for Custom Enterprise VR Training Content Creation
A new VR authoring tool can potentially accelerate enterprise VR adoption this year. Invesco, a global investment firm, recently launched a virtual reality training experience they custom built using the…
A Farewell to AltspaceVR
The social VR community was shocked and devastated to learn that AltspaceVR is shutting its doors. While it’s in the nature of emerging technology applications to come and go, many…
Virtex Stadium Holds First Major Events, Inches Toward Open Access
A number of the attractions of watching live sports carry over into esports. However, unless you’re watching an esports tournament in person, a lot of those attractions go away. Interactions…
BRCvr Presents Re-Burn-23, a Burning Man-Inspired Event, Launches “Blind Burners World”
BRCvr, the award-winning virtual version of Black Rock City, will present Re-Burn-23 this month. The global virtual Burning Man-inspired event can be accessed via Zoom and AltspaceVR. It will run…
CES 2023 Highlights Featuring News and Innovations From Canon, MICLEDI, and NVIDIA
CES is considered the world’s tech event, showcasing groundbreaking technologies and innovations from some of the world’s biggest brands, developers, manufacturers, and suppliers of consumer technology. At CES 2023, attendees…
New HoloSuite Feature Enables Users to Seamlessly Blend Volumetric Video Clips
Arcturus, volumetric video editing and streaming tools provider, has been at the forefront of virtual production, revolutionizing immersive content experiences across a vast range of verticals. As part of its…