VRScout
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
How many times have you tried (and failed) to learn a language? You’re not alone. Now linguists are saying it may not be totally your fault. As theory-based techniques are becoming increasingly scrutinized and the need to experiment with a practical curriculum increases, we can look at VR’s role in EdTech’s trajectory and the ways it seeks to impact the language-learning of the future.
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
Walmart is set to expand its fledgling VR training program in a big way soon; the big box store is going to start a country-wide training program promising to bring over 17,000 Oculus Go headsets to its employees by the year’s end. The company is sending four headsets to every Walmart Supercenter, and two to every Neighborhood Market and Discount Store.
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VRScout
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
Sellers now have the ability to give customers an AR shopping experience through their Safari browser. Apple is on a roll with augmented reality. The company has worked with Pixar to create a special file format called USDZ which can take AR content and bring it into the real world in a way that seems more natural and just recently during Apple’s 2018 Keynote , Apple CEO Tim Cook showed off two impressive AR-based experiences that would run on the company’s ARKit2.
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
Hardlight VR, the Seattle-based company that headed a successful Kickstarter campaign tasked with developing the eponymous haptic suit, is closing down this month due to lack of funding. Hardlight VR CEO and co-inventor Lucian Copeland issued a statement on the company’s Kickstarter page , saying there are “no options left to us but straightforward closure.” The company’s Kickstarter , which successfully concluded in March 2017, garnered $147,574 from over 300 backers to
Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions
To avoid awkward and sometimes disastrous learning content, instructional designers must use authentic translation in the right context to get optimal results. For example, even a simple phrase like “got milk” translates to “are you lactating” in Mexico. Can you imagine what a straight translation might do to your course? With over 317 million people in the US and over 6.7 billion potential customers in the world, personalizing training seems logical.
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
Arca’s Path is a controller-free VR adventure that takes you into a mysterious world, and tasks you with solving puzzles by leading a ball through obstacles using your gaze. The game, produced by Rebellion and developed by Dream Reality Interactive , is slated to launch on December 4th on all major VR platforms. Arca’s Path follows the story of a young girl who finds a VR video game in a trash heap.
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