Thu.Jan 10, 2019

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Doctors Are Using VR To Study 3D Models Of Tumors

VRScout

VR could drastically effect how researchers study cancer. Doctors at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute (CRUK) are creating a new virtual lab that will build use VR to build 3D models of tumor samples, providing a new way to look at cancer. The researchers start by studying a tumor tissue biopsy – the researchers have started by looking at breast cancer – which is then sliced wafer-thin and stained with markers, like what would normally be examined under a standard microscope

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Traveling in Virtual Reality

Tech Trends VR

With RizortVR you can virtually check out your travel destinations before arriving at check-in. According to a recent Forbes survey, 77% of people who use VR want more social engagement, and I’ve long believed social is they key to getting the tech to a mass-market stage, but that needs to be done in the context of things that people already want to do rather than gimmicks.

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CES 2019: Access Your Entire Phone In VR With Dell Mobile Connect

VRScout

The days of clumsily removing your headset to check Twitter are coming to an end. Announced during last years 2018 Consumer Electronics Expo, Dell Mobile Connect returns once again to the Las Vegas, this time bringing with it a slew of exciting new features designed to simplify your ecosystem of Dell products. The application has been receiving regular updates throughout the year, shaping it into what is now a solid application for Dell owners looking to access their phones directly from their D

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Meta Shuts Down Amidst Patent Infringement Lawsuit & Asset Liquidation

Road to VR

Meta , the company behind the Meta 2 tethered AR headset, has shut down amidst a patent infringement lawsuit filed in summer of last year, and a recent asset liquidation that has left the company insolvent. Back in September, Meta lost out on a fresh round of funding lead by a Chinese investor which forced the company to furlough around 2/3 of their staff , leaving Meta’s existence in doubt as they no doubt looked for additional investment.

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The Future of eLearning in 2022: A Sensitive Eye for Authentic Translation and Localization

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.

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Mimesys Brings Its Version of Augmented Reality Video Calling to Magic Leap via Intel RealSense

Next Reality AR

The release of Avatar Chat for Magic Leap One and Spatial for HoloLens during the fourth quarter of 2018 appeared to revolutionize video calling via augmented reality. But a new startup called Mimesys, which is showing off its software at CES this week in Las Vegas, has upped the ante with a hardware and software solution for real-time holographic video calls that will be available to enterprise businesses in 2019.

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Why Now is the Perfect Time to Start Using VR at Your Company

InstaVR

Why Now is the Perfect Time to Start Using VR at Your Company. Thinking of using VR at your company in 2019? There’s never been a better time! Virtual Reality, if CES is any indication, is going full steam ahead. Both 360-degree camera manufacturers and VR headset makers are displaying great “next generation” technology in Las Vegas — most of which is available now.

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Why Beat Saber is Taking Over the World

VRPlayin

In terms of VR Games, Beat Saber is the Beatles of the 21st century. It seemingly came out of nowhere and seems to not stop growing. So let’s take a step back and look at why Beat Saber is taking over the world, and why that’s a good thing. NES Power Pad. Back in Japan in the late 1980’s Bandai & Nintendo released a game called ‘Dance Aerobics’ Although it was not the first of it’s genre, it was the first major publisher to release a game that required inp

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Preparing for the Factory of the Future with Vuzix M300 Smart Glasses

EnterpriseWear

Download this free white paper to learn about the state of manufacturing today and how Vuzix M300 Smart Glasses – the next generation of mobility in manufacturing – are solving real-life pain points on the plant floor. You can download the whitepaper via Vuzix’s website here. The post Preparing for the Factory of the Future with Vuzix M300 Smart Glasses appeared first on BrainXchange.

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SaaS Pricing Strategy: Why We Changed Our Prices… Again

Headjack

We launched the public version of Headjack about 2 years ago, and have changed our pricing multiple times during that period. Finding the right price point for a SaaS product is hard, but crucial. In the beginning, all you have is a hunch, pricing pages of competitors, and an endless amount of highly interesting, but […]. The post SaaS Pricing Strategy: Why We Changed Our Prices… Again appeared first on Headjack.

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How to Train Employees 65% Faster With Virtual Reality

With a rapidly changing economy, Avangrid Renewables looked to virtual reality to develop a standardized form of immersive training in order to onboard and upskill technicians faster than ever before.

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When is the time to talk about consumer-facing AR apps in enterprise?

EnterpriseWear

The release of Magic Leap One was supposed to be the “magic moment” for consumer AR, the development that finally got consumers excited about augmented reality glasses. Needless to say, it wasn’t. Despite the billions in funding, awesome concept videos and mainstream media attention, Magic Leap did not suddenly big-bang the consumer AR market into existence with the launch of its much-hyped headset. .

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Hands-on: VR Motion Controller ‘Atraxa’ Offers Promising 6DOF Without Occlusion Issues

Road to VR

Northern Digital is a Waterloo, Canada-based manufacturer of 3D measurement devices, and while the company has mainly focused on creating for various industries such as medicine and aeronautics throughout their 35 years of existence, they’ve recently unveiled a reference design for a magnetic tracking system for VR headsets and controllers. The reference design, dubbed Atraxa , is available either as an enclosed controller, or as three bare PCB components: two trackers, and a single recei

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Hilarity Ensues

Doc-Ok

A funny thing has been happening for the last few days. There is a link farming or SEO or whatever site out there that is currently doing a deep clone of this blog (I’m obviously not going to provide a link here), but unlike all the other times that’s happened, these guys aren’t just straight-up copying, they’re running the text through what looks like a game of Google Translate Telephone (or a simple synonym replacer, but I’m going to pretend it’s the former)