VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

HTC teases new information regarding their upcoming 6DoF headset. Last month the Consumer Electronics Expo 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada, HTC announced the latest addition to their VR hardware line-up, the HTC Vive Comos , a combination PC/mobile 6DoF headset featuring inside-out tracking and a flip-up visor. Since its initial reveal, the Taiwanese company has remained tight-lipped regarding any new information pertaining to the upgradeable device.

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Next Reality AR

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Most of the mobile augmented reality apps of today focus on individual experiences, but a new entrant into the space wants to make things a bit more social. Battle tested for years in the realm of virtual reality, vTime is finally bringing its immersive social chat experience into AR. Don't Miss: Google Releases ARCore 1.7 Update, Adds Face Filters & Expands Animation Support In order to wrap your head around this idea, first it's important to explain what vTime is.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Media Molecule’s hotly awaited PS4 game Dreams ended its first public beta early this month to a resounding success—even despite the lack of PSVR support. Now, the studio says in a PS blogpost its launching Dreams into ‘Early Access’ sometime this Spring, but neglects to mention when PSVR users will get to jump in too. One of the things that sets the PlayStation apart from PC platforms is the notable lack of an official Early Access program like on Steam and the Oculus Store

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Next Reality AR

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

While augmented reality made more of a cameo appearance during Samsung's official grand unveiling of the Galaxy S10 line-up on Wednesday, it's the company's move into 5G connectivity that has huge implications for AR. After the 2018 edition of Samsung Unpacked cast augmented reality as a major player, this year's event, unfolding on stage in San Francisco, hardware was the headliner, with the company introducing a fresh crop of Galaxy wearables, the new Galaxy Fold foldable handset, and the late

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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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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Samsung today announced its latest and greatest flagship phone lineup, the Galaxy S10, S10+, S10e, and S10 5G. The company has confirmed that all variants of the S10 are compatible with the latest Gear VR headset. Gear VR, a snap-in smartphone headset, was released initially way back in 2014, but Samsung is continuing to support the product line which has seen several iterations over the years, each offering support for the company’s newer Galaxy phones.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Schell Games, the studio behind VR titles like I Expect You to Die (2016), today announced its next project which promises to “blend various styles of sword fighting to create an intense, real-time combat expe­ri­ence that hasn’t been seen before with VR.” It seems like VR gaming is finally starting to move away from trying to make everything an FPS.

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Voices of VR

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

“The History of the Future” book was published on February 19th, and it’s a storified non-fiction account of the modern resurgence of virtual reality through.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Mobile World Congress (MWC) is gearing up next week in Barcelona to play host to the latest and greatest in mobile technology, including the presumed Microsoft HoloLens 2. Today AT&T, Ericsson, Intel and Warner Bros. announced that they’ll be showing off a new implementation there of their combined efforts to bring 5G to location-based AR/VR venues using a new Batman experience.

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Oculus

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

It’s been particularly harsh this season, so we’ve been looking for ways to escape the winter blues without leaving the glow of our digital thermostats.

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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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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Peraso Technologies, a fabless semiconductor company creating mmWave technology and Wireless Gigabit (WiGig) chipsets, announced that it has raised an additional $42 million in its Series D financing round. Peraso produces WiGig chip solutions for Fixed Wireless Access, a method of wirelessly delivering data between two or more fixed points, in addition to its work in wireless networking and 4K wireless video distribution.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Lee Vermeulen is breaking new ground with his experimental AR prototypes. . “Palmer Luckey is a tinkerer,” is how Time Magazine described the creator of the Oculus VR headset back in August of 2015. Since that article, Luckey’s “tinkering” has expanded into a full-blown technological revolution, earning him a whopping 2.3 billion USD when he sold his VR company to Facebook.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The time has come. After many years of waiting, and even a second iteration of the device scrapped away, Microsoft is finally going to announce the next generation of HoloLens. But, what to expect from it? Well, let me speculate a bit… When and where. HoloLens vNext will be launched on February, 24th 2019 in Barcelona, Spain, at the Mobile World Congress.

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