The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The Coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the development of virtual reality , and in many sectors (like virtual events and remote collaboration), all companies have had a huge spike in the number of users, profits, and investments. But there is one VR sector that actually has been severely hurt by the pandemic: LBVR. Since VR arcades need people to go out from home, go to a physical location, and wear on their faces a device that has been worn by many people before, their business is been heavil

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Slashgear

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Just last month, Facebook made a big splash in the VR and AR scenes with new products and a new direction for Oculus. Discontinuing its original standalone VR headset, the social media giant launched the Oculus Quest 2, boasted to be lighter both in size and price but also more powerful and more capable. Now that headset and its accompanying … Continue reading.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

We are all waiting for the Quest 2 to arrive in our inboxes and we are all pretty excited about it! No big news this week, but expect thousands of boxes and reviews coming out from tomorrow on. As a European, I won’t get the Quest on 13th (damn) but only on 15th, so expect a review about it for this Friday/Saturday… I know it’s too late and everyone will have already published bazillion posts about it, but make me happy and read it anyway.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 11, 2020

You’ll need a PSVR headset, PS4 Dualshock 4 controller or Move controllers, and PS4 Camera in order to play. In a new FAQ provided by Sony this past week, the company confirmed that the PlayStation VR will be backward compatible with the upcoming PlayStation 5, allowing players access to a wide variety of VR games on their next-gen consoles; though it won’t be cheap.

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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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ARPost

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Since the late ’90s, mental health professionals have been using virtual reality to treat post-traumatic stress disorders. But in the past few years, there has been a growing pool of research showing that it is a promising solution for treating depression, too. Now that the technology is more accessible and affordable, it might even help overloaded healthcare programs around the world.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Around 40 days ago, I reported to you the news of Google presenting at SIGGRAPH 2020 a new algorithm for recording, encoding, and decoding 6DOF VR videos , that is movies inside which you can physically move. Today I managed to try its demo , so let me tell you how is it cool being able to move inside a video! 6DOF Videos. “360 videos are not VR” This is a statement I’ve heard a bazillion times.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Learn how to properly setup your brand new standalone headset. So, you just picked up your Oculus Quest 2 headset and you’re ready to dive into a massive catalog of AAA games and apps like The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners , Beat Saber, or Blaston! But maybe this is your first VR headset and you’re not 100% sure how to get started setting up your new device.

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Slashgear

OCTOBER 15, 2020

It was inevitable that Facebook would eventually leave a more tangible mark on its Oculus VR business but it still ruffled some feathers when it was revealed that to even use an Oculus headset, one would need to have a Facebook account. Facebook probably presumed everyone these days has one and that Oculus users, both present and future, also do. … Continue reading.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 14, 2020

As Facebook moved to require Facebook accounts to be used with Oculus headsets , the company also updated and expanded its VR policies which now dictate rules around “personal space” and “sexual gestures” Facebook’s expanded VR policies, updated this week just ahead of the launch of Oculus Quest 2, make it clear: behavioral etiquette in VR is not up to the community, it’s up to Facebook.

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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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Forrester VR

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In 2021, European manufacturers will leverage emerging technology to accelerate the digital transformation efforts.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Here’s how the games new competitive game mode works. Alongside the launch of the Oculus Quest 2 this past Tuesday came a handful of new games, such as The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners as well as Little Witch Academia: VR Broom Racing , as well as significant updates to existing titles like Arizona Sunshine , Red Matter , and Trover Saves the Universe.

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Slashgear

OCTOBER 14, 2020

It’s no secret that exposure to nature, such as a walk at an orchard or a hike at the nearest park, offers mental health benefits, as well as some other potential benefits, including reduced cortisol hormone levels and decreased blood pressure. What about during winter when the trees are barren or during a global pandemic requiring social distancing, though?

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 13, 2020

You’ve got a Quest 2 in hand, and you want to know what to play before you plonk down some of your hard earned cash. Thankfully there’s a good amount of free VR content already on the Oculus Store to keep you playing before you’re paying. Note : Below you’ll find everything from social VR platforms packed with games, to apps featuring content from some of the most creative minds on the planet.

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Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Twitter claimed it was reversing course late Thursday and would no longer forbid users from tweeting links to websites containing hacked material—so long as the hackers themselves weren’t the ones doing the sharing. “We will no longer remove hacked content unless it is directly shared by hackers or those acting in… Read more.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The best VR headset on the market just got even better. The Oculus Quest 2 is the most exciting piece of VR hardware to hit the market since Facebook’s original standalone VR headset, offering incredible visuals, increased processing power, and a smaller, lighter design—all for a lower price than the first-generation model. Sounds too good to be true, right?

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Anand Tech

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The announcement of the new Ryzen 5000 processors, built on AMD’s Zen 3 microarchitecture, has caused waves of excitement and questions as to the performance. The launch of the high-performance desktop processors on November 5 th will be an interesting day. In advance of those disclosures, we sat down with AMD’s CTO Mark Papermaster to discuss AMD’s positioning, performance, and outlook.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Facebook’s walled garden approach to its Quest app store has already been subverted somewhat by projects like SideQuest , an unofficial library for Quest games and apps. There’s still no getting around Oculus services or the need for a valid Facebook account to use Quest 2 though, which is why Robert Long , a senior software engineer at Mozilla working on WebXR, is offering up $5,000 to anyone who can successfully jailbreak Facebook’s latest standalone headset.

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Speaker: Richard Goring, Director at BrightCarbon

Remote meetings are here to stay - and many are BORING. If you are trying to engage your learners (or any audience), compelling content is critical. But trying to create stimulating content with the same tools you’ve always had is hard, right? Thankfully, wrong! Terrific tools in PowerPoint along with visual assets help you create the kind of dynamic content you need to capture your remote audience’s attention, with functions that allow for interactive sequences and navigation.

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Over the last couple of weeks, social media networks have finally enacted a glut of the content moderation policies that critics have spent years demanding. The latest crackdown comes from YouTube, which announced on Thursday that the ban hammer is dropping on QAnon videos—with caveats, of course. Read more.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Pre-orders will be available soon as part of the official Kickstarter campaign. The Oculus Quest 2 has finally arrived and so far we’re loving Facebook’s new-and-improved standalone headset. Despite having released just a few days ago, we’re already beginning to see a healthy lineup of Quest accessories begin to hit the market, from VR-focused headphones to premium facial interfaces.

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Charlie Fink

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The new Oculus Quest 2 from Facebook could be the hit gift of the holiday season.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Oculus Quest 2 is here and that means heaps of new users jumping into VR for the first time. Here’s seven tips worth knowing right out of the gate. 1. Enable 90Hz Refresh Rate. Although Quest 2’s display is capable of 90Hz, it runs at the same 72Hz as its predecessor out of the box. Oculus plans to eventually enable 90Hz by default, but for now you have to toggle it on yourself.

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Speaker: Treion Muller, Chief Strategy Officer at ELB Learning

Since when has learning and development (L&D) become such a negative experience with its intended learners? Could it be because learners have been conditioned by very poor learning experiences over the past two decades, combined with the kinks of technological innovation? Or is it because learning has typically been designed as a one-size-fits-all solution, despite the fact that humans are not clones?

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Hand in hand with the meteoric resurgence of tabletop gaming in the past few years is the rise of the Actual Play show , as hundreds of thousands of fans watch or listen along to teams of hosts doing the actual gaming and storytelling for them. The biggest bang in all of that boom is perhaps Critical Role , and a new… Read more.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 14, 2020

A14 Bionic and ARKit combine to offer more realistic AR experiences. Yesterday, Apple revealed four new iPhone 12 models as part of its remote “Hi, Speed” live event. This includes the iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Mini, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro Max, all of which capable of supporting ultra-fast 5G mobile networks. In addition to the new designs and ultra-durable “Ceramic Shield” glass covers, the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max also feature cutting-edge LiDAR Scanners capable of

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Digital Trends

OCTOBER 11, 2020

NASA and SpaceX's plan to send astronauts to the ISS in the first operational crewed flight of the Crew Dragon has been delayed due to technical issues.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 16, 2020

It was a little over a year ago when Facebook triumphantly announced that games and apps made for Oculus Go would live on in Oculus Quest. But now with Go long gone and Quest 1 out of production, the company has decided to no longer support Go titles through Quest 2. Quest 2 has been in the hands of consumers for less than a week, and while there’s plenty of great content to play, some were left wondering where the dropdown menu for Go games disappeared to on Quest 2.

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Speaker: Micah Eppler, Account Executive for Rehearsal of eLearning Brothers

Did you know that companies such as Paychex, 3M, and Honeywell are getting better results by incorporating video-based practice and coaching within their L&D strategy? From sales pitches to soft skills, learners are becoming top performers by applying and validating knowledge transfer using the unique benefits of video. Whether used as a stand-alone application or integrated with a learning platform, video-based practice and coaching platforms give learners the ultimate opportunity to repeatedly

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