Road to VR

OCTOBER 15, 2017

After a lengthy $400 Summer Sale on the Rift + Touch bundle , Oculus set an MSRP of $500. But last week, just over a month after the sale ended, the company announced they were permanently cutting the MSRP down to $400 (same as the Summer Sale price). Those unfortunate souls that bought an Oculus Rift in that short window where the price was $500 may be bummed at not waiting just a bit longer for the savings.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Virtual reality gives us a close up of our ancient ancestors. Humans 30,000 years ago looked different than us — but thanks to a VR app, we can now paint a picture of their faces in 3D. The app from Visual Science studio, VRScience , claims to offer the first scientifically accurate VR visualization of the Sungir people, who lived in Russia in ancient times and are the ancestors of today’s northern and eastern Europeans.

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Hypergrid Business

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Tangle Grid Welcome Center. (Image courtesy David Kariuki.). Tangle Grid is hosting the Halloween Expo starting this Sunday, October 15 at the Expo Isle region where different creators from all around OpenSim will come show off, sell and promote their Halloween-related items to visitors. It will be the fourth time that the grid is running the event, which will continue through November 19.

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Slashgear

OCTOBER 15, 2017

While virtual reality has opened the door to a large number of unique, creative gaming experiences, there’s often still a desire to see existing iconic franchises adapted to the new technology. One that you wouldn’t expect to work is the classic Sonic the Hedgehog, not only because the original games were 2D platformers, but also because they emphasize going really, … Continue reading.

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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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VRWorld

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Artificial intelligence could add 630 billion pounds ($837 billion) to the U.K. economy by 2035, a government-commissioned report said. Nine months after the government commissioned an independent review into artificial intelligence, the authors have revealed their fundings. The major recommendations? AI and its applications shouldn’t be subject to direct regulation, but an AI council should oversee the industry.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group has invested an undisclosed amount in Hyperloop One , the frontrunner of a number of companies competing to bring Elon Musk’s futuristic vision of a magnetically-propelled high-speed transport system to life. Musk is credited with creating the idea of the hyperloop, a super speedy method of passenger travel that involves pressurized capsules.

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