Road to VR

JUNE 2, 2018

According to a recent Reuters report, Apple is set to unveil some new features in its supposed release of ARKit 2.0, the company’s augmented reality toolkit for iOS 11 devices. Reported changes coming to the platform include multiuser AR that runs on a local peer-to-peer network, ensuring the resultant data, such as room scans, remain private.

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VRScout

JUNE 2, 2018

One of the biggest fads of the 90’s returns with an AR multiplayer twist. The 1990’s were full of crazy fads like fanny packs, Snap, and Beanie Babies – but one of the biggest fads was POGs. The game where players would face-off by stacking collectible milk caps – or POGs – with the objective of flipping as many POGs as you can by smashing the stack with a ‘slammer’.

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Road to VR

JUNE 2, 2018

Oculus today announced that Oculus Go, the company’s standalone 3DOF headset released last month, is finally available for pre-order through Oculus retail partners in the EU and the UK. Shipping and in-store availability is slated for release on June 26th. UK and European residents have (mostly) been able to order Oculus Go directly through the Oculus website since it launched early last month, with the company delivering to many countries in the EU and Schengen Zone including Austria, B

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Next Reality AR

JUNE 2, 2018

The NBA Finals is underway, and now basketball fans with iPhones and Android devices can get closer to the action for free than they ever could with expensive courtside tickets. Now available on the Google Play Store after debuting on the iOS App Store last year, the latest version of NBA AR brings augmented reality portals that transport fans to various 360-degree scenes.

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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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Trenzi VR

JUNE 2, 2018

It was some weeks ago that my friend’s son woke me up to the ease with which a younger generation of architects will accept immersive tech and devices in the future. Vidit – a final year student of architecture – totally nailed it for me this week! Vidit is amongst the new age of architecture students – extremely bright, sharp with his design skills and totally in sync with new tech.

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