Road to VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Gravity Sketch , a concepting & design tool made for VR, has raised $1.7 million in venture capital. Gravity Sketch , which allows VR users to quickly and easily sketch out 3D industrial design concepts, today announced that the company has raised a $1.7 million seed investment, according to UKTN. The seed round was led by VC firm Forward Partners, with participation by Super Ventures and Wacom.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

TNT’s NBA VR livestreams begin February 16th. The NBA and TNT are launching a VR experience that is powered by Intel True VR and promises to not only bring fans even closer to the game, but serve as a portal into all available programming through on-demand VR coverage of the upcoming NBA All-Star weekend. The NBA on TNT VR app is intended to change the viewing experience from, “passive to immersive’” said David Aufhauser, Managing Director, Strategy and Product for Intel Sports, during

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Sony plans to hold a PlayStation VR bundle sale from February 18th (this Sunday) to March 3rd. The deal will see PlayStation VR bundles discounted by $100 across the board. If you missed out on the 2017 holiday deal season, this is your chance to score a similar discount on Sony’s PlayStation VR headset. Starting on February 18th, you’ll be able to find the headset’s various bundles on sale for $100 off the usual MSRP: PlayStation VR Skyrim Bundle: $450 ?

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Cats and VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

In Stunt Corgi you are the parent of one daring corgi that dreams of being the most famous stunt pet in the world! With your inventory of props, set up the course and choreograph your corgi's routine. Call “Action!” at any time to capture each moment as your corgi struts her stuff. To celebrate the Year Of The Dog the team is adding a new skin, a new feature, and some bug fixes.

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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 16, 2018

We’re all so busy looking at our smartphones and vying for likes on social media that we didn’t bother to check whether we were invaded by a hostile alien species or not; that’s at least the basic premise behind Viral Invasion , a game still in concept phase from Stockholm-based studio Hatrabbit Entertainment. The object of the game, Hatrabbit says, will be to gather as many human followers as possible with the eventual goal of controlling Earth.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality (2017) is coming to PSVR April 10th, 2018. Developed by Owlchemy Labs , the studio behind Job Simulator (2016), and voiced by series creator Justin Roiland, this might be the only chance to hang out with the hard-drinking genius scientist Rick and his hapless grandson Morty while you’re wasting away waiting for season 4.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

A previously-reported partnership between Intel, the NBA and television network TNT has been brought to fruition, with the release of a VR app for watching basketball games, highlights and recaps in VR. Released in time for this weekend’s NBA All Star game, the TNT VR app integrates Intel’s True VR technology to provide an immersive experience that simulates being at the arena as a spectator.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Viveport Subscription, the monthly service that lets you play 5 games per month from a curated list, is getting a little more expensive this March. Starting March 22nd, Viveport Subscription will increase its monthly price from $7 to $9. HTC is grandfathering in current Viveport Subscription members and also anyone who buys before March 22nd, allowing the members keep paying the old price “for at least the rest of 2018,” the company says in a recent press release.

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Enter VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Welcome to Enter VR! Join us for an exciting conversation with Ian Forester, co-founder at VR Playhouse. Check what we talked about. The post Thought loop disruption, the language of emojis and the future of story telling with Ian Forester appeared first on Enter VR.

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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 16, 2018

EVE: Valkyrie (2016), the space dogfighter originally developed by CCP Games , just opened up its free weekend, which gives anyone with an Oculus Rift an all-access pass to play for the next few days. The free weekend is already in effect, and will continue until February 19th at 12:00 AM PST ( local time here ). The game, which recently passed hands to Sumo Digital due to CCP shelving its VR-producing branches back in October last year, has been an early VR stalwart since we first saw it in 2

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Enter VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! Join us as we take you on an epic conversation with the legendary Cymatic Bruce! Check. The post Best VR games of the year and the race for the ultimate block chain virtual world with Cymatic Bruce appeared first on Enter VR.

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