VRScout

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Valve’s flagship VR game Half-Life: Alyx announced, internet goes bananas. Welp, those rumors didn’t take long to confirm. Earlier today, we reported on a potential leak of the long-rumored VR Half-Life game. According to the source, the same one responsible for providing the DOTA Underworlds leaks back in June of this year, the title would be revealed tomorrow in celebration of Half-Life’s 21st anniversary, followed by a first-look at the 2019 Game Awards in December. .

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Oculus Link, the feature which turns Quest in a PC headset, is now available in beta. If you’re wondering whether or not your PC has the specs to handle it here’s a breakdown of the Oculus Link recommended specs and what you’ll need to use Quest to play Rift games on your PC. Note: These specs are for the Oculus Link beta; Oculus says they will change before the full release.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Could this be one of the three VR games Valve has been teasing? Rumors began circulating yesterday about a potential Half-life spin-off heading to VR headsets in 2020 called Half-life: Alyx after a leaker posted a transcript of a supposed interview between veteran video game journalist Geoff Keighly, co-developer of Team Fortress 2 Robin Walker, and an unknown third party in which Keighly states “March 2020, “Half-Life: Alyx” comin’ out.” The unidentified party then goes

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Augmented and mixed reality app installs will reach 10 billion by 2024, estimates the latest report published by Juniper Research. Further, the report states that the key drivers for this growth are social media and gaming apps. However, the industry needs to reach certain milestones in this period, making the technology more accessible to consumers.

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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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VRScout

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Oculus’ tethered solution brings the entire Rift library to standalone headsets. Beginning today, Oculus will be rolling out a beta version of its highly-anticipated Oculus Link software, which will allow those with VR-ready PC’s to access the entirety of their Rift/Rift S content library from their Oculus Quest headsets. . Originally announced during the Oculus Connect 6 developer conference this past September, the feature works by connecting a Quest headset to a compatible PC via a high-quali

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Valve has confirmed that that rumored Half-Life: Alyx is indeed real. A full reveal is planned for Thursday. Valve has been teasing its work on several full VR games for years, but beyond that we had only rumors to go on. Today the company confirmed on Twitter that its first “flagship VR game” is Half-Life: Alyx. A full reveal is planned this Thursday at 10AM PT.

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Slashgear

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Back during Oculus Connect 6, Facebook announced that it would be bringing Oculus Link to the Oculus Quest. At the time, the company didn’t give us a release date for the future, but today is the big day. Oculus Link has landed on Oculus Quest in beta, giving you a chance to tether your Oculus Quest to your PC to … Continue reading.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Don’t look down, because Crytek’s aptly-named climbing game The Climb (2017) is headed out of Rift exclusivity soon with its impending launch on Oculus Quest. Crytek tweeted last week that Quest owners should expect the game “soon,” although hasn’t mentioned a more precise launch window at this time. As one of the most visually refined VR games to date, it wasn’t certain how the Quest version would live up to the original when it was first announced for the s

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Charlie Fink

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Rikard Steiber, President of HTC's successful subscription service, Viveport, is leaving the company after four years.

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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

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Oculus today announced that Link is officially in beta, the company’s compatibility software so that Quest users can play Rift titles on PC. If you have an AMD GPU, you’re going to have to wait though. If you have a supported GPU (listed below) and a compatible VR-ready gaming PC, Quest owners can simply plug their headset into a USB 3 port, then use the Oculus desktop app just like you would if you owned a Rift, which includes to Oculus Home and Dash.

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Slashgear

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Valve is perhaps best known for the Steam PC gaming store and platform but it is perhaps a lesser known fact that it has also developed and published a few games, including the famous Half-Life franchise. It is, however, also infamous for being unable to follow up on its ow promises of sequels, particularly in completing trilogies. The company is … Continue reading.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Although Valve has yet to deliver on its promised three full VR titles (one was supposed to arrive this year), in typical Valve fashion the company’s ongoings are fundamentally a mystery to outsiders. Now, a PC Gamer report contends that Valve has not only named its upcoming VR project Half-Life: Alyx, but that it’s going to get a teaser at this year’s Game Awards.

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Oculus

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

At OC6, we introduced Oculus Link—a new way to access Rift games and experiences from a gaming PC on Oculus Quest. Today, we’re excited to.

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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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Peter Graham

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Stealth action experience Espire 1: VR Operative was due for a multiplatform release back in September before developer Digital Lode cancelled the launch with one days notice. With the release window then shifted to a more ambiguous ‘Fall 2019’ the studio and its publisher Tripwire Interactive then went a little quiet. Now it looks like Espire 1: VR Operative will be arriving within the next week.

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SpringboardVR

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Game Studio nDreams put special importance on VR Arcades when creating Shooty Fruity Arcade and in-turn, created one of the staple titles at arcades today. To celebrate this success, Shooty Fruity Arcade will be free Nov. 18 through Nov. 24! Creating a game that works well in arcades isn’t always the easiest thing but the team at nDreams took the amazingly polished and fun gameplay of Shooty Fruity, packaged that into in an extremely streamlined experience, and in the end, created a great arcade

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Peter Graham

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

There’s nothing like a good rumour to getting those tongues a-wagging and as usual, Valve is at the top of that list. When it comes to Valve there’s only one videogame which continually pops up Half-Life, even when the original is 21 years old. The latest rumour could be related to that virtual reality (VR) flagship title the company mentioned back in May for the launch of Valve Index, and then never mentioned again.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Located at the Vatican City in Rome, Italy, the Sistine Chapel is Michelangelo’s magnum opus; the chapel’s painted ceiling, which includes the famous ‘Creation of Adam’ along with hundreds of other works which form an epic mural, is a cornerstone of Renaissance artwork. A painstaking virtual recreation of the Sistine Chapel is now available for free on Steam, offering an incredible up-close view of the works along with an hour of guided audio commentary.

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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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Peter Graham

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

One of the biggest announcements to come out of Oculus Connect 6 (OC6) in September was Oculus Link, a new feature for Oculus Quest allowing the headset to connect to a PC to play Oculus Rift titles. No release date was ever given, only a November window. Today, that window has closed as Oculus Link is now available in beta form. With the rollout of the Oculus Link software, Oculus Quest owners will need to purchase a USB-3 cable to connect to their PC as the Oculus Quest charging cable isn̵

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

PTC LiveWorx is one of the biggest gatherings of up-and-coming XR tech in the industry. With all sorts of amazing future tech demos, PTC’s Executive VP of AR Products Mike Campbell understands how businesses might want to implement the most far-out features of XR technology right away. But he says there’s plenty AR can do perfectly right now that more industries should take advantage of.

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Peter Graham

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Japanese developer MyDearest Inc. launched its anime-style virtual reality (VR) mystery novel Tokyo Chronos earlier this year, offering a unique experience for VR fans after something different. Today, the studio has revealed the first details of its followup title ALTDEUS: Beyond Chronos. MyDearest Inc. had previously mentioned the videogame under the guise of Project MEGALiTH, the next entry into this VR murder mystery.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

PTC LiveWorx is one of the biggest gatherings of up-and-coming XR tech in the industry. With all sorts of amazing future tech demos, PTC’s Executive VP of AR Products Mike Campbell understands how businesses might want to implement the most far-out features of XR technology right away. But he says there’s plenty AR can do perfectly right now that more industries should take advantage of.

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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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Peter Graham

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

It’s an exciting day for Oculus Quest as the headset can finally be cabled to a PC to play Oculus Rift videogames, all thanks to Oculus Link. The only problem, what cables are compatible and suitable for VR gaming to make sure you don’t have issues arise such as latency. Handily, Facebook has released not only cable specifications but also a recommendation.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

PTC LiveWorx is one of the biggest gatherings of up-and-coming XR tech in the industry. With all sorts of amazing future tech demos, PTC's Executive VP of AR Products Mike Campbell understands how businesses might want to implement the most far-out features of XR technology right away. But he says there's plenty AR can do perfectly right now that more industries should take advantage of.

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Peter Graham

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Oculus Link has finally arrived today, giving Oculus Quest owners the opportunity to connect the wireless head-mounted display (HMD) to a compatible PC and play awesome videogames like Stormland. However, as the software rollout is still in beta, compatibility might be an issue depending on your PC setup. So take a look at the following specifications to make sure your computer is up to the task.

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Peter Graham

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Virtual reality (VR) specialist Survios has produced some top-notch videogames over the past few years so when the studio announced it was working with AMC on a The Walking Dead title earlier this year , expectations are naturally high. At the time a ‘Fall 2019’ release window had been slated but now that’s now slipped to next year.

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Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?

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