Tue.Dec 31, 2019

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This Viral Instagram Augmented Reality Filter Will Tell You Which Disney Character You Really Are

Next Reality AR

One Instagram creator's augmented reality homage to Disney's deep bench of animated characters has earned him fifteen minutes of fame. Taking a page from the enchanted book attraction at the Sorcerer's Workshop of Disney California Adventure, content creator Arno Partissimo published an Instagram AR camera effect called "Which Disney" that spins a virtual roulette wheel to match users with their true Disney spirit animal or human.

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The Potato 4K is the worst VR headset of 2019

The Ghost Howls

It’s the last day of 2019, and it’s time for every website to give awards about the best VR game, the best VR headset and whatever category that comes to the mind of the journalists. But no one ever talks about the worst, so to close the year with a smile, let me talk about the worst headset that I’ve tried this year. I don’t remember the name of the device, so I will rename it as “Potato 4K” Let’s see how it has won this coveted award!

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2020 Spatial Predictions: Advertising Keeps the AR Revenue Crown

AR Insider

This post is adapted from ARtillery Intelligence’s report, Spatial Computing: 2019 Lessons, 2020 Outlook. It includes some of its data and takeaways. More can be previewed here and subscribe for the full report. At this stage of spatial computing’s lifecycle , it’s becoming clear that patience is a virtue. After passing through the boom and bust cycle of 2016 and 2017, the last two years were more about measured optimism in the face of the sobering realities of industry shakeou

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VRFocus’ Most Anticipated VR Games Coming in 2020

Peter Graham

It has been quite an incredible year for virtual reality (VR) fans. Headsets like Oculus Quest, Valve Index and Vive Cosmos have arrived while developers have continually surpassed the quality of content available. So now it’s time to look ahead and into 2020. With plenty of exciting content coming in the next 12 months VRFocus looks at some of the most exciting prospects.

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The Future of eLearning in 2022: A Sensitive Eye for Authentic Translation and Localization

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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The Company Quietly Revolutionizing AR Experiences

ARPost

AR experiences can be exciting, but designing them is often thankless work. As consumers, and as tech journalists, we tend to focus on the companies releasing AR content – but seldom designing the content themselves. Image Metrics is a company that works behind the scenes of some of the biggest mobile-based AR experiences. They specialize in facial augmentation software.

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