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This AR Firefighter Helmet Will Save Lives

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How augmented reality can help assist firefighters in saving lives. . One of the trustiest tools firefighters have in burning buildings is a thermal-imaging camera, a device that allows them to see through dense smoke. Unfortunately, to use it, a firefighter has to stop, take a photo, and then evaluate the information they see on-screen. In normal environments, those few seconds might not matter all that much.

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‘Lone Echo’s’ Virtual Hands Are an Unexpected VR Innovation

Road to VR

Oculus had talked much about ‘Hand Presence’ with the launch of their Touch VR controllers last year, but few games have implemented the controllers in such a way that truly deliver on that promise. Combined with Touch, Lone Echo’s impressive procedural virtual hands take Hand Presence to the next level. It’s not something you’d think is particularly important when it comes to immersion in VR, but our hands are our primary means of interacting with the world around

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Despite The ‘VR Desert’ Developers Can Still Find Ways To Survive

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Virtual reality developers aren’t making as much money as they expected. Just ask Vander Caballero, founder of Minority Media , creator of the VR game Time Machine VR. Montreal-based Minority Media, which also created the groundbreaking PSN title Papo Y Yo in 2012, created the dinosaur undersea adventure game that launched on the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive VR headsets in May 2017.

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Vive Deluxe Audio Straps Back in Stock on Monday, Vive Pre Adapter Kit Available With Promo Code

Road to VR

The Vive Deluxe Audio Strap is a more ergonomic strap with integrated headphones for the HTC Vive, and when it launched last month, it was only on sale for less than 48 hours until stocks ran dry in the EU and US. Now the company says not only will it be back in stock for US/UK/EU customers on July 10th, but that a special adapter for the Vive Pre will also be available for free with purchase.

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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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Brazil’s Independent Games Festival Puts The Focus On The Business Of Gaming

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On the first floor of Brazil’s Independent Games Festival, around 20,000 attendees played indie titles from all over the world on rows of TVs and in virtual reality booths. Some folks lined up against the wall, waiting to get into the latest panel about composing music or narrative design. Others huddled around the robot racing course in the back. But in the basement, it was all business.

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The Future Is Now Because Apparently AR Shoes Are A Thing

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Remember the self-tightening shoes from Back to the Future II? Well, these Japanese AR shoes are nowhere near that functional or cool. If you went down my list of things I want AR to help with or improve I can guarantee that “let me point my phone at them for some reason” isn’t even in the top 200. But alas, footwear company Onitsuka Tiger didn’t consult my list before they decided to create the first pair of AR shoes dubbed the Anrealage Monte Z.

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I TORE THEM APART! | Gorn Mixed Reality

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Samsung working on a fully standalone VR headset with an Exynos CPU via @TalkAndroid.

AllThingsVR

Samsung working on a fully standalone VR headset with an Exynos CPU via @TalkAndroid [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 8, 2017.

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Digital Transformation & 360/VR/AR spotlight at Digility 2017

Immersive Authority

I attended the last few hours of Digility 2017, a VR/AR conference and expo in Cologne. A variety of exhibitors from local and international companies [.]. The post Digital Transformation & 360/VR/AR spotlight at Digility 2017 appeared first on Immersive Authority.

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How to Train Employees 65% Faster With Virtual Reality

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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These Smart Gloves Let You Feel Things in Virtual Reality via @CreatorsProject.

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These Smart Gloves Let You Feel Things in Virtual Reality via @CreatorsProject [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 8, 2017.

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Magik Gallery – Highlighting Artists Using VR as Their Canvas via @RtoVR [link]

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Magik Gallery – Highlighting Artists Using VR as Their Canvas via @RtoVR [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 8, 2017.

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Hollywood studios dip their toes in virtual reality via @TheEconomist [link]

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Hollywood studios dip their toes in virtual reality via @TheEconomist [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 8, 2017.

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How universities are defining the future of VR via @RWW [link]

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How universities are defining the future of VR via @RWW [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 9, 2017.

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Are You Still Watching? How to Create Engaging Presentations for Virtual Learning

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.