VRScout
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
The company behind the multiplayer plugin Normcore proves the viability of a virtual office and beyond. The 2017 video from Normal VR started with an adorable, yellow, blob-like virtual avatar daintily standing in the middle of a real, physical office. Its arms waved freely through the air, painting three-dimensional flowers with an expression of pure serenity on its face.
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
“Tower Defense-inspired” VR FPS Home A Drone is set to release in Early Access on Steam and Viveport this Thursday. Home A Drone will allow players to fight off invading swarms of enemies by placing structures that automatically target and shoot at whatever approaches, similar to other tower defense-style games like Defense Grid 2. Unlike traditional tower defense titles, however, Home A Drone will invoke the power of VR by allowing players to jump directly into the action with their own handhe
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AR Insider
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
Data Point of the Week is AR Insider’s dive into the latest spatial computing figures. It includes data points, along with narrative insights and takeaways. For an indexed collection of data and reports, subscribe to ARtillery Pro. Proof points continue to roll out for AR advertising’s efficacy. Our latest spotlighted campaign is Saban’s Power Rangers AR lens, which achieved a 2.1 percent click-through rate (CTR).
Next Reality AR
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
It looks like Snap's foray into augmented reality billboards last year was successful, as the company has returned with two more outdoor advertisements for its Snap Originals series. Now through Sept. 24, Los Angeles residents and visitors will have the opportunity to interact with a billboard at 1008 W Sunset Plaza advertising the fourth season of The Dead Girls Detective Agency and another at 1009 W Sunset for the new series Dead of Night.
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.
ARPost
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
We’ve seen AR technology in clothing before but not like this. The Speedo Mirror app isn’t just a try-on app, it’s a fitting app. See Also: AR Technology that Helps Athletes Improve their Game. Didn’t This Already Exist? A number of brands use AR technology to let you see what you would look like in clothes or glasses. However, those apps show you how the garment will look but not how it will fit.
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Peter Graham
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
Virtual reality (VR) is all about immersion in whatever experience you happen to be in. No matter whether it’s a consumer videogame or an enterprise-focused app, one of the key ingredients for good VR is interactivity; the ability to physically touch and hold digital objects. For consumers, the best you’ll get at the moment is the Valve Index controllers but when it comes to business applications, that choice is blown right open.
Hypergrid Business
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
Worldwide smartphone forecast by generation. (Image courtesy IDC 2019.). Analysts at the International Data Corporation are predicting smartphone sales to resume growth in 2020, driven by 5G and emerging markets. Sales declined for the past three years straight, as a result of consumers holding on to their phones longer. “To be clear, we don’t think 5G will be the savior in smartphones, but we do see it as a critical evolution in mobile technology,” said Ryan Reith, program vi
Peter Graham
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
Finnish indie studio Hipfire Games had been very quiet for most of 2019, with the last thing VRFocus had heard coming almost a year ago regarding Failspace. Well, today the studio has announced a brand new project in the form of a dedicated PvP shooter called Blastworld. . A first-person shooter (FPS) where all the guns have foam bullets, the design of Blastworld is focused on freedom of movement.
Hypergrid Business
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
(Image courtesy Gerd Altmann via Pixabay.). It seems like something out of a sci-fi story, but you might be able to control a device or talk to a friend just by using your thoughts — and it could happen sooner than you think. External and internal neural interfaces are already in use in the medical field today for stroke rehabilitation and epilepsy treatment.
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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.
Charlie Fink
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
Daquri quietly slipped under the waves it helped to create, as XR shows continued vitality.
Peter Graham
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
Released in time for Halloween in 2018, augmented reality (AR) experience Night Terrors: Bloody Mary has now received an update to make your home even scarier than before. Now horror fans can expect more content as well as refined gameplay and audio experience, adding to the intensity – just make sure you don’t drop your phone. Night Terrors: Bloody Mary uses your mobile phone and AR technology to turn your usually normal home into a haunted one, based on an urban legend.
Boost VC
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
Today, our Tribe 13 application is live! Ready to submit your application to Tribe 13? Apply Here. Boost VC snapshot: 12 Tribes 7 years Over 275 investments 33+ countries Last week, we announced our New Boost VC Accelerator: $500k for Sci-Fi Startups. We are looking for ambitious entrepreneurs using Sci-Fi tech to solve the worlds hardest problems. We will invest $500k in 7–10 startups.
Peter Graham
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
When it comes to location-based entertainment (LBE) for virtual reality (VR) arcades there’s quite a lot of avenues operators can take. From massive warehouse-scale experiences or standard roomscale ones to more compact offerings like Virtuix’s VR Arena or the slightly more unique Birdly , the world of out-of-home entertainment is decidedly varied.
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.
SpringboardVR
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
New titles coming to the SpringboardVR Marketplace this fall! [link] Rather read through than watch? Transcript below! [Begin Transcript] Hey everyone Hunter here with another weekly content update. Doing my favorite kinds of video, showing you all what’s coming soon. First up is Tower Tag. Hands down this is one of our teams favorite games to play together.
Peter Graham
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
HipFire Games may have gone under the radar for a while but today the Finnish studio has reappeared in earnest by making two announcements. The first was for a new multiplayer shooter called Blastworld due out by the end of the year, and concrete launch details have now been released for co-op title Failspace. Designed as a fun co-op experience for up to four players, Failspace puts you inside your very own space truck as part of the BluPel Intergalactic Transport Fleet, there’s just o
SpringboardVR
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
SUPERHOT Team to Release Update to Arcade Version The SUPERHOT Team continues to display an excellent and true commitment to LBE with SUPERHOT: Arcade Edition You asked and they listened! The SUPERHOT Team will be releasing a new update to the smash-hit SUPERHOT VR: Arcade on Wednesday, September 18th. What You Need to Know Due to the nature of this update, if you have modified settings in your SUPERHOT folder there will be some small but manual changes to be made.
Zappar
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
It's been a long time coming, but we finally have a winner of our ZapWorks x Sipsmith competition, taking home a cool £10,000 in cash and a national AR campaign.
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.
VRScout
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
Memberships and day passes are now available to west coast developers and players. The city of San Francisco will be getting its very first dedicated AR maker space thanks to Enklu , a cutting-edge company that approaches traditional venues and transforms them into modern experience centers using immersive AR technology. The interactive space, dubbed E.den, is a large-scale social immersive playground that gives players and creators, both professional and amateur, access to community-developed m
XR for Business Podcast
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
Firefighters need to train like any other professional, and their training usually involves setting a mock set ablaze – which, as you might imagine, would be costly to reset. Enter RiVR, who are using 360 video and photogrammetry to recreate these practice blazes digitally. CEO Alex Harvey and Alan have a heated discussion on the topic. Alan: Hey, everyone, my name is Alan Smithon, your host for the XR for Business Podcast.
The Ghost Howls
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
What a week for the XR ecosystem! HTC has launched a new headset, we have another confirmation of Apple glasses, we read about the first hands-on on Kura glasses, and many other things have happened! And all of this when in 10 days there will be the Oculus Connect 6, where there will be announced something cool for sure… I’m rather thrilled while I write this e-mail!
XR for Business Podcast
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
Firefighters need to train like any other professional, and their training usually involves setting a mock set ablaze – which, as you might imagine, would be costly to reset. Enter RiVR, who are using 360 video and photogrammetry to recreate these practice blazes digitally. CEO Alex Harvey and Alan have a heated discussion on the topic. Alan: Hey, everyone, my name is Alan Smithon, your host for the XR for Business Podcast.
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?
XR for Business Podcast
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
Firefighters need to train like any other professional, and their training usually involves setting a mock set ablaze - which, as you might imagine, would be costly to reset. Enter RiVR, who are using 360 video and photogrammetry to recreate these practice blazes digitally. CEO Alex Harvey and Alan have a heated discussion on the topic. Alan: Hey, everyone, my name is Alan Smithon, your host for the XR for Business Podcast.
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