VRScout

JUNE 29, 2017

Leap Motion just dropped a major upgrade—Interaction Engine 1.0—to immerse your mind and hands in VR. Last year, digital-physical interaction pioneer Leap Motion released an early access beta of Interacton Engine. In providing developers a way to incorporate scanning technology into Unity, Leap Motion enabled a new breed of VR experience—one where participants used their own hands to interact with digital objects rather than controllers.

Leap Motion 286

Leap Motion Controllers Virtual Reality Technology 286

Road to VR

JUNE 29, 2017

There was an amazing projection-mapped , immersive theater piece at Sundance this year by Heartcorps called Riders of the Storyboard. Trained street performers interacted with virtual projection-mapped 2D objects, and through the sleight of hand magic broke these flat objects into the third as glowing 3D props. LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST. [link].

Immersion 264

Immersion AR Augmented Reality Training 264

VRScout

JUNE 29, 2017

A new hidden feature uses positional tracking to let you actually walk through cities. Despite just being made available to the public only two days ago, Apple’s iOS 11 beta has already been stripped down, analyzed and pushed to its limits by rapid iPhone & iPad enthusiasts. The new update to the platform has brought an impressive selection of exciting new features: from the groundbreaking ARkit (augmented reality development platform), Apple Pay Messenger integration, and Live Photos comin

Apple 261

Apple Augmented Reality Virtual Reality Tips 261

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 29, 2017

Today we learned that Samsung, the creators of the Oculus-powered Gear VR headset, filed a patent in late December of last year for magnetic VR hand controllers. Based on the description in the patent and the accompanying concept image (embedded below), the controllers would be used to provide more visceral and accurate hand-tracking for the Gear VR.

Samsung 231

Samsung Controllers Hand tracking Virtual Reality 231

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.

Mexico

AllThingsVR

JUNE 29, 2017

Oculus Founder Backs ‘Revive'—a Hack for Vive to Play Rift-exclusive Games—With $2K in Monthly Funding via @RtoVR [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) June 29, 2017.

Oculus 70

Oculus Gaming Augmented Reality Virtual Reality 70

AllThingsVR

JUNE 29, 2017

This Augmented Reality Helmet Helps Firefighters See Through Smoke to Save Lives via @singularityhub [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) June 29, 2017.

Augmented Reality 70

Augmented Reality Virtual Reality AR 70

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 29, 2017

A very good, 11/10 app may soon be heading to an iPhone or iPad near you. The term Dogmented Reality was first coined for a 2016 April Fools gag from Meta, but now it’s very much a real thing for some smartphone users. Follow the Dogmented Reality hashtag on Twitter and you’ll find scores of people touring the world with virtual pets that sit in our reality a little like you’ll find in other apps like Pokemon Go.

Magic Leap 220

Magic Leap Apple Google AR 220

AllThingsVR

JUNE 29, 2017

Rumors of the demise of augmented reality developers have been greatly exaggerated via @TechCrunch [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) June 29, 2017.

Augmented Reality 70

Augmented Reality Virtual Reality AR 70

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 29, 2017

Look, up there! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Why no, it’s someone pretending to be your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man! Throwing cinder blocks off of rooftops, fighting deadly balloons, ripping posters off of walls, and inexplicably standing still when arch nemesis The Vulture attacks! Wait, that doesn’t sound so friendly neighborhood-ish.

Exercises 210

Exercises Sony Gaming Entertainment 210

Advertisement

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.

Virtual Reality

AllThingsVR

JUNE 29, 2017

Google Earth teams up with National Geographic to take students on voyages via @DigitalTrends [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) June 29, 2017.

Google 70

Google Augmented Reality Virtual Reality AR 70

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 29, 2017

Even when René Pinnell launched Kaleidoscope’s virtual reality festival in 2015, his vision had always been to build a funding platform to help independent VR creators and studios raise money for their original VR projects. Now that day is here. Today Kaleidoscope officially launched its invitation-only marketplace , limited to 500 members, where VR industry leaders can get a first-look at new virtual reality films, games and experiences available for pre-sales, licensing, and other partnership

Virtual Reality 184

Virtual Reality Industry Entertainment Filming 184

AllThingsVR

JUNE 29, 2017

Virtual reality gets smelly thanks to this Japanese startup via @businessinsider [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) June 29, 2017.

Virtual Reality 70

Virtual Reality Augmented Reality AR 70

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 29, 2017

The importance of live events to VR continues to grow as more apps and headsets become more accessible. Providing people with the perspectives that VR can afford gives the impression of a premium experience and more groups continue to embrace the technology for their shows, concerts, and sporting events. The bigger the name, the better when it comes to new partnerships involving VR and we’re getting some of the biggest in music coming to an immersive platform near you.

Virtual Reality 149

Virtual Reality Groups HTC Technology 149

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.

How To

Slashgear

JUNE 29, 2017

It seems that now is an excellent time to dive into VR. Not only is HTC offering the VIVE at a discount during the Steam Summer Sale, but Best Buy has now put together a VR deal of its own. This time around, the focus is on the Oculus Rift, though what Best Buy is offering isn’t really a “sale” … Continue reading.

Oculus 62

Oculus HTC Virtual Reality 62

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 29, 2017

Apple’s new ARKit platform basically looks like HoloLens inside of an iPhone. All that’s missing is a controller-free interaction system. A new patent uncovered this week suggests that may be on the way, though. Patently Apple has revealed a new filing from the company for a new 3D camera system with depth sensing capabilities used for gesture recongition.

Apple 135

Apple Data Controllers AR 135

AllThingsVR

JUNE 29, 2017

iOS 11 brings VR mode to Apple Maps using ARKit via @cultofmac [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) June 29, 2017.

Apple 70

Apple Augmented Reality Virtual Reality AR 70

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 29, 2017

Two former members of Sony Interactive Entertainment reunited this week, as ex-PlayStation executive Phil Harrison invested in Dream Reality Interactive, founded by Dr. Dave Ranyard. Ranyard previously lead Sony’s London Studio, the team that worked on the PlayStation VR (PSVR) headset creating tech demos that would eventually be bundled into PlayStation VR Worlds for launch last year.

Sony 126

Sony Microsoft Entertainment Industry 126

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.

Simulation

AllThingsVR

JUNE 29, 2017

Finding the Future of VR via @Ryan_A_Bell @cinematicVR [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) June 29, 2017.

Augmented Reality 70

Augmented Reality Virtual Reality AR 70

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 29, 2017

Viral is one of the few VR franchises to work its way around the headset food chain pretty steadily. Having started out on Gear VR, the series came to the Oculus Rift around the time the shiny new Touch controllers arrived. Now it’s set for Steam, too. Viral Ex is coming to the HTC Vive on July 10th. You work your way through a computer system eliminating viruses that manifest themselves as tiny little minions.

HTC 101

HTC Controllers Oculus Gaming 101

VRWorld

JUNE 29, 2017

As a first time visitor to ISC 2017 , I was impressed not by the products that the biggest names in the Enterprise IT Market were showcasing, but by the totally calm and poised way they were doing it. I was not met at the fairgrounds on my way in by a wall of visitors and backpackers as I was used to, when visiting IT-related fairs (CEBIT, Gamescon, Computex and the like), although there were people roaming through the stands and asking questions, as it should be, to companies’ representat

Denver 53

Denver China Colorado Government 53

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 29, 2017

HTC’s mission with Vive Studios is supposedly to foster the creativity and vision needed to deliver high-quality VR experiences directly to their users. Fund them directly and publish a portfolio of quality content; that was the mission, similar to Oculus Studios. The first two Vive Studios titles — Arcade Saga and Virtual Sports (formerly known as VR Sports) — are simple and fun, but far from the level of quality people would expect.

HTC 117

HTC Gaming Sony Simulation 117

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?

Technology

Road to VR

JUNE 29, 2017

According to a recent entry on the Google Developers Blog , the company has begun experimenting with advertising formats suitable for placement inside of virtual reality experiences. Focusing on mobile VR platforms, the first idea they’ve shared for a native VR ad is a floating cube that can be optionally engaged with via a tap or gaze. The program is being run by a team at Area 120 , Google’s internal workshop for experimental projects, purportedly in response to the need for VR developer

Google 239

Google Virtual Environment Unity Virtual Reality 239