VRScout

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

The walkers have taken the streets. . AMC and Mountain Dew have formed an undead alliance to celebrate Season 8 and the 100th episode of AMC’s The Walking Dead — with the release of an augmented reality app called, “The Walking Dead Encounter.” The app resurrects popular walkers from past episodes and gives you the power to set them loose wherever you are.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America’s President and COO, took the stage Thursday at Variety’s Entertainment and Tech Summit to discuss the company’s immediate future, including the likely (and entirely predictable) shortage of Nintendo Switch this holiday season. According to Fils-Aime, who spoke briefly about the company’s plans for VR, there still isn’t any reason for Nintendo to go head-first into the medium.

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

ACORD Solutions Group , accounting giant EY, technology giant Microsoft and the Maersk, the world’s largest shipping company have combined to launch the world’s first marine insurance blockchain platform. EY said that the distributed ledger will be used to capture information about shipments, risk and liability, and to help firms comply with insurance regulations.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

Acer’s Windows VR headset initially became available earlier this summer as a development kit. In October the company will launch the consumer version of the headset now with an upgraded head strap. The Acer “Mixed Reality” VR headset is due to launch in October along with the others , and while it was advised that development kit versions wouldn’t be much different than the consumer versions, Acer’s headset looks to be getting a solid improvement to its headstrap.

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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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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

Virtual Reality had, until recently largely been in the gaming and gambling consumer segment, followed by proliferation of 360 degree videos. Today, we can see many positive externalities happening in different spheres. We read how VR is seen as beneficial to health sector, banking industries, tourism, science, schools etc. It is a definite fact that this technology is moving to the mainstream.

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