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‘Medium’ Update Lets You Sculpt in VR With Friends

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Oculus Medium lets you sculpt virtual models in VR, but until now you’ve had to do it all alone. A new update to the program brings multiplayer functionality, allowing you and a friend to create and collaborate together. Version 1.2 of Medium , now available, adds the Studio Share feature which lets you connect with a friend so that you can talk and see each other’s creations as you work on them.

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Community Download: Which Other Popular IPs Do You Want To See In VR Next?

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VR seems to finally be coming into its own in a way, or entering its “second gear” as Jason Rubin of Oculus likes to say. Big franchises like Resident Evil are getting full VR support, huge IPs like Star Trek are debuting on headsets, and large scale new properties like Farpoint are putting the technology to good use. Not to mention the likes of Fallout 4 and Skyrim both getting the VR treatment soon as well.

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Ahead of Comic Con Disney’s D23 Expo announced Marvel VR for Oculus, A Star Wars AR HEADSET!, and a Star Wars theme park.oh AND reveled the Kingdom Hearts 3 Toy Story Trailer!!!

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I consider my self a Disney fan, I love Tron and Darkwing Duck, also since I am a big Star Wars and Marvel fan over the past few years I have to say I have become a bigger Disney fan. All that being said Disney’s D23 Expo was not on my radar and its a damn shame because they just announced some major things for its entertainment empire including big VR and AR news.

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Lila’s Tale Makes you Solve Puzzles in VR … Without Your Hands

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You don’t need a controller to play Lila’s Tale ; you just need to look. It’s a VR platformer that you interact with by directing your gaze at where you want its heroine to move. Only a demo is available at the moment, but the full game is slated for a third-quarter release later this year for the Samsung Gear VR. After Lila’s brother disappears into a mysterious dungeon-slash-cave, the player (which a glowing blue light represents) helps her search for him.

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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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ZanGrid urges residents to donate unused currency

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If you have a unused balance in your ZanGrid virtual currency account, the grid is suggesting that you donate it for War Child charity to help children and people affected by war. The grid is conducting a fundraising campaign for the charity, which will last through September 1, and has created a “War Child” avatar for the campaign. The money donated could help rebuild the lives of the children in various ways, including dealing with trauma and ensuring they get back to school, ZanGr

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Project Overview ‹ CocoVerse: A Playground for Cocreation and Communication in Virtual Reality via.

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Project Overview ‹ CocoVerse: A Playground for Cocreation and Communication in Virtual Reality via @medialab [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 16, 2017.

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This ARKit App Uses Virtual Footsteps To Show You How To Dance

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Got two left feet? Want to wow your partner with your best moves? This new app built on Apple’s ARKit debuts a brilliant new way to teach people to dance. All you’ll need is an iPhone. Dance Reality, as the app is called, was concieved by two Seattle-based salsa dancers following the debut of Apple’s new augmented reality platform earlier this year.

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Powers United VR game brings the world of Marvel to Oculus Rift

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Along with the plethora of other announcements taking place at Disney‘s D23 Expo this weekend, there was some exciting Marvel news to be revealed. It turns out that Star Wars isn’t the only property that Disney is betting on for VR & AR experiences, as the game Powers United VR will let players take on the role of their favorite … Continue reading.

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Microsoft’s newest Windows 10 Fall Creators Update test build adds Mixed Reality tweaks |.

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Microsoft’s newest Windows 10 Fall Creators Update test build adds Mixed Reality tweaks | ZDNet [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 16, 2017.

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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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OpenSim land area passes 80,000 region milestone

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The total reported land area of OpenSim’s public grids has passed 80,000 regions — a record high. This is despite the fact that InWorldz, the most popular OpenSim grid, did not report its land area this month. The total number of registered users went up by 9,764, and even the number of active users increased slightly, despite the fact that it’s the middle of summer and many education-oriented regions and grids are on break.

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Disney Teases New Star Wars AR Headset With Lightsaber Fights and Holochess via @FortuneMagazine.

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Disney Teases New Star Wars AR Headset With Lightsaber Fights and Holochess via @FortuneMagazine [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 17, 2017.

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Here’s Six More ARKit Projects to Get Excited About

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Apple’s ARKit has taken the internet by storm. Here are six more projects we think will blow you away. Since its launch just over a month ago, amateur and professional developers alike have used Apple ARKit to create experiences ranging from practical (AR measuring tape, anyone?) to out of this world (this interdimensional portal is still blowing our minds)—and there seems to be no end in sight.

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Hands On: ‘4D Toys’ is a Mind-Bending, Unique VR Puzzler via @RtoVR.

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Hands On: ‘4D Toys’ is a Mind-Bending, Unique VR Puzzler via @RtoVR [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 17, 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.

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Kansas facility tests virtual reality to help people with dementia via @wibw [link]

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Kansas facility tests virtual reality to help people with dementia via @wibw [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 16, 2017.

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Will Virtual Reality Drive Deeper Learning? via @edutopia [link]

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Will Virtual Reality Drive Deeper Learning? via @edutopia [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 16, 2017.