Road to VR
AUGUST 10, 2017
Oculus Connect 4, the company’s fourth annual developer conference, is set for October 11th and 12th in San Jose, California. There, Oculus will share with developers some of its latest research and developments, including what’s coming to the company’s VR Audio SDK. See Also: NVIDIA Shows How Physically-based Audio Can Greatly Enhance VR Immersion.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
AUGUST 10, 2017
Going to the bank is hell. You wait in line, the tellers try to upsell you, and the giant mechanical spiders won’t stop skittering out of their inter-dimensional portal. The citizens of Northern California seem unaware their home is under attack in a new video showcasing the AR game Vortex-Ball by Sturfee. Unlike other demos we’ve highlighted lately, Vortex Ball doesn’t use Apple’s new ARKit SDK.
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Road to VR
AUGUST 10, 2017
The NFL continues to maintain its strong relationship with VR technology, now employing the STRIVIR platform to train some officials. According to a report by SportTechie , the virtual reality training company has been working with the NFL’s Officiating Development Programs for the past nine months, presenting game scenarios in a VR headset from a referee’s perspective to supplement the limited opportunities for real-world practice.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
AUGUST 10, 2017
Every once in a while I go back and watch Breaking Fourth’s Ctrl just to double check that it’s as good as the headline I wrote for it back in June 2016 promises. I see a lot of VR movies that fail to move past the gimmick stage, so it’s always a relief to watch something that isn’t as concerned with a sense of awe so much as it is character-driven storytelling that leaves an impact.
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.
Cats and VR
AUGUST 10, 2017
REDspace announced the release of Gunball , their VR sports/shooter hybrid experience, for Oculus Rift through Steam at a cost of $14.99. The wacky and action-packed game was initially released for HTC Vive in June. Since then, players all over the world have been enjoying the fun and immersive VR gaming experience. “We’ve been thrilled with the response to Gunball, from both new VR users and pros,” says Jeremy McCurdy, Gunball Game Designer and Games Technical Lead at REDspace.
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Hypergrid Business
AUGUST 10, 2017
My Daydream View headset and its controller. The headset can be used to play Cardboard games, though the controller won’t work. (Photo by Maria Korolov.). Last night, I wanted to try out the VR Spaceship VR app for Android on my Pixel phone with my Daydream View headset. Unfortunately, VR Spaceship is an older, Cardboard-compatible app, not a Daydream app, and I kept getting a warning message: Warning message.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
AUGUST 10, 2017
Xing: The Land Beyond from White Lotus Interactive has been around for a very long time in game development years. The Kickstarter campaign originally launched in 2013, raising $30,000. Now today, Xing is shaping up to be one of the most visually pleasing and highly anticipated new classical-style adventure games in some time. With the success of last year’s Obduction from Cyan Worlds, there is clearly still a market for these sorts of games.
AllThingsVR
AUGUST 10, 2017
Vive China President Shares 16 Lessons for a VR-First Future From VR Novel ‘Ready Player One’ via @RtoVR [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) August 10, 2017.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
AUGUST 10, 2017
HTC Vive is getting a brand new game bundled with every unit sold… at least it is in Australia. Vive Studios’ Front Defense, a World War II- era first-person shooter developed by Fantahorn Game Studio, will be included with every unit sold on the Australian Vive website until August 24th. Not only that, but the bundle comes with a themed protective cover for both your headset and the Vive controllers.
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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.
Hypergrid Business
AUGUST 10, 2017
(Image courtesy Island Oasis.). The Island Oasis grid now has a new owner, and has been offline since Monday while the servers are being moved to their new location. The grid is expected to be back up on Friday, according to the official announcement. The new owner’s name has not yet been announced. Former owner and co-founder Nicole Dreyer, known as Sugar Paolino in-world, said that health concerns no longer allow her to put in the necessary time needed to run the grid. “Because I
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
AUGUST 10, 2017
An early leak of the release notes for PlayStation 4 firmware 5.0 indicates that Twitch streaming at 1080p and 60 frames-per-second is coming to Sony’s high-end console, the PlayStation 4 Pro. Until this point, streamers were limited by framerate and resolution when showcasing VR titles. The improvements will allow Twitch viewers to see more accurate representations of virtual reality content.
AllThingsVR
AUGUST 10, 2017
VR Insight launches virtual reality prototype that determines users’ emotions via @TheDrum [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) August 10, 2017.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
AUGUST 10, 2017
Jimmy Fallon is getting good comedic mileage out of Pictionary, the party game of choice for people with too much dignity to play charades. Last night, for the fourth time in seven months, Fallon played a round of VR Pictionary with his celebrity guests. Fallon teamed up with Brie Larson of Glass Castle, while Tariq Trotter of The Roots played with Marlon Wayans, of the new NBC comedy Marlon.
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.
AllThingsVR
AUGUST 10, 2017
Room-scale VR turns a cramped box into an infinite play area via @WiredUK [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) August 10, 2017.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
AUGUST 10, 2017
Sports Illustrated announced yesterday that their latest series of issues previewing the upcoming college football season will have covers enhanced through the use of augmented reality technology. Using your phone’s camera and the Life VR app for Android or iOS. you can point your phone at the cover of one of four different Sports Illustrated issues ( listed here ) and it will come to life with a full video.
AllThingsVR
AUGUST 10, 2017
This ARKit App Locates Items In A Supermarket For You via @UploadVR [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) August 10, 2017.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
AUGUST 10, 2017
As if Gorn’s usual brand of skull breaking and sword slashing wasn’t enough of a guilty pleasure, the game’s Experimental branch reveals yet more options for you to toy with your enemies with. If you right click on Gorn in your Steam library, hit properties and then click on the Betas tab, you’ll be able to switch to the Experimental build.
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.
Everything VR & AR
AUGUST 10, 2017
Rob Ogden, EVP of Strategic Planning and Corporate Development at Madison Wells Media discusses the emerging VR entertainment market. Rob discusses MWM’s work through its VR division, Reality One, with Wevr and Director Jon Favreau to produce Gnomes & Goblins, MWM’s work with Sony Pictures in creating the Passengers VR Experience, based on the movie Passengers, and offers insights into the future growth and monetization opportunities of VR in the entertainment industry.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
AUGUST 10, 2017
Oculus Connect 4 is just a few months away; the developer conference returns to the San Jose convention center on October 11th – 12th. We’re expecting to see what’s new with the company during a busy keynote speech but, until then, an initial list of sessions and workshops has been revealed for the two-day event. There’s not much here that points us towards what Oculus might reveal at the show, but there are definitely more than a few sessions you shouldn’t miss.
AllThingsVR
AUGUST 10, 2017
Watch Rick & Morty get schwiftyy in VR! .
VRScout
AUGUST 10, 2017
The fashion publication’s latest issue embraces augmented reality. Whether capturing Kate Moss in VR for a fragrance ad or letting retail shoppers don a headset in store , fashion brands are always seeking new ways to capture consumer attention. And when it comes to fashion publishers, augmented reality seems to be the immersive technology of choice when bringing printed stories to life in a bigger way.
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?
Hypergrid Business
AUGUST 10, 2017
It can be hard to keep up with all the new virtual reality apps coming out. But, if you’re just starting out, it can be equally hard to find good ones to start with. Here are my favorite resources. Best review website: WeArVR. Every tech pub, including Hypergrid Business , will occasionally review virtual reality apps. But relying on those reviews is hit-or-miss, and top-ten style articles are typically out of date soon after they come out.
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