VRScout

JULY 13, 2019

Disney’s hand-drawn VR film is an adorable tale of two unlikely friends. Walt Disney Animation Studios latest stab at immersive filmmaking, a kite’s tale , is set to premiere later this month at SIGGRAPH 2019, making it the second VR short film from Disney to debut at the annual computer graphics conference. This week Disney released a bit more information behind the mysterious project, revealing an adorable pair of characters who must work together to brave the dangers of life in the unforgivin

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Road to VR

JULY 13, 2019

In announcing Until You Fall , Schell Games was boastful about its ability to deliver an “intense, real-time combat expe­ri­ence that hasn’t been seen before with VR.” After spending a few hours with the pre-alpha version of the game, it’s clear that the studio wasn’t bluffing. Until You Fall’s VR melee combat system groundbreaking in its design and effectiveness.

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Charlie Fink

JULY 13, 2019

We think Apple is pivoting to pass-through, not abandoning HMDs for AR.

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Robert Scoble

JULY 13, 2019

I just wrote a post on LinkedIn about an exercise I’m doing to rethink the future of augmented and virtual reality. Why don’t you do it too?

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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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Oculus

JULY 13, 2019

This week, we released several titles and updates across the Oculus Platform. Here’s a rundown of the highlights.

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