VRScout

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

The dancing violinist broke new ground with her one-of-a-kind VR performance. Last month acclaimed electronic violinist, dancer, and singer-songwriter Lindsey Stirling performed a one-of-a-kind VR performance for a live crowd of 400,000 viewers scattered all across the globe. Hosted by online music platform Wave , Stirlings 1 ½ hour performance featured a stunning combination of live music and choreographed dancing as the singer-songwriter performed a variety of tracks from her fifth and latest

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

The Belgium-based XR technology startup, LucidWeb, recently launched a beta of a new platform. The platform allows users to easily create 3D videos and VR experiences to share on their websites or social media. LucidWeb founder Leen Segers told ARPost all about how the platform works, why it’s special, and what its future is. What Is LucidWeb? Leen Segers, LucidWeb founder.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

DAQRI, the Los Angeles-based AR headset company known for its enterprise-focused Daqri Smart Glasses , is shutting down. The company announced the shutdown via email recently, stating that it is taking part in an asset acquisition that will “put an end to [Daqri’s] industrial wearables business and begin the wind down of the company.” As per the email, Daqri says both its Smart Glasses and Worksense cloud solutions will be retired at the end of September.

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

XR Talks is a series that features the best presentations and educational videos from the XR universe. It includes embedded video, as well as narrative analysis and top takeaways. Speakers’ opinions are their own. One of AR’s promises (along with VR) is to bring far-flung colleagues together for interpersonal interactions. There’s otherwise a tradeoff between the advantages of remote work (flexibility, cost) and the effectiveness of in-person collaboration.

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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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Hypergrid Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Hypergrid Business may collect a small share of sales from the links on this page, which helps us keep the site going, and lets us offer free ads for OpenSim-related businesses. Prices are accurate as of the date of publication. (Image courtesy Oculus). Looking for a VR headset but not sure where to start? Here are my top five recommendations for virtual reality headsets, including the least expensive ones and the most expensive ones and ones in the middle. 1.

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Oculus

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Not all racing games are created equal, and today, we’re thrilled to introduce a new title that challenges you to drive to survive. Coming soon.

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Secret Location has a habit of making rather interesting and enjoyable virtual reality (VR) videogames, such as Blasters of the Universe and 2018s Transpose. If you happen to own an Oculus Rift/Rift S and are yet to experience the puzzler, then this weekend is the ideal time because it’s completely free. Having made VRFocus’ ‘ The Best HTC Vive Games Of 2018 ‘ it is fair to say Transpose is a good puzzle title.

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Headjack

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Some of you may know we have written multiple blogs about 360 video encoding dating back to 2015, 2016 and 2017. These blogs serve as a good starting point for everybody that is new to 360° video compression or wants to learn more about the history of 360° video compression and how we got to […]. The post 360 Video Cloud Encoding Profiles appeared first on Headjack.

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Augmented reality (AR) firm Illumix came out of stealth in 2018 after securing funding from Silicon Valley VC investors to make AR videogames. Today, the company has announced its first title in the form of Five Nights at Freddy’s AR: Special Delivery, bringing the horror franchise to AR for the first time. With Five Nights At Freddy’s VR: Help Wanted arriving for virtual reality (VR) headsets several months ago the series continues its return to the spotlight with Five Nights at Freddy’s AR

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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.

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Headjack

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

In our previous blog we defined our Cloud encoding profiles, In this blog we will go in-depth on why we made our choices regarding video quality and video compression and what to keep in mind when setting up your own encoding profiles. The industry really professionalized over the last couple of years and we are […]. The post Unity, Video formats and codecs, Player SDK’s and Spatial Audio appeared first on Headjack.

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Plenty of home virtual reality (VR) titles have made the leap into arcades as a way to make more money for studios. The same can’t be said for the other way around though. French studio and VR operator smartVR will be doing just that later this month by releasing After-H, a first-person shooter (FPS) designed for location-based entertainment (LBE) venues on home VR headsets.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Step 1: Plant augmented reality gnomes across the world. Step 2: …? Step 3: PROFIT! Just kidding — Trigger Global’s army of AR gnomes has a more solid business plan than the Underpants Gnomes, as well as many other ventures across popular brands, utilizing mixed reality technologies to bring them to life. CEO Jason Yim emerges from his hidden meadow to talk about a few of them.

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Yesterday HTC Vive announced that its next headset, the Vive Cosmos is now available to pre-order ahead of its official launch in October. The help promote the device in the UK, HTC has teamed up with BBC Studios for an event where the public can get their hands-on Vive Cosmos and play Doctor Who: The Edge of Time. The event will take place at Hackney’s Protein Studios on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th September, giving fans of the series a chance to step into the famous Tardis.

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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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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

OZWE Games, the studio behind the Anshar VR franchise, today announced a new game for Rift and Quest that looks straight out of Mad Max. Called Death Lap , Ozwe says in an Oculus blog post that it was inspired by both the Twisted Metal and Mario Kart franchises. The game is said to include five apocalyptic tracks: a psychedelic desert, oil on fire in the desert, Las Vegas by night, an abandoned theme park, and a giant pinball.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Step 1: Plant augmented reality gnomes across the world. Step 2: …? Step 3: PROFIT! Just kidding — Trigger Global’s army of AR gnomes has a more solid business plan than the Underpants Gnomes, as well as many other ventures across popular brands, utilizing mixed reality technologies to bring them to life. CEO Jason Yim emerges from his hidden meadow to talk about a few of them.

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Known for its sci-fi franchise Anshar Wars, virtual reality (VR) developer OZWE Games is going for a more grounded approach for its next videogame Death Lap. A fast and furious racing title with plenty of combat elements, Death Lap has just been announced for Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift headsets. In Death Lap OZWE Games will be mixing up several racing genres, offering players the chance to tear up the track and their opponents using a variety of vehicles and weapon systems.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Step 1: Plant augmented reality gnomes across the world. Step 2: …? Step 3: PROFIT! Just kidding -- Trigger Global's army of AR gnomes has a more solid business plan than the Underpants Gnomes, as well as many other ventures across popular brands, utilizing mixed reality technologies to bring them to life. CEO Jason Yim emerges from his hidden meadow to talk about a few of them.

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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.

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