VRScout

DECEMBER 17, 2017

The official YouTube VR app has at long last made its way to Steam. Earlier this week YouTube finally released their official VR app for the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Windows VR platforms via SteamVR in one of the most low profile launches of 2017. The official solution to accessing the massive catalogue of 360 degree as well as 2D video content has already been available on various VR platforms like Google Daydream and PSVR since 2016, but this marks the first time the app will be available to

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Patrick Hagan is a technical specialist for the Houston Fire Department who had an opportunity to try out a VR demo by HTX Labs featuring an active shooter critical response training scenario. This demo inspired him to start collaborating with HTX Labs to see how virtual reality could be used train new firefighters, but also create atypical training scenarios for teams of firefighters.

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AllThingsVR

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Star Wars VR Explained: A behind the scenes look at artists remixing a galaxy far, far away with @3Donimus @AnnaDreamBrush @lizaledwards @estellatse @micahnotfound and @vr_human

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 17, 2017

L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files is the debut VR title from Rockstar Games, and a remake of unique action-detective game L.A. Noire which was released in 2011. LA Noire VR draws upon the same foundation of impressive facial motion capture that was a hallmark of the original; the remake offers up several cases from the original game that have been reworked for VR.

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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

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Snap, the company behind prominent messaging app Snapchat, has released Lens Studio , a software for producing augmented reality effects for still photos and videos. What used to be an in-house application is now in the hands of all who want to dabble in creating their own AR experiences for use in Snapchat. Lens Studio is Snap’s second app, and it’s available on Mac OS X and Windows.

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VRWorld

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Thanks to PSX (PlayStation Experience) and The Game Awards 2017, December has been chockfull of VR gaming announcements. We’ve gone through all of them and picked the most notable ones. New Game Announcements. Vacation Simulator. Platforms: PC, PSVR. Launch Window: 2018. Vacation Simulator is billed as a sequel, since “after you job, you vacation” In contrast to the small office environment of Job Simulator, players will tackle a full island of activities in this game, accompan

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 17, 2017

About: 360 Labs is a Portland, Oregon based production company specialized in 360º videos, virtual tours, custom Google Street View, and VR experiences. 360 Labs was officially founded in May of 2014. Its core team of co-founders all started as panoramic photographers and part of the Google Trusted Photographer program starting in 2012. When another surge of VR popularity arose, they naturally became inclined to produce more content with 360 videos.

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VRWorld

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Doctor Who is one of the most massively-popular franchises out there, with a legacy spanning decades of TV and other media. Earlier this year, BBC released a web application called “ Doctor Who Time Vortex 360 “, which served as an interactive game that fans could play in their browsers. Time Vortex 360’s concept was controlling the TARDIS as it hurtled through space and time, and Time Vortex VR seems to follow the same concept.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 17, 2017

L et our December journey start! E njoy the breath-taking view of Tibet; T ake an aerial tour of Southern China; S troll your way through downtown Toronto; V enture into a zombie land with werewolves; E xplore Nevada from a whole new angle; E xperience a dreamy fashion show in the forest; R aft in Mekong River and get immersed in nature. How does VeeR VR pick out “Must-Sees of December” videos?

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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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VRWorld

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Those in the market for a very expensive, last-minute Christmas gift may be in luck — on December 14, Apple made its new iMac Pro available for purchase. Lauded as the most powerful Mac in the company’s history, the workstation-class iMac Pro features Xeon multi-core processors, a 27” 5K Retina display, and heaps of additional features. That this new machine is being released at the same time as a significant upgrade to Final Cut Pro X is not coincidental.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Lytro , a leading light-field company, is positioning its light-field capture and playback technology as the ideal format for immersive content. The company is building a toolset for capturing, rendering, and intermingling both synthetic and live-action light-field experiences which can then be delivered at the highest quality playback supported by each individual platform.

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VRWorld

DECEMBER 17, 2017

YouTube is the biggest video distribution platform in the world, but it’s still prone to issues. Every major update to the site results in some backlash or another, and this often extends to YouTube implementations on other platforms as well. Today, that platform is SteamVR. So what happened? The YouTube VR application on Google Daydream lets users browse YouTube in a 3D space with full 360-degree visuals, allowing 360 videos to be watched in VR.

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VRWorld

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Apple this week announced a significant upgrade to its pro video editing app, Final Cut Pro X. Released contemporaneously with the new, high-performance iMac Pro , the application introduces a variety of new features, including 360-degree VR video editing and support for full-resolution 8K video. Also upgraded are Apple’s Motion and Compression applications.

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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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