VRScout

AUGUST 30, 2017

The highly anticipated animation software finally launches on SteamVR for the low, low price of FREE. Virtual reality has seen an extensive and wide variety of uses since its initial entrance into the mainstream market. Video games, medical assistance, employee training, educational references, scientifically accurate simulations, the list goes on. However one group in particular saw past the standard use-case scenarios and imagined an entirely new application that utilizes VR to help users not

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Road to VR

AUGUST 30, 2017

According to Aaron Stanton, director of the newly-founded Virtual Reality Institute of Health and Exercise , many of the popular VR games and applications are actually more effective at burning calories than a traditional treadmill exercise routine. The organisation recently announced a program to independently assess VR games in a controlled environment, with the aim of publishing the results through a rating system.

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Cats and VR

AUGUST 30, 2017

Independent game developer and publisher Pawmigo Games has launched Cat Sorter VR, a virtual reality game where players find and fix faulty cats and restore them to normal. The game is available to download meow on Steam and Viveport for the HTC Vive for $12.99, but for those who act quick enough, Pawmigo is off-furing Cat Sorter VR at a special sale price of $9.99 for a limited time.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 30, 2017

Google released a preview version of ARCore for Android yesterday, the company’s answer to Apple’s ARKit. Since ARKit was released a few months ago, we’ve seen a bevy of really cool experiments and potential apps to come from developers from all over the world, but now it’s ARCore’s turn to shine. Developers looking to use ARCore to create augmented reality apps can start building right now on both the Pixel line and Samsung S8 line.

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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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Cats and VR

AUGUST 30, 2017

Mindshow is a product built from a passion for VR. Not just because VR is cool but because we were promised the future when we were kids and still seeking it. “VR is still in its infancy, and there’s still a lot to learn about the way players interact with VR. By staging Mindshow in Early Access we can learn more about what players value and what they need.

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Cats and VR

AUGUST 30, 2017

WarDucks, a virtual reality game studio founded by a former Facebook employee, announces the launch of its game Sneaky Bears for PSVR and will soon release on the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive platforms. In Sneaky Bears, Frank, a twisted Teddy Bear Mastermind, has taken over a toy factory and has created an army of evil teddy bears to help with his quest to take over the world.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 30, 2017

Earlier this week we shared our first hands-on with Microsoft’s VR controllers , but at the time the company didn’t allow us to document the session with photos or videos. Now, a developer with the controllers has produced a handy overview that shows how they work and gives a glimpse of them in action. The Windows “Mixed Reality” (Microsoft’s term for AR and VR) controllers are unique among similar VR controllers (like those of the Rift and Vive) because they don

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Slashgear

AUGUST 30, 2017

Some will argue that smartphone-based VR platforms like Cardboard and Daydream can’t give justice to what virtual reality is really capable of. While smartphone hardware has improved by leaps and bounds, they still pale in comparison to VR PC rigs. On the other hand, headsets like Vive, Oculus Rift, and PS VR are prohibitively expensive and tied to a specific … Continue reading.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 30, 2017

Ubisoft’s latest and greatest entry into VR, Star Trek: Bridge Crew (2017), is currently on sale for $25, exactly half the price since its launch back in late May. As a crew member aboard the U.S.S. Aegis, a ship created for the game styled after the J.J. Abrams reboot, it’s your job to fill one of 4 roles as you clash with Klingon ships on the wrong side of the Neutral Zone.

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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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Immersive Authority

AUGUST 30, 2017

I visited Gamescom, the largest game expo in Europe. I’m no gamer so playing games doesn’t interest me. I just hack mockups in Unity to [.]. The post Gamescom 2017 – Observations appeared first on Immersive Authority.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 30, 2017

Mindshow , the app that lets you create animated movies with the use of a VR headset, is now available for general release on Steam following its invite-only alpha. Letting you essentially jump into an avatar, record physical movements, simulate facial expressions, and record audio, the imagination is truly the limit on what stories you can tell. Revealed by Mindshow Inc (ex-Visionary VR) at last year’s VRLA Summer Expo, the company has since added several tools, settings, and flushed out

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VRScout

AUGUST 30, 2017

Will these couples find true love in virtual reality? A time tested genre, dating shows have evolved over time with audience tastes and interests. The format has progressed from game show contestant matchmaking to modern day reality-style shows where the cast competes to hookup. But what happens when you take the blind date show format and teleport it into the future?

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