VRScout

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Words and virtual reality paint immersive stories. Avante-garde performance artist Laurie Anderson has a new VR experience. Her latest work with Taiwanese artist-programmer Hsin-Chien Huang, Chalkroom , lets you float through a virtual world made of letters while the O Superman singer narrates. “It’s made of words and stories and it’s a big kind of edifice covered with language and drawings,” Anderson said in an interview with Louisiana Channel. “I wanted to see w

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Discovery and Google today announced the launch of a new 38-episode VR video series called Discovery TRVLR, a product of both Discovery and Google’s internal VR teams. The first 6 episodes is slated to launch on Friday, November 3. Discovery TRVLR comes exclusively to YouTube and DiscoveryVR.com, and on the Discovery VR app. This means you can watch on Google Daydream View and Cardboard, and with a little extra creativity, on Oculus Rift and HTC Vive with Opera’s new experimental browse

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VRScout

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Move over diamonds, VR is a girl’s new best friend. Last week, luxury diamond retailer Swarovksi announced it would be partnering with Mastercard and tech company YouVisit to provide an all-new virtual reality shopping experience. The app allows users to browse the Atelier Swarovski interior décor line, full of delicate Swarovski crystals. For those with means, this VR experience will allow customers better interaction with the pieces they want to purchase without going to a store, and for othe

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Virtual reality is unique in its ability to allow you to immersively explore the interior of the imagination, including the darker sides of the psyche, the parts that we fear to confront, but inevitably wish to excise from the mind. That’s what Anamorphine is trying to accomplish with its deep, mind-bending dive into love, loss, and the mental anguish of seeing a loved one fall into depression.

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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

OCTOBER 5, 2017

With Oculus Connect 4 right around the corner I have to deliver the great news that the CatsAndVR OC3 Game Of The Show ARKTIKA.1 is also right around the corner from 4A Games the company best known for developing the critically aclaimed Metro video game franchise. In ARKTIKA.1, barbaric raiders and mutated cannibals push humanity to the brink during the Great Freeze, a man-made ice age.

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Hypergrid Business

OCTOBER 5, 2017

ZanGrid. (Image courtesy Sofee Supermarine.). One of oldest commercial OpenSim grids is shutting down at the end of this month. ZanGrid , formerly known as the Zandramas grid, was one of the first OpenSim grids when it was first founded 10 years ago, and is one of the top 25 grids by both popularity and land area. Last month, the grid reported 351 active users and the land area equivalent of 439 standard regions.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 5, 2017

The PlayStation VR platform is heavy on games, but PSVR owners will soon be getting a paint program that’s very similar to Google’s Tilt Brush (2016), the art program that supports Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Created by Spain-based studio WildBit Studios , CoolPaintrVR features a number of paintbrushes and tools including the ability to mirror your work and even use a reference image while in VR.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Everysight, an augmented reality (AR) smartglass company, announced its first brand athlete, Chris McCormack (Macca), hailed by ESPN as “The World’s Fittest Athlete”. Everysight is the maker of Raptor AR smartglasses, which provide cyclists and triathletes with a competitive advantage that enhances training by providing them with the real-time information they need to transform into faster, fitter, and more efficient riders.

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Unimersiv

OCTOBER 5, 2017

The ability to visualize and see the big picture has always been a valued ability in high risk occupations, be it the military, aviation, construction or energy. The better idea we have about our environment and what we’re up against, the lesser mistakes we are likely to make, consequently, the more lives get saved. Oil and Gas as an industry is no different as professionals are often faced with decisions that can mean the difference between a successful drill and an environmental disaster.

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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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Everything VR & AR

OCTOBER 5, 2017

On this episode we are joined by Amy Peck who is the founder of EndeavorVR, a leading global VR/AR strategy & consulting firm, co-founder of BoundlessXR, a simulation & training platform, and is also Head of Enterprise Strategy at UploadVR. Amy speaks regularly on Enterprise VR and has long been an AR/VR evangelist. She holds several advisory roles and is Co-chair of the VRARA Enterprise Committee.

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