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The new video also teases “puppet skinning” for Tilt Brush. When YouTube channel Nat and Friends toured Google VR, we were honestly expecting to see experiments from Google’s Daydream Labs that we’ve already seen. Projects we’ve reported on like Google’s headset removal or last year’s social VR experiments have been some of our favorites. What we weren’t expecting to see was putt-putt golf in Google Earth VR or a few other inspiring demos that show us what’s possible with the immersive tec

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Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, who left the company back in March, has backed a crowdfunding campaign for Revive—a hack which allows HTC Vive owners to play games from the Oculus platform—to the tune of $2,000 per month to support its continued development. The action comes in stark contrast to the closed ecosystem approach of the Oculus organization.

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A group of CEOs face immediate backlash after using VR to simulate being homeless during “CEO Sleepout.”. Virtual reality may be an immersive technology capable of simulating many experiences, but they are still far from the real thing. That’s what a group a CEOs are hopefully beginning to understand after facing the wrath of the internet for choosing to use VR in an attempt to understand what it’s like to be homeless.

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Just about the only thing we know so far about the new Daydream standalone VR headsets in the works from HTC and Lenovo is that they are… in the works. Now however we’re getting a little more clarity about the hardware: both will be built around Qualcomm’s VR headset reference design. Qualcomm’s ‘VRDK’ is a reference device that the company has positioned to act as a foundation for consumer electronics makers to create their own headsets based on Qualcomm’s Sn

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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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Palmer Luckey just reportedly pledged $2,000 to CrossVR’s Patreon campaign which is used to fund the ongoing development of ReVive , a popular hack that allows Vive users to play Oculus-exclusive content that isn’t released on Steam. The move comes off as a bit of a surprise due to the fact that Luckey is the inventor of the Oculus Rift and co-founder of Oculus VR, a company that he is no longer a part of after leaving in March of this year.

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A lot of people believe that when things are all said and done that augmented reality (AR) will be the dominant technology over the likes of virtual reality (VR.) The two formats often get lumped in together but actually offer almost directly opposite opportunities. VR, for example, immerses the user in a digital space that doesn’t actually exist whereas AR brings aspects of the digital space into the real world around you.

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JUNE 28, 2017

The best of ARKit: Falcon 9 landing, Minecraft, Van Gogh bedroom tour, and more [Videos] via @9to5mac [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) June 28, 2017.

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If you want an idea of just how varied VR experiences can be, just-launched production studio Virtual Reality Associates (VRA) is a good case study. The company this week announced that it working on three new IP for headsets, and each sounds dramatically different from the last. For gamers, VRA is working on what it hopes will be a competitor in the coming VR eSports scene.

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Google unveils Advr, an experimental Area 120 project for advertising in VR via @TechCrunch [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) June 28, 2017.

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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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Vertigo Games and Jaywalkers Interactive’s Arizona Sunshine finally hit PlayStation VR (PSVR) earlier this week, but not everyone is satisfied with the results. A lot of players have been reporting issues with the game’s presentation and support for the new PSVR Aim Controller. The developers are listening, though, and you should be seeing changes soon.

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JUNE 28, 2017

Intel’s Frank Soqui Gives The Lowdown On How To Make Great VR Content via @Forbes [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) June 29, 2017.

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When the Oculus Touch controllers launched on December 6th, 2016, there were over 50 titles available on the Oculus Home store ready to take advantage of the input method. Early adopters of the Rift had been eagerly anticipating the ability to finally bring their hands and fingers into VR. Luckily, the controllers were worth the wait and are easily the best commercially available motion controllers for VR we’ve seen yet.

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JUNE 28, 2017

VR content production: How to take advantage of the VR wave (VB Live) via @VentureBeat [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) June 28, 2017.

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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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Elite: Dangerous is one of the biggest, most expansive games to support the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive thus far, and it seems like a perfect fit for Sony’s PlayStation VR (PSVR) too. Sadly, a PS4 version of the game released this week without PSVR support intact. According to creator Frontier Developments, that’s down to quality control. Speaking in a Reddit AMA earlier this week , series creator David Braben noted that he was a “huge fan” of VR, but it doesn’t sound

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Soccer fans, watch the Gold Cup in VR – even without a headset via @CNET [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) June 28, 2017.

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Between Arizona Sunshine and Ancient Amuletor launching it’s a big week for PlayStation VR (PSVR), but there is another more obscure title set to release too. First-person horror experience Syndrome is also set to arrive this Friday, June 30th, at least in the UK. No one’s really talking about it, but we do know what the VR support consists of.

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JUNE 28, 2017

VR, AR Developers Move Away From Mobile To Higher-End Systems via @MediaPost [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) June 28, 2017.

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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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Nothing is more American than the 4th of July, the United States’ Independence Day. Some people celebrate by displaying flags as a symbol of patriotism while others bust out the grill for some all-American burgers and hot dogs. But according to the team behind The American Dream, an upcoming VR game that takes a satirical look at gun culture in America, no Independence Day is complete without some bullets and beer.

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This Glove Makes VR Objects Feel Real via @smithsonian [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) June 28, 2017.

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The GPU Technology Conference is bringing the event series to Washington, DC so that attendees can witness the future of AI, deep learning, and more. The conference topics, including VR and high-performance computing, will be presented in a way that shows how all of these types of technologies can influence healthcare, security, and other industries.

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Roundup of 360º Design Resources via @SVRF [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) June 28, 2017.

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Speaker: Treion Muller, Chief Strategy Officer at ELB Learning

Since when has learning and development (L&D) become such a negative experience with its intended learners? Could it be because learners have been conditioned by very poor learning experiences over the past two decades, combined with the kinks of technological innovation? Or is it because learning has typically been designed as a one-size-fits-all solution, despite the fact that humans are not clones?

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Sometimes we use technology and our devices to escape from the day to day stress of the world we live in. Our guest this week, Nick Alcid, has started a company called Escape to Virtual Reality that offers people a chance to do just that without needing to spend hundreds of dollars on equipment. Based in Los Angeles California, Escape to Virtual Reality gives visitors a chance to have some fun with family and friends in a virtual reality environment in which they can play a variety of games.

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VR World NYC is a new VR arcade that opened on June 24th in New York City right next to the Empire State Building. They have three floors with 55 different VR experiences, and they’re using an all-you-eat buffet business model of paying $39–$49 to have unlimited access to play all of the available experiences. It’s a great opportunity for tourists and New York residents to get their first room-scale and 360 VR experiences, but it also has a bar, plenty of places to hang out, as well

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If you have a PlayStation VR (PSVR) headset then chances are you already know this but just in case; Arizona Sunshine released for the kit this week. And just extra in case you didn’t actually know what Arizona Sunshine is there’s a launch trailer for it too that you can see below. The video shows you both what’s old and new in this release.

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With an intuitive control scheme and accessible gameplay, this simple and satisfying VR action game for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift and Touch turns out to be an excellent showcase of the fundamental benefits of using VR hardware for gaming. Drone Hero recently launched on Steam Early Access. Image courtesy Neuston. The objective of Drone Hero is to fly a small, highly maneuverable drone towards floating blue orbs that spawn in different positions around a room, which is loaded with obstacles and th

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Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?

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