VRScout
JULY 6, 2017
For the last month I’ve been working with Google to test Blocks, a new VR creation tool that enables anyone to 3D model low polygon objects without training. Like Tilt Brush, objects made with Blocks may seem simplistic at first, but the apps professional potential becomes glaringly obvious once it’s objects are rendered in software like Unity. To explain, I created this.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
JULY 6, 2017
What’s a billionaire named Jim Jannard to do after founding and selling Oakley’s for $2.1 billion then creating a state-of-the-art Hollywood-caliber camera manufacturer in RED Digital Camera? Create a phone that can power holograms and doesn’t need a headset for AR or VR, that’s what, apparently. Today RED announced the Hydrogen One smartphone.
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VRScout
JULY 6, 2017
Because indoor skydiving wasn’t cool enough already. Skydiving is arguably one of the more dangerous activities a human being can possibly participate in. However it can also be one of the most intense, life altering moments you’ll ever have the pleasure to experience. So wouldn’t it be cool to feel the magic of free falling 120 miles per hour without the chance of becoming a pancake on the street?
Road to VR
JULY 6, 2017
Virtual Reality Headsets have not sold as many units as some of the more optimistic analysts have predicted, and VR Fund’s Tipatat Chennavasin says that the relatively quick adoption of smartphone technologies have spoiled a lot of people within the investment community. But despite the adoption being slower than some had hoped, Chennavasin still sees a lot of optimistic indicators for the long-term investment of companies that are driving the evolution of the medium in different industry
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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JULY 6, 2017
Behind closed doors at E3 2017 journalists were given a glimpse of Cyanide Studio ‘s Call of Cthulhu. The game embraces its Lovecraftian roots fully, giving players an opportunity to explore a mystery that could end with them going absolutely mad. It’s a formula that should work wonderfully for VR and, while the developers are certainly interested in VR for the game, they’re awaiting a green light from their publisher.
Virtual Reality Pulse brings together the best content for VR professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
JULY 6, 2017
When you spend your time covering the VR and AR industry you see a lot of really cool technology, but not all of it has clear real-life applications. The Raptor AR smartglasses from Everysight don’t fall into that category. From being used by hundreds of actual cyclists and sport enthusiasts around the world to serving a real, functional purpose, these aren’t just a niche within a niche with no audience.
Road to VR
JULY 6, 2017
Germany-based customers looking to snap up a deal on Oculus Rift and Touch, the VR headset’s motion controller, are seeing one of the biggest price cuts thanks to German electronics retailer MediaMarkt. Normally costing €708 for both Rift and Touch, the special sale bundle has slashed prices to a total of €453.99 including VAT and shipping to anywhere in Germany.
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JULY 6, 2017
It’s safe to say that Christopher Nolan has one of the best track records in all of Hollywood. His IMDB page reads like a greatest hits of cerebral thrillers and thought-provoking action films with the likes of The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception, Memento, Interstellar, The Prestige, and several others in his catalog. Soon Dunkirk, a new World War II (WWII) period film will release as the latest movie with Nolan at the helm once again.
Road to VR
JULY 6, 2017
Nick Ochoa curated some of the top artists producing work entirely in VR for the Magik Gallery show that happened in San Francisco, CA on May 20th. It was an ambitious effort to introduce VR creation tools for artists within a fine arts context in the Terra Gallery space. There were physical posters of scenes showed around 15-20 VR stations featuring an individual piece of art, as well as opportunities to try some of the VR art tools like TiltBrush.
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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.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
JULY 6, 2017
Volkswagen Group is one of the first companies in the world to fully commit to training employees in VR. The car maker this week announced that it is deploying VR training with the HTC Vive headset across its global operations. This makes the company the first car manufacturer in the world to fully embrace the technology in this way. Training consists of Volkswagen’s very own VR app made with the Innoactive platform, a new SDK that allows companies to build apps with multi-user collaborati
Road to VR
JULY 6, 2017
Fantastic Contraption , one of the first (and still one of the best) VR puzzle games out there, is finally coming to PSVR on July 11th and has been specially tuned for the platform, including unique levels not seen elsewhere and graphical enhancements for PS4 Pro. Fantastic Contraption (2016) is a physics-based puzzle game made from the ground up for VR that will challenge your creativity by tasking you with a simple task: build a machine to deliver a purple orb into the goal zone.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
JULY 6, 2017
VR hasn’t yet brought about a revolution of the Trophy or Achievement systems for gaming, but SteamVR Collectibles are pretty close to that. This week, Valve has added the second wave of figurines to this new concept. The new batch of SteamVR Collectibles features ornaments from games like Superhot VR and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality , which just so happen to be two of the best games on the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.
VR Bites
JULY 6, 2017
This game is like Rockband for your feet! Sorry I couldn’t show you more! I do hope you enjoyed the video and look forward to fitness VR applications just as much as I do! ImmersiveGamer83.
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.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
JULY 6, 2017
Turns out Next VR isn’t live streaming every sport under the sun in VR; the upcoming X Games will be broadcast by Samsung itself. Live streaming events like this in 360 isn’t anything new, but with Samsung’s live pass we’re hoping that the X Games in Minneapolis will be an event to remember. Taking place between July 13th and 15th you’ll be able to watch skaters and BMX riders hit the track for perform insane stunts, all from the comfort of your own home.
AllThingsVR
JULY 6, 2017
Google Announces ‘Blocks’, a VR App Like 'Tilt Brush’ for Modeling 3D Objects on Steam & Rift via @RtoVR [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 6, 2017.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
JULY 6, 2017
It’s been about six months or so since Resident Evil 7 was released on PlayStation VR (PSVR) now and we’re just about feeling like we can handle another horror game on the platform. Fortunately one is right around the corner. The Bellows, a VR horror experience from Castle Step, is on its way to Sony’s platform soon. You might have already heard of the game; it launched on the HTC Vive all the way back in September last year.
Slashgear
JULY 6, 2017
This week the folks at Google have created a new system for digital object creation called Blocks. This Google Blocks system allows the user to span the virtual universe with their creations in a way never before possible – at least not with this user interface. And before you ask, no, it’s not just a new name for Minecraft – … Continue reading.
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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JULY 6, 2017
If you have a VR headset then you have probably played a lot of wave shooters. If not, you have probably at least played a few and then realized the genre is uninspired and a bit boring so you didn’t play any others. While it’s still a bit too early to tell for sure, Space Conquest from Masai Interactive at least looks interesting from its initial announcement trailer.
AllThingsVR
JULY 6, 2017
Aryzon is a ‘Cardboard-like’ 3D AR device, already surpassed its funding goal 4 times over via @AndroidComunity [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 6, 2017.
Everything VR & AR
JULY 6, 2017
This week, Yulio Founder, CEO and Managing Director Rob Kendal joins Kevin to talk about how Toronto based Yulio helps turn 3D content into immersive experiences. We also discuss what Rob's first VR experience was like along with how he feels that Yulio stands out from others in the space. Also, make sure to check out the Yulio blog as there is a lot of great posts from the company there, many of which have come from client feedback and perspectives.
AllThingsVR
JULY 6, 2017
This touchable AR display screws into a light socket and projects onto your desk via @techreview [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 6, 2017.
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?
Road to VR
JULY 6, 2017
Bigscreen is a social VR app which lets VR users bring their PC desktops into virtual reality, as if sitting at their computer next to friends or co-workers. Users inside of Bigscreen can see each other’s desktops which means you can watch movies or play games together. With Bigscreen still in beta, the streaming functionality has been hit or miss, but a new update promises to bring “flawless” 1080p streaming at 30 FPS to everyone.
AllThingsVR
JULY 6, 2017
BBC’s latest app, ‘Taster VR,’ is a home for its VR experiments via @engadget [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 6, 2017.
Road to VR
JULY 6, 2017
Google wants to make it easier for VR/AR app developers to create 3D objects with its new app revealed today called Blocks, a program designed to let you build assets for the immersive mediums from within the VR headset itself. Creating objects for VR is traditionally done on a 2D screen with the aide of relatively complex modeling programs like Blender or ZBrush , and while these programs have gotten more user-friendly throughout the years, there’s nothing quite like building something
AllThingsVR
JULY 6, 2017
Cannes 2017: Dinosaurs in Virtual Reality - bringing history back to life via @ThinkwithGoogle [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 7, 2017.
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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