VRScout

JANUARY 28, 2018

Tons of customization, multi-user support and attention to detail could make this one of the best content viewing applications for VR yet. Finding a VR experience to watch your favorite media on can be a daunting task. Sure there are plenty of official apps from Netflix , Hulu and other major players, but all of that treasured content doesn’t mean much if you’re watching it in an uncomfortable virtual theater.

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VR Game Critic

JANUARY 28, 2018

Now, get ready to go all Die Hard on your friends as we present you with some of the finest multiplayer FPS games out there so far. These games all thrive on an active player-base so why not gear up with your friends and give one or two of them a shot. Do note that all but one are still in Early Access, so please expect some bugs, features under development and plenty of ways to impact how these games turn out in the end.

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VRWorld

JANUARY 28, 2018

Although we are likely to see incremental improvements to many popular VR headsets over the next twelve months, it appears some of the biggest VR news in 2018 may be focused on entirely new headsets from popular and less prominent manufacturers alike. Following is a summary of four pending devices that we feel are the most anticipated new headsets that will be released this year.

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VRWorld

JANUARY 28, 2018

Gambling is one of the oldest and most established businesses in the world. And, like many industries in the latter part of the 20th century and over the subsequent past couple of decades, the gambling world has moved and transformed online. The biggest casinos in the world don’t have a strict door policy anymore, nor do they care what shoes you’re wearing.

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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

JANUARY 28, 2018

Microsoft is reorganizing its Windows Mixed Reality team, including combining its Everyday Magic and Evoke Studios into a new organization, with resultant job cuts. The news was first reported earlier this week by industry analyst Brad Sams at Petri.com. According to Sams, the changes will see the team that developed Paint 3D, Remix3D, Mixed Reality Viewer, and other mixed reality apps (Everyday Magic) merged with those responsible for the Photos and Videos app.

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VRWorld

JANUARY 28, 2018

This week, client-server media player maker Plex, Inc. announced the availability of Plex VR, an app that brings the company’s product suite to Google Daydream-enabled VR devices. As explained on the company’s blog, the new app allows users to view Plex Media Server content while immersed in a VR environment. Not only does this equate to a “big screen” viewing experience for video content, including 3D and 360/180 video, but it also brings real-time social features to the platform.

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