Tue.Aug 15, 2017

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VR Games Are Now Ranked By the Workout You Get

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Can virtual reality gaming be a way to work out? The VR Institute of Health and Exercise partnered with San Francisco State University in a groundbreaking study to prove it is, claiming VR can be a source of “strenuous exercise.” A website launched today by the new VR Institute of Health and Exercise ranks VR games’ fitness potential by comparing them to exercises like running and biking.

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Navigating Paradox, Reality Bubbles, & Multiple Worldviews with VR

Road to VR

Dr. Marilyn Schlitz is a social anthropologist, consciousness researcher, and co-author of the books Consciousness & Healing and Living Deeply. Her anthropological work has been at the frontier of researching how different cultures use various indigenous practices to invoke mind-body interactions for the sake of healing, and she’s come up with higher order frameworks to describe consciousness transformations from spiritual practices.

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Social VR Platform AltspaceVR Is Back

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Better late than never. After an amazing run, Social VR pioneer AltspaceVR closed its doors earlier this month due to unforeseen financial difficulty. It was a sad day for many within the community, all hoping it wouldn’t come to an end. Hoping a solution would appear in the days leading up to its closure. AltspaceVR said its last farewell on August 3rd at 7pm PDT.

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EVE: Valkyrie ‘Warzone’ Update Adds Non-VR Mode and PS4, PC Cross Platform Play

Road to VR

One of the earliest big exclusive releases for VR, EVE: Valkyrie from CCP Games, continues to evolve and with the latest free expansion dubbed ‘Warzone’ the developers have opened its particular brand of slick online space shooter to players without a VR headset whilst also allowing anyone across both PC and PS4 platforms, with or without a headset to play together.

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The Future of eLearning in 2022: A Sensitive Eye for Authentic Translation and Localization

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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Kendall Jenner Takes You Inside Her Closet in VR

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Condé Nast Entertainment and Google team up for new ‘Supermodel Closets’ Daydream VR series. Standing in front of me, in a perfectly organized wardrobe closet, Kendall Jenner picks up a pair of platform booties given to her by Kanye West and proudly holds it out in front of her. Now i’m kneeling in a fitting room as Jenner sits on top of a Versace dress laid out on the floor, Gucci bags on one side and bright red shooties on the other.

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UPS Is Integrating VR Into US Training Facilities

VRScout

The global leader in package delivery will soon be using virtual reality to train its future drivers. UPS doesn’t joke around when it comes to training its employees. After all, the United Parcel Service is the number one package transportation service in the world, with over 100,000 UPS vehicles on the road at any given time. So when it comes to making sure well-trained drivers are constantly behind the wheel of one of their many, many trucks, the company has had to adapt in order to fill the c

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Watch the 2017 solar eclipse in 4K 360 VR livestreamed next week

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Next week will mark the arrival of a solar eclipse that will be visible across a path spanning from the west to the east coast of the US. Many people are planning to make the trip into the path of totality to see it in person, but if you can’t for some reason, no worries. CNN has teamed up with … Continue reading.

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The VRScout Report – AR Magazines, NFL Refs in VR, & Eye Implants

VRScout

Recapping the top stories covered on the VRScout Report , a weekly podcast discussing the best in VR, hosted by Malia Probst. The NFL uses VR to train referees for football season, MLB expands VR content, Sports Illustrated cover features AR, W Magazine uses AR to bring Katy Perry image to life, eye implant platform wants to power continuous AR, now you show off your real-life DJ skills in VR, and the investment & funding wrapup… 1.

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Qualcomm just opened the AR floodgates for Android

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Right this minute the biggest names in smartphones are speeding toward the next “big thing” in mobile devices: Augmented Reality. Qualcomm is the latest company to make a public showing of their efforts with what they call “Qualcomm Spectra ISP, 2nd Generation.” That’ ISB as in Image Signal Processor, this paving the way for high-powered smartphone cameras that can do … Continue reading.

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How to Train Employees 65% Faster With Virtual Reality

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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AltspaceVR is not dead after all

Hypergrid Business

(Image courtesy AltspaceVR.). AltspaceVR , a social virtual reality platform, has come back from the dead. A couple of weeks ago, the company announced that it was shutting down because it ran out of funding. Today, it announced that it’s not closing down after all, thanks to overwhelming support from the public. “Thanks to that outpouring of support, we’re now deep in discussions with others who are passionate about AltspaceVR who want to guarantee that our virtual oasis stays open,

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Will virtual reality clubbing make staying in the new going out? via @GQMagazine.

AllThingsVR

Will virtual reality clubbing make staying in the new going out? via @GQMagazine [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) August 15, 2017.

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OpenSim actives down but land area up this month

Hypergrid Business

OpenSim’s public grids gained nearly 1,500 regions this month despite the summer season, but total active numbers were down by just over 1,700. The 257 currently active grids reported a record high area, totaling the equivalent of 83,190 standard regions. The biggest land gainer this month was Atek Grid with 703 new regions, followed by DigiWorldz with 495 regions, Discovery Grid with 384, OSgrid with 168 regions and Kitely with 164 regions.

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Futuristic Wave Shooter Game Show! | Disassembled VR on Oculus Rift

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Are You Still Watching? How to Create Engaging Presentations for Virtual Learning

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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OpenSim actives down but land area up this month

Hypergrid Business

OpenSim’s public grids gained nearly 1,500 regions this month despite the summer season, but total active numbers were down by just over 2,000. The 257 currently active grids reported a record high area, totaling the equivalent of 83,189 standard regions. The biggest land gainer this month was Atek Grid with 703 new regions, followed by DigiWorldz with 495 regions, Discovery Grid with 384, OSgrid with 168 regions and Kitely with 164 regions.

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Nonprofit Provides VR Games for the Sick, Disabled and Elderly via @AOTF [link]

AllThingsVR

Nonprofit Provides VR Games for the Sick, Disabled and Elderly via @AOTF [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) August 15, 2017.

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Renamed SineSpace holds summer festival this weekend

Hypergrid Business

(Image courtesy SineSpace.). SineSpace — formerly known as just Space — will hold a summer festival this coming weekend, August 19 and 20. The festival will include contests, live music, carnival games, a roller-coaster, movies, fireworks, and tours of the platform. SineSpace is a browser-based virtual world created by Adam Frisby, one of the co-founders of OpenSim.

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Monetizing VR: Turning magic into money via @VentureBeat [link]

AllThingsVR

Monetizing VR: Turning magic into money via @VentureBeat [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) August 16, 2017.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

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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Qualcomm Unveils Depth Sensing Spectra Module Camera

VRWorld

Qualcomm’s AR/VR efforts are accelerating. Following the launch of stand-alone Vive with Snapdragon VR 835 platform , the company launched Spectra ISP camera module for smartphone and headset manufacturers. Goal is to enable several new features which may be the key to simplification of how users around the world use their smartphones and headsets.

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New Ready Player One Image Reveals Art3mis via @UploadVR [link]

AllThingsVR

New Ready Player One Image Reveals Art3mis via @UploadVR [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) August 15, 2017.

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ARKit is a Goldmine for VR Developers via @UploadVR [link]

AllThingsVR

ARKit is a Goldmine for VR Developers via @UploadVR [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) August 15, 2017.

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Was @AltspaceVR saved by Palmer? [link] allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) August 16,

AllThingsVR

Was @AltspaceVR saved by Palmer? [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) August 16, 2017.

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Who C.A.R.E.S.!? How Learning Got Its Bad Rap & What We Can Do About It

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?