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APRIL 27, 2017

The latest Within original blows away Tribeca audiences with exciting new light-field technology. One of my favorite things to do while rocking a VR headset is binge watch various 360-degree videos from platforms such as YouTube, Jaunt or Within. They’re simple to access, easy to watch and plentiful. As entertaining as they can be however, most examples of the still-budding medium lack many of the features that add the extra level of immersion shown by more advanced VR experiences.

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Road to VR

APRIL 27, 2017

7invensun, one of the latest companies accepted into HTC’s Vive X accelerator program, is launching an eye-tracking add-on made specially for the Vive headset. The device, which will go on sale initially as a development kit in China this month, uses a series of IR LEDs and a near-eye camera to track the player’s eyes in real-time, enabling a range of potential benefits for VR.

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VRScout

APRIL 27, 2017

You can now save, share, and remix Tilt Brush sketches. The VR app that’s become a favorite among immersive artists just got some big updates, including customization of environments, lighting controls and even a social platform of their own. For those of you who haven’t tried Tilt Brush yet, the app lets you paint in 3D space with life-size brush strokes, stars, and even fire all within VR.

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Road to VR

APRIL 27, 2017

With a new technique, Adobe wants to turn normal monoscopic 360-degree video into a more immersive 3D experience, complete with a level of depth information that promises to give the user the ability to shift their physical vantage point in a way currently only possible with special volumetric cameras—and all with your off-the-shelf 360 camera rig. Announced by Adobe’s head of research Gavin Miller at National Association of Broadcasters Show (NAB) in Las Vegas this week and originally re

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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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APRIL 27, 2017

Eye tracking is one feature that could could benefit the performance and affordability of high-end virtual reality headsets. The HTC Vive should become the first mainstream headset to put that theory to the test. A Chinese startup known as 7invensun (pronounced seven-in-ven-sun) is announcing it will be releasing a new eye tracking module for the Vive next month.

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VRScout

APRIL 27, 2017

VRLA is the biggest conference of its kind in the world—and the Spring 2017 Expo on April 14 and 15 was the grandest outing yet. It’s safe to say there’s no conference quite like VRLA. Part industry event and part fancon, VRLA is a place where seasoned veterans can catch up on their latest updates while newcomers experience VR for the first time.

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Road to VR

APRIL 27, 2017

Nokia’s improvements to the software for their professional OZO VR camera platform are significant enough that the company has opted to now call their VR camera the ‘OZO+’, even though the hardware remains the same. This is the result of a major firmware update combining with a custom-built image signal processing framework used in the new OZO Creator 2.0 software, launching in May.

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APRIL 27, 2017

The Tilt Brush dev team has been quiet these last few months since they pushed the last major update, which is unusual considering the team used to roll out a major update every few weeks. But today we learn why, Google is releasing the biggest Tilt Brush overhaul yet. Custom environments, lighting controls, modular workspaces, a Tilt Brush oriented social media platform, and ton of other small improvements.

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Road to VR

APRIL 27, 2017

At the NAB Show currently in progress in Las Vegas , Nokia announced a partnership with Lucasfilm to deliver an immersive behind-the-scenes VR experience of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. This forms part of the existing, multi-year technology agreement between Nokia and Disney, where the OZO camera is being used to create unique VR content. Nokia’s OZO camera | Photo courtesy Nokia.

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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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APRIL 27, 2017

At an event in New York City this morning Acer showed its latest tech offerings. This included a VR headset that is part of Microsoft’s Windows Mixed Reality platform, simply called the Acer Windows Mixed Reality headset. After some hands-on time with the Development Edition of the Acer headset, how does it stack up compared to the consumer Rift and Vive?

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Road to VR

APRIL 27, 2017

John Legend is coming to VR. News of the multi-talented artist’s involvement in Baobab Studios’ latest, Rainbow Crow , spread last week. To recap, Rainbow Crow is an adaptation of a Lenape Native American tale, and Legend’s starring as the eponymous varicolored bird, writing and performing original songs and serving as executive producer. He’s pretty involved, in other words.

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APRIL 27, 2017

The TPCast wireless solution for the HTC Vive virtual reality headset is expanding its slate of products to include a multi-user device. Dubbed the “TPCast: Business Edition,” this system will build on the company’s existing hardware and allow up to six headsets to run wirelessly in a single space. TPCast BE is targeting a variety of use cases but will specifically aim for “numerous VR vertical markets including arcade, theme park, education, real estate, travel, furnitur

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Cats and VR

APRIL 27, 2017

Starbreeze AB today presented its next in line Virtual Reality experience shorts produced under its Publishing arm to be produced for future Location Based Initiatives (LBE) in the StarVR Virtual Reality HMD. Each experience aims to push the bar beyond what’s possible in home use setups. You can watch the presentation at the 1:03:30 mark in the above video.

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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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APRIL 27, 2017

Attendees at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles will notice that a familiar structure has faded from the show’s sweeping skyline of corporate booths. The familiar black monolith bearing the Oculus logo will not be making an appearance at E3 2017. Oculus has confirmed that it will not have a booth at E3 this year. This marks the first time since 2014 that Oculus will not be hosting a booth at one of the year’s biggest international trade shows.

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Cats and VR

APRIL 27, 2017

Archangel , the first original title by Skydance Interactive, is an action-packed, story-driven shooter that was created exclusively for virtual reality. In the game, players are dropped into the cockpit of a six-story-high war-machine, a one-of-a-kind weapon that must stop a tyrannical corporation from taking over a post-apocalyptic America. Through stunningly detailed graphics, engaging storytelling techniques, and explosive action, Archangel delivers state-of-the-art VR gameplay like no other

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APRIL 27, 2017

Facebook released Spaces last week — a virtual reality social experience that lets you meet up with friends, make video calls and take selfies in VR. The app is exclusive to the Oculus Rift but the HTC Vive is about to get a similar experience of its own. Today, Vive is announcing that it will be launching an integration that allows users to communicate with friends both in and out of VR through WeChat.

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APRIL 27, 2017

Joining Google’s newly unveiled YI HALO camera is the Yi 360 VR, a consumer-tier camera designed for recording 360-degree video for virtual reality purposes. The camera is able to stitch together 4K-resolution videos and it can also livestream content at a 2.5K resolution, putting a relatively high-end VR camera in hobbyists’ pockets. Despite its capabilities, the camera is small enough … Continue reading.

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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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APRIL 27, 2017

I really, really want a massive, detailed, fantasy MMORPG with a huge world to explore, countless items to collect, and endless quests to experience. My dream game is basically Sword Art Online , but in the grounded semi-realism of a franchises like The Lord of the Rings and The Elder Scrolls. Give me that and I’ll likely be inside of a VR headset more than outside.

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APRIL 27, 2017

Learn more about a company called IMMY who has been flying under the radar in regards to their upcoming VR and AR headset, called the IMMY Mark 1 and IMMY Mark 2, from the founder, CEO and CTO, Doug Magyari. Hear why Doug feels their device will stand out from the more recognizable names in the space and how important it is to him to have it manufactured in the United States.

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APRIL 27, 2017

VR already has untold numbers of wave shooters, endless runners, and other genres, but we don’t have many — if any — true massively multiplayer role-playing games (MMORPGs). Age of Heroes VR wants to be one of the first. Announced this week, this new title from Chinese studio Omnigames hopes to be the World of Warcraft of the VR world, offering fantasy combat for you and y our friends.

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APRIL 27, 2017

The Next@Acer event serves as an opportunity for Acer to show off new upcoming hardware and software in development with partners. Starbreeze studios’ influence continues to be peppered throughout the virtual reality industry and they took the stage during Acer’s event to show off some new content for their StarVR headset, a piece of hardware finding homes in VR arcade installations.

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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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APRIL 27, 2017

VR has plenty of choices for fans of the zombie apocalypse, including the one set in Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead universe, and more is on the way. Speaking to Variety , David Alpert, executive producer on The Walking Dead TV series, confirmed that a new VR experience based on the franchise was on the way. That’s all the information he had to share, though; we don’t know if this will be a simple 360 degree video or (hopefully) something a bit deeper.

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APRIL 27, 2017

Now that the Vive Trackers are shipping to developers, the next big launch for HTC’s VR headset is the Deluxe Audio Strap, and Microsoft may have just filled us in on when it’s coming. Pre-orders for the strap are now live over on the Microsoft Store. HTC previously announced that the device would go on sale this June, but Microsoft appears to have narrowed the exact date down to 6/5/2017.

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APRIL 27, 2017

We’re still not entirely sure where VR sits with young children, but that isn’t stopping some companies making experiences that are perfect for them, like this new Shaun the Sheep app from Aardman Animations. The famed animation studio, known for series like Wallace and Gromit as well as films like Chicken Run, this month released this free new experience on both iOS and Android.

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APRIL 27, 2017

360 degree cameras are wonderful things, but they’ve got a long way to go. We need perfect 3D capture with seamless stitching and ultra-high resolution capture to make truly immersive panoramic content. Acer’s new entry into this market doesn’t sound like it makes any huge leaps in these areas but it’s got something better; it can make phone calls.

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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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