Road to VR

AUGUST 20, 2017

Whether or not you’re in the narrow band of ‘solar eclipse totality’ that’s making its way across the continental United States on Monday, August 21st, Google Earth VR has seen a recent update that will let you experience the rare event from the comfort of your own HTC Vive or Oculus Rift. Released in an August 12th update, Google has added a new menu function that lets you activate Monday’s total solar eclipse, which can be seen as it passed through 14 US states: G

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VRScout

AUGUST 20, 2017

Greta & Starks, a start-up based in Berlin, is opening the movie theatre door for everyone — including those with visual or hearing impairments and non-native speakers. Both Greta and Starks are apps that allow people with sight or hearing loss to enjoy films. Greta quietly whispers descriptions and actions in time with the film. And Starks displays captions in a variety of languages.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 20, 2017

Hot on the heels of the $400 Summer Rift sale , HTC is doing some of its own price slashing, bringing the complete Vive system down by $200 to a new permanently lowered price of $600. VR’s momentum continues as the two leading PC-based headsets have now dropped significantly in price since the beginning of 2017. Oculus recently introduced a new headset and controller bundle and dropped the price to $500 (though it’s currently on sale a little while longer for $400 ), and now HTC is f

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Cats and VR

AUGUST 20, 2017

Before the frightening remake of the Stephen King classic IT opens September 8th check out IT: FLOAT - A Cinematic VR Experience. a 3D 360 video that introduces you to meet Pennywise and enter the sewers of Derry. What begins as something of a tribute to a classic scene in the original film quickly descends into anarchy as you enter a nightmarish world.

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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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Road to VR

AUGUST 20, 2017

Manifest 99, a new release coming to PSVR on September 12th, is being described as an “interactive narrative VR experience” that “straddles the line between dream and nightmare.” Manifest 99 is the first PSVR title from developer Flight School Studio (though they have worked on on VR projects), and aims its focus more at narrative than gameplay.

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AllThingsVR

AUGUST 20, 2017

Mind-Controlled VR Game Coming to Arcades 2018 via @VRScout [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) August 20, 2017.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 20, 2017

James Camera is one of Hollywood’s most celebrated directors, best known for Titanic , and Avatar , two of the world’s top grossing films. He’s also been an evangelist of technological innovation in cinema production. Despite past skepticism, Cameron’s latest thoughts on VR show that he’s coming around to the idea, but still taking a pragmatic look.

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