VRScout
MARCH 27, 2017
The online retailer considers using augmented reality to help you settle on that new couch. Amazon is a company that prides itself on embracing the unconventional. Whether its same day delivery, physical book and grocery stores, or fleets of package-delivery drones the ground-breaking internet retailer is always looking for new ways to revolutionize the customer shopping experience.
Road to VR
MARCH 27, 2017
HTC’s Vive Tacker, the Lighthouse-compatible puck that promises to get more than your hands into virtual reality with a bevy of hardware applications, is now officially available for sale to anyone with $99. Vive Tracker made its debut at CES 2017 this past January, where we got a chance to try out several applications showing off just how versatile the little puck really is.
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VRScout
MARCH 27, 2017
The days of kicking your cat while in VR are finally over. Some of the coolest experiences available in VR are the ones that fully utilize room-scale technology. Being able to move about a designated space deepens immersion by delivering a sense of unrestricted freedom. However, while most of us intelligent homo sapiens are smart enough to obey the rules and boundaries that come with room-scale, most house pets don’t really care to follow the carefully thought out safety guidelines.
Road to VR
MARCH 27, 2017
In preparation for Steven Spielberg’s theatrical adaptation of Ernest Cline’s critically acclaimed novel Ready Player One, HTC Vive and Warner Bros Pictures today announced a deal that makes the Vive an official partner for all upcoming VR content for the film. All Ready Player One VR content and experiences will be available on Viveport, HTC Vive’s digital distribution platform.
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.
VRScout
MARCH 27, 2017
HTC Vive and Warner Bros. Pictures have announced an exclusive VR partnership for the theatrical release of Steven Spielberg’s upcoming film, Ready Player One , starring Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, T.J. Miller, Simon Pegg and Mark Rylance. If you’re not familiar with the book, Ready Player One is a 2011 sci-fi action thriller written by Ernest Cline that takes place in the year 2044.
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MARCH 27, 2017
As far as recommended reading for VR goes, Ready Player One ranks highly. Ernest Cline’s dystopian novel, set in a world ruled by the technology, has been given out at VR conferences and sourced as an inspiration countless times within the industry. Facebook’s Oculus even once gave all new employees a copy of the book. Next year, though, Ready Player One will be virtualized itself.
VRScout
MARCH 27, 2017
Developers won’t want to miss this sale. Exactly one month ago, HTC revealed that the Vive Tracker would go on sale to developers March 27th for the price of $99. Well today is that day. Unveiled at CES earlier this year , we have been excited about the Vive Tracker since day one after seeing it in action during Vive demos. The hardware device, that fits in the palm of your hand, can be attached to a range of accessories and peripherals, like a baseball bat or rifle , bringing real world o
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MARCH 27, 2017
The Oculus Rift is amazing. And this month it got even more amazing. Oculus Touch released on December 6 and boy, oh boy, did it bring some fantastic games along with it. In the face of such an incredible innovation we realized we had to update our top Rift games list to include these new offerings. We’ve got nine games in particular for you that we think are the absolute best games this system has to offer in the post-Touch era.
Cats and VR
MARCH 27, 2017
Front Mission meets Rocket League with football, Touchdown: Armor League is football like you’ve never seen before! Players equip fully armored power suits and fight for control of the ball in this intense 6v6 arena shooter. “Fast-paced combat and balanced competitive gameplay is the core of Touchdown: Armor League. All of us at Ares Games are really excited to share this exhilarating style of mechanized combat with sports gameplay.
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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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MARCH 27, 2017
Warning: This story contains massive spoilers for Wilson’s Heart. If you want to go into this game fresh, turn back now. . Last week I saw a teddy bear claw a woman to death and then punched it in the face. I’ll explain. Wilson’s Heart is an upcoming virtual reality video game for the Oculus Rift and its Touch controllers. In this game you play as Robert Wilson — an elderly man who wakes up in a mysterious hospital with no memories, no help, and…no heart.
AllThingsVR
MARCH 27, 2017
Experts set to meet with fed government about need for VR ethics, more research Virtual worlds are coming for humanity and a group of researchers and technologists wants to make sure we’re ready when they arrive. Next week, three top researchers in virtual reality, augmented reality and body computing are having an informal meeting with members of a government regulatory agency to kick off what they hope will be a conversation about the potential dangers of immersive technology and the need for
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MARCH 27, 2017
Destiny is, without a doubt, one of the biggest and most popular games this generation. It’s received constant updates and expansions, enjoyed success on PS3 and Xbox 360, as well as on PS4 and Xbox One, and has the legendary pedigree of Bungie, the creators of Halo, putting their full force behind it. But one thing the original game never had is a release on PC.
Slashgear
MARCH 27, 2017
Virtual reality, the hottest thing in gaming and computing these past weeks, has seemingly taken a backseat to the Nintendo Switch, the glitchy Mass Effect: Andromeda, and the ambivalent Iron Fist. HTC, however, is making sure you don’t forget. It has just unloaded a bunch of news, all at the same time, showcasing how virtual reality, and the HTC Vive … Continue reading.
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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MARCH 27, 2017
We are hiring a Head of Corporate Sales to maximize our monetization power across all our main verticals: media, education, events and coworking. This hire will collaborate with business unit leaders to build our sales strategy, identify targets and close Fortune 500 companies. We’re looking for someone who is not afraid to roll up their sleeves and join the startup culture – whether this means drafting presentations and decks for internal review, executing a mail merge for prospect outrea
Slashgear
MARCH 27, 2017
One of the biggest problems with modern VR headsets like the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive is mobility. Never mind not being able to use it outside, the cables that connect your headset to mostly stationary computers also keep you from walking too far away. They also present a safety hazard. That is why some companies, notably chip makers … Continue reading.
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MARCH 27, 2017
HTC has had a busy day. Earlier on in Shenzhen, China, the company hosted its second Vive Ecosystem Conference, and there was plenty to announce. We learned that the company partnered with Warner Bros. to produce VR conten t for Ready Player One, and it revealed the next batch of startups to join its Vive X accelerator. But there’s more where that came from.
Slashgear
MARCH 27, 2017
HTC made a slew of announcements for the VIVE today, but perhaps the most important one concerns the status of the Tracker. HTC opened the floodgates today, announcing that the VIVE tracker has entered a wide release for developer purchase. This, of course, means that eager developers can finally secure a Tracker to begin development before the controller’s general release … 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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MARCH 27, 2017
With so much going on in the VR space at the moment it was easy to forget that the launch of HTC’s anticipated Vive Tracker was approaching, at least for developers. From today, it’s finally here. The Vive Tracker is available to order from Vive’s own website. As previously confirmed, it costs $99, though there’s an extra $26 on top for shipping that takes it to $125 in total.
VRGuy
MARCH 27, 2017
This article originally appeared on Mar 22nd at ReadWrite You bought a new printer for the office. You unpack and connect it to your PC. You install its demonstration software and see the printer works well. Then, an unfortunate surprise: your word processor cannot work with this printer. You'll need to wait until the maker of the word processor releases a new version.
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MARCH 27, 2017
We recently covered rumors of Apple planning to lean on AR for the company’s future and there were some personnel movements to corroborate the rumors as well. Now we’ve got some movement in the VR and AR industries again, this time with a senior ex-Apple employee becoming head of Oculus VR hardware. Michael Hillman, who spent 15 years at Apple and held design and engineering roles there, will now be instrumental in Oculus’ desire to make VR hardware mainstream, as reported by B
VRWorld
MARCH 27, 2017
Whether the gamers like it or not; their conventional consoles and PC’s now face stiff competition from the emerging giant that is Augmented and Virtual Reality. The totally immersive gaming systems are set to revolutionize the way we play video games but are they also set to affect other parts of the gaming spectrum; gambling for example? We’ve touched on this subject a few times now, and regardless of how one could feel about it – the key to mass market acceptance are exactly
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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MARCH 27, 2017
Baobab Studios is testing the waters of VR animation with its short films, Invasion! and Asteroids! Now The Virtual Reality Company is adding its own experiments to the mix with Raising A Rukus. Announced by the Los Angeles-based studio today, Raising A Rukus is to be a fully animated VR adventure series aimed at families. It aims to take full advantage of VR as it brings viewers to other worlds which they’ll explore alongside a brother and sister that are accompanied by their pet dog, Ruk
Road to VR
MARCH 27, 2017
HTC’s Vive X accelerator is a $100 million fund for AR/VR companies that the company announced last year. Today HTC is revealing the second batch of companies that will receive investments and mentorship from the program. 33 seems to be the magic number. After investing in 33 startups in the first batch of Vive X investments , HTC has selected 33 more companies to join the program, after some 700 applications.
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MARCH 27, 2017
Wilson’s Heart — a virtual reality psychological thriller from studio Twisted Pixel — will be releasing on April 25 exclusively for the Oculus Rift with Touch. The last time we saw Wilson’s Heart in action was during E3 2016 where it quickly became one of our most anticipated titles for 2017. This game blends a compelling narrative with fascinating mechanics and truly unique black and white visuals.
Road to VR
MARCH 27, 2017
Wilson’s Heart , the much anticipated psychological thriller developed by Twisted Pixel and published by Oculus Studios, is due to release exclusively on the Rift on April 25th for $40. In a recent hands-on with the latest build of the game, I got to see how the title’s combat and puzzle mechanics will work. Set entirely in a black and white color scheme, Wilson’s Heart is a rather unique looking VR game which puts you in the shoes of Robert Wilson, a patient experiencing some
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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