VRScout

APRIL 28, 2017

Netflix and disruption go together like Oculus and Rift. Never one to rest on its laurels, the company is continually looking for ways to shake things up. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the streaming service is toying with the idea of breaking away from narrative norms by experimenting with ‘interactive storytelling’. The idea of interactive storytelling, although dismissed by some cynics as a clunky moving-image version of childhood choose-your-own-adventure books , is something that f

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Road to VR

APRIL 28, 2017

Wilson’s Heart , the latest exclusive on the Oculus Rift and Touch, has launched to much fanfare, including a funny take on the game (and VR in general) by Conan O’Brien. Conan O’Brien is the long time late-night talkshow host of Conan which includes a segment called ‘Clueless Gamer’ where Conan tries his hand at playing anticipated titles, despite not being a gamer himself.

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VRScout

APRIL 28, 2017

Vive and WeChat users will be able to interact with each other in the same virtual space. Last week, Facebook showed us what the future of social VR looks like at their annual F8 developer conference. Dubbed Facebook Spaces, the new VR app lets you join friends in VR, step inside 360 videos, and even use Messenger to call friends outside of VR. Now HTC Vive wants to show us that they’ve been focused on social messaging in VR as well.

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APRIL 28, 2017

Edge of Atlantis from Creality Studio, like a lot of in-development VR games that show up on Kickstarter, has a lot of ambition. On it’s campaign page it claims to be, “Guild Wars 2 meets Torchlight in VR with realistic physics-based combat and permadeath in a roguelike fantasy world,” which is an awfully lofty claim to make. Guild Wars 2 is one of the most popular MMOs on the market right now and Torchlight is a successful hack ‘n’ slash RPG in the same vein as Bl

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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

APRIL 28, 2017

UploadVR opened up their new 20,000 square foot Upload LA co-working space in April. I had a chance to catch up with co-founders Taylor Freeman and Will Mason as VRLA to get the inside scoop. Mason told me that opening up this huge co-working space in Los Angeles represents an energetic shift from the VR technology born out of Silicon Valley to focusing on content & storytelling in VR.

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Cats and VR

APRIL 28, 2017

Are you the proud owner of a HTC Vive or Oculus Rift ? Are you looking for enjoyable new games to play, without breaking the bank? Immerse yourself in 10 great Steam games for your Windows PC, with the first ever virtual reality bundle from Bundle Stars ( [link] ). The Pure VR Bundle ( [link] ) is available now, with 10 VR-compatible Steam games for just $4.99.

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APRIL 28, 2017

Welcome to a new week of releases for th HTC Vive! We’ve got two vastly different highlights, but be sure to scour the full collection to see if there’s something that catches your eye. TITAN SLAYER brings some extra flavor to the virtual brawler by asking you to be stylish and flashy while taking down massive monsters. Holos is a visually appealing and free web-centric VR OS with a large collection of customization tools.

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VRWorld

APRIL 28, 2017

When you hear the term “virtual reality”, the first thing that most likely pops into your mind is “video games” But not just any video games – totally immersive environments built around the player, offering an experience that can only be exceeded by actually performing the same acts in real life. It’s easy to imagine first-person shooters, racing games, flight simulators and their likes to be played in a totally immersive environment… but what about cas

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APRIL 28, 2017

Social VR is now a reality for Facebook proper and as a result it raises a few questions concerning the corporation’s pre-existing properties. In 2014 Facebook purchased Oculus, making it a matter of time before the acquisition’s virtual reality hardware would be incorporated into Facebook’s wider mission of “connecting the world.” A Facebook social VR experience was teased by Facebook a year ago at 2016’s F8 developer conference.

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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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VRWorld

APRIL 28, 2017

There are not many areas that DC Comics’ Batman character has not conquered in his storied life. From comics to movies to games and television shows, Batman is one of the few DC Comics properties that is almost guaranteed to be a success. Now Batman is taking over virtual reality with Batman Arkham VR on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. Putting on the cape and cowl to bust heads has never been so immersive.

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APRIL 28, 2017

Virtual reality cameras have been hot hardware in the industry this past month and now Adobe is bringing innovative new software to the table as well. Earlier this week, Variety reported that Adobe’s head of Research Gavin Miller is claiming a new process for 360 video post-processing. Adobe’s system can apparently convert standard monoscopic 360 video into a much more compelling format that includes three-dimensional visuals.

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Road to VR

APRIL 28, 2017

TPCAST , makers of a 60GHz wireless VR add-on for the HTC Vive, have announced a Business Edition version of the device which is said to allow up to six of the units to work in one local space without interference. Tpcast—which is part of HTC’s Vive X accelerator program—has begun shipping what they’re calling the consumer edition of their wireless product in China, which aims to eliminate the cord that connects from the Vive headset to the PC.

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APRIL 28, 2017

One of Microsoft’s newest leaders in mixed reality, Mark Bolas, took the stage for a few minutes at Acer’s press conference this week and put into human terms the company’s goals with the technology. Bolas is one of the people who helped jumpstart VR’s renaissance, helping move it from researcher’s tool to mass market product with his mixed reality lab at USC.

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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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VRWorld

APRIL 28, 2017

Since Magic Leap’s inception in 2011, there has been great innovation in the technology sector focused in the virtual reality (VR)/augmented reality (AR)/mixed reality (MR) space with Magic Leap trying to create a new hardware interface designs. However over the last 6 years, Magic Leap has continually run into issues with its product pipeline causing critics to swarm on the perceived failure of the company.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 28, 2017

Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality is a hilarious game. When you’re inside of a VR headset, playing a game by yourself, it’s sometimes hard to laugh. It can feel a bit awkward, like laughing at jokes alone in your room, but you won’t be able to help it while playing this game — especially if you’re a fan of the popular Adult Swim cartoon that it’s based on.

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VRScout

APRIL 28, 2017

Conan is back at it again in VR, still wondering why he doesn’t have “virtual reality sex” yet. In the latest television segment shared on Thursday, Conan straps on an Oculus Rift and dives into the magical black and white world of Wilson’s Heart. Transported into the body of 63-year-old Robert Wilson, voiced by Peter Weller , Conan is left scratching his head on why he is color blind and stuck in the body of an old man.

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APRIL 28, 2017

Welcome to the Daily Sketch! We’ve teamed up with Sketchfab and expert VR artist Elizabeth Edwards to produce one new piece of 3D art per weekday throughout April you can view with your VR headset. So grab your headset and take a look. Guardians of the Galaxy was an incredibly fun movie that helped expand Marvel’s cinematic universe to, well, the size of the galaxy.

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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 28, 2017

As noted in the review for Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality , the game’s developer Owlchemy Labs turned Job Simulator into the unofficial poster child of VR gaming. We gave Job Simulator an 8 out of 10 and, with Rick and Morty receiving an 8.5, Owlchemy finds themselves in a fortunate position once again with a well- developed and received game being attached with an extremely popular (and hilarious) Adult Swim franchise.

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APRIL 28, 2017

Editor’s Note: If you try this at home, do so at your own risk. . We’ve known for some time now that Valve has been experimenting with motion controllers that strap to your palms, a design that presents interesting possibilities for a more natural grabbing and throwing experience. Oculus decided to go a different route for their consumer version, even though they also experimented similarly.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 28, 2017

I hope you like puzzles, because both of the main new releases on Sony’s PlayStation VR (PSVR) this week are all about them. One of the games we reviewed and we previewed the other previously, so you don’t have to go in blind. Other than that, there’s a music video, which Sony seems fond of producing for hit pop songs these days. Enjoy!

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APRIL 28, 2017

The talk show host provided his musings on VR while trying out the Oculus Rift on his show. . For a few years now, late night host and aspiring Neutrogena model Conan O’Brien has hosted a segment on his late-night talk show titled Clueless Gamer. In these segments, O’Brien tries his hand at a new video game (typically one that is about to be released), and usually spends the majority of his time ripping said game to shreds.

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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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