VRScout

OCTOBER 23, 2017

152,000,000 calories have been burned playing Audioshield since its release in 2016. When it comes to losing weight, we’ve already seen the impact VR fitness can have on bodies, especially when paired with a proper diet. From a personal trainer who shed 15 lbs in two months to a gamer who lost 50 pounds riding a stationary bike with a HTC Vive headset, VR workouts can not only be a source for exercise, but also be enjoyable at the same time.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Lytro , the once consumer-facing light field camera company which has recently pivoted to create high-end production tools , has announced a light field rendering software for VR that essentially aims to free developers from the current limitations of real-time rendering. The company calls it ‘Volume Tracer’ Light field cameras are typically hailed as the next necessary technology in bridging the gap between real-time rendered experiences and 360 video—two VR content types that for n

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Cats and VR

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Florida based development studio Outer Brain Studios have released their VR survival horror adventure ORGAN QUARTER. The title is available on Steam (for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift) now. Organ Quarter is a 5–8 hour adventure taking place across a large, nightmarish urban environment. It is a homage to the classic survival horror games of the ‘90s: players will fight off enemies in carefully designed encounters, manage their ammunition and resources and solve puzzles all while using their map to na

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Job Simulator (2016) , Owlchemy Labs’ madcap workplace sim from the future, is pushing a free content update called ‘Infinite Overtime mode’ that lets you play endless, randomized tasks. Owlchemy is also permanently dropping the price of Job Simulator to $20. Now including TempBot, “JobBot’s far less motivated nighttime replacement,” you can now go through endless, randomized tasks to your hearts content—which should sound hopelessly depressing if it were real work,

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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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AllThingsVR

OCTOBER 23, 2017

This Week in VR Sport: VR Sport Summit and NBA Goes Mixed Reality @vrfocus [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) October 24, 2017.

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AllThingsVR

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Why do people keep giving Magic Leap money? via @verge [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) October 23, 2017.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 23, 2017

At Connect 4 earlier this month, Oculus announced a major overhaul of their VR hub space, Oculus Home—the virtual bedrock where players find themselves when they aren’t inside of a VR game or app. The new space promises to eventually connect players together directly, but at the initial launch coming in December, players won’t be able to visit each other in real-time.

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AllThingsVR

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Bartender VR Simulator Coming To Steam via @VRFocus [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) October 23, 2017.

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Unimersiv

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Learning how to operate a Forklift in real life can be risky and expensive. We use Virtual Reality to make it affordable and “risk-free” GET YOUR QUOTE. Do you want to learn more about our Forklift VR Training software? Sign up here. CONTACT US. We are using Virtual Reality devices such as the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive to immerse our clients into an immersive Forklift Training simulation.

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AllThingsVR

OCTOBER 23, 2017

10 Hot Augmented Reality Apps To Watch via @Forbes [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) October 23, 2017.

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