Road to VR

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

Oculus is now giving free demos of MARVEL Powers United VR, the upcoming super hero adventure for Rift, across its many partner retail locations. If you’ve had a chance to try out Rift in a store lately, you might just be able to secure a demo for Powers United at the same location. Oculus is hosting MARVEL Powers United VR demos at hundreds of participating Best Buy stores in the US, select Currys PC World and John Lewis stores in the UK, and participating FNAC locations in F

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VRWorld

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

Singapore is developing a robotics ecosystem with Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam in a bid to take the regional lead as businesses worldwide increasingly use such technology to transform their operations. We are already aware that AI does great benefits in schools and hospitals, but did you know that you can actually get a massage from the robot ? A robot masseuse named Emma is now offering Singaporeans high-tech back rubs with a gigantic metal arm and warm silicone tips which its creators say pe

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

Mirra aims to remove the need for coding when creating immersive content. Immersive entertainment is responsible for some of the most impressive technological advancements of the last couple of years. And while all of these various breakthroughs and advancements seem to be happening more often, that still doesn’t make them any easier to achieve.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

A 36 hour VR session by Australian Jack McNee, of the YouTube Channel LPVR , has been confirmed by the Guinness World Records organization as the new record to beat for the “longest videogame marathon on a virtual reality game system.” The marathon—which had McNee living for a day and a half in VR using an HTC Vive headset with the VR paint app Tilt Brush and his creativity to entertain him—took place back in April, and has now been confirmed on the Guinness World Records website.

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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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