Fri.Nov 24, 2017

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This App Lets You DJ with Vinyl in VR

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Maybe you really don’t need that audiophile turntable for Christmas this year. We all know that the possibilities for music and VR are pretty wild , and now we have a new entry to add into the mix: Vinyl Reality. Whether you’re an aspiring DJ or a curious enthusiast, this application puts the spinmaster powers completely in your hands—at a fraction of the cost of buying the physical hardware.

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The Best VR Hardware Has Never Been Cheaper Than Right Now

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If you’re thinking of pulling the trigger on finally getting a VR system, there’s no better time than now to basically get any headset currently on the market at a discounted price. Check out the deals we’ve found, all of which are valid during the weekend between Black Friday and Cyber Monday (until supplies last). Baseline Prices.

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Oculus Creates Guide to Help VR Devs Make Highly Optimized Games

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Oculus recently published a new guide on how to optimize VR experiences along with some of the common pitfalls for devs to watch out for when tracking down and solving VR performance issues. VR developers are obsessed with keeping their Rift experiences performing above 90 frames per second (fps), and there’s a few good reasons why. While it’s largely considered the minimum for comfortable viewing (anything drastically lower could cause nausea), if developers can’t get their co

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New ‘High Fidelity’ Partnership Makes it Easier to Host Your Own Virtual World

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VR metaverse company High Fidelity recently released an update that allows users to easily deploy their own High Fidelity domains to the cloud. The project was created in collaboration with DigitalOcean , one of the largest hosting and cloud service providers in the U.S. High Fidelity is a free, open source, multi-user VR platform founded by Second Life creator Philip Rosedale.

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The Future of eLearning in 2022: A Sensitive Eye for Authentic Translation and Localization

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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‘Ghost in the Shell: Arise’ PvP Shooter Comes to Bandai Namco’s VR Zone, Catch the Trailer Here

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Bandai Namco’s Shinjuku-based VR Zone seems to have all the luck; there’s Mario Kart in VR , Dragon Ball Z in VR , and now Ghost in the Shell is making its way to the giant VR arcade this December too. In a large-scale multiplayer arena, a max of 8 people can participate in a 4 vs 4 team battle where you can shoot it out using the Ghost in the Shell ‘s iconic technology: optical camouflage, prosthetic body mods, cyberbrain and of course … guns.

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The Best VR Ready GPU Deals for Black Friday 2017

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VR headsets have never been cheaper, and the games have never been better. Many PC gamers are just a GPU upgrade away from having a VR ready computer. With Black Friday 2017 upon us, here’s a look at the best VR Ready GPU deals out there. Updated: 11/24/17, 6:20AM ET. First things first: there’s a lot of folks out there just getting into VR who may not know that their PC is already VR capable!

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Check Out the Next World Record Attempt for Longest Time in VR, Live Stream Here

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Michael Kantack, a developer at South Korea-based indie studio Get Off the Roof , is currently attempting to break the Guinness Record for Longest VR Marathon. Kantack intends on staying 50 hours in his HTC Vive in MakeVR (2017) working on 3D models for the studios game. While attempting the to break the record, Kantack has been following strict Guinness World Records guidelines, including a team of officiants with stopwatches and a continuous live stream.