Fri.Apr 06, 2018

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Step Into the Weird World of Sutu’s Immersive VR Paintings

VRScout

Ten years ago, Australian artist Stuart Campbell imagined a cyberpunk world where young graffiti artists were constantly altering their surroundings with augmented reality. Today, he is bringing some of that vision into the real world by creating cutting edge art that combines AR and VR techniques. An earlier project dubbed Nawlz , was an interactive multi-series web comic where characters have chips implanted in their brains, allowing them to create artistic AR realities everywhere they go in

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Emirates Embracing Emerging Tech

Tech Trends VR

Those looking for the VR OASIS of Ready Player One should head out to the deserts of the UAE. It’s a truism among VR creators that the best use of the medium is to allow you to do things that are either impossible or extremely difficult to experience in real life. By that yardstick, Mission 828 certainly passes with flying colours, specially if – like me – you’re petrified of heights.

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‘Bravo Team’ Devs Explain Overwhelmingly Negative Reception, Studio Promises Patch

Road to VR

Ahead of its launch last month, PSVR exclusive Bravo Team looked like a promising VR FPS, bringing PS Aim support and a fully cooperative campaign to the table. But critic and player reactions turned out to be overwhelmingly negative. Speaking with Eurogamer , anonymous sources from the studio behind the game explained how the ambitious title turned into a flop.

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Apple iPhone X Owners Get a Trio of Super-Realistic Snapchat Lenses Aided by the TrueDepth Camera

Next Reality AR

Snapchat has released three new augmented reality Lenses that boast uber-accurate face tracking courtesy of the TrueDepth camera on the iPhone X and ARKit. Starting on Friday, professional wrestler-style face paint, a Day of the Dead-inspired mask with gold roses, and a golden masquerade ball mask with pink flowers will appear in the Snapchat Lens carousel for iPhone X users, per a company spokesperson.

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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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‘VRChat’ is the Closest VR Experience Available Today to ‘Ready Player One’s’ OASIS

Road to VR

Ready Player One was released on March 29th, and the current VR experience that comes the closest to realizing the vision of the OASIS depicted in the movie is the social VR experience of VRChat. By 2045, I predict that we’ll have a decentralized open metaverse that’s built on WebXR, and that it’ll be the open web that realizes the educational potential of OASIS that’s depicted within the novel version of Ready Player One.