VRScout
APRIL 13, 2018
The two-day conference’s full slate of keynote speakers also include live performances. The world’s largest VR & AR conference is back again May 4-5 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. There’s quite no conference like VRLA. Part industry event and part immersive tech festival, VRLA is a place where seasoned veterans can catch up on their latest updates while newcomers experience VR for the first time.
Road to VR
APRIL 13, 2018
Turin, Italy-based developer Enea Le Fons is aiming to spend more than 30 days of extended stints in VR, and although he won’t be able to qualify for any records—he’s still eating, sleeping, and using the bathroom sans headset—Le Fons is hoping to use his time in VR to explore its long-term effects while developing applications he says will help make “VR an essential part of our daily life.” Le Fons started his 30-day challenge shortly after the release of Steven Spielber
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Road to VR
APRIL 13, 2018
Speaking during a session at GDC 2018 last month, Richard Forester, Senior Team Lead at Sony’s Research & Development West group, chronicled a range of explorations in advanced livestreaming and sharing features for PSVR. Today PSVR users can access the usual PS4 broadcasting tools. Using the SHARE button, you can capture screenshots, videos, and livestream gameplay showing your view from the ‘Social Screen’, the cropped first-person view shown on the TV as you play.
Next Reality AR
APRIL 13, 2018
One of the most popular mobile games out there for kids has added an augmented reality mode that brings the titular character into the real world. An update of Nickelodeon's Sky Whale, available now on the App Store and Google Play renders the game's oceanic environment and its aquatic mammal in augmented reality. The objective of the game is to guide the narwhal and collect as many donuts as possible in the allotted time.
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.
Road to VR
APRIL 13, 2018
Tim Heidecker’s Adult Swim parody movie review show On Cinema went full 360 in its latest episode, strapping a number of Ricoh Theta 360 cameras around the set. In On Cinema, Heidecker’s fictional alter ego is usually looking for the next big thing, whether it’s vaping dangerous chemicals bought from a sham doctor or his rock band Dekkar, and in the latest episode ‘Sgt.
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Road to VR
APRIL 13, 2018
4 I Lab, the studio behind Drunk or Dead (2017) , released a trailer announcing their next game, B3 , a co-op VR shooter that’s definitely borrowing some of its vibe from Starship Troopers (1997). Not much is known about the game besides its release date, fall 2019, and its target platforms, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Windows “Mixed Reality” VR headsets.
Next Reality AR
APRIL 13, 2018
For social media platforms like Facebook, augmented reality represents a whole new art form with which users can express themselves online. Now, Facebook is giving those users a new brush. A new AR painting tool for Facebook Camera, which began rolling out to users on Monday, leaves virtual trails that continually pulse and change colors. Not surprisingly, the creations can be captured in photos and video, and shared via Facebook and its Stories feature.
Road to VR
APRIL 13, 2018
Oculus Studios today revealed their latest Rift exclusive, Defector , a high-action first-person adventure from Twisted Pixel , the studio behind Wilson’s Heart (2017). Defector aims to put players in the shoes of a veritable action movie spy, with gadgets and guns aplenty. Set to launch in 2018 as an Oculus exclusive, Defector is shaping up to be quite a departure from Twisted Pixel’s first-person psychological thriller Wilson’s Heart.
Hypergrid Business
APRIL 13, 2018
US $35 per month for a 45,000-prim, three-by-three varregion on the hypergrid-enabled Kinky Grid. A 45,000-prim six-by-six varregion is also $35 per month. See the grid’s Land Prices page for full details.
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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.
Road to VR
APRIL 13, 2018
Following a small rash of reports from new Vive and Vive Pro users, HTC says they’re looking into issues regarding mismatched display brightness. Additionally, SteamVR’s beta branch brings a firmware update to the Vive Pro which is said to improve the initially disappointing audio quality. A batch of reports in the last few days have seen users of both the original Vive and the Vive Pro citing display issues with regards to inconsistent brightness from one eye to the next.
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