Fri.Jun 21, 2019

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Oculus Quest Mixed Reality Capture Tools Now Available

VRScout

Record yourself in the virtual world with Oculus’ official MRC kit. Yesterday, Oculus launched its official set of Mixed Reality Capture Tools for the Oculus Quest, allowing users to record high-quality gameplay footage where real-world objects and people appear in VR. For developers operating on Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and other PC VR headsets, mixed reality capture has served as an invaluable marketing tool for their projects, allowing them to showcase a clearer interpretation of their in-game

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Social VR and Gamification Bring Training to the Next Level

ARPost

Guest Post. Continuing education is increasingly growing in popularity and it is becoming more and more a necessity for the majority of us. In a variety of industries, such as medical industry, finance, engineering just to name a few, but also in many other professions, continuing education is mandatory to ensure that professionals are aware of the latest trends in their industry.

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HTC Unveils New Cosmos Design, 6 Inside-out Cameras & Removable Faceplate

Road to VR

HTC today unveiled a new design for Cosmos, the company’s upcoming inside-out tracked PC VR headset slated for release in Q3 2019. HTC posted the unveiling in a video on the Vive Facebook page, mentioning the headset’s codename ‘D120165′ HTC further says they’ll be releasing specs on Cosmos next week. We’ve seen non-working units before at Cosmos’ unveiling at CES 2019 in January , and at least visually we can tell a few things have changed in the new d

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Live Nation & Hyundai Roll Out Augmented Reality Experiences for Concert Goers at Music Midtown Festival

Next Reality AR

For those about to rock, Live Nation salutes you, now with augmented reality. This week, at the Cannes Lions Advertising Festival of Creativity in France, the live entertainment giant unveiled a suite of AR experiences that music festivals and their sponsors will be able to deploy in their mobile apps to engage attendees. Don't Miss: Snapchat Showcases Its Creative Chops at Cannes Lions with Marker Tracking & Landmarker AR Lens Among the offerings are "AR Livestream," which will enable music

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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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HTC Strikes Down Vive Cosmos Price Rumor, Confirms Sub-$900 Price Point

Road to VR

YouTube channel MRTV today reported an expected price of $900 for the upcoming Vive Cosmos headset, citing a “trusted industry insider.” Responding to the rumor, HTC tells Road to VR that the price is “incorrect (and high).” HTC is slowly revealing more details about its Vive Cosmos headset which is due to launch in Q3; today the company revealed an updated headset design which features six cameras for inside-out tracking and showed that it can be equipped with headphon

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Rift Exclusive ‘Defector’ Launches July 11th, New Gameplay Glimpse Revealed

Road to VR

Oculus has finally revealed the price and release date for Defector , the upcoming Rift exclusive from Oculus Studios and Twisted Pixel. Set for release on July 11th for $20, the game promises to deliver action-movie thrills in VR. Along with the release date reveal, Oculus has offered a brief glimpse of new gameplay. A new Defector trailer shows what Twisted Pixel hopes to achieve with the game: high octane set-piece action built for VR: And while the trailer features only the same airplane l

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New VR game Kitten'd has brought back my passion for CatsAndVR.com so check it out

Cats and VR

Take care of cute kittens - lots and lots of cute kittens! Get points for keeping them happy and lose points for everything they destroy. Use points to upgrade your tools. Get an automatic food dispenser or clean up poop faster with the PoopScoop 3000! What awaits inside the next box?! Take care of an overwhelming amount of kittens! [link] ?. Visit 28 crazy levels on 4 different worlds. 7 super cute kitten breeds with unique characteristics.

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HTC Cosmos update: More cameras!

Slashgear

In January of this year we got a look at the then-newly-revealed HTC Cosmos VR (for PC) headset. Fast forward to now, June of this same year, and we’re getting another look at the headset, and it looks ever-so-slightly different. Now the device has two additional cameras, both attached to a faceplate that’ll come standard with the headset when it’s … Continue reading.

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#772: Psychedelic Renaissance: Experiential Journalist Rak Razam on Shamanic Culture

Voices of VR

I recently attended Consciousness Hacking’s Awakened Futures Summit that explored the cross-section of psychedelics, technology, and meditation. I ended up conducting 10 interviews totaling over.

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How to Train Employees 65% Faster With Virtual Reality

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.

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This Week In XR: Wizards Unite Now Live, Magic Leap Sues nReal, An AR Moonshot, VR Festivals

Charlie Fink

The long-awaited "Harry Potter Wizards Unite" app is now available for iOs and Android. A lot of other important stuff happened this week, too.

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Immersive Innovation Forum Wraps up in Irvine

EON Reality

For two days, EON Reality’s global headquarters in Irvine, California hosted well over 100 of the world’s most prominent decision-makers in both education and industry for the Immersive Innovation Forum. Showcasing the power and possibilities of the AVR Platform, representatives from major universities and corporations alike were given the opportunity to test out products such as Creator AVR, Virtual Trainer, and AR Assist while also meeting and networking with heavy-hitters from several differe

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Spy Games: ‘Defector’ Brings Over-the-Top Espionage to the Rift Platform July 11

Oculus

Step inside a larger-than-life spy caper full of intrigue, adventure, and danger at every turn. You’re an elite undercover operative, on an international mission to.

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7 ways AR can grow your business

Zappar

There's never been a better time for brands and business to leverage AR to drive growth, increase sales and engage customers.

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Are You Still Watching? How to Create Engaging Presentations for Virtual Learning

Speaker: Richard Goring, Director at BrightCarbon

Remote meetings are here to stay - and many are BORING. If you are trying to engage your learners (or any audience), compelling content is critical. But trying to create stimulating content with the same tools you’ve always had is hard, right? Thankfully, wrong! Terrific tools in PowerPoint along with visual assets help you create the kind of dynamic content you need to capture your remote audience’s attention, with functions that allow for interactive sequences and navigation.