VRScout
AUGUST 2, 2019
800 premium VR titles will soon be available to stream on the Vive Focus Plus. The 2019 ChinaJoy Digital Entertainment Expo and Conference kicked-off with a bang this morning with HTC’s announcement of VIVEPORT Streaming, a new feature heading to the VR game platform that will allow Vive headsets users to wirelessly stream high-quality VR games directly from a VR-ready gaming PC over Wi-Fi.
ARPost
AUGUST 2, 2019
Guest Post. Augmented reality in its most basic sense is nothing new. For years the world has had a front seat view of the amazing things this technology can do. Now in 2019 some functions of AR, that may have been only fantasy in the past, are quickly becoming our new reality. Here we’re taking a look back at some of the films that first piqued our interest in AR and how the technology in these films fits into our real lives.
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AR Insider
AUGUST 2, 2019
XR Talks is a series that features the best presentations and educational videos from the XR universe. It includes embedded video, as well as narrative analysis and top takeaways. Speakers’ opinions are their own. Back in March, Wired Magazine co-founder Kevin Kelly wrote a cover story about the Mirrorworld. It built on the idea that Ori Inbar first coined as the AR Cloud.
Road to VR
AUGUST 2, 2019
Vive Comos, HTC’s upcoming PC VR headset, is confirmed to launch at some point in Q3 2019, meaning any time between now and September 30th. While the company has been tight-lipped on the headset’s pricing and exact launch date, as well as a few remaining specs, major UK retailer Argos seems to have not only listed Vive Cosmos, but appended the specific price of £699.99.
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.
Next Reality AR
AUGUST 2, 2019
While Snapchat augmented reality often embraces pop stars like Drake and Ariana Grande, a couple of bands from the louder side of the music industry have found a home with Facebook. First, Slipknot has published an AR experience via Facebook's Spark AR platform to promote the band's forthcoming album, We Are Not Your Kind, which drops on Aug. 9. Don't Miss: 'David Bowie Is' App Delivers a Mesmerizing AR Tour of the Artist's Career with Gary Oldman as Guide The band beckons metalheads to "Wear th
Virtual Reality Pulse brings together the best content for VR professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
XR for Business Podcast
AUGUST 2, 2019
These days, more and more students can — and do — opt out of animal dissection in science classes, and not just because formaldehyde smells awful. As fewer kids are morally comfortable with chopping up an amphibian in the name of their education, an alternative will be needed. VictoryXR’s Steve Grubbs offers a solution through VR, and chats with Alan about how XR can be used to enhance education in other ways, too.
Road to VR
AUGUST 2, 2019
Nostros , the upcoming online RPG with VR support in development by NetEase Games, is now has a release date window of Q4 2019. Announced initially back in August, 2018, Nostos is promised to be an online open-world RPG, with VR support, that definitely reminds us of Sword Art Online thanks to its anime art style. This week HTC announced at ChinaJoy 2019 that Nostos will launch in Q4 2019, and that it’ll be released on the company’s Viveport platform, in addition to Steam and Oculus.
XR for Business Podcast
AUGUST 2, 2019
These days, more and more students can — and do — opt out of animal dissection in science classes, and not just because formaldehyde smells awful. As fewer kids are morally comfortable with chopping up an amphibian in the name of their education, an alternative will be needed. VictoryXR’s Steve Grubbs offers a solution through VR, and chats with Alan about how XR can be used to enhance education in other ways, too.
EON Reality
AUGUST 2, 2019
Study VR in Denmark! You can apply now for the VR Summer School at VIA University in collaboration with EON Reality and the VR Innovation Academy. Two of Denmark’s most renowned and well-loved brands, LEGO and The Royal House ( Kongehuset; The Danish Royal Family) , are the two business case studies announced for EON Reality and VIA’s innovative #VRSummerSchool, as it launches this year.
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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.
XR for Business Podcast
AUGUST 2, 2019
These days, more and more students can -- and do -- opt out of animal dissection in science classes, and not just because formaldehyde smells awful. As fewer kids are morally comfortable with chopping up an amphibian in the name of their education, an alternative will be needed. VictoryXR's Steve Grubbs offers a solution through VR, and chats with Alan about how XR can be used to enhance education in other ways, too.
HoloLens
AUGUST 2, 2019
We already know that Microsoft's HoloLens 2 is due to start shipping later this year, but despite all the bits of information about the device trickling out, we still don't actually know when the device will be available. Well, now a new set of documents has surfaced on the Federal Communications Commission website that at least confirms we probably won't have much longer to wait.
Forrester VR
AUGUST 2, 2019
I’ve written a lot about the ways in which traditional product makers are being transformed by digital. In “From Grease To Code: Industrial Giants Must Bet Their Futures On Software,” for example, I explored ways in which industrial firms are having to reinvent themselves as they augment a hundred years of experience making physical products […].
Peter Graham
AUGUST 2, 2019
During the Mobile World Congress (MWC) earlier this year, HTC unveiled a 5G mobile smart hub that would be capable of streaming virtual reality (VR) to headsets. While that device is some way off as it depends on 5G infrastructure, Viveport revealed a new built-in feature called Viveport Streaming, to make Vive Wave compatible devices more versatile.
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.
Charlie Fink
AUGUST 2, 2019
VR continues its hot streak.
Peter Graham
AUGUST 2, 2019
Big AAA videogames like Fallout 4 VR and Borderlands 2 VR have helped build interest in virtual reality (VR) gaming with a wide audience who may not have been bothered before. This summer Hello Games will contribute to that with No Man’s Sky: Beyond, a huge update adding VR compatibility. Today, the studio has revealed the expansion will be coming in a couple of weeks.
Peter Graham
AUGUST 2, 2019
When the Oculus Quest arrived in May it had a decent lineup of videogames and apps available on day one. If you’ve been worried that there hasn’t been a continual stream of titles appearing since then, there’s no need to be, as August is looking very good for content. Today, a load of release dates have dropped for several titles, meaning there should be enough to keep gamers happy.
Peter Graham
AUGUST 2, 2019
The HTC Vive Cosmos is expected to arrive in the next couple of months, with the company still sticking to its Q3 2019 launch window. The last few have seen new videos and specifications being released but there hasn’t been much info relating to price – other than a rumoured $900 USD which was supposedly ‘incorrect’ Today, UK retailer Argos has put up a listing pricing the device at £699.99 GBP.
Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor
With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.
Peter Graham
AUGUST 2, 2019
Gone are the days where virtual reality (VR) enthusiasts had to argue until they were blue in the face that the technology was antisocial. There are plenty of prime examples of how, with enough inventive thought, VR can be enjoyed by the many, whether that’s online or at home. When it comes to local social gameplay mini-games tend to rule the roost, such as the recent Penn & Teller VR experience.
Peter Graham
AUGUST 2, 2019
Currently, there are two versions of Strange Games’ multiplayer shooter Honor and Duty compatible with PlayStation VR, Honor and Duty: Arcade Edition from 2018 and Honor and Duty: D-Day which arrived earlier this year. In conjunction with Perp Games, the pair are going to release a retail store version called Honor and Duty: D-Day All Out War Edition, with a release date now scheduled for September.
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