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Half of SteamVR Tracking Course Attendees Using Tech for Non-gaming

Road to VR

In August of last year, Valve created the SteamVR licensing program to allow any developer to create their very own SteamVR tracked object. At that time, Valve partnered with Synapse , a Seattle-area product development firm, to provide a mandatory training program for all SteamVR licensees. Road to VR met with Synapse’s electrical engineering program lead and SteamVR Tracking instructor, Doug Bruey , to talk about the tracking system and how it will be used by companies in the future.

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Sony’s Richard Marks On How Voice Command Will Turn VR Into The Holodeck

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As one of the earliest developers of the PlayStation VR (PSVR) headset and having worked on countless other peripherals for the company, Sony’s Richard Marks knows a lot about futuristic tech. The PlayStation Magic Lab boss is constantly working with the next big concepts that will make our gaming experiences even richer. When it comes to VR, Marks thinks AI and voice controls are going to play a big role.

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‘Evangelion: VR’ Experience Immerses With a Motion Sim Cockpit and HTC Vive

Road to VR

On May 16, the Bandai Namco-backed VR studio ‘ Project i Can ‘ announced a new project called Evangelion VR: The Throne of Souls where you can maneuver an Eva, just like in the classic mech anime, Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995). This new Evangelion VR experience will be introduced this summer at VR ZONE Shinjuku, a new VR entertainment facility that is set to open in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo and operated by the same company (Project i Can).

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Snapchat and Instagram Continue AR Filter Battle

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Instagram stories now has face filters and Snapchat brings AR ads to life. It seems like every time Snapchat makes an announcement, Instagram needs to follow suit immediately. Instagram first introduced disappearing Stories, exactly like Snapchat’s, nine months ago. And Stories has been on a rampage, racking up close to 200 million daily active users, clearly becoming a huge success.

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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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VR RTS ‘Cosmic Trip’ to Leave Early Access with New “Fully-featured” Strategy Mode

Road to VR

First-person real-time strategy VR game Cosmic Trip will leave Early Access on May 24th. Developer Funktronic Labs is readying the ‘fully-featured’ RTS mode for the v1.0 launch, along with a digital Deluxe Edition which adds an artbook and soundtrack. Since its launch on Steam Early Access in June 2016 for the HTC Vive, Cosmic Trip has seen regular build updates, adding major features such as new game modes, environments and weapons.

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Google could unveil standalone VR headset at I/O 2017

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Google is no stranger to having multiple projects related to the exact same technology, though not all of them survives. So when rumor broke out that Google is making yet another VR headset, there wasn’t really much of a surprise. This headset, however, could turn the VR market on its head. If the rumors are true, the headset that Google … Continue reading.

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Wilson’s Heart Is Getting Full 360 Degree Tracking Support

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It seems like every time Oculus releases a major Studios project support for 360 degree setups is something of an afterthought. That was the case with Epic Games’ Robo Recall , and last month’s excellent psychological thriller, Wilson’s Heart, lacked 360 support too. But that’s changing soon. Developer Twisted Pixel recently took to Reddit to explain that, while the game had been built with front-facing setups in mind, the team would soon release an update that would allo

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AviWorlds back with new business model featuring Second Life

Hypergrid Business

(Image courtesy Alexsandro Pomposelli.). AviWorlds is coming back — again — with a brand-new business model and a brand-new technology partner. Since early 2011, owner Alexsandro Pomposelli has experimented with being the most expensive grid , and with offering land for free. He tried to have the grid hosted with Dreamland Metaverse , with Zetamex , with Kitely , and, most recently, with DigiWorldz.

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Beautiful Adventure Scanner Sombre Will Get VR Support

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Adapting non-VR games to fit headsets can be a challenge, but every now and again something comes along that’s so compelling we still want to see it in VR. Scanner Sombre is one of those games, and it sounds like we’re going to get out wish. Mark Morris, co-founder at Prison Architect developer Introversion, confirmed as much in a recent interview with PC Gamer.

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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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Farpoint: How Impulse Gear Made One Of VR’s Most Ambitious Shooters

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Farpoint, one of PlayStation VR’s most anticipated games, has just hit store shelves. You can read (and watch) our full review right here. Though Sony’s VR headset has had a decent first several months on the market, it can be argued the platform needs a few more exclusive, big-budget titles — games that PSVR enthusiasts can point to as valid examples of Sony’s commitment to this new technology.

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Lola And The Giant Review: Lotta Heart, Little Less Polish

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When I reviewed Along Together last month I found a wonderfully sweet adventure game with bags of charm and some inventive uses of the Daydream’s motion controller. Sharing a strikingly similar premise, Climax Studios’ Lola And The Giant is much the same story, perhaps with a touch more ambition in the mix and in need of a little more polish.

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Architecting for Digital Businesses

Immersive Authority

Technology is advancing at a rapid pace and can be confusing to a business leader who has to keep up with buzzwords and terminology like [.]. The post Architecting for Digital Businesses appeared first on Immersive Authority.

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Cosmic Trip Is Finally Getting A Full Release, Deluxe Edition Revealed

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We’re quite fond of Funktronic Labs’ Cosmic Trip here at UploadVR. The PC VR title offers from wonderful strategic gameplay even in its pre-release phase. The title’s soon set to move onto its full release, however. Cosmic Trip originally released in Early Access just under a year ago on the HTC Vive and came to the Oculus Rift in time for Touch launch last December.

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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.

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McLaren F1 Team Competition is Looking for the Fastest Gamer

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Since the beginning of racing games, virtual racers are trying to be better and faster with each and every stage. I can still remember the first NFS and Midnight Club games, different Grand Prix titles and all the time, it was about competing against my friends. Looking into the typically closed world of Formula One, or F1 for short, we’re quite delighted to see how McLaren F1 Team decided to step up a notch.