VRScout

AUGUST 23, 2017

The only way to escape this training room is learn how to fry chicken. We’ve seen brands like UPS integrate VR into training facilities and Walmart drop staff into Black Friday VR shopping simulators. Both powerful examples of employee training tools, VR can not only be be safer but also expedite the entire learning process in a fun way. The potential is endless and we’re always on the lookout for the next VR training use case.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 23, 2017

In the build-up to QuakeCon 2017, which starts tomorrow, Bethesda has announced launch dates for their three major VR titles for the holiday season. Skyrim VR (PSVR) launches first on November 17th, followed by Doom VFR (PSVR, Vive) on December 1st, and finally Fallout 4 VR (Vive) on December 12th, rounding out what promises to be a very merry VR holiday.

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VRScout

AUGUST 23, 2017

You can also use them as cover photos. The feature is rolling out worldwide. Being able to publish 360° photos on Facebook has been a great way to share your immersive view of the world. Whether from the beaches of Belize or front row at Coachella, you could place your friends at the center of your experience. The only problem is that you’ve always needed a third-party 360° camera to capture those FOMO inducing spherical photos.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 23, 2017

Stifled is an upcoming first-person horror game from Singapore-based studio Gattai Games. Heavily featured at this year’s Gamescom, in no small part thanks to their partnership with Sony Interactive Entertainment that’s seeing a number of Asian-born titles coming West , we got a chance to pop in and see just what the five-person developer team have accomplished.

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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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VRScout

AUGUST 23, 2017

It seems the DPRK is stepping into augmented reality ed tech—but is their latest contraption a copy? North Korea has unveiled a “new intelligent playground equipment for children” that seems to be an AR sandbox, according to a video out last week from the state-run TV news broadcaster, NK News reports. “It is an entertainment equipment that enables a player to understand nature by showing a picture realistically followed by the player’s hand gesture,” said a DPRK Today anchor, accord

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Slashgear

AUGUST 23, 2017

QuakeCon 2017 kicks off tomorrow, but even before the show gets underway, Bethesda is already making big announcements. The company has chosen to kick off its QuakeCon festivities by announcing the release dates for the VR versions of Fallout 4, Doom, and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. They’ll all be out this year, too, so if you’ve got a VR … Continue reading.

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VRWorld

AUGUST 23, 2017

There’s no shortage of funding for new and exciting companies which are focusing on providing a new experience for the consumers. One such examples is the “mainstreamization” of eSports, with tournaments receiving as much visitors as many mainstream sport events. That’s not all, as eSport streamers drove YouTube and Twitch to new heights in terms of videos being generated and followed.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 23, 2017

[ Editor’s note : In this opinion column, Kitely CEO Ilan Tochner is responding to High Fidelity’s content protection plan , which uses the same blockchain technology as that which powers Bitcoin. Tochner reviously headed up an identity management company, ID Choice, and worked in Unit 8200, Israel’s equivalent of the NSA. ]. High Fidelity is a new virtual world platform from Second Life founder Philip Rosedale.

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