VRScout

JANUARY 8, 2019

Holoride technology turns your everyday commute into a location-based VR theme park. It’s only day one of the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and already we’ve seen the unveiling of two never-before-seen HTC Vive headsets, as well as new controllers and tracking capabilities for the ultrawide Pimax 8K. It’s Disney, however, that will most likely be taking home the prize for Most Unexpected Offering with the debut of Holoride, a prototype interactive entertainment system that ut

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Tech Trends VR

JANUARY 8, 2019

Using immersive tech for therapy and meditation is becoming more popular, but can Healium really make us forget the misery of long-haul flying? Keen to explore the potential of immersive technologies to enhance passenger wellness during long-haul flights, StoryUP has partnered with French-American company Skylights, which has recently (no pun intended) cinematic VR as premium passenger entertainment to work towards integrating its Healium content onto their Allosky headsets.

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VRScout

JANUARY 8, 2019

Pimax introduces new functionality to their 5K & 8K headsets. Pimax, the Chinese VR technology company responsible for the first commercially available 4K VR headset, was center-stage at CES this morning presenting the latest production versions of their new Pimax 5K & 8K ultrawide VR headsets alongside their knuckles-style open-palm motion controllers.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 8, 2019

After Oculus’ big Black Friday sale, which saw Rift & Touch temporarily cut from its regular price of $400 to $350, Oculus now says they’re permanently dropping the price of the bundle to just $350. We expect to see the new permanent price come to the Oculus Store shortly, although all official retailers in the US now show the new $350 price.

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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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Road to VR

JANUARY 8, 2019

Using VR in the car sounds like a great way to kill some time on long road trips, but there’s a few factors that may stop you from strapping a headset to your face while in the passenger’s seat—namely motion sickness, unexpected turning, and lack of compelling content. Audi wants to change this with a new technology unveiled at CES this week.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 8, 2019

Dell launched Mobile Connect this time last year, letting some Dell & Alienware PC users view and interact with their phone’s notifications and apps on traditional monitors. Now, the company has unveiled a way to bring that same functionality to VR too in a pretty big way. But dude, you need a Dell. The company says you’ll be able to do a lot in SteamVR with the Dell Mobile Connect PC app and the companion mobile app running on a capable smartphone.

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