VRScout

MARCH 13, 2018

Real and virtual go head-to-head in this first-of-a-kind high speed duel. In an effort to promote the latest addition to their popular Civic model line-up, Honda has ended up developing what may very well be one of the more intricate car advertisements ever conceived. While many automotive manufacturers might be satisfied with a simple 30 second televised ad highlighting the best features of their latest offering, Honda saw an opportunity to show-off their new Honda Civic Type R while simultaneo

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Road to VR

MARCH 13, 2018

Enterprise VR headset manufacturer VRgineers and Leap Motion , the company behind its eponymous optical hand tracker, announced they’re working together to embed Leap Motion’s tech into professional-grade VR headsets. VRgineers is best known for their enterprise-focused wide field of view (FOV) VRHero 5K Plus headset, which boasts a 170-degree FOV and dual 2560 x 1440 OLED displays.

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VRScout

MARCH 13, 2018

The 237,000-square foot indoor theme park will be located in China. Santa Monica-based film and TV studio, Lionsgate, is opening theme parks in South Korea and China. And of course it wouldn’t be a proper theme park now days unless there’s VR. Dubbed Lionsgate Entertainment World, the themed parks are set to debut in the next couple years.

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Cats and VR

MARCH 13, 2018

GDC Best in Play 2018 award winner SUNWALKER is an open-story, adventure game for VR. Embark on an adventure with Anne, a lone survivor in a strange world, as she traverses through scorched terrains, staying in the shadows, uncovering clues along the way, as she slowly starts to piece together what happened. Inspired by games like Journey and Firewatch, SUNWALKER just won the GDC Best in Play 2018 award!

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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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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2018

As I had already announced you in another post , on March 9th I’ve been in Prague to have a little talk at the EBU Digital Media Days. In this post, I want to tell you a bit how it has gone this experience and what I’ve learned from it. Me pretending to be busy at EBU event. How it has gone. First of all, I want to tell you that Prague is wonderful.

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Road to VR

MARCH 13, 2018

Oculus Research’s director of computational imaging, Douglas Lanman, is scheduled to give a keynote presentation at SID DisplayWeek in May which will explore the concept of “reactive displays” and their role in unlocking “next-generation” visuals in AR and VR headsets. Among three keynotes to be held during SID DisplayWeek 2018 , Douglas Lanman, director of computational imaging at Oculus Research, will present his session titled Reactive Displays: Unlocking Next-Ge

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Road to VR

MARCH 13, 2018

HTC Vive Pro, the company’s higher resolution VR headset targeted at prosumers , isn’t on sale yet, although developers have been receiving Vive Pro as early as mid-February. While there still isn’t a comprehensive look at all of the gubbins to go along with the headset, Cloudgate Studio co-founder Steve Bowler recently tweeted a few snaps of Vive Pro that give us a clearer view of some of the differences coming to the headset’s Link Box.

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