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See This Famous Masterpiece Recreated in Virtual Reality

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Today is Sunday. Speaking of Sundays, the most famous work by the French post-impressionist, Georges Seurat is titled A Sunday on La Grande Jatte. I am the king of segues. Completed in 1884, this oil on canvas work is best known to the art world as a prime example of the post-industrial frieze and a masterclass in fine brushwork. Most of us, however, know it because of this guy: The world of high-art was introduced to an entire generation of young people in the 1986 film Ferris Bueller’s

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Watch: ‘Compound’ Puts You in a VR World of Lovingly Detailed Retro Graphics

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Compound is a VR hobby project from developer ‘Notdead’ which aims to immerse you in a world of lovingly crafted pixel art, retro-styled first person shooter. Ironically, there is a risk that the over abundance of so-called ‘pixel art’ video games in circulation these days of the nostalgia-fuelled art style is in danger of beginning to look tired and dated.

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Gunjack 2 Review: A Cinematic, Varied Shooter Sequel

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There was a time when Gunjack was the most polished, lavish VR game available. Initially releasing on Gear VR as one of the first titles from a big studio — EVE Online creator CCP Games — it scratched the surface of what was to come from AAA developers: richly detailed graphics, slick production values, and fine-tuned mechanics, even on mobile VR.

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Oculus Now Selling Replacement Rift Accessories

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Earlier this year Oculus began offering additional Sensors for sale along with and their new Earphones. Now all the in-the-box accessories can be purchased as well. Oculus is now selling four replacement products for items that come in the Rift box: the Remote ($29), headset cable ($49), on-ear headphones ($39), and ‘Fit’ ($29, what the company is calling the headset’s foam facial interface).

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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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Steam Greenlight Is Dead: Valve Introduces Steam Direct

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Valve wants to take itself out of the equation when it comes to the Steam PC gaming marketplace, and that means it is ending the Steam Greenlight program and introducing a far more open platform. Steam Direct is a new path for developers to bring their games to the Steam store, and Valve is looking to launch it this spring. Under this new program, any and all developers are welcome to launch their games on Steam.

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Magic Leap CEO: That bulky prototype leak isn’t our AR wearable

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Magic Leap’s CEO has denied the accuracy of the supposedly leaked hardware from the clandestine augmented reality firm, claiming it’s not a prototype of the upcoming AR glasses. Photos of the “PEQ0” prototype emerged late last week, showing what looked to be a bulky backpack-style computer system tethered to a headset. Unsurprisingly for a startup which has provoked as much … Continue reading.

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‘Robinson: The Journey’ Launches on Steam with Critical Bug and Lack of Official Vive Support

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After remaining a PSVR exclusive since its November release, Crytek’s gorgeous Robinson: The Journey recently popped up on Oculus Home and has now come to Steam. Following the unfortunate lack of VR controller support, a rocky Steam release has been met with a major bug preventing many players from launching the game, and no official support for the HTC Vive.

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How Teledildonics Will Create More Intimate VR Experiences

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There’s no denying the huge buzz around VR porn at the moment, as most industry pundits seem to think that 2017 will see a lot more people experiencing adult content in virtual worlds. Inevitably, this heightened interest is also spawning a whole variety of hardware to facilitate and enhance those experiences. These gadgets and gizmos range from the intriguing to downright amusing: The Tesla Suit promises to fully immerse you within a VR environment while masturbating devices such as the Ona-hol

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