Tue.Aug 07, 2018

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Man Loses 138 Pounds Following Beat Saber Workout Routine

VRScout

A dedicated VR gamer has developed a 30-minute workout routine using Beat Saber and the results are promising. After an unfortunate series of car accidents that resulted in permanent injury to both his back and neck, Robert Long wasn’t sure how he’d recover. Stress hormones at the hands of depression caused Robert to gain weight, preventing doctors from making key procedures to his damaged back.

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Magic Leap One Launch Date Set for 8/8/2018 (Possibly at 8:08)

Next Reality AR

After a series of hints revealed by CEO Rony Abovitz via Twitter, Magic Leap looks like it is ready to launch Magic Leap One on 8/8/2018 at 8:08. Rony Aboviz changed his twitter profile's header to this launching whales image at 8:08pm on 8/7/2018. One day before launch. At 8:08 pm ET this evening, Abovitz changed his avatar to a floating Magic Leap spaceman, his twitter cover image to launching whales, and tweeted a link to the Wikipedia page for the Roland TR-808.

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Scaling Up Immersive Tech With Blockchain

Tech Trends VR

For Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality applications to work as mass market propositions, we need GUP infrastructure. One company is leveraging blockchain to do just that. When you mention “Pokemon Go,” everyone remembers bumping into walls, people and maybe even cars, trying to catch rare AR characters from their phone, but there is a lot more to Augmented Reality than crossing the road without paying attention as you’re chasing little creatures on your screen.

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Magic Leap Loses Key Marketing Exec Ahead of Magic Leap One Launch

Next Reality AR

With the official launch of Magic Leap One expected by the end of summer (translation: days from now), Magic Leap's hype machine just took a big hit with the sudden loss of a key marketing executive. Magic Leap confirmed the departure of Jeff Gattis, vice president of product marketing, to Recode and cited "personal reasons" regarding the reason for his sudden departure.

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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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Rapper 2 Chainz Tries $3 Million Children’s VR Experience

VRScout

Watch the host of Viceland’s ‘Most Expensivest’ go hands on with a 12-minute VR movie with haptic feedback. If you’re unfamiliar with the Viceland television series Most Expensivest , the offbeat show follows superstar rapper 2 Chainz as he leads viewers on a guided tour of the world’s most outrageously expensive goods and services. After only one seaosn the eccentric entertainer has pet $165,000 kittens, drank a $100,000 bottle of water, inhaled $10,000 air in a can, and eaten $500 gold-c

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‘Electronauts’ Review – Unlock Your Inner Groove

Road to VR

Electronauts sits at an interesting intersection somewhere between game, experience, and tool. Your experience with Electronauts then may vary depending upon what you hope to achieve with it. If you’re anything like me—someone who can fall deep into music, but isn’t musically trained—you’ll find a totally unique and approachable platform for expressing your inner groove.

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EON Reality And University Of Nebraska Medical Center Open a VR Innovation Academy in Omaha, Nebraska

EON Reality

IRVINE, CA, July 25, 2018 – EON Reality, the world leader in Virtual Reality based knowledge transfer for industry and education, and University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) announce the opening of an Interactive Digital Center (IDC) and VR Innovation Academy (VRIA) in Omaha, Nebraska. The IDC and VRIA will be part of UNMC’s Interprofessional Experiential Center for Enduring Learning (iEXCEL) on their Omaha Campus.

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Oculus Removes Handful of Fake Game Reviews, Says They’re Uncommon

Road to VR

After a handful of seemingly fake reviews were spotted on a game in the Oculus Store, the company says the offending reviews were removed, and further claims that fake reviews on the platform are few and far between. Redditors ‘ thekthepthe3 ‘ and ‘ matt90410 ‘ recently pointed out some suspicious looking reviews of a Rift game on the Oculus Store. ‘Matt90410’ called out a few of the 5-star reviews that were especially short and riddled with odd and unspecific

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#671: “Electronauts” Democratizes Remix DJing & Musical Improvisation

Voices of VR

Electronauts is a cross between a simplified DJ simulator and improvisational music tool from Survios that is launching today. It’s releasing with over 40 electronic.

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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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‘Marvel Powers United VR’ Update to Bring Tweaks & Bug Fixes, Bigger Changes Forthcoming

Road to VR

Marvel Powers United VR launched less than two weeks ago, but it seems the developers at Sanzaru Games are hard at work to get the game’s first patch out the door. Due to launch “in a few weeks,” the studio has published the release notes of the first patch, seemingly in an effort to assure players that post-launch support is well underway.

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