VRScout

MARCH 29, 2019

Getting shredded with the help of VR. Black Box , founded by Ryan DeLuca & Preston Lewis in 2016, will open the doors to its first VR gym this April in San Francisco with plans for expansion in the near future. By using VR, Black Box is able to motivate, track, and distract gym goers to encourage more effective, motivated workouts than compared to a traditional gym. . “We wanted this to be a real workout — not Wii Fit — that would also track everything you’re doing and react in r

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 29, 2019

UK Social enterprise pilots use of immersive tech in social care. Over the past five years, the number of children who are looked after by Local Authorities (LAs) and children who require child protection plans to be kept safe from ‘significant harm’ has increased dramatically in England. And while demand for foster carers and adopters has also increased, the number of approved adoptive families has been on a steady decline.

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VRScout

MARCH 29, 2019

Valve’s long-awaited HMD features dual front-facing cameras and manual IPD. Valve has just released its first promotional image for its long-rumored proprietary VR headset, Valve Index. Although we still know very little about the device, the image does indicate dual front-facing cameras (most likely for the purpose of pass-through functionality), as well as manual IPD adjustment, a feature on a steady decline as more headset manufacturers continue opting for software-based IPD optimization alon

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Road to VR

MARCH 29, 2019

After months of speculation, Valve has finally officially confirmed a new VR headset called Index that bears the company’s own name and will presumably be a first-party product. A teaser image for the headset may indicate a release date of May. A new page posted to Valve’s Steam website revealed the Index headset today ; only a photo with the text “Upgrade your experience.

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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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Next Reality AR

MARCH 29, 2019

The great thing about augmented reality is that so much is possible using the emerging tools and software, your only real limit is your imagination — that includes making real versions of imagined products. We're not sure where the idea for the new Posemoji app came from, but it looks like an amazing real world AR version of a possible future AR interaction we mentioned in January via Twitter.

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Next Reality AR

MARCH 29, 2019

After showing off a prototype of the Grordbattle multiplayer first-person shooter at the Game Developer Conference, Magic Leap has added a new Shared World feature in version 0.95.0 of the Lumin OS update released this week. Shared World, which is still an experimental beta feature, gives users the ability to opt into a shared spatial map created by Magic Leap One devices in a common area and syncs their positions, which facilitates multi-user AR experiences.

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Road to VR

MARCH 29, 2019

Chomping at the bit for the next Skyworld game? Vertigo Games and Vive Studios recently showed off some new footage of the upcoming VR card-battler Skyworld: Kingdom Brawl in action, and it seems they’re hoping to take it to new heights in the burgeoning VR esports scene. Skyworld: Kingdom Brawl is a game where you collect and upgrade dozens of cards to build a battle deck.

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Next Reality AR

MARCH 29, 2019

Not content to merely assist surgeons via the HoloLens, Medivis has expanded its augmented reality suite to Magic Leap One with an app for medical students. On Thursday, the medical software company unveiled AnatomyX, an enterprise-level augmented reality platform for the HoloLens and the Magic Leap One targeting universities and teaching hospitals for the purpose of anatomy, physiology and pathology studies.

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Charlie Fink

MARCH 29, 2019

The coming Oculus Quest is loading up on content in anticipation of its consumer release this spring, while HTC's competing HMD, the Vive Focus, is now available to enterprises around the world.

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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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Oculus

MARCH 29, 2019

This week, we released over a dozen titles and updates across the Oculus Platform, including Space Junkies, the long-awaited, high-adrenaline FPS from Ubisoft. Here’s a.

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Road to VR

MARCH 29, 2019

With the announcement of Rift S earlier this month came the revelation that the headset would not include the ability to physically adjust the distance between the lenses in order to align with the distance between the user’s eyes (also known as IPD), making the headset less adaptable to those with IPDs further from the headset’s nominal setting.

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