Wed.Jun 26, 2019

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Facebook VP Says The Oculus Quest Is Seeing ‘Console-Like Usage’

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The company claims content sales topped $5 million in the first two weeks. Facebook’s Oculus Quest seems to be hitting a mark with VR fans all over the globe. Since the 6DOF headsets release back in May, major sites such as Amazon and Newegg are seeing shipping dates backed up to 2 to 3 weeks. On top of that, user reviews have so far been overwhelmingly positive, save for a few users frustrated by Oculus’ strict content curation system.

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Mercedes and Magic Leap Debut Immersive Roadshow in the UK

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UK fans of immersive technology are in for a treat: Mercedes has created a roadshow like no other. It features virtual, augmented and mixed reality. Also, it utilizes proprietary Magic Leap technology – an innovative leader on the XR market. Thus, the visitors will experience a realistic city-scape where they can drive the latest Mercedes van model.

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Games For Change’s XR Summit Was An Unmitigated Success

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Expert researchers and veteran developers collide at XR For Change. Having just completed its sixteenth annual run, Games For Change brought artists, creators, advocates, researchers, policymakers, techies and designers together to talk shop and fantasize about the future of the games industry. This years event included a unique three-day XR Brain Jam hackathon tacked on as a pre-conference challenge, as well as a one-day, aptly named XR For Change Summit, which was held on June 17th.

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Steam Summer Sale Brings Big Savings to Top VR Titles

Road to VR

Summer isn’t the best time to strap a black video box to your face, but it’s a great time to buy up all the top VR titles at a deep discount. Starting today and continuing to July 9th, the Steam Summer Sale is slashing prices on practically all of the top VR titles on the platform. Before we head into the chart of our top picks, make sure to check out Steam’s VR Essentials Bundle , which includes eight top games with an added 15% discount on top of it, bringing it to $93.

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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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Apple iPhone Owners Can Now Try Out Gucci's Ace Sneakers via Augmented Reality

Next Reality AR

While Gucci is among the most recognizable brands in fashion, you would be excused for not realizing that the company makes sneakers as well. Yet, here we are, with Gucci adding an augmented reality try-on camera tool to its iOS mobile app, available now via the App Store, for its Ace sneakers line, which the company calls a "mainstay" of its collection.

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The Marvel of Virtual Reality

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For the second year running, I was delighted to get to co=present with the wonderful Paola Paulino at the BETT MENA conference in Abu Dhabi in April. For this year's event we wanted to do something really special so we put something together with a Marvel theme - since Avengers Endgame was just about to drop. The session highlighted ten "superpowers" that VR affords students, comparing them to Marvel characters with similar powers - from teleportation like Nightcrawler to shrinking like Antman t

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Pimax Announces Improvements to “5K” Plus and “8K” Headsets, Updates on Accessories

Road to VR

Pimax is continuously tweaking their lineup of wide field of view VR headsets in effort to hone in on a finished product. To that effect, the Beijing-based company has just issued a new statement detailing some material refinements coming to new “5K+” and “8K” headsets, and some news on the long promised accessories too. Pimax says in a forum post today that its line of headsets are getting a minor overhaul in ergonomics, bringing with it a new fabric head strap, a more c

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Couch Co-op Adventure ‘Medusa and Her Lover’ Lands on PSVR

Road to VR

Medusa and Her Lover (2019) is a unique VR title that’s been floating around Japan since April, and the game, which delivers both a solo and couch co-op mode, is now available in the West. Developing studio ship of EYLN has turned Greek mythology on its head a bit with their newly shipped title. Instead of a hapless victim staring at Medusa and turning to stone as per the myth, it’s Medusa’s very gaze that actively petrifies enemies, a weapon that can depleted over time and mu

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