Wed.Dec 20, 2017

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‘Bigscreen’ Teams with Paramount Pictures on VR Cinema, Free Screenings of ‘Top Gun’ in 3D

Road to VR

Social VR app Bigscreen is teaming up with Paramount Pictures to debut a new virtual cinema inside of Bigscreen. The cinema will operate much like a real movie theater, offering timed screenings of Top Gun (1986) in 3D, free for a limited time. Players can join friends to watch together. Bigscreen is a social VR app which lets users connect with friends in a virtual environment where everyone can use and share what’s on their own computer screen.

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Best of 2017: Top 10 Blog Articles of the Year

AllThingsVR

What a year it’s been. The Sales Tech space has grown dramatically as evidenced by the publication of our 2017 Sales Tech Landscape with 500 solutions. The buzz words for the year were predictive analytics, AI, ABM, ABS, and Coaching. Here are some of Smart Selling Tools stats for 2017: Published over 100 articles on our blog. Hosted 17 of our own webinars and participated in about a dozen others.

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‘Bigscreen’ Now Supports Windows VR, PSVR and Mobile Headsets Coming in 2018

Road to VR

Bigscreen , the social VR app which lets users connect in a virtual environment while retaining the ability to use (and share) their own PC desktop content, now supports Microsoft’s ‘Windows Mixed Reality’ VR headsets. In 2018, the app will offer cross-play with mobile users on Oculus Go, Gear VR, and Daydream, as well as PSVR. Bigscreen is all about letting you do anything you can do normally on your PC—play games, watch movies, browse the web, and much more—but with your frie

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With no pricing and a release date of sometime in 2018, Magic Leap continues to disrupt our tech news feeds.

Cats and VR

World, meet Magic Leap One. Magic Leap One, meet the world. More at: [link] pic.twitter.com/2iXgyPs21K — Magic Leap (@magicleap) December 20, 2017. So here are the pictures of the new Magic Leap goggles coming soon. Also here is some early prototype pics via Rolling Stone who Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz shared the new Magic Leap news with. [link].

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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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At Zenefits: A 20th Century Broker Looks at the Brave New Broker World

Road to VR

As someone who has made their living selling health insurance for over 40 years, I’ve had the fantastic opportunity to observe what some might say are revolutionary changes in the health insurance industry. PPOs, HMOs, HSAs, FSAs, the ACA, and many other noteworthy advances, developments, and inventions all unfolded before these very eyes. I implemented all of them in my agencies, was governed by the demand for them and was tasked to teach them to my employees and explain and sell them to my cli

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Your Own Purring Robo-Cat Will Take Care Of Old-You

VRWorld

When talking about senior citizens, especially the ones living alone – it’s important to be as empathic as possible. Cats are known as cuddly little creatures, and there are scientific proofs that by just cuddling the cat – you minimize your risk of heart attack. However, as every living creature, cats need to be taken care off. This little kitty doesn’t.

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Magic Leap One revealed: Creator Edition AR goggles ships 2018 [Update]

Slashgear

It’s been a long road to the reveal of Magic Leap’s first actual product, but the day has finally arrived. Today the company revealed the Magic Leap One, a new augmented reality system that first and foremost wants to move away from the bulky headsets that currently dominate VR. While details are still fairly slim, we’re learning about some of … Continue reading.

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Save Big on Fujifilm Mini 7s Instant Film Cameras!

VRWorld

These instant cameras are so fun! They capture your memories and print out the photo in seconds. Amazon has three to choose from today: Fujifilm Instax Mini 7s Indigo Instant Film Camera – $39.99. Fujifilm Instax Mini 7s Red Instant Film Camera – $39.99. Fujifilm Instax Mini 7s Indigo + 10 Exposures – $45.99. These point and shoot cameras are particularly easy and fun to use.

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VeeR now supports spatial audio for iOS

VeeR VR

To have a fully immersive VR experience, spatial audio is absolutely essential. It makes virtual reality sound more like how you would experience audio in the real world, making VR more immersive and engaging. For this reason, virtual reality creators have invested greatly in spatial audio creation to bring the audience "into" their VR videos and we have received many requests from our users on supporting advanced audio setting.

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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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Facebook Will Find You Even if You Are Not Tagged on Photos

VRWorld

Did you maybe, but just maybe noticed that you are tagged in some of the photos on Facebook your friend took? Even though you told them not to tag you because you’re drunk as hell and you don’t want your little sister to see it? Well, don’t take on your friend so soon. There is a quite big possibility that Facebook did it – on its own.

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VR Has Officially Ascended to ‘Crappy Last-Minute Gift’ Thanks to This AXE Bodywash Bundle

Road to VR

How about an unbreakable comb? A nylon travel tote? A loofah soaked in pheromones? No. This holiday season’s pervasive AXE bodywash bundles come with a VR headset, and while the headset in question isn’t the worst thing be thrown in for ‘free’ with a bag of teenage male-mist, it certainly isn’t the one your son/nephew/grandson really wants.

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