Fri.Oct 05, 2018

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‘The Wild’ Is A Platform For Collaborative 3D Design In VR & AR

VRScout

Powered by VR, The Wild’s cross-platform 3D design platform works much like Google Docs. Last month, the developer of The Wild finally opened the gates to its cloud platform for collaborative 3D design across VR and AR. Founded by Gabe Paez, The Wild seeks to do what Google Docs does for collaborative word processing, but instead of fulfilling the role of an organizational tool, this app is meant to serve more creative purposes. .

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Magic Leap's Acquisition of Computes Strengthens Mesh Computing Capabilities by Crowdsourcing Processing Power

Next Reality AR

The latest business move by Magic Leap could result in a significant boost its spatial computing platform's performance and headset design. On Friday, Magic Leap announced the acquisition of Computes, Inc., makers of a decentralized and distributed mesh computing platform. The company's founders, Chris Matthieu and Jade Meskill, now serve as senior director of computing services and principal software engineer, respectively.

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Oculus Job Listing Reveals Interest in Creating Location-based VR Games

Road to VR

Oculus published a job listing recently that could mean the company is finally looking to enter the VR arcade space. The listing, which calls for a ‘Producer of location based entertainment’, is tasked with building and curating a “portfolio of location based experiences in collaboration with LBE (Location Based Experience) stakeholders at Oculus.” As first reported by Variety , the listing holds that candidates must “source content from potential LBE partners,” “develop

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I’ve detached my eyes in VR thanks to Eyeballs VR Demo!

The Ghost Howls

Some weeks ago, I’ve got to know a crazy demo for Oculus Rift called Eyeballs VR Demo, who lets you detach your eyes inside VR. Being something completely insane, I thought: I have absolutely to try it! And today I’ve finally tried this complete craziness and I can assure you that it has been a very cool experience. The first place where I got to know this demo has been Twitter, where the author Jack Brookes published this video.

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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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Magic Leap Teaser for Dr. Grordbort's Invaders Previews Forthcoming Release During L.E.A.P. Conference

Next Reality AR

Magic Leap One owners with itchy trigger fingers may have their itch scratched next week, as Magic Leap has shared a brief teaser on Twitter for the long-awaited Dr. Grordbort's Invaders game from Weta Workshop. The video concludes with the Magic Leap logo and the hashtag #leapcon. It just so happens that the L.E.A.P. Conference, Magic Leap's first-ever developers conference, kicks off next week, on Oct. 9, the same day the game is scheduled for release.

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Brainlab Prescribes Magic Leap as Cure for Visualizing Medical Imaging Data, Lumin Updates Pushed to Devs

Next Reality AR

While many of the latest content partnerships announced by Magic Leap appear to lean towards entertainment and gaming, a new partnership with medical technology provider Brainlab has Magic Leap getting down to more serious business. The companies have arrived at an exclusive agreement where Brainlab will adapt its medical software capabilities, such as data management, cloud computing, and data visualization, for the Magic Leap One and market the hardware and software combination to doctors, sur

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Magic Leap to Launch AR Shooter ‘Dr. Grordbort’s Invaders’ Next Week

Road to VR

Magic Leap’s first annual L.E.A.P. Con dev conference is set to open its doors next week, and while we expected to hear a lot about Weta Workshop’s upcoming AR shooter Dr. Grordbort’s Invaders there, Magic Leap today announced that the game will be heading to Magic Leap One headsets on October 9th. Dr. Grordbort’s Invaders has long been held as the Magic Leap One’s premier IP, as the company has worked with Weta Workshop on the game since well before the New Zeala

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#702: The VR Exercise Revolution: Empirical Data from the VR Insitute for Health & Exercise

Voices of VR

Aaron Stanton says that VR is the most effective piece of exercise equipment he’s ever purchased. He’s spent over 100 hours playing an exercise mod.

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Work Out With ‘BOXVR’ for Free on Rift, Vive & Windows VR This Weekend

Road to VR

The world can be a stressful place, and for many one of the quickest ways to relax is to turn to food. But if you’re finding yourself staring at the bottom of a Doritos bag more often than you see your own reflection in the gym, this weekend’s free access period with BOXVR (2017) might help get you back in the habit of getting up and burning off the week’s indiscretions.

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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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This Week In XR

Charlie Fink

Location-Based VR E-Sports Bloom, Ping!

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