VRScout

MARCH 22, 2018

Experience what it’s like to make airline travelers uncomfortable in the most awkward VR game on Steam. What’s your favorite part about flying? Mine’s the awesome amount of random food scattered throughout the terminal and the fact I could theoretically enjoy a Krispy Kreme with a glass of champagne. My least favorite part is the security. No matter what kind of flyer you are or which airport you’re traveling out of, I think most of us travelers can agree that the TSA check is probably the most

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Road to VR

MARCH 22, 2018

At a sponsored GDC 2018 session, the still mysterious augmented reality company Magic Leap has revealed how their prototype hardware has evolved from 2014 to present day. Slowly but surely, the famously secretive augmented reality company, is opening the shutters and letting the public see what they’ve been up to since the company was formed back in 2010.

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VRScout

MARCH 22, 2018

A Polish-Canadian filmmaker is using VR to challenge assumptions about women’s right to choose. VR is often touted for its “magic” ability to immerse you in entirely new worlds. Whether dancing in outer space, getting up close and personal with blue whales, or entering a fictional world from a favorite movie, VR is known for fun mind-boggling experiences that simply aren’t possible in the reality.

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Road to VR

MARCH 22, 2018

Oculus Go was announced months ago, but it wasn’t until this week at GDC 2018 that the company actually made the headset available to try. At the Oculus booth today we got our first good look at Oculus Go , the $200 standalone VR headset that the company hopes will hit a sweet spot of price and accessibility. The Go is a lot like Gear VR, but instead of snapping your phone into the headset, everything is built inside.

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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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Next Reality AR

MARCH 22, 2018

As part of its ARCore push this week, Google has promoted Just a Line from one-time AR experiment to a full-fledged app. Available now in the Play Store, the dead-simple augmented reality drawing app makes the old Microsoft Paint app look like Adobe Illustrator. After the app establishes the user's orientation to the floor, users simply hold their fingers on their smartphone's screen and move the device around their environment to draw lines.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 22, 2018

During these days at GDC, Oculus has showcased the Oculus Go (that will be officially released during the F8 in May) and has provided some new insights on the Oculus Santa Cruz. But are we sure that this is enough? It seems that there is another headset coming to light behind the curtains … follow me and you’ll discover everything! But… before starting, I want to warn you that you are reading ABOUT A RUMOR.

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Road to VR

MARCH 22, 2018

At GDC 2018 this year, Oculus released word during their ‘Inside Oculus 2018’ developer talk that Home, the customizable user space for Rift, is gaining the ability to host multiple players as well as user-generated content. The new Home space arrived with the Rift Core 2.0 beta update released back in December, although the update lacked the ability to host more than one person in one of the artfully decorated spaces at one time.

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Hypergrid Business

MARCH 22, 2018

(Image courtesy High Fidelity.). Blockchain — the technology powering Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies — is coming to virtual reality. Today, High Fidelity , the new VR platform from Second Life founder Philip Rosedale, announced the launch of the Virtual Reality Blockchain Alliance, which is dedicated to using the blockchain to create an independent identity system for VR platforms.

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Road to VR

MARCH 22, 2018

Here’s a roundup of news from the third day of our GDC 2018 coverage. Qualcomm’s latest reference headset supports Vive Wave, HTC Vive Focus international launch, Oculus talks about their 2018 ecosystem, announces ‘Positional Timewarp’, reveals new Oculus Go details, and Unreal Engine’s real-time ray-tracing demo. Qualcomm’s reference VR headset supports Vive Wave. image captured by Road to VR.

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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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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 22, 2018

Experiential learning enabled by technologies such as VR and AR are set to disrupt education as we know it, but what will the future of learning actually look like? Photography by Tom Atkinson @R3Digital. There is a lot of speculation about what will be the VR “killer app” but for me that’s actually asking all the wrong questions. For starters, it’s not all about just Virtual Reality, or Augmented Reality for that matter.

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Road to VR

MARCH 22, 2018

Squanch Games, the studio behind Accounting+ (2018) and brainchild of Rick and Morty creator Justin Roiland, is coming out with a new Daydream exclusive that follows the exploits of the titular Dr. Splorchy, plopping you aboard a spaceship with dangerous bugs that you have to shoot for a reasons that seem strangely improvised. Is it possible to create a game entirely by adlib?

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Road to VR

MARCH 22, 2018

Survios, the studio behind Raw Data (2017) and Sprint Vector (2018), are gearing up to release a new VR game this year, an arcade boxing title that puts you in the shoes of Adonis Creed, son of Apollo Creed and protegé of Rocky Balboa. Situated in the Valve booth at this year’s GDC, I got a chance to step into Creed: Rise to Glory , a single-player game which pits you against fighters of various abilities standing between you and your journey to the light heavyweight championship fight.

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