VRScout

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

Snapchat ‘s latest AR lens is an instant viral hit with over 2 million views in two days. With accomplishments including several Olympic gold medals , multiple NBA MVP awards, a handful of NBA Finals MVP awards, and many appearances in NBA All-Star Games, LeBron James is often considered the greatest basketball player in the world. He’s also a philanthropist , and was listed by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

Cinemark, a major US movie theater chain, this week welcomes the SPACES VR attraction to its Century 20 Oakridge theater in San Jose, CA. The attraction, which currently offers a Terminator Salvation VR experience for up to four players, is the now the face of the theater’s effort to expand its entertainment offerings beyond films. With competition for consumer revenue from video streaming, gaming, and increasingly advanced home theater technology, Cinemark has been on a quest to elevate a

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EON Reality

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

EON Reality Denmark is collaborating with the children’s department of a hospital in Viborg, which will promote extensive use of Virtual Reality (VR) therapy for treating children with anxiety. EON Reality is committed to digital, immersive transformation across a range of industries – including healthcare. Globally, the company has worked in this sector for 20 years.

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Charlie Fink

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

Warby Parker AR is easy to understand, but we're stumped by a retail entertainment investment of this size.

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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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Robert Scoble

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

Opening night at Spaces VR in San Jose, California. Silicon Valley got its first VBVR on Friday night with the opening of Spaces , which is located inside the Cinemark Theater in Oakridge Mall, and its new game “Terminator: Salvation VR.” Read below for my family’s analysis of it vs The Void’s “Ralph Breaks the Internet” but first let’s talk about Spaces, since this is the first weekend Silicon Valley has gotten to play anything like this.

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