Road to VR

JULY 24, 2017

Microsoft has undoubtedly been working on the next version of HoloLens, the company’s AR headset, but now we know a little more about what’s going into the next iteration: a Microsoft-built custom AI chip designed to carry out low-latency computer vision tasks. Taking the stage yesterday at the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition conference (CVPR) 2017, Microsoft’s VP of Artificial Intelligence and Research Harry Shum announced that the next version of HoloLens will contain

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VRScout

JULY 24, 2017

And maybe that was the point. In the universe of FX’s Legion , what’s real and what’s a manifestation of an unstable dissociative-identity disorder is constantly being called into question. Even as a viewer, you’re always scratching your head trying to decipher what’s reality. So when FX decided to bring an immersive experience like no other to Comic-Con, they didn’t go with the more common use of VR that we’ve grown accustom to in San Diego.

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Road to VR

JULY 24, 2017

One of the unique affordances of virtual reality is its power to convey the vastness of scale, which can invoke feelings of awe. Denise Quesnel is a graduate student at Simon Frasier University’s iSpace Lab , and she has been studying the process of invoking awe using Google Earth VR. She was inspired by Frank White’s work on The Overview Effect , which documented the worldview transformations of many astronauts after they observed the vastness of the Earth from the perspective of s

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VRScout

JULY 24, 2017

Although the most common use for VR is still gaming and entertainment, the medium is also completely changing the criminal justice system from top to bottom. In the past half-decade, we’ve explored many interesting, entertaining, and educational use cases for VR. Now, sheriffs in Monmouth County, NJ are being trained using a new training facility incorporates a virtual reality simulator, the VirTra V-300, with physical training.

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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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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 24, 2017

We’re just over halfway through 2017, and it’s been a rollercoaster for VR. We’ve seen headsets surpass a million in sales while others have had their prices slashed and new peripherals have been released. But while we’re entering an exciting time to be a VR consumer, we constantly find ourselves asking that one vital question: what’s next?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 24, 2017

I know I can’t be the only person that loves playing tabletop games but hates the setup, cleanup, and organizational headache they often cause. I’ve loved playing Dungeons & Dragons for years, but it’s a hassle lugging my literal treasure chest full of gear and supplies around. Playing online is great, but it lacks the physicality of playing in person.

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Cats and VR

JULY 24, 2017

I seemed to have missed a game I have been looking forward to when it launched but hey guess better late than never. Life Of Lon was one of the very first demos I covered when I started CatsAndVR. I really dug the art style and the cute creature Yep who helps the protagonist. Check out my early impressions of Life Of Lon from all the way back in April 2016.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 24, 2017

One day the world will know how many VR headsets exist in the world like we do iPhones, game consoles, and move tickets. One day…maybe. As it stands, companies like HTC, Oculus, and even Google are being very tight-lipped about how many Vives, Rifts, and Daydream Views they’ve sold (respectively) and it’s making it very difficult to paint a solid picture of what the VR market actually looks like.

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AllThingsVR

JULY 24, 2017

How doctors used virtual reality to save the lives of conjoined twin sisters via @MSN [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 25, 2017.

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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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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 24, 2017

Mario Kart made an unexpected debut in VR earlier this year for a Japanese arcade and it looks fantastic. We have to admit, though, that this AR karting game looks even better. Hado Kart looks like a real life take on Mario Kart’s classic multiplayer battle mode It sees players put on a Microsoft HoloLens headset and then drive around an arena collecting virtual coins that appear inside their headsets while also avoiding bombs.

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AllThingsVR

JULY 24, 2017

The Top 15 Virtual Reality Experiences You Should Definitely Check Out via @TheWrap [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 25, 2017.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 24, 2017

When we first saw SketchAR, the app let us use our iPhones to trace over AR images, providing a quick and easy way to get us drawing like professional artists. But we see far more use for the app on a headset, freeing up one hand and letting us trace far more intuitively. Now we can do just that. SketchAR has just hit Microsoft’s HoloLens headset for free.

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AllThingsVR

JULY 24, 2017

Asus launches first augmented and virtual reality smartphone via @theSundaily [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 24, 2017.

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Speaker: Richard Goring, Director at BrightCarbon

Remote meetings are here to stay - and many are BORING. If you are trying to engage your learners (or any audience), compelling content is critical. But trying to create stimulating content with the same tools you’ve always had is hard, right? Thankfully, wrong! Terrific tools in PowerPoint along with visual assets help you create the kind of dynamic content you need to capture your remote audience’s attention, with functions that allow for interactive sequences and navigation.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 24, 2017

Are you holding the map right? Do we go left or right? Is this bit that building or that park? Even using GPS-tracked app maps, navigating around busy cities and towns can be somewhat confusing. With this awesome use of Apple’s ARKit, though, getting fast, clear directions has never been easier. iOS developer Andrew Hart last week showed off experiments in combining two of Apple’s core technologies.

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AllThingsVR

JULY 24, 2017

HoloLens 2 will have a custom AI chip designed by Microsoft via @TheVerge [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 24, 2017.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 24, 2017

Working on VR audio technology I often hear, “you mean 3D audio?” or “how is it different from existing 3D audio technology?”. If VR audio is defined as creating and delivering audio signals that are suited for VR content, then the term 3D audio does not fully reflect the capabilities of the audio in a virtual environment. Listening to interactive, three dimensional audio in VR.

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VR Bites

JULY 24, 2017

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Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 24, 2017

The first trailer for Steven Spielberg’s big screen version of 2011’s Ernest Cline novel Ready Player One arrived over the weekend , and we’ve started dissecting its many revelations. Now before I go too far I’ll say that I’ve only read Ready Player One once, so my memory of how the book differs from what we saw in the trailer is a little faded.

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AllThingsVR

JULY 24, 2017

There’s No Oculus Rift 2 Coming Anytime Soon via @ExtremeTech [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 24, 2017.

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VRWorld

JULY 24, 2017

During the Cannes Film Festival, Steven Spielberg expressed word of caution when it came to movie industry adopting the Virtual Reality as a medium. Just a few months later on Comic-Con conference, the famous producer is more open on the subject, and is focused on creating a world that can serve both the interactive medium as VR, as well as the “conventional” movie going experience.

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AllThingsVR

JULY 24, 2017

SketchAR Brings AR Art To Microsoft’s HoloLens via @UploadVR [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 24, 2017.

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Speaker: Treion Muller, Chief Strategy Officer at ELB Learning

Since when has learning and development (L&D) become such a negative experience with its intended learners? Could it be because learners have been conditioned by very poor learning experiences over the past two decades, combined with the kinks of technological innovation? Or is it because learning has typically been designed as a one-size-fits-all solution, despite the fact that humans are not clones?

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Road to VR

JULY 24, 2017

After 14 years of working on home and portable consoles, Ready At Dawn this month released Lone Echo and its multiplayer spinoff Echo Arena on the Oculus Rift & Touch. We talked with Ready At Dawn Founder & Chief Creative Officer Ru Weerasuriya to understand how the games came to be, the challenges faced during production, and the future of VR.

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AllThingsVR

JULY 24, 2017

Explore a breathtaking underground wonderland in VR via @USATODAY [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 24, 2017.

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Road to VR

JULY 24, 2017

Thanks to ReVive , a hack that lets SteamVR-compatible headsets play Oculus Rift exclusives, anyone with an HTC Vive can enjoy a number of unofficially supported games from the Oculus Store. Here we take a look at 5 of the games you shouldn’t miss—of course with the appended “buyer beware” warning that the Revive hack caries with it.

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AllThingsVR

JULY 24, 2017

VR Chuckwagon Racing Stampedes Into Canada via @VRScout [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 24, 2017.

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Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?

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