VRScout
MARCH 6, 2020
High fidelity hand tracking lets you pinch, grab, and zoom in AR. Nreal ’s 3D system Nebula is getting a big upgrade that will bring hand tracking to Nreal’s Light AR glasses, allowing users to interact with 3D digital objects through multiple hand gestures that will make owning a pair of Nreal Light’s even more helpful for day-to-day use at work, in learning environments, and staying connected with friends and family. .
ARPost
MARCH 6, 2020
App-less augmented reality , or WebAR is becoming increasingly prevalent in the digital world, so much so that the AR market is currently valued at around $16.6 billion and is predicted to grow to approximately $198 billion by 2025. With this rapidly growing technology, marketers are seeing the monumental potential that WebAR has for brands. A study by retail perceptions showed that around 71% of customers would return to a retail store more regularly if it offered an augmented reality experienc
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Road to VR
MARCH 6, 2020
The recent coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) has stymied many of the industry’s most important conferences and expos this year. To avoid this, HTC today announced it will be holding its next Vive Ecosystem Conference (VEC) from within virtual reality. Update (March 7th, 2020) : It was previously reported that VEC would take place at 5:30 PM PT on March 18th, which was calculated erroneously by us.
AR Insider
MARCH 6, 2020
XR Talks is a series that features the best presentations and educational videos from the XR universe. It includes embedded video, as well as narrative analysis and top takeaways. Speakers’ opinions are their own. For a deeper indexed and searchable archive, subscribe to ARtillery PRO. The potential for advertising in VR is a bit of a double-edged sword (or lightsaber).
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.
EON Reality
MARCH 6, 2020
With reported cases of COVID-19 in over 80 countries around the world, there’s currently a real cause for concern amid school closures, quarantined towns, and global economic slowdown. International universities with campuses in China have moved their classes online following strict restrictions by the Chinese Ministry of Education not to reopen their doors until further notice.
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Peter Graham
MARCH 6, 2020
Several months ago Sugar Creative Studio announced a collaboration with Dr. Seuss Enterprises to create a series of educational augmented reality (AR) apps. This week the first of those apps has now arrived with Dr. Seuss’s ABC – An Amazing AR Alphabet! now available for iOS and Android devices. Dr. Seuss’s ABC – An Amazing AR Alphabet!
The Ghost Howls
MARCH 6, 2020
We are in the coronavirus times, and the outbreak of this disease has changed in a way or in another the lives of many people. One of the biggest consequences is that many people are now quarantined, or have problems traveling in the world. Many conference organizers are canceling their events, even important ones (like F8, MWC, GDC) because of concerns over the coronavirus.
Peter Graham
MARCH 6, 2020
Adding virtual reality (VR) support to a videogame not specifically designed for the technology can be a big undertaking and ROCKFISH Games knows this better than most. After a successful Kickstarter for EVERSPACE in 2015, the roguelike shooter launched the following year with VR support added in 2017. The studio saw crowdfunding success again in 2019 for sequel EVERSPACE 2 but there was no mention of VR.
Oculus
MARCH 6, 2020
This week on Oculus Picks, we’re featuring four different gaming experiences on Oculus Quest anyone can enjoy in about 15 minutes. We all get busy.
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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.
Peter Graham
MARCH 6, 2020
Whether in real life or in virtual reality (VR), escape rooms can be great to play, certainly evoking ‘the more the merrier’ idiom when it comes to multiple players. A lot in VR do tend to be single-player, however, OnSkull Games has made it a point of releasing multiplayer-oriented versions with its Escape First series. Later this month the third instalment will arrive with three more locations to solve. .
Peter Graham
MARCH 6, 2020
Who doesn’t love pizza? The Italian favourite seems to be enjoyed the world over, from stone-baked portions in fancy restaurants to that greasy Friday night feast from your local takeaway. So naturally, pizza was always going to make it into virtual reality (VR) either as a mini-game or the main event. Early titles like Job Simulator introduced VR cooking and that trend continued with the likes of I’m Hungry , focusing on burgers and fries.
Peter Graham
MARCH 6, 2020
VRFocus brings you another list of independent virtual reality (VR) titles to look forward to over the course of the next week. Once again, owners of every major headset can look forward to something new to add to their VR collection. Make sure to check out our accompanying video to get a preview of each videogame. Covert – White Elk Studios. In this co-operative videogame, you and a friend must work together to carry out a successful heist.
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