Next Reality AR
AUGUST 3, 2018
Google's ARCore team is staying busy, as evidenced by yet another update of its augmented reality toolkit. Available as of Friday on Google Play, version 1.4 brings passthrough camera auto-focus support, faster plane detection, and more image resolutions for computer vision to the platform. New SDKs are also available for Android, iOS, Unity, Unreal Engine.
Road to VR
AUGUST 3, 2018
HTC has been experimenting with some new features in a recent SteamVR beta update which allows up to 16 SteamVR Tracking 2.0 base stations to be linked together to form a continuous tracking volume. When the original Vive first in 2016, it supported up to two base stations and a tracking volume of roughly 11.5 × 11.5 ft (3.5 × 3.5 m). A newer version of SteamVR Tracking tech (2.0) that debuted alongside the Vive Pro brought new sensors and base stations, enabling support for up to four base sta
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Cats and VR
AUGUST 3, 2018
Mobile games publisher Boomdash Digital announced the official release of a new action-packed endless runner set within the twisted world of Evil Dead. Based on reimagining of the 1981 cult-hit horror film, ‘Evil Dead: Virtual Nightmare’ is a soul-crushing mobile VR game brim to the edge with gleeful gore and terrifying twists. ‘Evil Dead: Virtual Nightmare’ offers fans a truly unique opportunity to fully immerse themselves within the Evil Dead universe unlike ever before.
Road to VR
AUGUST 3, 2018
Oculus has confirmed that a number of VR eSports tournament finals are officially headed to Oculus Connect 5, the company’s annual developer conference. Competing for a total cash prize pool of $120,000, tournament hopefuls will descend upon San Jose’s McEnery Convention Center on September 26th – 27th. Live coverage of the tournament finals will begin at 11:30 am PT ( local time here ) both days of OC5 on VR League’s Facebook , Twitch , and YouTube channels.
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.
VRScout
AUGUST 3, 2018
Lockheed Martin is using AR to build NASA’s Orion spacecraft on their mission to Mars. Lockheed Martin Corp’s engineers thoroughly understand the of power of AR technology and its potential as a revolutionary tool in the work environment as a digital infrastructure. So much so that the American based global technologies company is turning to augmented reality to develop a faster and more efficient process to manufacture NASA’s Orion spacecraft which will be used for the first deep-space m
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