The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

My dear VR “komrades” (as in Red Matter ), finally we have a release date for Half-Life: Alyx ! The day that the VR world will halt is March, 23rd. That day, the VR apocalypse will start and I guess that no one is going to work. It is a Monday, so sleep well on Sunday 22nd, and do a gaming marathon on Monday 23rd! Are you ready? Half-Life: Alyx, available March 23, 2020 [link] pic.twitter.com/Q04EZwNfBt — Valve (@valvesoftware) February 13, 2020.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Choose your team, customize their stats, and do battle with other trainers via PvP multiplayer. Happy Valentine’s Day! No doubt many of you are already preparing for a romantic night out with that oh so special someone. If, however, you find yourself riding solo this month, might I suggest numbing the pain with a nostalgia-fueled immersive experience that brings the world of Pokémon to life in VR.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The ecosystem of digital game development is all about using the latest technologies to attract and engage gamers all over the world. Games, as one of the prime sources of entertainment, could be more prominent by becoming more interactive and immersive. Technologies like VR are being used widely to make games distinctive and entertaining so that both avid and casual gamers can enjoy their favorite games irrespective of time and place.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 14, 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. Snapchat is the engagement and revenue leader in consumer AR.

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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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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Following confirmation of the cancellation of its latest ConceptD OJO VR headset, Acer says it’s still in the XR game. Earlier this week Acer confirmed that it decided to cancel its ConceptD OJO headset ; it had been 10 months since the headset was announced before the company confirmed it had been canned. Acer’s ConceptD OJO headset | Image courtesy Acer.

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NVidia VR

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

How do you train someone to deactivate a landmine, work with pathogens in a lab or triage disaster victims with head injuries? Very, very carefully. Typically, training for hazardous, high-risk jobs is an expensive production involving dozens of individuals playing roles, supervisors taking notes and an environment that doesn’t account for unexpected issues that can arise in the chaos of actual events.

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Peter Graham

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The 23rd annual D.I.C.E. Awards were held this week and there were some surprising winners and losers across the various categories, not least the virtual reality (VR) sections. While big-name titles like Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding only took home two awards from eight nominations, Cloudhead Games and Sony London Studio were the big VR winners from the event.

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Charlie Fink

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Despite slowdowns, Facebook's acquisition of Scape is further proof of XR's vitality.

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Peter Graham

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

After winning several awards at film festivals in 2019 virtual reality (VR) animation Gloomy Eyes was confirmed for public release last month for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Oculus Quest. The launch has taken place today but only on Viveport for PC VR headsets, with Oculus Store users now having to wait. . The launch was supposed to coincide across both platforms but for some undisclosed reason has only taken place on Viveport today.

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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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Oculus

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

At first blush, Valentine’s Day and virtual reality don’t appear to make an obvious coupling. But there’s a lot more to VR than cutting-edge gaming.

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Peter Graham

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The last few months have been a whirlwind of excitement thanks to one company and one singular videogame, that’s of course Valve and Half-Life: Alyx. The gaming giant behind one of the most popular first-person shooters (FPS) for PC has at last publically finalised a date for the launch, Monday 23rd March. Arriving the week after the Game Developers Conference (GDC), is on course to be the standout virtual reality (VR) title of 2020, and there’s a lot riding on it, both in terms of

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NVidia VR

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

How do you train someone to deactivate a landmine, work with pathogens in a lab or triage disaster victims with head injuries? Very, very carefully. Typically, training for hazardous, high-risk jobs is an expensive production involving dozens of individuals playing roles, supervisors taking notes and an environment that doesn’t account for unexpected issues that can arise in the chaos of actual events.

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Oculus

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Who doesn’t love a good robot? As both a modern-day reality and staple of science fiction, bots of all kinds help make any experience a.

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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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