ARPost
OCTOBER 29, 2019
Since the market size of augmented reality solutions is expected to reach $209 billion by 2022, it’s no surprise AR is a trend for a handful of industries like gaming, media and entertainment, advertising, and others. What Is a Location-Based AR Application? Location-based AR app is a geo-based augmented reality that doesn’t need any special markers for identifying where to place a virtual object in the real environment.
VRScout
OCTOBER 29, 2019
8th Wall launches the first WebAR authoring and hosting platform. The 8th Wall , a groundbreaking AR company that walked away with the 2019 Augie Award for Best Developer Tool, is following up on its recent success with the launch of a cloud-based WebAR authoring and hosting platform. This new web tool forges a unified in-browser solution for developers to create, collaborate, publish, and host WebAR projects without the need for third-party software or any type of server setup.
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The Ghost Howls
OCTOBER 29, 2019
At WCVRI , I have tried some cool AR/VR hardware. Let me tell you my first hands-on impressions on it! North Star AR headset. Project North Star is an opensource reference design for a wide-FOV augmented reality headset that Leap Motion (now Ultraleap ) has given to the community. The project is very interesting, but unluckily the pieces that compose this device are difficult to find and the hardware is not easy to be assembled.
Road to VR
OCTOBER 29, 2019
Supermedium, the team behind the native virtual reality browser that lets you interact with web-based VR content, says its namesake project is no longer in active development, and that it’s effectively been put “on ice” in search of something that consumers might use in VR on a daily basis. According to an interview with German VR publication MIXED (German), the company says it’s “not actively working on Supermedium itself right now and exploring other projects.
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.
Hypergrid Business
OCTOBER 29, 2019
(Image courtesy Vinci VR.). The United States Air Force had a problem. They needed to train hundreds of airmen, but there weren’t enough real aircraft to go around. Virtual reality offered the next best thing. Vinci VR , a two year old virtual reality startup founded by a 22 year old college undergrad, was recently awarded a $1 million contract by the United States Air Force to develop solutions for aircraft maintenance training.
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The AR Show
OCTOBER 29, 2019
Hardie Tankersley is the VP of VR and Solutions Consulting at Silverdraft, a company that uses a unique supercomputer architecture to address the significant computational and processing needs of high-end rendering, VR, visual effects, and visualization. Honda, Audi, Tesla, GE, and Autodesk all rely on Silverdraft for product visualization in VR. Previously, Hardie spent more than 8 years at Fox Television, where he was Senior Vice President of Innovation.
Peter Graham
OCTOBER 29, 2019
The virtual reality (VR) industry is still very much a community which wants to see everyone succeed, whether that’s an indie developer or hardware manufacturer. It’s why if you go to a dedicated VR or augmented reality (AR) event everyone is always so friendly and helpful. Earlier in October VRFocus took a trip over to Prague in the Czech Republic to see VRgineers and its XTAL headset.
Oculus
OCTOBER 29, 2019
In today’s guest post from Owlchemy Labs, we look at the new subtitles update for Vacation Simulator, including language support for English, German, Spanish, French,
Peter Graham
OCTOBER 29, 2019
At the beginning of 2019, there was a double whammy of immersive Angry Birds content from Rovio Entertainment and Resolution Games, Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs and Angry Birds AR: Isle of Pigs. The latter only came to iOS devices at the time. Today, that changes with an Android version due to be released today. Angry Birds AR: Isle of Pigs is still very much the same experience iOS users have known for the past six months, utilising the power of AR so that players can physically walk ar
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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.
Oculus
OCTOBER 29, 2019
This week on Oculus Picks, we’re delivering a creepy collection of Quest games just in time for Halloween.
Road to VR
OCTOBER 29, 2019
Tis the season of 5G, the next-gen mobile data technology which promises to boost bandwidth and reduce latency. With 5G phones and networks slowly starting to become a reality, carriers would have you believe that the tech is going to radically change the world, and then some. But what does 5G actually mean for VR & AR? As the cellular industry’s hottest new technology (and hopeful revenue driver), every stakeholder from cell phone makers to chip manufacturers is playing up 5G as the
VRScout
OCTOBER 29, 2019
The developers hope to educate gamers and help spread awareness of the protestors’ cause. For the past five months, hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong demonstrators have taken to the streets in protest of the Fugitive Offenders amendment bill introduced by the Hong Kong government which would allow local law enforcement to extradite criminals wanted in territories outside Hong Kong, including mainland China as well as Taiwan.
Road to VR
OCTOBER 29, 2019
8th Wall, a Palo Alto-based company creating augmented reality development tools, today announced the release of its cloud-based authoring and hosting platform which aims to make it easier for AR developers by providing what it calls a “unified in-browser solution” to create and host WebAR experiences. Founded in 2016 by ex-Google and Facebook engineers, 8th Wall puts a heavy emphasis on computer vision, machine learning and product development.
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.
Peter Graham
OCTOBER 29, 2019
Regular readers of VRFocus may have noticed a spate of articles relating to the location-based entertainment (LBE) industry recently. The sector is growing very much in tandem with the consumer market as VR’s popularity gains momentum. The latest videogame to venture across from home headsets to VR arcades is Yomuneco Inc’s. Swords of Gargantua, care of distribution platform Synthesis VR.
AR Insider
OCTOBER 29, 2019
One of the subsegments of the spatial computing universe that we think holds the greatest opportunity is “building blocks.” Otherwise known as picks & shovels , these democratize and lower barriers to AR creation. Examples include Amazon Sumerian, Adobe Aero and of course Unity. 8th Wall is on that list for similar reasons. It provides tools for developers and brand marketers to build AR experiences that reach larger audiences.
Peter Graham
OCTOBER 29, 2019
8th Wall, an augmented reality (AR) specialist focused on web-based technology for mobile devices is best known for its 2018 experience Into the Spider-Verse AR. Today, the company has announced a new solution designed to make it easier for developers to create and host WebAR projects. As the name suggests, Cloud Editor is a cloud-based authoring and hosting platform which has launched today for agency and business account holders.
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