VRScout
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
Zuckerburg reveals hand and finger tracking without the need for additional hardware. Facebook’s Oculus Connect 6 kicked off this morning with a slew of big reveals for the Oculus Quest standalone headset, one of the biggest being the reveal of hand and finger tracking. Say hello to hand tracking on #OculusQuest #OC6 pic.twitter.com/pDtjuMc6cU — VRScout (@VRScout) September 25, 2019.
ARPost
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
Sometimes, to win, you have to play the long game. XR technology is an exciting field but it isn’t ubiquitous yet. Unfortunately, ubiquity is where investors want something to be before they put money in it. The Glimpse Group has a unique business model that allows them to warm investors to the idea of supporting XR technology. The Glimpse Group CEO, Lyron Bentovim, told ARPost all about his multi-year game plan.
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VRScout
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
Facebook’s attempt at a VR metaverse is all about building your own experience. It appears as though the rumors regarding a new VR social space from Facebook were true, as the company today unveiled Facebook: Horizon, a new social VR world that allows Oculus Quest and Rift users to meet and mingle in a virtual space, play games, and even create their own experiences.
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
On stage at Oculus Connect today, Facebook Reality Labs Chief Scientist Michael Abrash revealed two new prototype VR headsets from the company, Half Dome 2 and Half Dome 3. Both headsets offer improvements over the original Half Dome prototype showed off last year. Last year Facebook showed off Half Dome, a prototype VR headset which offered up a much larger field of view than current Rift or Quest headsets, as well as varifocal displays which allows the headset to display a more comfortable and
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
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
Facebook wants to create a 3D map of the Earth by crowd-sourcing geo-tagged images. After months of speculation, Facebook today confirmed that Facebook Reality Lab is, in fact, developing a pair of AR glasses. While little information about the headset itself was provided during the announcement, the company went into detail regarding LiveMaps, a new program that uses machine learning, localization, and mapping technology to create a virtual map of the real world.
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VRScout
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
The historic WWII FPS shooter makes a surprise appearance at OC6. Back at Oculus Connect 4 in 2017, it was revealed that Oculus Studios would be teaming up with veteran developer Respawn Entertainment [Titanfall 2, Apex Legends] on a new VR game exclusively for the Oculus platform. Today we learned that title is a new installment in the classic Medal of Honor franchise.
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
Oculus today announced an upcoming PC tethering feature coming to Quest headsets in November. Oculus Link, as it’s called, will let users plug into VR ready PCs and play games originally designed for Rift. Oculus is calling it “the best of both worlds,” but then where does that leave their latest PC VR headset, Rift S? Quest and Rift S, Oculus’ newest headsets, launched just six months ago, but it wasn’t until today that Oculus announced a PC tethering feature—somet
VRScout
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
Oculus Rift compatibility and several Oculus Go games are heading to Quest. . Oculus Connect is all about the Quest this year as Facebook continues its reveal of standalone-focused announcements. One such announcement, Oculus Link, is sure to increase the value of the Quest even further by allowing players to access their PC-powered Oculus Rift games on their standalone headset.
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
Image courtesy Oculus. At Oculus Connect 6 today, Facebook announced an upcoming software feature called Oculus Link which will allow Quest headsets to tether to VR ready PCs to play any game in the Oculus Rift library. Oculus Quest, which currently runs a separate library of content from the PC-based Rift headsets, will soon be able to tether to high-end PCs to play the entire Oculus Rift library.
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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.
Cats and VR
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
Ramen VR, an indie VR studio that’s creating a unique VR metaverse, today revealed that its crowdfunding campaign for Zenith , a fantasy cyberpunk VR MMORPG for VR and PC, has hit over 1,000% crowd funding by hitting a total of $250,000 with 24 hours left to go. The campaign continues to prove out the appeal of being able to play, socialize, and create unique experiences in the first cross-platform VR MMORPG, and Ramen is celebrating with the release of a new Spellcasting Teaser video.
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
Today at Oculus Connect 6, Facebook formerly announced plans to develop a consumer-focused AR headset. But while the company wasn’t ready to actually talk about the product, they said their focus is starting first on a building a copy of the real world called LiveMaps. Facebook said outright on stage today, “we’re building an AR headset.” This has been more or less known for some time, but now the company is talking about the steps its taking to actually get there.
Slashgear
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
Today, Facebook took the stage at Oculus Connect 6 and made some big announcements about Oculus Quest. The biggest was unquestionably Quest’s incoming hand tracking mode, but it’s being joined by plenty of other new features in the coming months. One that’s sure to get some attention from the Quest-owning public is a new feature called Oculus Link.
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
Beat Games took to the stage at Oculus Connect today to make a surprise announcement that Beat Saber’s (2018) next music DLC is set to feature music from American pop rock band Panic! at the Disco. The 360 mode, first shown on Quest earlier this summer, is also going to be made available on all platforms this December. If you haven’t had the chance to try it yet, check out our hands-on at E3 2019 in June.
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.
Slashgear
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
Fandango is bringing its FandangoNOW on-demand video service to the Oculus Go and Oculus Quest virtual reality headsets, the company announced on Wednesday. The arrival will enable headset owners to access their favorite shows and movie news through the headset, essentially offering viewers their own private entertainment room — one literally strapped to their face.
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
At Oculus Connect 6 today, ILMxLab showed off some new footage of the second installment of Star Wars: Vader Immortal , and in a surprise ending, Facebook announced the experience’s sequel is now available on both the Quest and Rift platforms. Vader Immortal: Episode II (2019) is now available on Oculus Quest and Rift Platform for $10. According to an Oculus blogpost , Episode II , players return to Mustafar to learn the ways of the Force—including new powers and lightsaber skills—fr
Slashgear
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
The waiting line outside the next social network just started, taking the form of a Beta sign-up for what’s called Facebook Horizon. This social network experience was announced this morning at Oculus Connect, and detailed soon after initial announcement as a virtual reality project aimed at the year 2020. This isn’t like your average social media brand launch – this … Continue reading.
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
Starting next month, the NBA and NextVR will be broadcasting 26 basketball games live in VR, some of which are free to watch for US-based users with a VR headsets. The VR viewing schedule tips off October 26th with the New Orleans Pelicans vs. the Houston Rockets, and will feature a top game each week throughout the NBA regular season. You’ll find the schedule at the bottom of the article.
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.
XR for Business Podcast
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
Most businesses have the information and infrastructures they need to be more efficient and competitive — it’s just a matter of having it all at their fingertips. RE’FLEKT is working at making that process easier by creating a modular, scalable, open-source operating system for businesses to build their own in-house AR applications on top of.
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage at Oculus Connect today where he announced that the Oculus Store has now sold over $100 million worth of content to date. Zuckerberg maintains that the Oculus Store—which provides content for Rift, Quest, Go, and Gear VR—has topped $100 million USD combined. The company says that more than 20% of that is from Quest alone; considering the standalone VR headset is only four months old, that’s a pretty impressive number.
XR for Business Podcast
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
Most businesses have the information and infrastructures they need to be more efficient and competitive — it’s just a matter of having it all at their fingertips. RE’FLEKT is working at making that process easier by creating a modular, scalable, open-source operating system for businesses to build their own in-house AR applications on top of.
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
Facebook today revealed at Oculus Connect 6 a new social VR app, something the company calls “the first step into an ever-expanding world of connection and exploration.” Although it’s clear the announcement trailer isn’t a 1:1 representation of how Horizon will actually look, it basically feels like the social VR app Facebook should have built all along.
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?
Slashgear
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
Oculus Connect 6 is underway, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had a lot to say about the company’s newest VR headset, the standalone Oculus Quest. In addition to touting the Quest’s success thus far, Zuckerberg also revealed that Oculus Quest will soon be capable of hand tracking. That, importantly, means that users will soon be able to leave the controllers … Continue reading.
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
Respawn has been know to be working on a ‘AAA VR shooter’ for two years, but today finally revealed the game. Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond brings the iconic franchise back to life, now realized for virtual reality. Set to launch in 2020, Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond is set in World War II and will put players right in the midst of the fight.
Peter Graham
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
The first day of Oculus Connect 6 (OC6) looked like it was going to be dominated by software updates and announcements as plenty of new hardware has been released in 2019. Thankfully, Facebook Reality Lab Chief Scientist Michael Abrash used his portion of the keynote to update everyone on Half Dome, the prototype headset first revealed during OC5 which featured mechanical varifocal displays.
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
Oculus Connect 6 has offered up a deluge of VR news, and on stage today Facebook announced launch dates for both Asgard’s Wrath and Stormland. Asgard’s Wrath is slated to arrive on October 10th for the Rift platform. The combat-adventure game is an Oculus exclusive, and is being built by the Oculus-backed Sanzaru Games. We went hands on at E3 earlier this summer, so check out our hands-on which is only a light dusting of the game’s purported 30+ hour gameplay length—something
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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