The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Yesterday Oculus started rolling out the firmware update for the Oculus Quest with the big updates announced at Oculus Connect 6 , that is 3 DOF mode and Passthrough+. Today I have been able to try these features and of course I will tell you my impressions on them! 3DOF Mode and Passthrough+ Video review. Today I have been so happy of seeing the icon of the firmware update showing up when I turned on the Quest, and I let the Quest update itself until it reached the latest runtime possible.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Guest Post. MR has a believability problem created by the fact that our eyes cannot naturally integrate real and virtual content into a genuine mixed reality. The main issue is that virtual content exists only on one focal plane and our eyes cannot be fooled by clever software alone. This creates a phenomenon known as “focal rivalry.” While the industry continues to announce new augmented/mixed reality experiences, mixed reality will never deliver its full potential if this fundamental issue is

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VRScout

OCTOBER 4, 2019

The popular YouTube channel’s founders, Sam Wickert and Eric Leigh, know that when it comes to creating experiences in virtual reality, success equals extreme attention to detail. Sam Wickert is obsessive when it comes to his craft. The 23-year-old co-founder of SOKRISPYMEDIA will not put anything online unless he feels it’s near perfect. That, he says, has been the secret of his YouTube channel’s immense success.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 4, 2019

You may not think of cutting edge technology and the opera together very often. However, in an attempt to reach new and bigger audiences, the Welsh National Opera is unveiling a new AR experience. Opera as an AR Experience. The Welsh National Opera has been around since 1943. Anyone interested in Opera has a soft spot for tradition but that doesn’t mean that the WNO is afraid to try new things.

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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

OCTOBER 4, 2019

According to a MacRumor report and regulatory filings with the UK government, Apple may have quietly acquired UK-based motion capture firm IKinema. The report has thus far gone unsubstantiated by both companies, however a number of filings with the UK government shows that Apple’s director of corporate law, Peter Denwood, has been recently appointed the director of IKinema, listing Apple’s HQ address.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 4, 2019

An upcoming update to SteamVR brings an audio overhaul which aims to fix one of the most frustrating parts of the platform: audio not always going to your headset on the first try. Next to your headset simply not working at all, one of the most frustrating things that can happen when putting on a VR headset is finding out that the audio isn’t working correctly, because it means you have to remove your headset, set down your controllers, and start troubleshooting on your PC before putting i

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InstaVR

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Return on Investment (ROI) is an important concept in the tech world. It drives a lot of technology adoption decisions. Generally speaking, if a solution has a positive ROI, then it’s worth investing in. Many companies will base a purchasing decision specifically on the tech’s projected ROI. Deciding what constitutes positive ROI though is tougher with new technologies like VR.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 4, 2019

During his Runaway Tour this fall, American rapper Post Malone is making a stop at PNC Arena in Raleigh, NC where his concert will be broadcast in VR for Oculus mobile headsets. Users with Oculus Quest, Go, or Samsung Gear VR will be able to head into Oculus Venues and watch the concert for free on October 17th at 8 PM ET ( local time here ). It’s slated to last three and a half-hours long, so make sure you’re fully charged up and ready to go.

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Slashgear

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Sony has announced that Marvel’s Iron Man VR game will arrive on its PlayStation Virtual Reality platform in 2020. The company released a game trailer to go alongside the announcement, as well as a couple of screenshots showing the title’s quality on the PlayStation 4 Pro console. The game is the result of three years of effort by video game … Continue reading.

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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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VR Game Critic

OCTOBER 4, 2019

If you are looking for VR games to loosen up your next get-together or to simply have a hilarious good time with your friends, look no further. We've rounded up some great VR Party Games for you, chock-full of minigames and easy enough for non-gamers to join and have fun. It’s time to evolve your gaming parties to the next level! Games covered in this article include: Loco Dojo The Playroom VR Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes Acron: Attack of the Squirrels!

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Unlike in nature, ideas in enterprise don’t grow or perish by the laws of natural selection — survival of the fittest — but rather, which ideas are communicated and understood better at the early stages. But not every good idea is best expressed on a whiteboard. That’s why Gabe Paez developed The Wild — a digital collaborative space designed to help teams workshop designs and ideas in a VR environment.

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EON Reality

OCTOBER 4, 2019

The partnership will establish a world-class facility for Augmented and Virtual Reality in the Kansai region. IRVINE, CA, October 4, 2019 – EON Reality Inc., the world leader in Augmented and Virtual Reality-based knowledge transfer for industry and education, announces that a VR Innovation Academy (VRIA) is being established in Kyoto, Japan through a partnership with SUS Co., Ltd. and its new subsidiary, Cross Reality Co., Ltd.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Unlike in nature, ideas in enterprise don’t grow or perish by the laws of natural selection — survival of the fittest — but rather, which ideas are communicated and understood better at the early stages. But not every good idea is best expressed on a whiteboard. That’s why Gabe Paez developed The Wild — a digital collaborative space designed to help teams workshop designs and ideas in a VR environment.

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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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Robert Scoble

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Mark Zuckerberg talks about the future of VR and AR at Facebook’s recent Oculus Connect conference. Mark Zuckerberg has been talking a lot about augmented reality and investing a lot, too. Yesterday he did it again in an all-hands meeting that was live streamed to his Facebook account (it was very interesting to watch, by the way). Everyone in Silicon Valley knows that Facebook is spending billions on a future augmented reality headset and operating system, many even point to some new buil

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Unlike in nature, ideas in enterprise don't grow or perish by the laws of natural selection -- survival of the fittest -- but rather, which ideas are communicated and understood better at the early stages. But not every good idea is best expressed on a whiteboard. That's why Gabe Paez developed The Wild -- a digital collaborative space designed to help teams workshop designs and ideas in a VR environment.

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Charlie Fink

OCTOBER 4, 2019

The next time someone asks you what AR is for, show them this.

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Peter Graham

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Haptic feedback company Woojer launched its latest Kickstarter campaign back in August an to say it has been a success is an understatement. Originally aiming to hit $20,000 USD the campaign now sits at just over $1.7 million (£1.4 million GBP) with several days to go. With the Kickstarter drawing to an end, Woojer has just released a new update revealing new tweaks to Vest Edge and Strap Edge, as well as joining Oculus’ certification program.

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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.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2019

If you are interested in ergonomics in virtual reality, today is your lucky day. I host a guest post by Rob Cole , that will show you his journey in making his Valve Index more ergonomic , modding both the headset and the controllers so that they can accommodate perfectly the shape of his head and hands. Rob first tried VR in 1991, and has become an enthusiast of the tech ever since.

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Peter Graham

OCTOBER 4, 2019

When it comes to watching events in virtual reality (VR) – especially live ones – Oculus Venues is becoming a good place to catch some of the latest musical artists. Last month saw GRAMMY-winning singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist H.E.R. perform as part of her Lights On Festival, while in August Billy Eilish’s When We All Fall Asleep world tour performance from Spain was broadcast.

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Oculus

OCTOBER 4, 2019

This week, we released several titles and updates across the Oculus Platform.

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Peter Graham

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Ever watch that film called The Founder , charting the rise of the McDonald’s fast-food chain? You should it’s very interesting. One part of the story reveals a key aspect of the restaurant’s rapid ascension, owning the land which each franchised restaurant is sat upon, thus securing continual income. It’s a tried and tested method used for centuries, with many old-money dynasties founded on land ownership.

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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?

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 4, 2019

The VRNRGY Power Pack, an auxiliary battery pack designed specifically to fit on the back of an Oculus Quest, is now available for order on the company’s website. Generally, the Quest only offers up around 2 hours of gaming battery life on a single charge, as we mentioned in our mostly glowing review of the standalone headset. When both devices are completely charged, the VRNRGY Power Pack promises to keep the Quest alive for triple that amount of time, offering “up to 6 hours of VR

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Peter Graham

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Being burgled is never pleasant or something you want to experience, losing valuable possessions and feeling like your home isn’t secure. That being said, the classic thief image is a romantic one, a classy, skilled character who isn’t necessarily bad, they just like stealing things which involve a challenge. Gameboom VR is currently working on Thief Simulator VR, an experience which definitely leans towards normal burglary rather than extravagant heist, and from the latest trailer

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Developer Ready at Dawn has released a new update to Echo VR (the basis of both ‘Echo Arena’ and ‘Echo Combat’) in preparation for the game’s release on Oculus Quest later this year. The latest version of Echo VR , patch 25.0 , launched this week and brought with it a number of enhancements. Perhaps the biggest is that ‘Echo Arena’, the zero-G ultimate frisbee game, is getting AI opponents so that for the first time players can play against (or with) com

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Peter Graham

OCTOBER 4, 2019

As we move onto October, VRFocus welcomes a host of new virtual reality (VR) titles, including several long-awaited releases. Make sure to check out our accompanying video compilation for a visual guide to each release. These roundup articles and accompanying video compilation are posted every Friday afternoon to cover all the great upcoming releases so stay tuned.

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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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