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New Mod Brings The Popular Survival Game Raft To VR

VRScout

The popular survival crafting experience looks even more stressful in VR. A new mod lets you play the popular ocean survival game Raft in VR. In this unique open water crafting experience, players find themselves floating across the sea on a tiny plank of wood. A small hook can be used to fish for food and collect random scrap from the ocean to build more complex floating shelters.

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John Carmack Will Have Unscripted Talk Inside VR For Connect

Upload VR

One of Facebook’s leading technical guides in virtual reality, John Carmack, confirmed he’s still spending one day per week consulting for Meta. He’ll also have an unscripted talk inside VR at Meta’s Connect event. Originally known for his early work on 3D games like the original Doom and Quake, Carmack helped build some of the earliest excitement for the Oculus system before he officially joined the startup and helped guide it as “CTO” He’s been a huge

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HaptX hires XR industry veteran Linda Jacobson as Director of Marketing

HaptX

Redmond, WA, August 29, 2022 – HaptX, the leading provider of realistic haptic gloves for VR and robotics, has hired trailblazing XR expert Linda Jacobson to oversee the company’s marketing efforts. Jacobson is one of the most experienced executives in the XR field, beginning her immersive technology career in 1989. Recognized as a VR business leader for her work as a co-founding editor of Wired magazine, and as a pioneer who helped establish the virtual reality industry, she joined high-perfor

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Land Scarcity Fallacy: Part 2. Who owns real estate in the XR Metaverse

RealVision VR

While ‘crypto-influencers’ sell the concept of “scarcity” in the Metaverse; a grift in my opinion… what does it mean when.

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The Future of eLearning in 2022: A Sensitive Eye for Authentic Translation and Localization

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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To Boldly Go Back: Our First Step on Humanity’s Return to the Moon

Oculus

NASA is hard at work to return humans to the moon.

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