VRScout

MARCH 25, 2017

Since the beginning of time, we’ve looked up at the night sky, imagining what else might be out there, trying to give meaning to life by wanting to understand the origins of where we came from. Science and technology has brought us closer to understanding the mysteries of the universe, and now through VR, we have the opportunity to visit the far reaches of the cosmos and even witness the birth of a star.

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Road to VR

MARCH 25, 2017

A little more than four months following the launch of Robinson: The Journey , Executive Producer on the title, Elijah Freeman, has departed Crytek for Virtuos , a game and asset production studio. Meanwhile Crytek attempts to get company back on track. As Executive Producer on the title, Elijah Freeman has worked closely on Crytek’s Robinson: The Journey since before the beginning, back when the company was showing off a VR prototype which would become the precursor to both Robinson and

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MARCH 25, 2017

A new VR company is emerging from stealth mode that is aiming to make location-based VR arenas as common as your local movie theater or shopping mall. It is called Nomadic and was founded by a group of entrepreneurs with former experience at Disney, Industrial Light and Magic and Electronic Arts. Nomadic will facilitate, deliver and help to implement modular VR arenas that provide deeper levels of immersion through real world props and carefully designed spaces.

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Road to VR

MARCH 25, 2017

Summer Lesson , a rather unique offering among PSVR games, launched alongside the headset in Japan back in November. Now, come April 28th, the game will see a broader release into Southeastern Asia release with English subtitles, opening the door to enjoyment by those who don’t speak the game’s native Japanese language. Those in Western regions interested in the title may be able to download it as well.

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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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MARCH 25, 2017

“Social VR” is rapidly building buzzword momentum in our industry, fueled by the many multi-user VR platforms recently launched or soon to go into open beta. To name just a few, there’s Valve’s Destinations, AltSpaceVR, Sansar from Second Life creator Linden Lab, and High Fidelity from Second Life founder Philip Rosedale. Hovering above them all, of course, is Facebook’s own upcoming social VR platform.

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MARCH 25, 2017

The Oculus Rift turns one next Tuesday. This time last year we could hardly believe the age of consumer VR was nearly upon us, and now I’m struggling to come to terms with how quickly it’s moving. It really feels like it hasn’t been any time at all since Rift released, but it’s still hard to keep track of all that’s happened over the past 365 days.

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Immersive Authority

MARCH 25, 2017

We’re now living in a digital age where the way we react to technology and interact with it is increasing at an accelerated speed. Some [.]. The post A full Digital Business Transformation requires both a Digital Strategy and Digital Operating Model appeared first on Immersive Authority.

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Road to VR

MARCH 25, 2017

The developers at Harmonix didn’t set out to create an open-ended music creativity tool with Rock Band VR , but once they realized how compelling it was to simulate the feeling of being a rock star on stage in VR, then they completely pivoted the production of their game. They discovered that it wasn’t as gripping in VR to force users to focus on any single gameplay mechanic, and so they focused on allowing users to look around to cultivate deep feelings of immersion and stage presen

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