VRScout
JULY 29, 2017
This post is part of an ongoing series about writing, storytelling, and critique in VR, in partnership with Galatea , a writing and project management tool for immersive stories. VR has already impacted so many areas of modern life, and is poised to influence so much more in the coming years. Right now, I’m most excited about the ways it’s causing us to reflect on the very notion of reality.
Road to VR
JULY 29, 2017
Oculus has been on the receiving end of vocal criticism about its practices of funding the development of VR content with the requirement that it be exclusive to the Oculus platform. For many owners of the Rift’s rival, Vive, the biggest point of contention is that Oculus’ PC platform is only compatible with the Rift, which means the exclusive games the company funds can’t be played by the Vive without an unofficial workaround.
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UploadVR Between Realities podcast
JULY 29, 2017
Virtual reality provides an unmatched ability to interact with financial information like never before. The finance industry is one of the most data-driven trades, and by visualizing and analyzing data in VR, early adopters can get a leg up on the competition. Not only can VR improve the way data is viewed, but it can also improve the level of communication through the use of a shared virtual office (SVO).
Road to VR
JULY 29, 2017
Following this week’s news that AltspaceVR, one of the first social VR platforms, is shutting down , Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, who is no longer with the company, queried the community to ask if he should seek to save AtlspaceVR from closing. AltspaceVR was one of the first (now among many) social VR platforms. The app brought people together into shared virtual spaces to talk, play, and share.
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.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
JULY 29, 2017
AR and VR are not warring factions. In fact, it’s more likely than not that they’ll one day be one and the same; a true mixed reality headset that augments our real world but can also take us to completely new ones is the distant but logical last step for both Oculus with the Rift and Microsoft with the HoloLens. Until then, we’re going to see both evolve in exciting new ways and differentiate themselves in important areas.
Virtual Reality Pulse brings together the best content for VR professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
JULY 29, 2017
Advanced Micro Devices is launching its low-end Ryzen 3 processors today as it completes its broadside against Intel in consumer and gaming PCs. Both of the chips use AMD’s Zen cores, which can process 52 percent more instructions per clock than the previous generation. Zen-based processors are AMD’s most competitive chips in a decade, and the sales of the initial Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 5 processors helped boost AMD’s second-quarter earnings , which were reported yesterday.
AllThingsVR
JULY 29, 2017
Lone Echo should do for VR what Mario 64 did for Nintendo - send it stratospheric via @techradar [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 29, 2017.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
JULY 29, 2017
Athletic leagues have regularly utilized 360-degree video to give fans that can’t attend events in person a way to get a similar feeling from the comfort of their own homes. The MLB cut a deal with Intel in June involving broadcasts of their games, but the latest project is an immersive experience of a different kind. Partnering with Google’s Daydream, the MLB created On the Verge which is a series that will give fans a chance to see some of their favorite baseball players get under
AllThingsVR
JULY 29, 2017
Oculus Rolls Out Parties For Rift So You Can Finally Connect With Friends via @UploadVR [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 29, 2017.
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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.
VR Bites
JULY 29, 2017
I have been looking for a descent RPG/Dungeon Crawler in VR for a while now and Prevent The Fall is exactly that! The game recently released on Steam and although it is still a little rough around some edges and needs an update to the control scheme, it is still great fun to play! I have to also give thanks to the developers for listening to the VR community and adding locomotion options to suit everyone’s individual preferences.
AllThingsVR
JULY 29, 2017
Toll Brothers Launches Kitchen VR App For Luxury Home Buyers via @RWW [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 29, 2017.
AllThingsVR
JULY 29, 2017
Coming Soon to a Mixed Reality Theatre Near You via @MicrosoftDesign [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 30, 2017.
AllThingsVR
JULY 29, 2017
Here’s How VR is Reshaping the Criminal Justice System via @VRScout [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 29, 2017.
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.
AllThingsVR
JULY 29, 2017
Transformation of Animation with Virtual Reality via @iamwire [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 29, 2017.
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