VRScout

APRIL 2, 2020

Keep the younglings entertained while under lockdown with these educational immersive reading experiences. We’ve never been shy about our love for WITHIN’s children’s AR reading app Wonderscope. The award-winning platform makes excellent use of mobile AR technology to immerse readers in colorful storybook adventures they can actually participate in by interacting with characters and the environments.

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ARPost

APRIL 2, 2020

For the last three years, law firm Perkins Coie, the XR Association, and Boost VC have conducted a survey on industry attitudes toward AR and VR technology. Here, we look at some of the major trends in the survey. We also look at how they compare to similar recent studies in the AR and VR world. Before we jump into the survey results , there are a couple of things to understand going in.

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VRScout

APRIL 2, 2020

If you must leave your home, make sure to practice safe social distancing. Though it may not seem like it based on the packed beaches and crowded parks, we’re currently dealing with a global pandemic the likes of which we’ve never seen. Despite multiple warnings from government health officials around the world, a surprisingly large portion of the public seem unfazed by recent developments and committed to gathering in large groups with little to no protection.

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AR Insider

APRIL 2, 2020

“Trendline” is AR Insider’s series that examines trends and events in spatial computing, and their strategic implications. For an indexed library of spatial computing insights, data, reports and multimedia, subscribe to ARtillery PRO. Covid-19 continues to take lives and stall global commerce. Leaving the former to medical experts and public policy, we’ll address the latter.

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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

APRIL 2, 2020

London-based hardware startup TG0 has launched a Kickstarter campaign for the Etee dev kit, a VR controller with integrated SteamVR Tracking. TG0 positions the controller’s button-less design and finger tracking as its main attractions. TG0 has launched the Etee Kickstarter campaign with the hopes of raising £45,900 (~$56,000) for its VR controller dev kit.

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Road to VR

APRIL 2, 2020

The latest Half-Life: Alyx patch, Update 1.2, brings a handful of adjustments and fixes, as well as improved support for left-handed players. When you start a new game in Half-Life: Alyx , the game asks you to select your ‘Weapon Hand’ which becomes the hand to which weapons are attached. At launch, the implementation of the ‘Weapon Hand’ selection meant that if you picked the right hand then you’d wield your weapon with that hand and your movement controls would

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Peter Graham

APRIL 2, 2020

In 2018 Within released an augmented reality (AR) app for Apple devices with interactive stories for children to read called Wonderscope. As parents are looking for things to keep their kids entertained whilst they can’t go to school, Within has made all the Wonderscope stories free until June. . Awarded “Best Learning App” at the 2020 Kids Screen Awards, in 2019 Wonderscope also won a Children’s BAFTA for its inaugural story, A Brief History of Stunts by Astounding People.

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VR Game Critic

APRIL 2, 2020

Last month’s release of Half-Life: Alyx has marked an incredible milestone in VR gaming. It’s not only the best rated VR game of all times, it also holds the record of the most 10/10 scores on vrgamecritic, followed by Tetris Effect, Moss and ASTRO BOT: Rescue Mission. Let’s hope this amazing success will help the industry to grow and move forward, and if you are looking for something new to play this month, check out the VR game release highlights which have been confirmed so

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Peter Graham

APRIL 2, 2020

Last week VRFocus reported on British startup TG0 and its upcoming Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign for a pair of finger tracking controllers called etee. At the time only the 3 degrees of freedom (3DoF) versions had been revealed but today the campaign has gone live and the 6DoF, SteamVR compatible versions have been unveiled. The wireless, buttonless controllers will offer virtual reality (VR) gamers a fully immersive range of gestures, from fully tracked fingers to touch and pressure.

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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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VirtualiTeach

APRIL 2, 2020

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change". This widely known quotation attributed to Charles Darwin seems more apt than ever right now. Notwithstanding the fact that Darwin never actually said this, the sentiment definitely holds up as we watch the entire human race adapt to a whole new paradigm of self-isolation, quarantine, remote work and remote learning.

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Peter Graham

APRIL 2, 2020

If you own a PlayStation VR and have been looking forward to Camouflag’s Marvel’s Iron Man VR then here’s some bad news for you, Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has just announced that the videogame has been delayed. Not only that but there are no details of when to. Update: SIE has made the difficult decision to delay the launch of The Last of Us Part II and Marvel's Iron Man VR until further notice.

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Everything VR & AR

APRIL 2, 2020

Tyler and Sophia catch up with VRARA LA chapter President, Cynthia Feemster as well as their member, Amy Hedrick of Cleanbox Technologies about the incredible work they are doing to provide hygienic tools for keeping immersive reality hardware free from contagions. The kicker? Cleanbox is also a great example of an immersive technology company who has shifted gears to respond to the current crisis and provide solutions for disinfecting and reusing personal protective gear!

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Peter Graham

APRIL 2, 2020

With everyone having to stay at home at the moment due to the coronavirus (COVID-19), popping out only when absolutely necessary, finding ways to stay fit indoors has never been more important. Virtual reality (VR) has proven to be a fun way to keep active with a range of suitable titles available including Synth Riders. Developer Kluge Interactive recently announced the YUR.watch Fitness Tracker and will soon introduce another feature, Synth Sundays.

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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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VirtualiTeach

APRIL 2, 2020

In the second part of my article on immersive technology and distance learning ( read pt1 here ) I want to share my top 10 suggestions for AR/VR/360° resources which can still be harnessed effectively during distance learning. These are all free to access and have scope to be harnessed across the whole curriculum. I hope you find something useful that you can use to enrich the remote learning experiences you are delivering to your students.

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Peter Graham

APRIL 2, 2020

This week Phaser Lock Interactive finally brought its real-time strategy (RTS) title Final Assault to PlayStation VR, offering cross-platform gameplay with PC VR players. When VRFocus spoke with the studios’ CEO Michael Daubert about development he did mention some changes had to be made to ensure fairness across the platforms. The topic of Oculus Quest also came up and how a port is very unlikely. .

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Zappar

APRIL 2, 2020

One member of our ZapWorks’ community, Stone Oak Media, was determined to help educators, parents, schools, and communities face the challenges of COVID-19 by helping them educate and entertain the young.

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Road to VR

APRIL 2, 2020

Lies Beneath is a single-player survivor horror from Drifter Entertainment, the studio behind Gunheart (2018) , Rise of the Gunters (2018) , and the Quest version of Robo Recall (2016). Departing somewhat from its previous VR titles, Drifter has delivered a gritty, stylish standalone tale that serves up equal doses of violence and fear, making for a unique offering in Quest’s still fairly demure library of games.

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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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Zappar

APRIL 2, 2020

As the world starts to operate more remotely than ever before now is the time to consider how new technologies like AR can be used to support your business through these extraordinary times.

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Peter Graham

APRIL 2, 2020

If you own any of Oculus’ headsets then you’ve probably bought a videogame or two from its dedicated store, perused through the reviews and looked at the star rating before purchase. One little feature that you probably overlooked is the comfort ratings, ranging from ‘Comfortable’ to ‘Intense’. It’s handy, especially as rival Steam doesn’t tell players if a particular title might get a little OTT for some.

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