VRScout
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
The world’s largest company by revenue and the United States’ biggest supplier of jobs has just made a major investment in virtual reality commerce. Walmart has agreed to purchase a little-known VR startup called Spatialand for an undisclosed amount. Spatialand creates tools that let content creators transform their 2D work into immersive VR experiences.
Road to VR
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
Vreal , a VR livestreaming and social broadcast platform, today announced the closure of a $11.7 million Series A funding round led by Axioma Ventures, along with new investors Intel Capital and AET Fund. Existing participating investors include Upfront Ventures, Vulcan Capital and CRCM Ventures. Vreal says they’ll be using the funds to further develop and launch their platform, which allows you to livestream VR playsessions to fans while they watch and interact in a social VR environment.
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Cats and VR
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
Vreal just landed $11.7 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Axioma Ventures, along with new investors Intel Capital and AET Fund, as well as existing participating investors Upfront Ventures, Vulcan Capital and CRCM Ventures. Vreal will use the funding to further develop and launch their platform, paving the way for gamers to create, share, and enjoy video game content all within virtual reality.
Road to VR
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
NextVR , a company specializing in live VR broadcasting of sports and entertainment content, has debuted its latest broadcast technology this week at CES 2018. Parallel with new, more powerful and higher resolution VR headsets, improvements to NextVR’s technology are bringing promising new levels of quality and volumetric capability to VR video content.
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.
VRWorld
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
While Windows Mixed Reality was originally launched alongside the HoloLens (providing a proper mixed/augmented reality experience), nowadays it’s being used to promote headsets that aren’t all that different from a standard VR headset. If you’ve been missing a proper “mixed reality” experience, you aren’t the only one: Imverse does too, and recently they showed off a proper mixed reality demo.
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VRWorld
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
Humble entered the scene of PC gaming with Humble Bundles in 2010. These were pay-what-you-want bundles of indie games, with the choice to split your payment between the developers and charities. While Humble has since grown into a more traditional Humble Store, it still has a reputation as a great place to get cheap games…and their newest VR sale is nuts.
VRScout
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
‘The Big Apple Coaster’ is an adrenaline-fueled thrill ride with an extraterrestrial twist. “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.” It’s a phrase I’m sure most of us are familiar with, serving as the unofficial motto of sin city for as long as anyone can remember. However, this iconic saying could be on its way out the door thanks to a new attraction everyone will be spilling the beans about.
Road to VR
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
Dreamscape Immersive , the location based VR startup, today announced the public debut of a limited engagement VR experience called Alien Zoo. Now taking reservations at Westfield Century City, LA, California, the multiplayer experience will be open to the public for a single month. Alien Zoo is an experience that accommodates up to 6 users on an extraterrestrial journey where, according to Dreamscape, you’ll witness a fictional assortment of the galaxy’s “most endangered species.&#
VRWorld
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
Google’s interest in VR is no secret. From the wildly-successful Google Cardboard ( and the movement it inspired ), to their push for 360 content on YouTube, it’s clear that Google thinks VR is the future. This affinity extends to AR as well, and for right now it looks like Google is looking to compete with social media giants like Snapchat in the AR arena.
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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.
Road to VR
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
Google recently launched an augmented reality mode for the Android version of its video capture app Motion Stills , which brings the ability to insert AR objects into the world so you can record GIFs and video. Much like Google’s AR stickers function for Pixel or Pixel 2, which lets you project 3D objects like Stranger Things characters onto the physical world using the stock camera app, Motion Stills’ new AR mode lets you insert virtual 3D objects on both static or moving horizonta
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