VRScout

JANUARY 25, 2020

K’ART’s one-on-one VR theater experience steals the show at Sundance 2020. I’m standing at the center of a massive gray field surrounded by hundreds of equally-uncolorful scarecrows cursed with an eternity of guardianship. As I scan my surroundings, one of the stoic scarecrows bursts to life with a colorful personality. And although my new straw-filled friend is unable to speak, his body language speaks volumes. .

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 25, 2020

Over the past year, a project called FilmMerton has been running in the south-west London, UK borough of Merton as a community arts outreach, creating pop-up cinemas and short films curated by the community and guest curators. Closing the event will be the Mitcham VR Festival , a free one-day event with virtual reality (VR) content and 360-degree films.

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VRScout

JANUARY 25, 2020

Spaced Out ditches gravity to immerse you in a mind-bending trip through the cosmos. Along with serving as the premier showcase for the biggest independent films of the year, Sundance has quickly become notorious for its selection of wild and experimental immersive projects available for public consumption. Whether it be a VR immersive theater piece featuring live actors or a multi-person mixed reality experience that monitors your breathing patterns using biometric sensors, no two projects are

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Charlie Fink

JANUARY 25, 2020

Everyone looks good in a tux.

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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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Peter Graham

JANUARY 25, 2020

Videogame engine Unity has supported the XR industry from the early days of virtual reality (VR) through to the current crop of augmented reality (AR) hardware. That has included a lot of different hardware support, some of which is still relevant while others less so. This week has seen Unity update its XR platform, removing support for some devices whilst reaffirming official functionality for the latest headsets. .

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