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Fight Hordes of Zombies In Upcoming Walking Dead AR Experience

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The Walking Dead: Our World brings the zombie series to life with a Pokemon Go-style augmented reality experience. When Niantic released Pokemon Go back in July of last year the world basically came to a standstill as millions of smartphone owners uprooted their daily lives to capture digital renditions of fictional cartoon animals scattered around their local parks.

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Rift Summer Sale Drives Record Gains, Highest Steam Market Share Yet

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According to the latest figures from Valve’s Hardware & Software Survey, the Oculus Rift has set a new record for its highest historical market share on Steam, almost certainly driven by a major sale which has also brought the headset its largest ever share increase from one month to the next. While the HTC Vive continues to hold the majority share, the Rift is approaching striking distance.

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Settlers of Catan makes jump from board game to VR

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Fans of the hit strategy-based board game Settlers of Catan will soon be able to enjoy the classic title in a whole new way using some of the latest technology: that’s right, virtual reality. The VR game developer Experiment 7 has announced that it’s adapted the game for headsets with the help of the original team behind Catan, and will … Continue reading.

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‘The Settlers of Catan’ is Coming Soon to Rift and Gear VR, More Platforms to Follow

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Iconic multiplayer board game The Settlers of Catan is making the leap to VR. Coming this holiday season to Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR, the game is aptly named Catan VR. Developed by Experiment 7, Asmodee Digital and Catan Studio, Catan VR is an immersive take on Klaus Teuber’s tactical board game. Created specifically for virtual reality, Catan VR lets players engage in games either in online multiplayer or against ‘Catan personalities’ The creators haven’t shown any s

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The Future of eLearning in 2022: A Sensitive Eye for Authentic Translation and Localization

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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‘Duck Season’ Releasing on Steam and Oculus Store September 14th, New Gameplay Trailer Here

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Duck Season is a first-person adventure game created by Stress Level Zero , developers of multiplayer shooter Hover Junkers (2016). While it’s hard to pin down exactly what sort of game it is with its unique, nostalgia-inducing narrative style and horror elements, we’ll be finding out soon enough, because Duck Season is slated to release on Steam and the Oculus Store on September 14th.

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