Mon.Jan 15, 2018

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This HoloLens Childbirth Simulator Helps Train Medical Students

VRScout

The first childbirth AR simulator. Whether learning how to play the piano or training crews to fly an Airbus , industries are quickly figuring out different ways augmented reality can be used for training and education. One such field we’ve seen the most experimentation within is medical. A field that demands regular training and requires students to have hands free, hardware like the HoloLens have been a growing tool within the industry.

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‘Lone Echo’ Gets Final Update as Studio Turns Focus Toward ‘Echo Combat’

Road to VR

Lone Echo (2017) , one of the Rift’s most critically acclaimed titles (including one of our 2017 Game of the Year winners ), has received a new update today which improves visuals for those playing on high-end hardware and offers up dubbing and menu conversion for three additional languages: French, German, and Spanish. Lone Echo stands as one of VR’s most highly produced titles to date.

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Reality Reflection Announces Pre-ICO of New Location-based AR Mobile Game

Cats and VR

Reality Reflection , a VC-backed virtual reality(VR) and augmented reality(AR) startup announced on Monday the launch of Pre-ICO on ‘ Mossland ’, a location-based AR mobile game with decentralized ad platform. Mossland is involved with virtual real estate. Users can identify nearby real properties, acquire and trade them in the game. Virtual properties in the game can be tradable and liquified through cryptocurrency exchange, so users will put time and effort to increase the value of their prope

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Virtual Reality Training Academy at Lehman College (CUNY): Now Recruiting!

EON Reality

Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality (AR & VR) are some of the fastest growing sectors of our economy. These technologies are continuing to spread far beyond the gaming world. AR and VR are being utilized by enterprise and education professionals to train employees and better educate students. Here’s how you can get started on an exciting career and earn an accredited certificate!

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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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Alibaba’s AI wins human in Reading Comprehension

VRWorld

The battle between man and the machine went pretty devastating for the “homo sapiens”. Chinese multinational e-commerce, retail, internet and technology conglomerate Alibaba, has developed an artificial intelligence model that actually beat humans in a Stanford University reading and comprehension test. Based on more than 500 Wikipedia articles, Stanford’s set of questions are designed in the way they are teasing out whether machine-learning models can process large amounts of information before

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Ford will invest $11bn in electric vehicles by 2022

VRWorld

Ford Motor Co decided that they will significantly increase their planned investments in electric vehicles to $11bn by 2022 and have 40 hybrid and fully electric vehicles in its model line-up. At the Detroit Auto show that happened last week, the company’s chairman, Bill Ford, said that the whole investment is much more higher than what was previously announced ($4.5bn by 2020).

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‘VRChat’ Blasts Past 1 Million Installs Amidst a Skyrocketing Meme Economy

Road to VR

VRChat , the social chatroom for VR and non-VR users, is doing booming business. According to SteamSpy , the app has seen a mind-boggling 1.2 million fresh installs since Christmas – putting it currently at 1.5 million users globally. According to Valve’s Steam report , VRChat garnered 20,000 peak concurrent users on Sunday, putting it in the top 30 games with highest concurrent user rates.

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