VRScout
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
How far we’ve come. Two years ago, on the eve of consumer VR, we put together a piece laying out options consumers had to get their hands into VR. The devices at the time included: HTC Vive wands that shipped with the Vive headset. Playstation Move controllers that were included with the PSVR headset. Oculus Touch controllers were just announced to ship late in 2016.
Road to VR
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
VR-only flight simulator VTOL VR , recently received a substantial update that includes a mission editor and a pilotable fighter jet. The sim is designed specifically around the use of VR motion controls, and is available in Early Access on Steam. Since our early hands-on in August , VTOL VR has enjoyed several rounds of improvements and fixes, including a move to a newer version of the Unity engine, GPS targeting and guided weapons, rudder pedal support, and compatibility optimisations for Wind
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Slashgear
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
For a technology that’s being billed by some as the next wave in computing, virtual reality, and even augmented or mixed reality, is pretty slow in coming to shore. Qualcomm just recently sang praises about how its Snapdragon 845 will power future wireless VR headsets. It seems to have fallen on deaf ears however, and if CES is any indication, … Continue reading.
Road to VR
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
VRChat , the social app for VR and non-VR users popularly known for its recent boom in meme-driven notoriety , seems to have leveled off somewhat in terms of install numbers and concurrent user rates following its exponential upswing back in December and January. According to Steam Spy , downloads of the app are hovering somewhere around 3-3.4 million owners (not to be confused with users), although this month alone saw 400,000 installs, an encouraging thought as the more popular memes inevitabl
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.
Cats and VR
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
THROW ANYTHING is launching February 28 on HTC Vive/SteamVR and looks to be a pretty funny take on both zombies and tower defense. As zombies attempt to scale your high-rise apartment building its up to you to defend your sanctuary by throwing random objects that are available to you. The game has 5 stages with "boss" battles included as well as fully destructible environments.
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Slashgear
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
This afternoon HTC announced that some employees would be leaving the company as both HTC smartphone and VR divisions merge together. This is an interesting move from the company as it was acquired by Google at the tail end of 2017. It wasn’t clear how much of HTC Google’d acquired – now with a merge of the two main bits … Continue reading.
EnterpriseWear
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
A New York Times article published on February 6th told the story of Doug Schifter, a New York City yellow cab driver who had taken his own life in front of City Hall. In a Facebook post, Schifter – who was in his early 60s – condemned city and state politicians and ride-sharing apps like […]. The post Preventing Casualties of XR in Enterprise appeared first on BrainXchange.
Everything VR & AR
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
We are joined by Dr. Sana Farid, Co-Founder of Munfarid Consulting which is located in Dubai to discuss the significant and growing impact VR is having on healthcare and education, and the VR ecosystem in the Middle East. Dr. Sana Farid has been featured as one of the top 100 Bahraini notable women who transformed Bahrain, and the Ultimate list of 101+ Women leading VR/AR, Ambassador for Women of Wearable in Bahrain, KSA, and UAE.
Road to VR
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
Rec Room (2016) , the social VR app from Against Gravity , is getting a new quest soon that promises to shiver ye timbers. Rec Room is one of the leading social apps out there. While it offers plenty of games for VR users to play such as disc golf, paintball, and laser tag, the charmingly-styled Rec Room is probably best known for their multiplayer quests, a minigame that allows up to four players to fight their way through enemy-filled levels – usually a comically re-dressed, sprawling
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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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