Fri.Mar 16, 2018

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CHORUS Proves that the Future of VR is Shared Experiences

VRScout

Shared VR experiences seem to be the hot trend making rounds at film festivals this year. It wasn’t long ago that immersive lineups only included VR films that you had to explore by yourself. Now social VR experiences are all the rage; connecting attendees through a common interactive virtual experience. One of these shared VR experiences will have fans of Tyler Hurd’s kooky animated VR, Chris Milk’s experimental media works, and the empowering music of JUSTICE, captivated like no other.

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Exclusive: Designing ‘Lone Echo’ & ‘Echo Arena’s’ Virtual Touchscreen Interfaces

Road to VR

Lone Echo nabbed our 2017 Oculus Rift Game of the Year Award for many reasons—amazing visuals, intuitive locomotion, and a strong story, to name a few—but one of the game’s unsung innovations is its virtual touchscreen interfaces. While many VR games are still using less than ideal laser pointer interfaces, developer Ready at Dawn created a framework for surprisingly functional virtual interfaces which are both intuitive and immersive.

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Facebook F8 strategy tipped with an Oculus GO VR launch

Slashgear

A launch of Oculus GO VR may take place at Facebook’s F8 conference this year. The wireless headset runs a mobile software experience very similar to that of the Gear VR (AKA Oculus VR app on Android on a Galaxy smartphone.) The Facebook developer conference would be an ideal place for Oculus’ parent company Facebook to bring this phone-less mobile … Continue reading.

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Oculus to Talk Developing for ‘Santa Cruz’ Standalone Headset Next Week – a Step Closer to Launch

Road to VR

Project Santa Cruz, Oculus’ in-development standalone VR headset first teased back at Oculus Connect 2016, doesn’t even really have a proper name yet, but at this year’s Game Developer’s Conference (GDC) the company will be dedicating an hour-long talk to the fundamentals of developing for the new platform. Giving developers more insight into the headset’s limitations could mean launch might be right around the corner.

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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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OpenSim land rally continues

Hypergrid Business

OpenSim land area continued to increase gaining a total of 3,400 standard region equivalents this month — after gaining more than 9,000 regions last month. The number of active users also increased by 1,300. OSgrid is still the biggest grid with a total of 20,203 standard region equivalents, followed by Kitely with 17,372, Atek Grid with 7,011, DigiWorldz with 5,284 and Lost Paradise closing fifth spot with 4,354 regions.

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Haptic Links for VR show Microsoft get real with HTC VIVE

Slashgear

Microsoft has a new VR accessory that makes the virtual feel more real. Three different versions of this “Haptic Links” setup allow two VR controllers effectively turn into one. They do this by restricting the movement of said controllers in any of several specific use-case scenarios. If the game requires the user to loose some arrows with a big bow, … Continue reading.

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Oculus Exclusive ‘The Mage’s Tale’ Comes to Vive March 23rd, in Development for PSVR

Road to VR

RPG dungeon crawler The Mage’s Tale , a former Oculus exclusive, is set to launch on Steam for the HTC Vive on March 23rd. Developer inXile Entertainment has also confirmed that the title is in development for PSVR. . The Mage’s Tale , a VR dungeon crawling RPG title from the makers of The Bard’s Tale , launched initially as an Oculus exclusive back in June, 2017.

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5 Future Predictions for the Virtual and Augmented Reality Industry

VeeR VR

We are living in a very interesting time in human history. Many transformative technologies are being developed right now as you are reading this article. Many of these innovations are promising us ways to change the way we live life in a more productive and connected manner. It’s estimated that in the 2020’s these technologies will converge into a synergistic human man machine.

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How to stream/mirror your Vive Focus to an external display or computer

The Ghost Howls

In these days I’m playing a bit with the Vive Focus that Mister President has lent me and one of the first things that I wanted to understand is: how can I stream its content to an external monitor? How can I record a video showing what I’m seeing inside? These things could be useful for me to have some media to show on my blog. Thanks to my perseverance and to the pieces of advice of Mister President, I have found 3 methods to mirror externally the content seen inside this new inter

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How to Train Employees 65% Faster With Virtual Reality

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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Claim $20 today!

VeeR VR

Invite your friends to VeeR VR to get $20 Amazon gift card! When your friends register and publish a 360?/VR photo or video on VeeR, they will get 20% off Oasis VR Headset Coupon. You will receive Amazon gift card rewards. Silver: 1 friend referral. $5 gift card for you & 20% off coupon for your friend Gold: 2 friends referral. $10 gift card for you & 20% off coupon for each friend Platinum: 3 friends referral (Best bundle). $20 gift card to you & 20% off coupon for each friend F

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Exiii is Developing Two Haptic Gloves with Different Approaches to Force Feedback

Road to VR

Japan-based startuped Exiii is developing a pair of haptic gloves with force feedback, aimed at making VR more immersive. The company’s ‘EXOS Wrist’ device can rotate your hand about two axes, while the ‘EXOS Gripper’ providers finger stoppage to simulate the grabbing of virtual objects. Exos Wrist. Image courtesy Exiii.

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Kuula Alternative for 360 Photo Sharing

VeeR VR

You come to this page, so you’ve find the best Kuula alternative here. If you are a panoramic photographer, we provide you a great place to upload and share your work with the world; if you are just a VR enthusiast, you are presented with all kinds of amazing 360 images and virtual reality videos as well. 360 Image Sharing Platform: VeeR v.s Kuula. VeeR VR is a global 360 content sharing platform focused on creating the largest hub of 360 virtual reality videos, photos and interactive content fr