Next Reality AR

JUNE 26, 2018

With a new version of its ARCore in the wild and more than 30 devices now supporting it, Google is helping beginners get up to speed with augmented reality. Hosted on Coursera, the company has launched Introduction to Augmented Reality and ARCore, a free, four-week curriculum comprised of 15 hours of classes, along with videos, quizzes, and programming assignments aimed at students with no prior experience in augmented reality development.

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Road to VR

JUNE 26, 2018

It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost two years since the SteamVR Knuckles controllers were first revealed using a demo of our game, Call of the Starseed (2016) , at Steam Devs Days 2016. Now, at the reveal of Knuckles EV2 this summer, we’ve got a whole bunch more to talk about. Guest Article by Denny Unger. Denny is the CEO and Creative Director of Cloudhead Games.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 26, 2018

In this period, I’m so lucky that I have on my desk two great 6 DOF standalone headsets that have been lent to me: the Lenovo Mirage Solo and the Vive Focus. Both headsets are able to track your position in space , to offer you a virtual reality where you can move potentially wherever you want, with the headset continuously tracking you. A world scale tracking that allows a new kind of applications, also considering that thanks to the frontal cameras, it will also be possible to use these

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VRScout

JUNE 26, 2018

The next generation of Valve’s knuckle controllers adds a whole new list of new immersive interactions. Valve has begun rolling out the next evolution of their intuitive knuckle controller prototypes to developers which means a whole bunch of exciting upgrades and additions we being to look forward to. Referred to by Valve as Knuckles EV2 , the new model adds a variety of enhancements for a more personal, interactive VR experience.

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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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Tech Trends VR

JUNE 26, 2018

John Cusack and Christina Ricci have their VR debut with the Distorted Experience. To complement the theatrical film release of Distorted on June 22nd, Minds Eye Entertainment and SkyVR have partnered to produce “Distorted Reality,” a scripted, live-action cinematic VR distributed through OneTouchVR on Google Daydream, Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift, and iOs.

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Next Reality AR

JUNE 26, 2018

Based on its continued research, it appears Microsoft recognizes that the next HoloLens needs a wider field of view (FoV). Based on a recently-revealed documentation, the company's research team has found another way to accomplish that objective. A patent application filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in Dec. 2016 and published on June 21 describes a method for enlarging FoV on a near-eye display using a microelectromechanical (MEMS) laser scanner.

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Road to VR

JUNE 26, 2018

A quick PSA for anyone who owns the Logitech G POWERPLAY mousepad and a Vive headset: Valve today confirmed that the mousepad can create interference for SteamVR Tracking (used by the Vive, Vive Pro, and Vive Tracker). Valve says the companies are working together to address the issue. From the SteamVR blog : We’ve been looking into reports of SteamVR Tracking interference while using the Logitech G POWERPLAY mousepad and have confirmed that there is an issue.

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Next Reality AR

JUNE 26, 2018

When it comes to mass adoption, augmented reality is still primarily a mobile world, so Google is pitching its own ARCore flavor of mobile AR to the education and marketing segments. On Tuesday, at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference in Chicago, Google countered Apple's recent positioning of a cheaper iPad and AR apps for schools with its own ecosystem for educational augmented reality.

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Road to VR

JUNE 26, 2018

Bethesda’s debut VR title Skyrim VR (2017) recently received its third patch since the hotly awaited game launched on PSVR back in November. According to a studio forum post , the free patch not only fixes a few quality-of-life issues such as realistic bow-shooting and control scheme changes on PS Move, but also improves visual fidelity on both PS4 and PS4 Pro.

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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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Slashgear

JUNE 26, 2018

Google has a virtual reality app called Tilt Brush that changes the way humans create art. This painting app enables owners of certain VR headsets to paint in three-dimensional space, a rewarding experience that has resulted in some pretty incredible work. Switching from 2D to 3D painting environments can be tricky, though, so Google has added a new Beginner Mode … Continue reading.

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Road to VR

JUNE 26, 2018

COMPOUND , an indie VR shooter that launched in Early Access back in May , has received a new update adding a new map type and new music, with new enemies planned for future updates. The game’s sole developer has announced that he’s quitting his day job to develop Compound full time. As Compound’s sole developer, Bevan “NotDead” McKechnie has painted the game’s unique retro textures pixel by pixel, not to mention crafted the all the levels, weapons, items, enemies, soun

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EnterpriseWear

JUNE 26, 2018

From building the actual plane to the in-flight experience, wearable XR (AR, VR, MR) devices have a role to play in multiple professions within the commercial aviation industry. Employees whose jobs affect every aspect of one’s trip, including aircraft maintenance workers and flight crew can make use of wearable XR technologies to ensure the end goal: A safe and satisfied traveler.

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Road to VR

JUNE 26, 2018

VRgineers , a Czech-based startup building enterprise VR headsets, today revealed their new ‘XTAL’ headset, an improved version of their prior VRHero “5K” headset, which is smaller, lighter, and builds Leap Motion’s hand tracking tech directly into the headset. When I got a good look at the VRHero headset back in February , I was impressed with the device’s impressive visual clarity and wide field of view, but couldn’t ignore the impact that its bulk had

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Speaker: Richard Goring, Director at BrightCarbon

Remote meetings are here to stay - and many are BORING. If you are trying to engage your learners (or any audience), compelling content is critical. But trying to create stimulating content with the same tools you’ve always had is hard, right? Thankfully, wrong! Terrific tools in PowerPoint along with visual assets help you create the kind of dynamic content you need to capture your remote audience’s attention, with functions that allow for interactive sequences and navigation.

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RealVision VR

JUNE 26, 2018

RealVision’s work in Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Stereo 3D. Immersive Journalism Incubator at Times Television India. Times Television (Times Now) India, appointed RealVision to create a pilot Immersive Journalism Incubator at Times NOW’s mumbai HQ. The incubator developed best practices – including custom rain proof Stereoscopic camera solutions to capture true video VR (Stereoscopic 360 video) while keeping robustness and in-the-field battle tested gear.

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Road to VR

JUNE 26, 2018

Los Angeles-based White Elk Studios , a team founded by former members of the God of War team, and Oculus Studios today announced a new co-op game called Covert. The couch co-op game is said to feature asymmetrical gameplay that will let one player play inside either an Oculus Go or Gear VR while the other user plays outside of VR. Here’s how Oculus describes it in the initial annoucement : Working with the infamous League of Thieves, your mission is to steal a mysterious artifact from an

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RealVision VR

JUNE 26, 2018

Contact: info |at| realvision |dot| ae. Twitter: @cly3d. LinkedIn: Clyde DeSouza.

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Road to VR

JUNE 26, 2018

Announced back at Facebook’s F8 developer conference earlier this year, Oculus TV is the company’s latest first-party app that pulls a number of flatscreen video options together under one roof. The app is now available for free on Oculus Go. Displaying video on a virtual ‘180-inch’ TV, the company is billing its newest video streaming app as the “all-in-one living room solution,” giving Oculus Go users not only native support for live video from Pluto TV ,

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Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

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Road to VR

JUNE 26, 2018

Multiverse Inc., the studio behind VR sci-fi shooter Seeking Dawn , today announced the single/multiplayer game is soon heading out of closed beta and launching on Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Windows “Mixed Reality” VR headsets on July 12th. The studio says support for PSVR is slated to come “later this year.” Promising a ‘full-length’ VR game, Seeking Dawn is said to offer a 20-hour single-player campaign, co-op gameplay with up to three other players in camp

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