Wed.Jul 25, 2018

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New York Times Uses AR To Tell Story Of Thailand Cave Rescue

VRScout

The New York Times visualizes the extremely dangerous conditions Thailand Cave rescuers dealt with during the rescue of the Wild Boars soccer team using AR. It was a story that had everyone glued to the news for minute-by-minute updates. The Wild Boars soccer team and their coach had been trapped in the Tham Luang Cave’s in Thailand for 18 days. With the teams survival in question and time running out, a dangerous rescue plan was hatched that would put both the rescuers and the soccer team in

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Hellblade: Senuas’ Sacrifice coming to both Oculus Rift and Vive on July 31st, free if you own the game

Cats and VR

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice will come to VR on Oculus Rift and HTC Vive on July 31st! If you own or buy Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice on Steam, the VR Edition will be included for free! Hellblade VR won't be coming to PSVR, purely because the VR Edition has been created for very high-end PC VR set ups according to the Ninja Theory team on twitter.

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Magic Leap Releases Preview of Lumin Runtime in Latest Version of SDK

Next Reality AR

With the launch of the Magic Leap One looming over summer's horizon, on Wednesday, Magic Leap released an essential component that will differentiate it from current augmented reality platforms. Available in Lumin SDK 0.16.0, the Lumin Runtime is the environment within the Lumin OS that enables multiple applications to run simultaneously. This is the scene that Magic Leap previously painted two years ago in its "Waking Up with Mixed Reality" demo.

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Justin Roiland’s Latest VR Game ‘Dr. Splorchy’ Available Now On Daydream

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Vanquish the ant space brigade, rescue the alien mayor, and disable the doomsday weapon before it sets off, bro! Justin Roiland, co-creator of Rick and Morty and co-founder of Squanch Games , continues his VR love affair with Dr. Splorchy Presents Space Heroes , a mobile VR experience available now on the Google Daydream platform. Following the same comedic style found in past Squanch titles, such as Accounting and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality , the outrageous space adventure includes all

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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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Exclusive: First Look at ‘Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice’ VR Edition

Road to VR

Ninja Theory, the minds behind BAFTA award-winning action-adventure game Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (2017), are bringing the full, uncut title to Oculus Rift and HTC Vive headsets soon. We got an exclusive first look at the game’s new VR edition, which is coming free to all owners of the PC game when the update goes live on Steam July 31st.

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14 Minutes of ‘Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice VR’ Gameplay

Road to VR

Ninja Theory’s BAFTA award-winning action-adventure game Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (2017) is coming to Oculus Rift and HTC Vive soon. Here’s 14 minutes of gameplay, taken after the game’s initial intro. The task at hand: battle the god’s of the Norse mythological realm Helheim, and overcome Celtic warrior Senua’s inner-struggles along the way.

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How MR Turns Firstline Workers Into Change Agents

Charlie Fink

Enterprise users of the HoloLens report increased engagement, job satisfaction among Firstline workers.

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‘Marvel Powers United VR’ Review – Wave Shooting Meets Cosplay

Road to VR

Developed over the course of two years, Marvel Powers United VR is the first VR superhero game of its scale. A large roster of playable heroes lets you step into the boots, masks, and leotards of 18 Marvel superheroes. But rather than embodying your character, along with their powers, conflicts, and triumphs, you’ll end up feeling like you’re just dressing the part as you fight waves of enemies for high scores and loot boxes.

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Avengers Assemble! First Look At Marvel’s Powers United VR

VR Spies

So last night I got the chance to jump into the new Marvel Powers United game a day early. Marvel Powers United VR has received a lot of hype over the past few months and as it normally is, that hype has been met with a healthy dose of skepticism. Traditionally, the big name franchise games like this one are usually not the best offerings, but as a Marvel fan I went into this one with hope and for the most part I was relieved that this wasn’t a total let down.

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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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‘Marvel Powers United VR’ Expected at 8AM PT, Watch 16 Minutes of Expert Gameplay

Road to VR

Marvel Powers United VR , the next big exclusive title from Oculus Studios, launches today (Thursday, July 26th) and is expected to become available starting at 8AM PT ( your timezone here ). We’ve got 16 minutes of fresh expert gameplay and our full review available ahead of the game’s launch. Marvel Powers United VR gives players a roster of 18 heros to choose from, allowing up to four friends to defend nodes from waves of Marvel faction fodder, including the occasional mini-boss v

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