VRScout

MAY 21, 2019

Developers use Oculus Quest to create location-based VR game inside their office. When Oculus presented attendees at OC5 with an arena-scale multiplayer demonstration of Dead and Buried 2 powered by the Oculus Quest, we knew the Quest was something special. And although Oculus has since squashed any rumors of arena-scale VR coming to Quest headsets at any point in the near future, this hasn’t stopped other developers from taking on the challenge themselves.

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Road to VR

MAY 21, 2019

Today is the day that many pre-orderees will be unboxing Oculus Quest, the company’s latest standalone headset, and the big question will naturally be: what should I play first? Here’s our top 10 recommendations for Oculus Quest games (plus a few bonus suggestions for free games and apps you should definitely check out). Some 55 titles will be available out of the gate on Oculus Quest and more coming in the following weeks, but where to start on day one?

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VRScout

MAY 21, 2019

What’s on deck for the Oculus Quest? After what feels like eons of waiting, the Oculus Quest standalone VR headset is finally available to the public, along with over 50 immersive launch titles. Quest owners have their veritable pick of the litter, with major titles such as SUPERHOT VR, Robo Recall, Vader Immortal: A Star War VR Series, Beat Saber, and dozens of other high-profile releases available straight out of the gate.

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Road to VR

MAY 21, 2019

Communicating what it feels like to use VR to someone who has never done it before is one of VR’s major marketing challenges. Oculus’ new ‘Defy Reality’ ad spot for Quest effectively uses mixed reality video capture to show players in VR, instead of just showing first person footage that’s hard to understand if you haven’t actually been in a headset before.

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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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Charlie Fink

MAY 21, 2019

Streem, the video sharing service for home maintenance professionals, builds momentum with acquisition, partnerships, and a new infusion of cash.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 21, 2019

For over 100 years entrepreneurs have come to Hollywood to try their luck in the dream factory and build an empire in the business of storytelling. Propelled by new technologies, new businessmen have been landing in Los Angeles since the invention of the nickelodeon to create a studio that would dominate popular entertainment. Over the past five years, virtual reality was the latest new thing to make or break fortunes, and the founding team behind the Korean company AmazeVR are the latest would-

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Charlie Fink

MAY 21, 2019

In a recent interview, Brian Ballard, CEO of Upskill, introduced me to the company's Skylight software platform, which helps companies like Boeing manage their own AR applications. Ballard says just about everyone in manufacturing and warehousing is planning to use AR on a multitude of tasks, using the device best suited to each task, from a humble tablet to the sophisticated HoloLens.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 21, 2019

Facebook -owned Oculus is shipping its latest VR headgear from today. Pre-orders for the PC-free Oculus Quest and the higher end Oculus Rift S opened up three weeks ago. In a launch blog , Oculus touts the new hardware’s “all-in-one, fully immersive 6DOF VR” — writing: “We’re bringing the magic of presence to more people than ever before — and we’re doing it with the freedom of fully untethered movement.” For a less varnished view on what it’s like

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The AR Show

MAY 21, 2019

Kent Bye is the creator and host of the Voices of VR podcast. He’s recorded more than a thousand interviews featuring the pioneering artists, storytellers, and technologists driving the resurgence of virtual & augmented reality. Kent is a philosopher, oral historian, and experiential journalist helping to define the patterns of immersive storytelling, experiential design, and the ultimate potential of XR.

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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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TechCrunch VR

MAY 21, 2019

Consumer VR might not have taken off in the mainstream but it’s still fun to use, and it’s even more fun to use in groups. There is more of an arcade renaissance for VR going on right now, as well as location-based multi-user VR experiences. That’s the premise behind Munich-based HolodeckVR which is using proprietary tech to blend radio frequency, IR tracking and on-device IMUs to bring multi-user positionally tracked VR to mobile headsets.

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Oculus

MAY 21, 2019

Today marks an important moment for the VR community, as both Oculus Quest and Rift S begin shipping now!

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Oculus

MAY 21, 2019

Oculus Quest and Rift S are available now, which raises an interesting question: What are you gonna play first? You’ve probably got a few games.

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