VRScout
AUGUST 29, 2019
Six new artists, customizable color patterns, and a variety of tweaks & improvements. Earlier this morning, Beat Games , the developer behind the hit VR rhythm slasher Beat Saber , announced the release of a free new update that includes six new songs from six different artists, additional customization options, and a plethora of minor improvements.
Road to VR
AUGUST 29, 2019
HTC today announced that Viveport, the company’s digital distribution platform for VR games, now supports Valve Index. Much like their previous promotion for Oculus Rift users , Valve Index owners will be able redeem two free months of Viveport Infinity, the platform’s Netflix-style subscription service that lets you play any and all participating games for a monthly fee.
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ARPost
AUGUST 29, 2019
Accenture and the G20 Young Entrepreneurs Alliance teamed up to examine the ways XR is changing the way we work and the way we live. As their recently-released report shows, there are tremendous opportunities, but also tremendous risks if the technologies are not utilized with care. The report, “ Waking Up to a New Reality: Building a Responsible Future for Immersive Technologies ,” details how XR, which includes AR and VR , is now part of our daily lives.
Road to VR
AUGUST 29, 2019
Valve launched The Lab as an experimental VR playground way back in 2016. Today the company is updating the game to bring it up to speed with the company’s latest VR tech stack, including Index controller support, overhauled physics, spatialized audio, and more. Three years after launch, Valve’s The Lab still stands as one of VR’s best ‘first time’ experiences thanks to great art & sound, straightforward interaction design, and an array of fun mini-games which
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.
Peter Graham
AUGUST 29, 2019
Microsoft might not be doing much virtual reality (VR) development but its dedication to augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) has never been stronger. Having announced the HoloLens 2 headset earlier this year during the Mobile World Congress as well as pre-orders, there was never any indication regarding when the device would actually launch.
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EON Reality
AUGUST 29, 2019
EON Reality and University of Bologna Announce Prestigious, World-First New Masters Degree in VR, AR and Innovation. IRVINE, CA, August 27, 2019 – EON Reality Inc., the world leader in Augmented and Virtual Reality-based knowledge transfer for industry and education, together with the University of Bologna, Italy, announces the world’s first fully-accredited Master’s degree in both Innovation studies and Extended Realities (XR).
Road to VR
AUGUST 29, 2019
Beat Games, the studio behind the popular block-slashing rhythm game Beat Saber (2018) , today released a free update that brings with it six new playable tracks to the game, and a few new features and improvements too. The OST Vol. 3 music pack is now live on all supported platforms, which includes Steam (HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Valve Index, Windows VR headsets), the Oculus Store ( Rift , Quest ), and the PlayStation Store (PSVR).
HoloLens
AUGUST 29, 2019
Microsoft has unveiled practically every detail of the HoloLens 2 except for when eager developers and enterprise customers can expect to receive the device. Well, now that cat is out of the bag. Don't Miss: Airbus Previews Military Sandbox App for HoloLens While recent developments hinted that the AR headset would arrive soon, Harry Shum, executive vice president of Microsoft's artificial intelligence and research group, confirmed to Reuters that the HoloLens 2 will "go on sale" in September.
Everything VR & AR
AUGUST 29, 2019
Sophia and Tyler talk with Ross Finman of Niantic Labs, the creators of Pokémon Go, about the incredible success of the first global AR game and it’s ability to use immersive technology to bring people together both in the digital and physical worlds. Connect with Ross and Niantic Labs at: Web - NianticLabs.com Twitter - @NianticLabs Twitter - @rossfinman Visit the VR/AR Association at www.TheVRARA.com for more information about how you can get involved with this worldwide organization to he
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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.
Peter Graham
AUGUST 29, 2019
Virtual reality (VR) anime Spice and Wolf VR only launched a couple of months ago and now developer Spicy Tails has announced a sequel is in the works. Happening a little sooner, Spice and Wolf VR will be coming to PlayStation VR and Nintendo Switch in September. Spicy Tails has merely confirmed that a sequel is in the works, holding off on details such as storyline, platforms and release dates just yet.
Oculus
AUGUST 29, 2019
You’re somewhere in deep space, piloting one of the most advanced starfighters in the galaxy. Your task is simple: Protect the United Trade Consortium’s secret.
Peter Graham
AUGUST 29, 2019
Whenever Beat Games has something to say about its rather popular rhythm action title Beat Saber it’s usually worth taking notice. Today is no different with the studio releasing a rather big update for the videogame, adding more songs, features and improvements to the overall experience. The most important addition for longterm fans is the Original Soundtrack Vol. 3, adding six free new songs to the roster: Morgan Page – Reason For Living.
EEVO
AUGUST 29, 2019
[link] One of the big challenges of creating a strong impression on candidates is finding ways to give them an authentic view into your company. Even a visit to the company’s offices and a handshake from a potential manager provide little insight into the day-to-day of working in a business. That’s why Rally Health has teamed up with eevo to use Virtual Reality (VR), created with interactive 360° videos, to show prospective job candidates what to expect of the company, the office environment, an
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.
Peter Graham
AUGUST 29, 2019
When HTC Vive went on sale in 2016 the first download any sensible owner should have started was Valve’s The Lab. The collection of mini-games was designed to showcase the virtues of virtual reality (VR), with roomscale environments and lots of items to grip and interact with. However, as the years have passed The Lab started to get a little dated, surpassed by new content which took The Lab’s ideas and expanded them.
Oculus
AUGUST 29, 2019
Acron: Attack of the Squirrels! turns your average game night into a nutty celebration with friends. From Resolution Games, makers of Angry Birds VR: Isle.
Peter Graham
AUGUST 29, 2019
Location-based entertainment (LBE) is becoming an important revenue stream for a lot of virtual reality (VR) developers. It’s why in VR arcades you’ll see well-known titles for home headsets reworked for venues as well as original IP’s. This is sort of the case with Corsair’s Curse a team-based puzzle solver from the Innerspace VR team, who’ve loosely based the LBE title on their last consumer release A Fisherman’s Tale.
The Ghost Howls
AUGUST 29, 2019
Today I’m going to write a detailed tutorial about AR.js, telling you what it is and how it can be useful to create seamless simple mobile AR experiences. I spent a lot of time experimenting for this article, so I really hope that you will love it. The problem of friction of mobile AR. Mobile augmented reality has many problems that are hindering its success and one of them is the necessity to download applications to enjoy it.
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.
Oculus
AUGUST 29, 2019
VRScout
AUGUST 29, 2019
Don’t let the cartoon visuals fool you, this asymmetrical gaming experience is surprisingly in-depth. Available today on Oculus and SteamVR, Acron: Attack of the Squirrels! is an asymmetrical cross-platform VR party game developed by Resolution Games in which one user in VR battles against a team of opposing players controlled via iOS and Android smart devices.
AR Insider
AUGUST 29, 2019
This article was contributed by Scope AR CEO Scott Montgomerie. It is part of AR Insider’s editorial contributor program. Find out more or contact us to participate here. Authors’ opinions are their own. . Automation will create problems in the enterprise — AR can solve them . by Scott Montgomerie. There’s no question that automation and artificial intelligence will profoundly reshape how work will get done.
Road to VR
AUGUST 29, 2019
There’s a few great VR party games out there, including the reigning champion Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (2015) , although I think a new game is poised to take the VR Party Crown. Resolution Games, the studio behind Bait! (2016) and Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs (2019) , released arguably their most promising title yet today, the unique couch co-op game Acron: Attack of the Squirrels!
Speaker: Treion Muller, Chief Strategy Officer at ELB Learning
Since when has learning and development (L&D) become such a negative experience with its intended learners? Could it be because learners have been conditioned by very poor learning experiences over the past two decades, combined with the kinks of technological innovation? Or is it because learning has typically been designed as a one-size-fits-all solution, despite the fact that humans are not clones?
SpringboardVR
AUGUST 29, 2019
VR Operator Spotlight Every month we sit down with Operators from across our network so they can share about their Arcades and some of their favorite titles for LBVRE with us! This month we feature Game OVR , located in Edmonton, Canada. One of VR Arcade’s early pioneers, Eric and Steph from Game OVR bring a massive play space, great selection of rooms, and Canada’s first wireless VR experiences to the Greater Edmonton area.
Road to VR
AUGUST 29, 2019
NextVR, the VR livestreaming event app, is now available on Oculus Quest for free, which is said to come alongside a new technology that promises clearer and sharper video rendering. The studio calls the new rendering technology ‘PAVE’, which is said to enable new features like enhanced in-experience graphic overlays (e.g. stats, instant replays) and forthcoming multi-user interactions such as multi-user game trivia during timeouts.
Peter Graham
AUGUST 29, 2019
Today, Resolution Games has released its eighth virtual reality (VR) title, moving away from its single-player experiences like Bait! and Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs into the multiplayer realm with Acron: Attack of the Squirrels. The studio demoed the videogame at Gamescom 2019 last week and with VRFocus in attendance recorded 15 minutes of squirrel-based mayhem.
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