ARPost
OCTOBER 23, 2019
We’ve heard a lot of hype about how 5G internet will change AR technology. However, we haven’t seen much yet. This month, 80 thousand football fans were invited to experience it first hand. Scape Technologies calls it the largest 5G demo to date. 80 ft Cowboys. The experience used AR technology to make Dallas Cowboys players larger than life, creating 80 ft models of the players.
AR Insider
OCTOBER 23, 2019
Discussions about AR’s market opportunity are often delineated between consumer and enterprise markets. The former can be subdivided by smartphones (near-term) and smart glasses (long-term). And the latter is subdivided between industrial and consumer-facing enterprises. Among all these subsets, AR-industry common wisdom points to the industrial enterprise as a larger market opportunity today.
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VRScout
OCTOBER 23, 2019
Can anyone beat Oculus’ $80 solution? According to a comment made by an Oculus Product Manager ( u/HiFiPotato ) in response to a question submitted to the official r/OculusQuest subreddit, Oculus will be releasing the specs for its previously-announced Oculus Link cable to any third-party manufacturer interested in developing their own proprietary solution. . “Just to add onto what was stated above, the Oculus Link cable is quite thin and flexible when compared to a standard usb-3 active c
Road to VR
OCTOBER 23, 2019
Steam recently released a ‘Remote Play Together’ feature which is designed to allow users to local-only multiplayer games over the internet. The feature can also work with asymmetric VR games, allowing you to play in your headset while a friend remote-controls your computer as a second player. We tested the feature with the excellent asymmetric VR game Panoptic and found it to be a revelatory addition to the game which makes it easy to share the fun of VR even with friends who don&#
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.
VRScout
OCTOBER 23, 2019
Dual-wield a pair of ‘Pretendo’ Zappers in this upcoming PC/console VR emulator. Originally announced back in 2017, EmuVR is a VR emulator that allows players to upload ROM files of their favorite old-school games and relive their childhood from the comfort of a customizable bedroom ripped straight from a cliche 90’s film. This includes everything from classic systems such as the Commodore 64, Atari 5200, and Sega Genesis, to more “recent” platforms — including the PSP, Nintendo Wii, Ninte
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InstaVR
OCTOBER 23, 2019
The VR camera market, like the VR headset market we updated you on last week , has seen a lot of advancement. In the last five years, just about every camera maker has come out with a dedicated 360-degree camera. While the likes of Sony and Garmin still sell 360 cameras, it’s the primarily 360-degree camera brands that are really pushing the limits in the space.
Road to VR
OCTOBER 23, 2019
Virtuix, the company behind the Omni VR treadmill, has partnered with HP to offer a prize pool of $100,000 for its upcoming 2020 Omni Arena series, the company’s annual VR esports competition. First introduced by Virtuix back in 2016, Omni Arena is a VR esports attraction featuring four Omni VR treadmills. Offering weekly and monthly contests, four-player teams are pitted against each other to top the global leaderboard playing Omni Arena exclusive VR shooters such as Elite, Core Defense,
XR for Business Podcast
OCTOBER 23, 2019
If YouTube is the world’s compendium of videos of cute cats and unboxings, then the Sketchfab platform is well on its way to becoming the equivalent cultural database of user-generated 3D objects. CEO Alban Denoyel discusses the origins and the future of the service with Alan in this episode. Alan: Welcome to the XR for Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson.
Road to VR
OCTOBER 23, 2019
Five Nights at Freddy’s VR: Help Wanted (2019), the VR version of the popular horror game, is getting its first DLC pack for VR today, ‘Curse of Dreadbear’ The Curse of Dreadbear DLC is already live on the PlayStation Store for PSVR and Steam for Vive, Rift, Index, and Windows VR headsets, costing $10/€11/£9. The new DLC is said to include a new Halloween-themed hub with new mini-games and prizes.
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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.
Charlie Fink
OCTOBER 23, 2019
The fourth annual VR/AR Global Summit will welcome over 1,000 executives, entrepreneurs, and developers to Vancouver November 1st - 2nd.
XR for Business Podcast
OCTOBER 23, 2019
If YouTube is the world’s compendium of videos of cute cats and unboxings, then the Sketchfab platform is well on its way to becoming the equivalent cultural database of user-generated 3D objects. CEO Alban Denoyel discusses the origins and the future of the service with Alan in this episode. Alan: Welcome to the XR for Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson.
Peter Graham
OCTOBER 23, 2019
Virtual reality (VR) technology can be a great educational tool, for both children and adults alike. SpaceBuzz, an educational VR programme offering school children astronautical experience originally began in The Netherlands and this week announced its global launch during the 70th International Astronautical Congress in Washington D.C. SpaceBuzz has been designed to allow children to experience the ‘Overview Effect’, a cognitive shift often experienced by astronauts when viewing th
XR for Business Podcast
OCTOBER 23, 2019
If YouTube is the world's compendium of videos of cute cats and unboxings, then the Sketchfab platform is well on its way to becoming the equivalent cultural database of user-generated 3D objects. CEO Alban Denoyel discusses the origins and the future of the service with Alan in this episode. Alan: Welcome to the XR for Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson.
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
OCTOBER 23, 2019
One of the big pieces of virtual reality (VR) news yesterday came from Maze Theory, announcing that Doctor Who: The Edge of Time would see a multiplatform release in November, including Oculus Quest. Now the studio has stated this won’t be the case for the standalone headset, arriving a month later in fact. Hi, good point. It's only on Rift for the 12th November, but will be on Quest almost exactly 1 month after that. — MazeTheory (@Maze_Theory) October 22, 2019.
Oculus
OCTOBER 23, 2019
In less than a month, gamers on the Rift Platform will be able to step inside an ever-changing cloudscape in Stormland—an epic single-player and co-op.
Peter Graham
OCTOBER 23, 2019
Fun Train, the publisher behind Wolf & Wood’s virtual reality (VR) horror The Exorcist: Legion VR, announced back in July it was working with Stonepunk Studios on an episodic adventure based on the famous Tarzan novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Now the studios have released the first gameplay trailer for Tarzan VR, showcasing the title in a little more detail.
Peter Graham
OCTOBER 23, 2019
There are three weeks to go until Insomniac Games launches its next virtual reality (VR) title for Oculus Rift and its a biggie, Stormland. If you’re not already engrossed in Asgard’s Wrath then this sci-fi epic might be what you’re waiting for, and today the studio has released the first part of a new video series, Stormland: Sypher Mission Log – Part 1.
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.
Peter Graham
OCTOBER 23, 2019
Last year VRFocus reported on Sega bringing VR-Nerds’ multiplayer PvP first-person shooter (FPS) Tower Tag to its Tokyo Joypolis amusement park. This Winter Tower Tag will be coming to even more location-based entertainment (LBE) locations thanks to a deal with SpringboardVR. Already available in 40 countries with the title already seeing success in Asia, the deal with SpringboardVR will see the videogame arrive in more North American and European locations who use the station management an
Peter Graham
OCTOBER 23, 2019
For the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2019 in June Neat Corp announced Budget Cuts 2: Mission Insolvency , continuing the story from the 2018 original whilst updating the gameplay thanks to a collaboration with Fast Travel Games. Today, the pair have confirmed a release date, and its arriving just in time for the festive season. Designed as a self-contained videogame where you don’t need to have played the original, Budget Cuts 2: Mission Insolvency still features that stealthy ga
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