VRScout

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

Crime pays in PlayWay’s burglary VR game, available now. Out now in early access, Thief Simulator VR offers both regular users and kleptomaniacs-in-training the chance to experience life as a skilled cat burglar. Equipped with a variety of home invasion tools — including a lock-picking kit, headlamp, hacking technology, and a good-old-fashioned crowbar — players break into various homes located within a free-roam sandbox neighborhood in search of valuable appliances, cash, and expensive je

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

While Oculus doesn’t offer much publicly in the way of understanding how well individual apps are performing across its VR storefronts, it’s possible to glean some insight by looking at apps relative to each other. Here’s a snapshot of the top 20 Oculus Quest games and apps. Some quick qualifications before we get to the data dump: Paid and free apps are separated.

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EON Reality

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

SINGAPORE, November 6, 2019 – EON Reality nabbed top honors for best AR/VR solution in education at the EduTECH Asia 2019 Awards in Singapore, beating several contenders from various global companies and shortlisted from the initial 300 submissions across various categories. Awarded the gold at the Suntec Convention Hall last night, the win affirmed EON Reality’s decision to build a multi-reality platform to create immersive learning experiences for classrooms around the world.

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Peter Graham

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

Earlier this year applied research institute Fraunhofer IAO and Hessischer Rundfunk from Germany in collaboration with (among others) the Harvard Graduate School of Design and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Senseable City Lab presented a future vision of urban transportation. This was a virtual reality (VR) experience called A Ride in 2049 , which then asked users to take a survey, revealing the differences between the two nations.

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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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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

When I was in Qingdao , the general manager of Chinese manufacturer Skyworth has made me try a 3DOF VR headset called v901 , and I was impressed by the 8K video I have viewed inside, so he has kindly given me a sample of the device to test and review. Are you interested in my impressions on this headset? Well, then keep reading… Specifications.

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