VRScout

JANUARY 29, 2019

One of music’s strangest acts invades Sundance with an even stranger AR experience. It’s fitting that YouTube darling Poppy is at the center of an interactive AR piece that ends with you questioning your own reality. It’s her thing and The Jester’s Tale from RYOT is no exception, presenting a mix of Magic Leap technology and live performance that shows how easily the lines can blur between our physical and digital worlds. “To me, Poppy represents a new kind of cultural critique, one

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Road to VR

JANUARY 29, 2019

Walt Disney Animation Studios has approved another “top secret” VR short after the apparent success of Cycles (2018) , the studio’s first foray into VR short films. The next project is slated to be directed by Jeff Gipson, the director behind Cycles, CNET reports. The news was announced by both Gipson and Cycles ‘ producer Nicholas Russell at Sundance 2019 in Park City, Utah.

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VRScout

JANUARY 29, 2019

New Zealand’s capital has transformed into an interactive VR city in hopes of enticing tourists and potential residents. Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, looks to become the world’s first gamified VR city through a VR experience called WellTown , which promises to inject you directly into the heart and soul of the vibrant city, putting you in the shoes of both a tourist and resident.

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Cats and VR

JANUARY 29, 2019

If you ever dreamed of fighting or putting on the gloves as the Italian Stallion himself, CREED: Rise to Glory brings some of the most legendary figures of the ROCKY franchise to the game’s Freeplay and PvP roster across all VR platforms in its latest free content update. The list of new fighters include World Heavyweight Champion Apollo Creed, father of Adonis Creed and Rocky’s original rival-turned-friend; Rocky III ’s streetwise Southside Slugger Clubber Lang; and, most notorious of all, Ivan

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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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VRScout

JANUARY 29, 2019

You’re gonna eat lightnin’ and you’re gonna crap thunder ! Yo, Adrian! There’s a free new update for Creed: Rise to Glory that introduces a kick-ass lineup of some of the legendary franchises most iconic fighters. Available today on the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Playstation VR, and Windows Mixed Reality headsets, the ‘Rocky Legends’ update adds four new characters, including World Heavyweight Champion Apollo Creed, Southside Slugger Clubber Lang, Ivan “The Siberian Express” Drago,

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 29, 2019

Do you have a passion for ancient history and virtual reality? Then Rome Reborn is for sure a project you should look into. Rome Reborn is an amazing project that goes on since 22 years ago (yikes!) with the purpose of creating a digital reconstruction of ancient Rome. Lately, this incredible work has been ported to virtual reality and so you are able to live the ancient Rome as if you were there.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 29, 2019

The big investment deals that brought so many VR companies into the limelight have cooled down somewhat over the past two years, although that hasn’t stopped the Hong Kong-born VR destination company Sandbox VR from landing a $68 million Series A funding round. The financing round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, the Silicon Valley-based VC firm, and includes participation by Alibaba, Floodgate Ventures, Stanford University, Triplepoint Capital, and CRCM, Business Insider reports.

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