Wed.Mar 27, 2019

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Lionsgate Announces ‘Five Nights At Freddy’s VR’ For All Major Headsets

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The infamous survival horror title arrives on PSVR, Oculus, and SteamVR this April. Much like the haunted animatronics lurking throughout the halls of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, 2014’s Five Nights at Freddy’s is a seemingly unkillable entity. Since its launch, the point-and-click survival horror game has spawned five major sequels, two spin-off titles, and three novel adaptations.

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Magic Leap Teams with HBO & AT&T to Deliver Game of Thrones Experience

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In recent months, the Magic Leap One has frequently tied promotions to groundbreaking entertainment properties, but the latest may be the startup's biggest coup yet. On Wednesday, HBO announced an upcoming Magic Leap One experience that will allow fans to experience the world of Game of Thrones in augmented reality. Don't Miss: HBO Crowns Snapchat as King of Its 'Game of Thrones' Augmented Reality Promotion at SXSW The experience is called "The Dead Must Die: A Magic Leap Encounter," and it will

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Oculus Reveals More Quest Launch Titles in Fresh Teaser Trailer

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PAX East officially starts tomorrow, and to keep the Oculus Quest hypetrain chugging right along, the company today released a new video showing some of the confirmed launch titles coming to Quest in Spring 2019. Yes, there’s a few new ones we didn’t know about until now. In the video, you can see many of the previously confirmed Quest launch titles prominently featured such as Superhot VR, Beat Saber, Sports Scramble, Robo Recall, Dead & Buried 2, Journey of the Gods, Moss, and

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Exclusive: Inside Magic Leap's Secret Headquarters

Next Reality AR

The long guarded veil of mystery surrounding Magic Leap for years was finally lifted last year when the company revealed its Magic Leap One device. But even now, as the company releases new apps and high profile partnerships, the company itself remains something of a cipher. We can now erase at least a portion of that mystery via images we've obtained of the interiors of Magic Leap's remote Florida headquarters.

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The Future of eLearning in 2022: A Sensitive Eye for Authentic Translation and Localization

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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Social VR Hits ‘Rec Room’ and ‘VRChat’ Coming to Oculus Quest

Road to VR

On the run up to the headset’s Spring release, Oculus today confirmed a handful of new Quest launch titles. Among them are social VR hits Rec Room and VRChat , both known for connecting players and friends across headsets and platforms. Rec Room and VRChat are two of VR’s best known social apps. Rather than being mere ‘multiplayer games’ both offer a communal focus that spans a wide range of activities—everything from just hanging out, to charades, dodgeball, and much

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New ‘Stormland’ Trailer Shows a Menacing Enemy and New Environments

Road to VR

Oculus today revealed a new trailer for its upcoming Rift exclusive, Stormland , which is in development by Insomniac Games and due for release later this year. The new trailer gives us a glimpse at bigger and badder enemies and new environments that players will explore on their journey to reclaim their world. Stormland is a promising action adventure title that builds on Insomniac’s prior Rift exclusive titles, Edge of Nowhere , The Unspoken , and Feral Rites , all released in 2016.

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Magic Leap One heads to AT&T with Game of Thrones promos in tow

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Early adopters have been able to purchase the Magic Leap One headset for a few months now, but beginning next week, you’ll have another option when it comes to acquiring one. AT&T has announced that it will begin carrying the Magic Leap One next week, and it’ll have various Game of Thrones tie-ins to go along with it, just in … Continue reading.

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Rhythm Game ‘Dance Central VR’ is Coming to Quest & Rift in Spring 2019

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Dance Central, the rhythm game franchise from Harmonix, is officially coming to Oculus Quest and Rift this year with the aptly named Dance Central VR. Who knows, you may even learn to dance? Here’s a quick breakdown of what to expect: In the Studio, users can practice their moves either alone, or in front of an assistive UI to analyze dance performance, a bunch of which looks super gestural-based.

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EON Reality and Toyota Academy Announce Partnership to Utilize Augmented and Virtual Reality Solutions

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IRVINE, CA, March 27, 2019 – EON Reality Inc., the world leader in Augmented and Virtual Reality-based knowledge transfer for industry and education, and Toyota Material Handling, the world leader of material-handling solutions, today announce the establishment of the partnership to bring Augmented and Virtual Reality (AVR) technology for both training purposes and to support Toyota’s Customer Lean Transformation.

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How to Train Employees 65% Faster With Virtual Reality

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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The Oculus #QuestCountdown Continues: Highlighting Great Games

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This spring, Oculus is proud to deliver Oculus Quest, a VR headset that requires no PC, has no wires, and gives total freedom to move.

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#749: Using VR Horror as Fear Resistance Training + Sound Healing & Psychedelic Culture

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Torkom Ji tells the story of how he used Resident Evil 7 VR as a form of fear resistance training, and transformational shadow work to.

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Oculus @ PAX East: ‘Dance Central’ Takes Center Stage on Quest, Plus ‘Stormland’ Reveals New Rift S Trailer

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Last week at GDC, we officially announced Oculus Rift S and confirmed that Beat Saber will be playable on Quest from Day 1. With PAX.

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VRChat, Rec Room, Vacation Simulator Confirmed For Oculus Quest

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Oculus teases a new heap of Quest launch titles ahead of PAX East. As part of their ongoing ‘Quest Countdown’ campaign, Oculus is in full hype mode as the company continues to reveal new launch titles for their upcoming Oculus Quest standalone headset. We just learned at this years GDC that the immensely popular rhythm game Beat Saber will be available this spring, as well as Dead and Buried II , a cross-platform follow-up to the 2016 competitive shooter for the Oculus Rift.

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Are You Still Watching? How to Create Engaging Presentations for Virtual Learning

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.

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How to Analyze Virtual Reality (VR) Heatmaps and Analytics

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How to Analyze Virtual Reality (VR) Heatmaps and Analytics. Many organizations now use virtual reality as an integral part of their business. They’re making VR experiences for employee training, sales/marketing presentations, recruiting, communications and more. As VR applications take on a more prominent role in organizations, so too does the data generated from the apps — specifically heatmaps and analytics.

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‘Myst’ Creators Launch Kickstarter for New VR Puzzle Game ‘Firmament’

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Cyan, the studio behind genre-defining puzzle classics Myst (1993) and Riven (1997), have launched a Kickstarter campaign for their upcoming VR puzzle game Firmament. The studio is searching for $1,285,000 USD in total within the next 30 days. Although it’s an ‘all or nothing’ campaign, Firmament looks to be well on its way to its goal; at the time of this writing the campaign has already garnered over $291,000.

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