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Five Nights At Freddy’s VR: Help Wanted Takes VR Jump Scares To New Heights

VRScout

One of the most prominent horror series in gaming is now available in VR. After nearly five years of sequels, spin-offs, and endless waves of merchandise, Five Nights At Freddy’s has officially made its way to VR with Five Nights at Freddy’s VR: Help Wanted. Available now on major PC VR headsets via SteamVR and Oculus, Steel Wool Studios VR adaptation of Scottgames’ infamous point-and-click horror series takes players back to the decrepit halls of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza for another round of haun

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‘Game of Thrones’ VR Experience Coming Exclusively to Viveport Infinity

Road to VR

HTC today announced that a VR experience based on HBO’s hit TV series Game of Thrones is set to launch exclusively on Viveport Infinity starting tomorrow, supporting Vive and Rift. The experience, called Beyond the Wall, is said to transport users to the northern border of The Seven Kingdoms to fight and defend ‘The Wall’, the megalithic structure separating the South from the untamed North—a place that plays host to the mysterious rise of an army of undead wights under the beh

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Custom Levels Confirmed For Beat Saber On Oculus Quest

VRScout

Tracks made using the official PC Level Editor will be compatible with the standalone release. This past week, Briant Tate, creator of Beat Saber modding group Beast Saber , was able to modify Beat Saber on the Oculus Quest to support custom tracks not included as part of the original song packs. Yesterday, Beat Saber developer Beat Games confirmed that official support for custom levels created using their PC-based level editor will be available on the standalone headset as part of a future upd

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‘Superhot VR’ Studio: Quest Launch Saw 300% Increase in Revenue Over Rift Launch

Road to VR

The studio behind the infectiously cool action game SUPERHOT VR (2017) say the Oculus Quest launch last week has brought them another big helping of success. Superhot Team says in a press statement that on May 21st, Oculus Quest’s launch day, that the studio saw “300% higher sales than their launch on Oculus Rift.” Superhot VR initially came to Rift on December 5th, 2016 as an Oculus Touch launch title.

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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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Snapchat Assists Warriors & Raptors Fans in Rooting for Their Teams with NBA Finals AR Experiences

Next Reality AR

With the defending champion Golden State Warriors and Drake's favorite team, the Toronto Raptors, set to face off in the NBA Finals starting Thursday, Snapchat has gifted hoops fans with a pair of augmented reality experiences. For fans in attendance at the games, Snapchat users can scan the banners at each team's arena to access videos highlighting the team's triumphs throughout the season and post-season.

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Using augmented reality, Altoida is identifying the likely onset of neurodegenerative diseases

TechCrunch VR

For the past 19 years, Ioannis Tarnanas, the founder and chief scientific officer at Altoida , has been developing virtual and augmented reality tools to offer predictions about the onset of mental illness in older patients. The company, whose tools have been cleared by the Food and Drug Administration (an earlier version of this article incorrectly stated the technology was approved) for predicting Alzheimer’s by measuring brain function, claims that it can determine with a 94% accuracy w

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Custom Level Editor Coming to ‘Beat Saber’ on Quest

Road to VR

Beat Saber (2018) players on PC have a certain luxury of choice that their PSVR and Quest-owning counterparts simply don’t: easy access to user-created mods that indefinitely expand the game’s number of playable tracks, and now, an official level editor so you can easily make your own maps with your own music. Now, Beat Games says their new custom beatmap builder will also support Quest moving forward.

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Kris Kolo talks Enterprise Summit with LiveWorx

Everything VR & AR

The VR/AR Association's Global Executive Director, Kris Kolo, joins Tyler & Sophia to discuss the current state of the VR/AR Association and the announcement of the VRARA Enterprise Summit with LiveWorx. More information about LiveWorx 2019 can be found here. Visit the VR/AR Association at www.TheVRARA.com for more information about how you can get involved with this worldwide organization.

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Bring your idea to Virtual Reality – Submission Q&A

Veer

Since we started accepting submissions last week, we've received a bunch of amazing ideas already. We are so grateful and excited to have this opportunity to work with talented people from all around the world. To share more information about this project, we've compiled a list of frequently asked questions. If your question is not listed, please feel free to contact Samantha at samantha@veer.tv for more information.

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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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Introducing ‘Road to Tokyo’: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Competitive VR Sculpting from Oculus Medium

Oculus

An industry valued at over $1B, esports is where gamers become champions. And as VR League Season 3 comes to a close, we’re excited to.

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Vacation Simulator Coming to VR Arcades this Summer!

SpringboardVR

Available on SpringboardVR as of May 28th, 2019 You’ve been hard at work for the past year and a half in Job Simulator…isn’t it time for a vacation? Get Vacation Simulator Today! Take a break from the grind with Vacation Simulator Arcade. Live on the Marketplace as of May 28th, 2019! Explore the mountains, go to the beach beach, or get lost in the forest!

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ZapBox - affordable Mixed Reality, available now

Zappar

Now available for sale for just $30, ZapBox is the affordable, democratic and awesome mixed reality solution.

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