VRScout

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

VR technology offers firefighters-in-training realistic training scenarios. In 2019 alone, over 6,402 fires have been recorded in California. An estimated 250,249 acres of land have burned, three people have lost their lives, and suppression costs from the fires have risen to over 163 million dollars. Capable of burning 10,000 acres of forest within an hour, the wildfires–more accurately described as firestorms –pose a unique challenge to firefighters that have been hard to replicate

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

After a long ride lasted many months, finally our mixed reality fitness game HitMotion: Reloaded has been published on Viveport M ! The game has been released in Early Access and costs €4.99/$5.59/RMB39.90. HitMotion purpose is to let people stay fit while having fun. This is in line with what other XR applications like BoxVR or Viro Move are trying to do: VR is proving to be a great tool to make people sweat at home in an entertaining way, and it is helping many people in losing weight.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Dive into the mind of random objects via The New Yorker apps new AR feature. Ever wonder what the banana in your kitchen might be thinking? “Animate Objects” is the latest feature available in the New Yorker app that uses AI and AR to unlock the secret thoughts of everyday inanimate objects and display them for the user via an animated thought bubble.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Most packages of Index, Valve’s high-end VR headset released earlier this year, are sold out following last week’s announcement of Half-Life: Alyx. If Valve is counting on Half-Life: Alyx being a killer app for VR , early signs suggest they may just get their wish. While Valve’s Index headset was backordered at launch earlier this year, a few months later it became available for ‘immediate shipping’ and stock appears to have held steady ever since… until now

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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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Next Reality AR

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

As far as HBO is concerned, it's not augmented reality — it's Snapchat. The premium cable network is leaning hard on Snapchat's AR magic tricks to promote yet another series, this time for the adaptation of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series of novels. Don't Miss: HBO Crowns Snapchat as King of Its 'Game of Thrones' Augmented Reality Promotion at SXSW Starring Lin Manuel Miranda and James McAvoy, the show prominently features several animal characters, called daemons.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

It’s something about which science fiction movies and video games are made. It’s been in use by the military for years, particularly for flight and battle simulations. And it’s creeping slowly into e-commerce and a few other industries. Yes, we’re talking about augmented and virtual reality. See Also: Augmented and Virtual Reality Technology on Screen.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

We’re keeping an eye on the best Oculus Quest Black Friday 2019 deals, don’t blink or you might miss the best Quest sale of the year! Updated – November 28th, 2019. The Best Oculus Quest Black Friday 2019 Deal. Image courtesy Oculus. The best Oculus Quest Black Friday 2019 deal so far is the 64GB Quest for $400 on Amazon bundled with the Vader Immortal trilogy.

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Peter Graham

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

There are myriad of virtual reality (VR) videogames coming in December, one of the biggest being Budget Cuts 2: Mission Insolvency by Neat Corporation and Fast Travel Games. As there are only a couple of weeks until the big day arrives the pair have just unveiled the videogame’s launch trailer. Get ready for some more sneaky times as Budget Cuts 2: Mission Insolvency is going to be bigger and more audacious.

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Hypergrid Business

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Do cows love VR? (Image courtesy Moscow Ministry of Agriculture and Food.). Some lucky cows are apparently finding virtual reality to be quite moo-ving. A farm in Russia gave its cows custom made virtual reality headsets in an attempt to reduce their anxiety and improve the quality and quantity of their milk production. The experiments took place northwest of Moscow at the RusMoloko farm, according to a statement released this Monday from Moscow’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food. “E

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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.

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Peter Graham

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

VR Education, the British developer focused on virtual reality (VR) experiences that not only entertain but also help teach players is well known for projects like Apollo 11 VR , Titanic VR and 1943: Berlin Blitz. The company revealed its latest project Shuttle Commander: Hubble Space Telescope Missions back in October, today confirming that the PlayStation VR version will be arriving next week.

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HoloLens

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Everyone seems to be talking about Elon Musk's new futuristic Tesla Cybertruck, the vehicle that either looks like a cool moon rover or an outlandish video game replica, depending on your tastes. That's why it's no surprise that early HoloLens 2 partner Trimble decided to join in the fun by giving its customized version of the HoloLens 2 the same tests Musk gave his hyped electric vehicle.

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Peter Graham

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Love Facebook or hate it, there’s no denying that the social network giant has done a lot for virtual reality (VR) and the XR industry as a whole. Without Facebook’s cash Oculus wouldn’t have grown the way it did and been able to support so many developers, thus increasing that much-needed content. Sure, it hasn’t been a smooth ride – when is it ever?

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Oculus

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

When it was announced in May 2019, Phantom: Covert Ops promised to reinvent the stealth genre in a way only possible through the magic of.

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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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Peter Graham

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

In its 24-year history, popular board game Settlers of Catan has seen many iterations, from junior versions to ones based on famous franchises. Last year saw Catan VR arrive for various headsets, allowing four players to battle it out online. Now it looks like the franchise will be getting the augmented reality (AR) treatment thanks to Niantic Labs with a title called Catan: World Explorers.

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Oculus

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Earlier this year, we celebrated the launch of A Fisherman’s Tale on the Rift Platform. A nautically-themed puzzle game from Vertigo Games and InnerspaceVR, the.

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Peter Graham

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

One of the more interesting puzzle titles to appear at Gamescom 2019 was Cortopia Studios’ Alices Adventures in Wonderland- themed Down the Rabbit Hole. Offering puzzle scenes which unfolded around you, the videogame was only shown on Oculus Quest with the studio saying other headsets would be supported. Now more have been added as well as the confirmation of a release window for early 2020.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

This article is the latest in AR Insider’s editorial contributor program. Find out more or contact us to participate here. Authors’ opinions are their own. . An Introduction to the Spatial Web. by Gabriel René. As we bear witness to the Digital Transformation of our world and cross the threshold into the Web 3.0 era, we face some extraordinary choices with serious and wide-ranging implications.

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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.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The turkey has been picked clean and everyone is getting ready to settle in for a good old-fashioned Thanksgiving Day coma—but what’s that in your backpack? It’s a VR headset, of course! And a veritable cornucopia of games are out there just waiting to be played by your family at this year’s Turkey Day. But before you go throwing your dear Auntie Karen or your little cousin Skip McDingus in the middle of your favorite action-adventure game de jour , you may want to first consid

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Peter Graham

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

There are plenty of virtual reality (VR) titles coming out over the next month to keep gamers entertained over the festive period. One of those will be Labrodex Studios’ latest Scraper: Gauntlet, with the studio more of the storyline behind this single-player videogame as well as when it’s arriving. Scraper: Gauntlet is a first-person shooter (FPS) with wave shooter gameplay focused around heavy weapon modification and customisation.

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