Wed.Aug 16, 2017

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Mind-Controlled VR Game Coming to Arcades 2018

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Awakening uses Neurable technology to let you control the experience with just your mind. Mind-control technology is nothing new. Once considered nothing more than farfetched science fiction, neuroscientists have since taken a much more optimistic stance on the potentially game-changing tech thanks to advances in brain-computer interfaces. In fact, one startup is claiming they’ll have a mind-controlled virtual reality game in VR arcades as soon as 2018.

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Social VR Platform ‘AltspaceVR’ Reopens Virtual Doors, May Live On Yet

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Following the recent announcement that social VR platform AltspaceVR would be permanently closing its doors after running dry of VR funds , the company has revealed that the service will live on, in a heartfelt message of thanks posted on the official blog. The team explained that the turnaround is due to “an outpouring of support,”, and are now “deep in discussions with others who are passionate about AltspaceVR who want to guarantee that our virtual oasis stays open.”

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Tonight TheWaveVR and Ash Koosha challenge the boundaries of music and take on tyranny with the power of VR.

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London-based electronic musician Ash Koosha will perform in the US for the first time via virtual reality in TheWaveVR. Originally from Iran, Koosha is currently hindered by Trump’s travel ban, which targets people from majority-Muslim countries and bars them from entering the United States. In Ash's 2016 Ted Talk from Oslo he challenged where is the boundary of what is just a sound, and what is actually music.

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Horror & Gore in VR – Designing ‘Killing Floor: Incursion’

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Killing Floor: Incursion is a horror game featuring lots of gore that is sure to evoke visceral reactions in players. I had a chance to play a demo at GDC 2017, and I can say that it’s definitely an experience that has stuck with me. The mechanics of beating enemies with their dismembered limbs had an extreme amount of blood splattering that it was a mix of being at the same time grossly disturbing and ridiculously comic.

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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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AltspaceVR lives on to continue growing the VR community!

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Altspacers are celebrating tonight! pic.twitter.com/bA602ZfMG1 — AltspaceVR (@AltspaceVR) August 16, 2017. In an email statement sent to the AltspaceVR community last night it was revealed that Altspace is back. Full Statement below. We're back! AltspaceVR lives on thanks to you It has been a roller coaster of a ride for our team and our community since we announced that AltspaceVR was coming to an end.

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CHALLENGE ACCEPTED | Disassembled VR Dev BATTLE!

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PlayStation Media Showcase Announced For Paris Games Week via @UploadVR [link]

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PlayStation Media Showcase Announced For Paris Games Week via @UploadVR [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) August 17, 2017.

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CCP Invents Cross-Reality, Launches EVE: Valkyrie Warzone

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Since its launch, EVE: Valkyrie is one of most immersive VR experiences, a fast paced space combat sim which might serve as a professional training tool for your neck muscles. Still, the fact that this game was VR only was limiting its reach, and given the multiplayer nature of it, CCP expanded the game from Oculus to Vive, added PlayStation VR and now ultimately, is adding a two-dimensional mode, i.e. computer display (PC) or a TV (PS4). “If you can play first-person shooters, you can pil

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NYC is getting a huge new VR conference this fall via @engadget [link]

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NYC is getting a huge new VR conference this fall via @engadget [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) August 16, 2017.

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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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New Procedural Speech Animation From Disney Research Could Make for More Realistic VR Avatars

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A new paper authored by researchers from Disney Research and several universities describes a new approach to procedural speech animation based on deep learning. The system samples audio recordings of human speech and uses it to automatically generate matching mouth animation. The method has applications ranging from increased efficiency in animation pipelines to making social VR interactions more convincing by animating the speech of avatars in real-time in social VR settings.

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How women are gaining ground in virtual reality via @guardian [link]

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How women are gaining ground in virtual reality via @guardian [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) August 16, 2017.

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Strategy Game ‘League of War: VR Arena’ Comes to PSVR This Fall

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Independent developer MunkyFun is bringing League of War: VR Arena exclusively to Sony’s PSVR platform this Fall. Detailed in an entry on the official PlayStation Blog , the studio’s first VR game is described as being similar to ‘holographic chess’ but with plenty of tanks and explosions, based on the developer’s League of War franchise for mobile.

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Why Apple’s glasses won’t include ARKit via @mattmiesnieks [link]

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Why Apple’s glasses won’t include ARKit via @mattmiesnieks [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) August 16, 2017.

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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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AMD Releases Blockchain-Only Driver to Help You Make Money

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There’s no denying that blockchain technology is taking a strong foothold in the market, and that it can no longer considered a fad. Using a graphics card to mine cryptocurrencies is somewhat a controversial topic, as gamers complain about the inability to acquire graphics cards to be gaming cards. However, financial results from AMD and NVIDIA are showing that a double digit revenue improvement, and profits associated with it will enable both companies to invest more in R&D.