Tue.May 15, 2018

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Valve Brings Custom Keybinding to SteamVR, Letting VR Apps Support All Compatible Controllers

Road to VR

SteamVR includes de facto support for several VR devices, although sometimes games just don’t support a particular controller—or if they do, it may not be configured properly. To remedy this, Valve has introduced a new SteamVR Input system, now in beta, that will let users create their own controller bindings and share them, so any game can hypothetically add support for any SteamVR-compatible controller, past, present or future.

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Communist Party Of China Begins Using VR In Member Loyalty Tests

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A city in East China’s Shandong Province is now using VR technology to test the qualifications of its communist party members. If you you’ve been paying even a little bit of attention to the news lately, odds are you may have heard about China’s insane idea to rate its citizens via a Social Credit System. Kicking off as soon as 2020, the system, reminiscent to one that could be found in a dystopian future, will monitor the daily activities of Chinese citizens from the purchases they make, to the

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Samsung's Galaxy S9 & S9+ Finally Get ARCore Support

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Google's Pixel smartphone had a decent head start as one of the first devices to offer ARCore, but that early exclusivity has been frustrating for some Android device owners. Some of that frustration was relieved as more Android devices were added to the ARCore list in February. But there were still a couple of major pieces in the device support puzzle missing.

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VR Locomotion Company, Visospace, Nears Indiegogo Campaign Goal

VRScout

Sydney-based Visospace closes in on the $10,000 goal for their VR “hoverboard.”. “The Alto is like a mouse for your body in immersive VR and AR environments right now, but it’s also the user interface for the internet of the future”, says Dr. Puya Abolfathi, CEO and co-founder of Visospace. The latest attempt at bringing complete freedom of movement to VR experiences, the Alto100 promises omnidirectional locomotion via a specialized platform upon which a user can choose the direction they’

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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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ANTVR Goes Modular to Shrink the Size & Expand the Field of View of Its AR Headset

Next Reality AR

China-based virtual reality headset maker ANTVR has decided to enter the augmented reality space, and to do so it's launching its headset on Kickstarter. The company claims that its new Mix AR device has a field of view that surpasses the Meta 2, the HoloLens, and others within a smaller form factor and at a fraction of the price. But there's a catch.

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ZONE OF THE ENDERS remaster coming to PSVR!

Cats and VR

Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. announces today that ZONE OF THE ENDERS: The 2nd RUNNER – M ? RS will release on PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, and PC via Steam on September 6th. Players can pre-order the game starting today for all platforms. ZONE OF THE ENDERS: The 2nd RUNNER - M ? RS is the remaster of the original title with beautifully enhanced graphics and re-engineered audio made for next-generation consoles and PCs.

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‘Pinball FX2 VR’ Brings Tables From ‘Back to the Future’, ‘E.T.’ & ‘Jaws’, Now on Rift, Go & Gear VR

Road to VR

Pinball FX 2 VR (2016) , the VR pinball simulator, is getting a host of new tables in a free update, brought over from its flatscreen sequel, Pinball FX 3 (2017). Tables based on E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Jaws (1975) and Back to the Future (1985) are now available in the respective versions for Oculus Rift, Oculus Go and Gear VR. The tables, licensed by Universal, come along with immersive environments including the forest behind Elliot’s house (E.T.) , a beach villa looking out to an

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Blockchain Studios debuts CryptoCarz, collectible racing cars for VR gaming, at Consensus 2018

Cats and VR

Today at Consensus 2018, Blockchain Studios announced the launch of CryptoCarz, the most advanced Ethereum-secured collectible asset yet. CryptoCarz are unique, limited-edition virtual cars that can be collected and then raced on a brand-new platform made for the rapidly growing eSports market. CryptoCarz is a multiplayer, fully immersive Virtual Reality-enabled racing experience.

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#MyVeelog Winner Announcement

VeeR VR

In the past month, Vee has received the warmest welcome from VeeRians all around the world. He has tried things that he had never imagined. In total, we've got 126 videos and 138 photos about his experience on this great planet. Vee started his first trip from Lisbon with Go360inc ; fed marmots in Austria; lied among tulips in Ottawa, Canada; played videos game with CreateUnity and his daughters in Florida; went to Goat Yoga at EarthX festival in Dallas Texas; visited Boyaca bridge , Colombia

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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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AntVR Launches ‘Mix’ AR Headset Kickstarter, Promising a 96-degree FOV for $500

Road to VR

AntVR, the Beijing-based company known for their 2014 VR headset Kickstarter , launched a new crowdfunding campaign today for an augmented reality headset dubbed ‘Mix’ AntVR says the PC-tethered AR headset, which starts at $500 without positional tracking, will have a 96-degree field of view (FOV), and the ability to use the SteamVR platform so users can play games originally intended for VR headsets—provided the game has a dark, or entirely black background.

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