Tue.Nov 13, 2018

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A Group Of Students Are Rebuilding The Original Metroid Prime In VR

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The 2002 Gamecube classic gets the VR treatment as part of an ongoing study into VR game mechanics. If you’re a fan of first-person-shooters, than odds are you’re familiar with Metroid Prime. Released in 2002 for the Nintendo Gamecube console, Prime marked the beginning of one of the most influential action-adventure trilogies of all-time, as well as a huge stepping-point for the legendary franchise.

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AT&T Reveals Winners of First Magic Leap Hackathon

Next Reality AR

Now that its first developer conference is in the rearview mirror, Magic Leap continues to nurture its content development community, this time with an assist from strategic investor and retail partner AT&T. After accepting submissions through Oct. 26, Magic Leap held its first Mixed Reality Hackathon in San Francisco over the weekend, with winners announced on Sunday.

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Rumor: Valve Working On VR Headset Bundled With Knuckles Controllers, Half-Life VR

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Newly leaked photos indicate the company could be working on their own proprietary headset design. According to several photos posted to image-sharing website imgur this past Saturday, it appears as though Valve Corporation may be in the process of developing their own VR headset. The images clearly show the Valve logo printed on the headsets circuit boards, alongside what appears to be built-in headphones, new padding, as well as SteamVR tracking photodiodes.

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Fire Investigators Are Now Using VR Photogrammetry Tech to Assess Damage to Homes

Road to VR

A house fire is a sickening reality, but when it’s finally time to clean up and tally losses, that’s where fire investigators come in. Now, forensic investigation firm Donan and 3D scanning company Matterport are partnering to bring fire investigators the tools to make highly detailed photogrammetry scans so they can review the situation from afar through a VR headset, desktop client, or mobile app.

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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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ARKit 101: How to Place a Virtual Television & Play a Video on It in Augmented Reality

Next Reality AR

In a previous tutorial, we were able to place the Mona Lisa on vertical surfaces such as walls, books, and monitors using ARKit 1.5. By combining the power of Scene Kit and Sprite Kit (Apple's 2D graphics engine), we can play a video on a flat surface in ARKit. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to make your augmented reality app for iPads and iPhones by using ARKit.

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Stuck E Podcast 004 - Pay for Play?

Stuck E. in Augmented Reality

With all the talk about NCAA paying athletes, I have my reasons for why pay for play is a good idea, but also why medical resources and opportunities for business are more pressing issues. Let's talk about it! Bussiness of Amateurs: [link] Money in the Water: [link] CAPA: [link] Follow me on your favorite social media!!! Instagram - [link] Twitter - [link] Facebook - [link] Tumblr - [link] DeviantArt - [link] Patreon - [link] Snapchat - toobsock Support this podcast: [link] With all the talk abo

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‘Beat Saber’ Mod Group Hosts ‘Golden Ticket’ Scavenger Hunt, Win a Vive Pro & More

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The Beat Saber Modding Group is putting on a special event starting today that could net you a new HTC Vive Pro or thousands of dollars in prizes just by playing custom songs on Beat Saber. The objective: play any of the modded songs available through the Beat Saber Custom mod installer on any difficulty setting; 22 participating songs in the content playlist , ranging from ‘I Just Can’t Wait to Be King’ from The Lion King OST to K-POP, will give you double the chance of rece

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Stuck E Podcast 004 - Pay for Play?

Stuck E. in Augmented Reality

With all the talk about NCAA paying athletes, I have my reasons for why pay for play is a good idea, but also why medical resources and opportunities for business are more pressing issues. Let's talk about it! Bussiness of Amateurs: [link]. Money in the Water: [link]. CAPA: [link]. Follow me on your favorite social media!!! Instagram - [link] Twitter - [link] Facebook - [link] Tumblr - [link] DeviantArt - [link] Patreon - [link] Snapchat - toobsock.

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‘CREED: Rise to Glory’ to Get First Free Content Update This Month

Road to VR

CREED: Rise to Glory (2018), the VR boxing game from Survios , is about to launch its first free content update soon, which is bringing two new characters to all supported platforms. Coming November 27th, the free content update is bringing competitors Viktor Drago, son of Ivan “The Siberian Express” Drago, and Adonis Creed’s old Delphi Gym rival Danny Wheeler, portrayed in the films by real life professional boxer Andre Ward.

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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.