VRScout

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Akihiko Kondo’s “marriage” to the 16-year-old holographic pop star is just the latest in an increasingly prominent trend of holographic marriages. This past month, Akihiko Kondo, a 35-year-old school administrator, “married” synthetic VR pop star Hatsune Miku in a fairy tale wedding ceremony that cost a total of $17,500. Around 40 attendees (an astonishingly high number for such an event) were present as Kondo, dressed in a tasteful all-white tux, made his way down the aisle carrying a teddy bea

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

I had the pleasure to talk with Jim R. Ivon, the CEO of Labrodex , an indie game studio that is working an interesting action VR game called Scraper: First Strike. I talked with him about the game and the hurdles of being an indie VR developer. Doesn’t this sound cool to you? Well, then keep reading… Hello Jim, nice to meet you! Tell me what “Scraper: First Strike” is and make my readers fall in love with it.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Executive produced by Darren Aronofsky, the interactive series features narration by Millie Bobby Brown, Jessica Chastain, and Patti Smith. After a successful festival tour culminating in a Grand Jury Prize for Best Virtual Reality Immersive Story, as well as the first seven-figure VR acquisition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, SPHERES is now available for purchase on the Oculus Rift.

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Next Reality AR

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Any real Star Wars fan knows that fear is a path to the dark side, as it leads to anger, and then suffering. For players of Star Wars Jedi Challenges, though, access to the antagonistic side of the Force is now available through their mobile apps. The new Dark Side expansion, available through the updated companion app for iOS or Android, gives players the ability to fight against the protagonists of the franchise, such as Yoda and Rey, armed with the red-hilted lightsaber of Kylo Ren.

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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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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

As the world’s largest telecom manufacturer, when Chinese tech giant Huawei makes a market prediction, they have plenty of room to speak. Talking in an interview with CNBC , Huawei CEO Richard Yu says the industry at large will begin commercializing AR headsets within one to two years, Huawei included. Like Samsung, Huawei offers a staggering variety of smartphones, laptops, tablets, wearables, and smart home accessories; the company surpassed Ericsson in 2012 as the world’s largest

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Exiii , a Japan-based startup working in VR haptics, is starting a free rental program across the US and Japan that will let developers go hands-on with the company’s latest haptic developer kit, EXOS Wrist DK2 , for up to six months, free of charge. Exiii launched EXOS Wrist DK2 back in October, and says the main users have been large enterprises with sizable budgets, although they aim to change this with the launch of the program.

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Cats and VR

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Niantic and WB Games have unveiled the first teaser trailer for Harry Potter: Wizards Unite™, the upcoming augmented reality (AR) mobile game that will put magic in the hands of players worldwide. The highly anticipated game will launch in 2019. Co-published and co-developed by Niantic and WB Games, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is part of Portkey Games, a games label dedicated to creating video game and mobile experiences inspired by the Wizarding World.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Owlchemy Labs , the studio behind breakout VR parody game Job Simulator (2016) , announced that their upcoming sequel Vacation Simulator is coming to VR headsets in 2019, and not 2018 as previously planned. Much like Job Simulator , Vacation Simulator puts you in a future where robots have taken over every aspect of life. Their understanding of human interaction is missing a few key details though, resulting in a hilarious revisionist history of how humans must have lived, worked, and now, gon

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VR Game Critic

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

With the extremely well received launch of Tetris Effect on PlayStation VR, we thought it would be the perfect time to create a list of some of the best mind-bending and frustratingly awesome VR puzzlers out there. While Tetris might be credited for revolutionizing and popularizing this game category, puzzle elements can today be found in a range of genres.

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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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NOVEMBER 14, 2018

The out-of-home VR destination The VOID is rolling out its next big multiplayer VR experience next week, this time transporting you into the world of Wreck-It Ralph’s latest sequel film Ralph Breaks the Internet. Called Ralph Breaks VR, you join Wreck-It Ralph and his snarky sidekick Vanellope von Schweetz in a unique multiplayer VR adventure that will have you and your friends breaking into the Internet to play what The Void calls “the newest, coolest video game ever.” Here

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EON Reality

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

IRVINE, CA, November 14, 2018 – EON Reality Inc., the world leader in Augmented and Virtual Reality based knowledge transfer for industry and education, in partnership with Regione Emilia-Romagna today inaugurated EON Reality Italy, EON Reality’s Interactive Digital Center (IDC) and VR Innovation Academy (VRIA) in Italy.[link] facility — which will be located at the WorkLife Innovation Hub in Casalecchio di Reno — opening also marks the beginning of Bologna’s AVR ecosystem, as EON Reality Italy

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

SPHERES is a three-chapter space experience from Darren Aronofsky’s Protozoa Pictures and writer/director Eliza McNitt that takes you on a trip through a universe filled with sound. Once featured at film festivals the world over, including Sundance and the Venice Film Festival where it won the Grand Prize in VR, the experience is now available on Oculus Rift for $10.

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