Mon.Nov 04, 2019

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Play As A Transformer In This Upcoming Multiplayer Location-Based VR Game

VRScout

The 4-person competitive VR shooter arrives later this month at IAAPA Expo. Earlier today, Hasbro unveiled a new location-based VR experience that will allow Transformers fans to engage with the franchise like never before. Developed by award-winning game studio Minority Media , Transformers: VR Battle Arena is an upcoming multi-person location-based VR experience in which up to four players duke it out in a competitive PvP matchup across several towering environments. .

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Snapchat Lens Users Engage ~30x Per Day

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Data Point of the Week is AR Insider’s dive into the latest spatial computing figures. It includes data points, along with narrative insights and takeaways. For an indexed collection of data and reports, subscribe to ARtillery Pro. Engagement data continue to roll out from Snapchat, sealing its position as the consumer AR usage and revenue leader.

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Voxon’s 3D Volumetric Arcade Machine Leads The Charge For Holographic Gaming

VRScout

Multi-user interactive 3D gaming experiences, no headset required. I can still remember the first time I saw Star Wars: A New Hope; the genuine awe of seeing Princess Leiah send a holographic message to Obi-Wan Kenobi and wondering, “WOW! When will we be able to send messages like that!?”. Even more interesting was the scene in which Chewbacca and R2-D2 go head-to-head in a round of Dejarik, a.k.a. “Holochess.” Watching the massive Wookie smack the table in frustration as his virtual

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Can AI and AR Be Put Together to Offer a Unique Experience?

ARPost

Artificial intelligence has been the most happening and hottest technology of this century. Most of the big giant companies in the world are investing heavily in the field of AI. According to CBINSIGHTS , tech giants like Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Apple (FAMGA) have all been acquiring AI startups aggressively in the last decade. The image below shows the cumulative number of acquisitions made by leading tech companies.

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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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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek: Facebook admits that VR is taking longer than expected, Pistol Whip ready to launch and much more!

The Ghost Howls

It’s again that time of the week where I tell you the most important news in AR and VR! Are you ready? Top news of the week. (Image by Facebook). Zuckerberg admits that VR is taking longer than expected to take foot. While discussing the earning calls for Q3 2019, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that VR is taking longer than expected to become successful.

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BMW’s magical gesture control finally makes sense as touchscreens take over cars

TechCrunch VR

BMW has been equipping its cars with in-air gesture control for several years and I never paid attention to it. It seemed redundant. Why wave your hand in the air when there are dials, buttons and touchscreens to do the same thing? Until this week, that is, when I took delivery of a BMW 850i loaner equipped with the tech. This is about the future. I didn’t know the 850i used gesture control, because, frankly, I had forgotten BMW had this technology; I stumbled upon it.

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Sony Pictures Teams With The VOID on ‘Jumanji: Reverse the Curse’, Launching November 27th

Road to VR

Hot on the heels of Avengers: Damage Control , the next experience heading to VR attraction The VOID is Jumanji: Reverse the Curse , made in collaboration with the Sony Pictures Virtual Reality group. The title will come to select VOID locations starting on November 27th. The VOID is a location-based VR attraction where players don headsets & haptics vests, and physically navigate through a stage filled with props and immersive tricks which bring the virtual world to life in a unique way.

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Become an Heroic Autobot or Evil Decepticon in Arcade Experience Transformers: VR Battle Arena

Peter Graham

Minority Media, the virtual reality (VR) developer behind Time Machine VR has announced a new location-based entertainment (LBE) experience in collaboration with Hasbro, Transformers: VR Battle Arena. The LBE title offers a 4-player, PvP experience where players can jump into some of the most famous Autobots and Decepticons to battle for supremacy.

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Pistol Whip Hits SpringboardVR For A Free Day on November 7th!

SpringboardVR

See why the VR Community is going crazy for Pistol Whip! Jump in FOR FREE on November 7th and live out as many John and Jane Wick fantasies as your heart desires! “Made for VR Arcades” title Pistol Whip Launches Nov. 7 on SpringboardVR Cloudhead Games have set the bar high for Pistol Whip and have created a VR masterpiece with their upcoming action-rhythm first-person shooter.

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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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Fantasy Open-World Puzzler Naau: The Lost Eye Coming in 2020

Peter Graham

This year has proven to be a good one for virtual reality (VR) content and 2020 is looking just as exciting. Currently in development by Turkish indie team Studio Gamebit is Naau: The Lost Eye, a fantasy-based puzzle experience which could be one of VR’s surprise hits. Having been in development from the past couple of years, Naau: The Lost Eye will be the teams first VR title, an open-world adventure mixing both puzzle and combat elements.

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25 Oculus Quest Games Coming in 2019 & 2020

Road to VR

Oculus Quest’s content library eclipsed 100 games and apps back at the end of August and continues to grow at a solid clip. Here’s 25 titles coming in 2019 and 2020 that we’ve got our eyes on. Cas & Chary Present. Cas and Chary VR is a YouTube channel hosted by Netherland-based duo Casandra Vuong and Chary Keijzer who have been documenting their VR journeys since 2016.

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Street Art Museum Amsterdam Seeks to Preserve Collection Using VR

Peter Graham

Virtual reality (VR) technology isn’t just great for playing videogames, it can also be a useful tool for artists seeking new ways to express themselves or for museums to expand their collections beyond the confines of their locations. Street Art Museum Amsterdam (SAMA) wants to use VR as a method not only to reach more people but to also preserve the art, as one piece called ‘Fatherhood’ will be destroyed by the end of the year.

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Review: Thrill of the Fight

Peter Graham

Fighting should never be encouraged as there are far better ways of resolving issues. However, that doesn’t mean a bit of the old fisticuffs can’t be used for good when combined with virtual reality (VR); namely healthy entertainment. There are a number of boxing titles you can choose for Oculus Quest, BoxVR goes for a musical rhythm-action style while Creed: Rise to Glory offers a fancy, Hollywood experience in the ring.

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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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First VR Trailer for Pirate Adventure Buccaneers! Spotted

Peter Graham

Who doesn’t love being a pirate? In virtual reality (VR) you can be a space pirate or a traditional seafaring scourge. For those that love the vision of finding treasure on the seven seas and feel titles like Battlewake are a bit too arcade oriented then Buccaneers! might be what you’re looking for. Currently being developed by Skyward Digital, the team has just released the first VR gameplay trailer.

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