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Augmented Reality & Dragons Could Be The Future Of D&D

VRScout

A team on kickstarter wants to take your next D&D session to the next level using AR tabletop technology. Dungeons & Dragons. Even those completely foreign to the game will instantly recognize it as the epitome of nerd culture. It’s become a staple within the gaming community serving as the grandfather of role-playing games, having influenced nearly every RPG ever released since its initial publication in 1974.

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Expert View: 3 ways VR is transforming Learning & Development

Tech Trends VR

. Immersive tech and training go back 50 years, but how has that relationship changed? Are we in for disruption or just another buzz-term? By Daniel Fraga and Christophe Mallet – Somewhere Else. As VR is evolving, we’re not only learning skills safely through simulations anymore. We have started to improve cognition and retention of knowledge through immersive learning environments.

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European Inventor Award Profiles Microsoft's Alex Kipman as Finalist for HoloLens

Next Reality AR

Usually when the public gets to see and hear Microsoft's Alex Kipman expound on the future of immersive computing, it's because the company has a new product to show off. But on Tuesday, Kipman was in the spotlight for an entirely different reason: an award nomination. The annual European Inventor Award, presented by European Patent Office, has listed Kipman as a finalist for the 2018 edition of the award related to his work on the HoloLens.

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Pimax Unveils New Knuckles-style Controller, Supports SteamVR 2.0 Tracking

Road to VR

Pimax, the company behind the wide field of view “8K” VR headset, today unveiled a new controller design intended to ship alongside their upcoming VR hardware. Much like Valve’s still unreleased ‘Knuckles’ controllers , the new Pimax controller is designed to strap to your hand for an ‘open-palm’ experience.

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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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HTC Vive reveals Vive Pro 2.0-bundle price and Vive Enterprise advantage

The Ghost Howls

Do you remember my first impressions review of the Vive Pro ? Well, it lacked an important information that still wasn’t revealed at that time: the price of the headset and of its full bundle. Today, finally, we have all the pricing info that we need. Thanks to Road To VR , we know the price of the full bundle of the Vive Pro headset: $1399. The HTC Vive Pro page on Amazon US.

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Oculus AR rumors abound, Rift gets Google Chrome support

VRWorld

Is Oculus AR just around the corner? The tech community thinks so. Thanks to a small change to its Terms of Service on April 19th, many tech journalists are convinced that Oculus has an Augmented Reality-related surprise just around the corner. There are multiple stacks of compelling evidence. The one that raised alarm was the added mention of AR to Oculus’ updated documents, but since Oculus is owned by Facebook, it doesn’t stop there.

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‘Paper Valley’ Review – Settling the Busy Mind by Throwing Paper Airplanes

Road to VR

Paper Valley is as pretty unique experience. Although it’s decidedly a more zen-like game without any real pressure to succeed, there’s something to it that’s just engaging enough to keep you moving forward, hopefully getting you into the quiet, focused flowstate. Paper Valley Details: Official Site. Developer: Vitei Backroom. Available On: Oculus Home (Rift).

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Meet iQiyi’s new VR headset, the VR II

VRWorld

iQiyi is a prominent Chinese video streaming service owned by Baidu , a massive Internet conglomerate of same origin, often referred to as Google of China. This week, the company announced its intent to release a new headset – specifically, a 4K VR headset. An earlier version of this headset, the Qiyu VR II, was shown off at CES earlier this year.

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Veative at India Skills Competition Bihar 2018

Veative

Veative showcased its K-12 VR solution to various ITI representatives, academicians, school children as well as parents at India Skills Competition Bihar 2018. The event was organized by Bihar Skill Development Mission in partnership with NSDC. Labour minister, Shri Vijay Kumar Sinha viewed our industrial training module and expressed solidarity towards our mission of transforming education landscape and industrial training.

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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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‘Arden’s Wake: Tide’s Fall’ Is A Masterclass In VR Storytelling

VRScout

Meena’s journey continues in this absolutely breathtaking expansion to last years VR tear-jerker. The last time we talked about Arden’s Wake , we referred to it as essentially “Pixar in VR.” A testament to the endless possibilities of long-form virtual cinema, the ambitious project immediately grabbed our attentions with its unique approach to storytelling, refusing to let us go until the credits rolled.

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Nanotechnology Researchers Are One Step Closer to the Perfect ‘Meta-lens’ for AR/VR Headsets

Road to VR

AR and VR headsets of the future could have clearer, lighter, and wafer thin lenses, thanks to a new manufacturing process that uses nanotechnology to not only shrink the thickness of the lens, but also correct for the sort of color distortions common to the lenses currently used in VR headsets. Unimaginably small, discrete nanostructures in the meta-lens bend incoming light to varying degrees. | Image courtesy Capasso Group, Harvard University ( CC BY-ND ).

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Everything We Know About Oculus Go (so far)

Road to VR

Oculus Go is an upcoming standalone VR headset and controller that offers the same content library and a similar experience to Gear VR, but in a dedicated unit rather than a ‘headset shell’ accessory for a smartphone. What follows is a brief overview of everything we know about the soon the launch headset. What is Oculus Go? Photo by Road to VR. Originally announced at Oculus Connect 4 in October 2017, the Oculus Go is a VR headset and controller designed to offer mobile VR experiences in a self

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