VRScout

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

A new behind-the-scenes look at Skydance Interactive’s upcoming VR game shows a meticulously-crafted post-apocalypse New Orleans. Arriving on headsets January 2020, Skydance Interactive’s The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners is shaping up to be one of the biggest VR releases of next year, offering players a rich, complex RPG experience during which they’ll go head-to-head with not only walkers, but other humans as well.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

This article features the latest episode of The AR Show. Based on a new collaboration, episode coverage now joins AR Insider’s editorial flow including narrative insights and audio. See past and future episodes here or subscribe. In the circa-2016 peak of the XR hype cycle, the common sentiment was that it will “change everything.” But it turns out that’s not the case.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Oculus Rift S, the company’s mid-generation hardware update to the Rift platform, only just launched a few months ago, but it’s already getting its first discount this upcoming Black Friday. Lenovo has published its 2019 Black Friday ad , and to our surprise it’s knocking $50 off the $400 Oculus Rift S. It’s very likely that we’ll also see the same deal replicated elsewhere, including Oculus’ own online store and a host of official retailers such as Best Buy,

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Charlie Fink

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

With this acquisition, PTC has a unique opportunity to corner the market on digital twins in the industrial landscape.

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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 1, 2019

Magic Leap has released a new set of development components in a ‘Magic Leap Toolkit’ (MLTK) which includes a slew of pre-built tools which aim to make it easier for creators to bring their AR vision to life without needing to re-think the basics. The MLTK, available now for developers working in Unity , offers up a range of pre-built tools which take some of the heavy lifting out of building AR apps for the Magic Leap headset.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Ask someone with enough experience with 360 filmmaking (like Alan), and they’ll tell you — it’s not always been a user-friendly undertaking. From exporting to editing, making great 360 content could definitely be a chore. Insta360 Marketing Director Michael Shabun visits the podcast to explain how their products try to make the process seamless for all 360 filmmakers.

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Peter Graham

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Just like night follows day, Highwire Games’ PlayStation VR exclusive Golem has been delayed once again (right after VRFocus’ VR Game Launch Roundup went live). Perp Games made the announcement today but luckily gamers keen on finally seeing this title come to market won’t have too long to wait, as it’ll still be this month.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Ask someone with enough experience with 360 filmmaking (like Alan), and they’ll tell you — it’s not always been a user-friendly undertaking. From exporting to editing, making great 360 content could definitely be a chore. Insta360 Marketing Director Michael Shabun visits the podcast to explain how their products try to make the process seamless for all 360 filmmakers.

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Peter Graham

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

For consumers after a virtual reality (VR) headset with a really wide field of view (FoV) choice is very limited, in fact, there’s only really one on the market, and that’s Pimax. Having previously released the 5K Plus, 5K OLED, and 8K head-mounted displays (HMD) with a 200-degree FoV, the company is now preparing to launch its next-generation, two devices called Vision 8K X and Vision 8K PLUS.

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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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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Social and Multiplayer VR can be incredibly compelling, but the process of actually ‘finding’ your friends in VR is still a clunky and often frustrating process. Oculus is developing a new set of social and multiplayer tools which stand to make it much easier to directly connect with friends by treating games and apps more like actual places.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Ask someone with enough experience with 360 filmmaking (like Alan), and they'll tell you -- it's not always been a user-friendly undertaking. From exporting to editing, making great 360 content could definitely be a chore. Insta360 Marketing Director Michael Shabun visits the podcast to explain how their products try to make the process seamless for all 360 filmmakers.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

OhShape , previously called OnShape , is an early access rhythm VR game by Odders Lab. The HTC Vive and Oculus Rift title fuses dance choreography with skillfully posing through carved out walls. For comparison, google the humorous show “Hole in the Wall” or think of it as “American Ninja Warrior” for pop ’n’ lock dance moves with walls. Embodiment.

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Peter Graham

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Hopefully, zombie fans still love The Walking Dead as not one but two virtual reality (VR) titles are coming soon. Survios is currently working on The Walking Dead Onslaught while Skydance Interactive is currently producing The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners. The latter received updated details last month and today the studio has released a behind-the-scenes video showcasing the setting, New Orleans. .

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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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