VRScout

APRIL 9, 2020

A new partnership will see the delivery of VR headsets to senior care facilities across all 50 states. According to the CDC (Center for Disease Control), older adults with preexisting medical conditions are prone to more serious complications as a result of the COVID-19 virus. It’s for this reason senior care facilities across the US have begun limiting access to only essential medical personnel, leaving many seniors cut off from friends and family.

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AR Insider

APRIL 9, 2020

“Trendline” is AR Insider’s series that examines trends and events in spatial computing, and their strategic implications. For an indexed library of spatial computing insights, data, reports and multimedia, subscribe to ARtillery PRO. We recently asked if the virtual office is AR’s killer app. Having lots of benefits in normal times, AR remote collaboration gains relevance in empowering shelter-in-place masses.

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VRScout

APRIL 9, 2020

Users will soon be able to view their 3D scenes in VR. Additional features on the way. One of the coolest parts of developing with Unity or Unreal Engine is the ability to instantly hop into your VR headset and view 3D creations at scale. The ladder even has a VR mode that lets you build in-headset using the Unreal Editor tool set. Earlier this week, veteran open-source 3D modeling and animation software Blender announced via a developer update that it would be introducing limited support for VR

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Road to VR

APRIL 9, 2020

StarVR One, the ultra-wide field of view (FOV) VR headset, has traveled a long and winding path on its way to launch since it was first announced in late 2018 that developers and enterprise would be able to apply for hardware. However now the company has officially opened up sales of StarVR One through select distributors in Asia, and directly through the company in the EU and US.

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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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EON Reality

APRIL 9, 2020

In order to further aid the new users on the AVR Platform brought in by EON Reality’s Global Emergency Initiative , we’ve developed an easy-to-follow Quick Start Video Guide to help even the most novice of users begin creating content in AR and VR. Focusing on lesson creation when using a smartphone or tablet, the step-by-step instructional guide will explain the entire development process in just under 8 minutes.

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Peter Graham

APRIL 9, 2020

The past few weeks have seen a deluge of high-quality virtual reality (VR) releases from AAA and indie developers alike, so there should be no issues with VR fans finding something to play. If you’ve not had the cash to splash then you’ll want to grab Transpose this weekend, as developer Secret Location is offering it for free to keep forever.

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TechCrunch VR

APRIL 9, 2020

The Los Angeles-based app development shop, V/One , is giving away 50,000 free mobile app builds through the rest of April as the company officially launches its platform for would-be, LA-based mobile app moguls. Since its soft launch, December 20th of last year, the app development company has built over 100 new applications. The company’s December launch featured an “app accelerator” and offered a guidebook for people who wanted to develop mobile applications to work with the

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Peter Graham

APRIL 9, 2020

Isn’t this year full of surprises, from global lockdowns to Half-Life coming back, the rollercoaster that is 2020 keeps ongoing. Adding to this list is the StarVR One headset. The enterprise-focused device all but disappeared in 2018 but has now reemerged and available for purchase, in Japan and Taiwan. The StarVR project has had quite the bumpy journey since the headset was first revealed by Starbreeze way back in 2015.

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Zappar

APRIL 9, 2020

This is where ZapWorks is here to help. Studio is our most powerful and versatile content creation tool. It supports 3D models, custom animations, as well as a variety of tracking types and it’s surprisingly simple to learn.

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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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Peter Graham

APRIL 9, 2020

To view 3D content without the need for glasses, virtual reality (VR) headsets or any other face-base contraption you’ll need a holographic display like The Looking Glass. Today, Looking Glass Factory has announced that its displays will now support those working in Unreal Engine (UE4), Epic Games’ popular videogame development software.

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Everything VR & AR

APRIL 9, 2020

Tyler and Sophia have a fun conversation around the future (or not so future) capabilities of spatial computing with Leslie Shannon, Head of Ecosystem and Trend Scouting at Nokia. Connect with Leslie: Twitter: @lshannon45 LinkedIn: [link] Visit the VR/AR Association at www.TheVRARA.com for more information about how you can get involved with this worldwide organization to help gain exposure and share ideas and best practices with other experts in the industry.

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Peter Graham

APRIL 9, 2020

So the current worldwide situation has made normal social actions almost impossible – or at least advised against – which has had a massive knock-on effect for pubs, restaurants and location-based entertainment (LBE) providers like virtual reality (VR) arcades. This will affect the roll-out of VirtuaActions’ new LBE offering, Cyberaction Arena.

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SpringboardVR

APRIL 9, 2020

From SpringboardVR Chief Business Officer, Michael Festa The last four years have been an incredible privilege for me. I contributed to the birth of an industry, launched nine games into the market, built and ran a VR Arcade, and visited at least a hundred other Arcades across the world. I know what the frontlines look like and it’s been humbling to see so many entrepreneurs put everything they have into making something this special.

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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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Peter Graham

APRIL 9, 2020

Steam is littered with small indie virtual reality (VR) titles, some of which seem like they’ve been very hastily cobbled together and others which have been passionately created to offer gamers a fun experience. The latter is essentially what Hooplord is, a solo project that does all it needs to do, provide an entertaining break from all those epic RPGs with a little basketball.

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ARPost

APRIL 9, 2020

The new coronavirus pandemic has led to the cancellation of all public and private events, including music concerts and festivals. To help fans cope while staying at home in self-isolation, VR music platform Soundscape VR prepared a surprise. Their latest VR world, called Silica Sol, is available for free. Silica Sol – a VR World Inspired by the Desert.

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Peter Graham

APRIL 9, 2020

With Beat Games’ rhythm action title Beat Saber available on virtually every headset out there, the videogame provides an easily accessible form of virtual reality (VR) entertainment which everyone can enjoy. Today, the studio has released a new track completely free, FitBeat. Beat Games co-founder and Head of Music Jaroslav Beck crowdsourced the track’s name last month and it’s very fitting considering the amount of movement involved.

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