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See Original, Exclusive Star Wars Artwork in VR

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Linden Lab opens VR exhibit in Sansar to coincide with The Last Jedi movie release. Can you feel it? There’s an unbearable frisson of anticipation among the legions of Star Wars fans this holiday season alongside the release of The Last Jedi. But apart from having to handle this excruciating wait, fans are also forced to put up with the endless marketing tie-ins as everyone tries to piggyback off the franchise’s popularity.

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Arcade Boxer ‘Knockout League’ Coming to PSVR

Road to VR

Popular VR boxing title Knockout League is coming to PlayStation VR. The game has remained in Early Access on SteamVR, Viveport, and Oculus stores for almost a year, but no release window for PSVR has been confirmed. Announced at PSX 2017, the full version of Knockout League , with its 9 opponents and training modes will make the transition to Sony’s VR platform.

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16 Bit Super Mario Receives New Life With ARKit

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Old school Mario makes the leap to real-life thanks to AR. I don’t think Mario will ever die. The legendary video game icon has seen countless iterations since his original reveal back in 1985 and has managed to remain relevant in gaming and pop culture for over 30 years. We’ve seen everything from classic 2D Mario, 3D open-world Mario, Mario with a watergun, Mario in space, pretty much every kind of Mario you can possible come up with.

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Oculus Story Studio’s ‘Wolves in the Walls VR’ to Premier at Sundance

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Wolves in the Walls, the terrifying children’s book from Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean, is getting its own VR experience. Created as one of the last projects of the now-defunct Oculus Story Studio , Wolves in the Walls VR is making its debut at Sundance Film Festival this year. Oculus Story Studios created three VR experiences before Facebook shuttered the studio back in May; Dear Angelica, Lost, and Henry.

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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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This Doctor Who VR Game Lets You Pilot The TARDIS

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Now you can fly through the space-time vortex. We already know how hard it can be to keep track of time while in VR. But now imagine you’re in the Doctor Who TARDIS, journeying through the depths of space time. Transporting into vortexes from past eras, from the current vortex to re-imagined designs from the 1960’s and 1980’s. It’s easy to get lost in VR, and that’s what BBC is hoping with their new VR game.

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Collaboration with Waymo ensures Intel leading role in Antonomous Driving

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Last week Intel CEO Brian Krzanich revealed that his company supplies processors and other hardware to Waymo , and that Intel would like to continue working with the former Google self-driving car project. The Intel components are used in Waymo’s Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans, which recently replaced a fleet of small pod-like electric cars as Waymo’s frontline test vehicles.

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PlayStation VR Skyrim Bundle Hits $335 for the Holidays

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If you’ve been eyeing a PlayStation VR but missed out on Black Friday deals, you’re in luck—the PlayStation VR Skyrim bundle is available on B&H Photo Video for $335, saving you $115 off the MSRP. The bundle has also re-appeared at a number of major retailers at the same $350 price point as it was during Black Friday. The PlayStation VR Skyrim bundle isn’t as cheap as the GT Sport bundle which was recently on sale (still available from Dell at the time of writing), but it i

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Leo Messi Becoming Brand Ambasador for Sirin Labs

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Sirin Labs, the developer of the Solarin ultra-secure mobile phone, announced that it has signed up Barcelona star Lionel Messi as its brand ambassador. Except the Solarin, the company is now preparing to release an all-in-one PC, called Finney, for Blockchain enthusiasts that will make Blockchain integration much more user-friendly. Messi’s endorsement is meant to open up a wider audience for those who haven’t ever heard of Blockchain technology.

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VR Travel | Tourism Marketing Successful Examples and How To Get Started!

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There Are Millions of Travel Agencies Out There, What Makes Yours Special? BBC News has recently published an article regarding the application of Virtual Reality technology in tourism - in short, VR can evidently boost tourism businesses as a marketing tactic. After experiencing Wales attractions in VR, 85% of the people responded they would pay a real visit!

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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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Nokia Uses Blockchain To Improve Health Data

VRWorld

Nokia has partnered with OP Financial Group , a Finland-based financial services group, to use blockchain technology to establish more trust in managing health data. According to a Nokia blog, the purpose of the pilot project, which involves 100 people, is to provide individuals more control over their personal health data. “ Nokia’s experimental blockchain platform used in the pilot puts the focus on privacy and giving users full control over their data ” is said from the company.

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Top 9 Virtual Reality Space Travel Experiences

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A glimpse into the future of medical 3D scanning with Evan Young from Radial 3D

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Welcome to Enter VR! On this episode we are joined by Evan Young from Radial 3D. Check out what we talked about. The post A glimpse into the future of medical 3D scanning with Evan Young from Radial 3D appeared first on Enter VR.

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How to use hashtags on VeeR

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Now that you have your awesome 360/VR videos or photos uploaded to VeeR, how to bring them to a larger audience and get discovered by more people? Besides embedding and sharing your work on social media or other platforms, hashtag can be a great help. What is a hashtag? Every post you create can be accompanied by a short message or caption and a few hashtags.

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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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The Best Holiday Windows VR Deal Yet, Today Only: Windows VR Headsets Starting at $200

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Microsoft is cutting prices even lower than their Black Friday and Cyber Monday deal with their one day-only sale that reduces the price of two of their least expensive headsets, Acer and Lenovo, to just $200. Besides coming from the big names in tech, Microsoft’s line of VR headsets have the ability to hook into the OpenVR API and play a large selection of room-scale games found on Steam, the same you’d play with Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, making it an incredible opportunity for anyon

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