VRScout
JULY 7, 2017
AR is helping people find free beer because the world is magical. Augmented reality has yielded some pretty unique use-case scenarios over the past couple years. We’ve seen everything from AR apps capable of translating written languages in real-time projects actually capable of changing the taste of your food. I mean half of the world was out chasing virtual Pokemon in their local parks for months for goodness’ sake!
Road to VR
JULY 7, 2017
San Diego’s Comic-Con always sees a massive fanfare for all things science fiction, so there’s no better place for Alcon Entertainment and Warner Bros Pictures to debut the VR experience for their upcoming film Blade Runner 2049 , Riddley Scott’s sequel to the iconic Blade Runner (1982). Theatrical release of the Blade Runner 2049 is still slated for October 6th, but San Diego-based fans will get a chance to pop into the VR representation of the Blade Runner universe st
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VRScout
JULY 7, 2017
VR Festival Kaleidoscope just launched a funding platform to connect and equip VR industry leaders. Since launching in May 2015, Kaleidoscope has made its name as a premier VR showcase , exposing audiences worldwide to cutting-edge immersive content. Now, Kaleidoscope has launched a new initiative: an exclusive network for industry leaders, doubling down on the larger goal to drive the direction of premium VR art and experiences.
Road to VR
JULY 7, 2017
Japan is an exceedingly normal place when it comes down to daily life, but for some reason the culture’s social norms are—how should we put it—famously elastic. As reported by Vocativ , virtual reality played a big part in a recent marketing campaign for an upcoming sequel to the dating sim series Niizuma Lovely x Cation that saw the non-legal marriage between a number of men and their virtual girlfriends interacting through an HTC Vive headset.
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.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
JULY 7, 2017
Laser tag is a classic youth pastime. I’ve got lots of memories of wearing vests with sensors in my friends’ backyards, ducking behind bushes and trees, as we fired infrared lasers at one another hoping to see those flashing lights and “kerplow” sounds to register a hit. It’s basically paintball without the bruises and blood.
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JULY 7, 2017
If you’ve survived the Steam summer sale, things have returned to normal with a collection of new releases for the HTC Vive. The most significant highlights this week are both of the creative slant. Google has added another potential mainstay to the VR ecosystem with Blocks , a creative platform that caters to a varying degree of experience. ViveSpray 2 is another creative tool but it focuses on a realistic simulation of modern graffiti right down to realistic paint drips and paint that dr
Road to VR
JULY 7, 2017
Dead Secret (2015), Robot Invader’s first-person mystery thriller for PC, Gear VR and SteamVR-capable headsets, is getting a sequel called Dead Secret Circle. The second installment in the series is slated to come to VR and traditional platforms in 2017. Like its predecessor , Dead Secret Circle is a narrative-driven mystery thriller set in the past—this time fast-forwarding to the brutal winter of 1971 Chicago, where you, a gumshoe reporter dive into your own subconscious to catch a k
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
JULY 7, 2017
Human communication is a far from perfect process. For all the words in our vocabulary and ways we can express ourselves, we often end up misinterpreting each other in unintended ways. Kind gestures can come off as opportunistic passes, cheeky jokes could be seen as overly aggressive, and distractions can be mistaken for boredom all because of a certain facial expression or tone in your voice.
Cats and VR
JULY 7, 2017
Looking for new games to play on your VR headset? Bundle Stars ( [link] ), an official retail partner of more than 850 game developers, is hosting a VR Weekend with individual games and bundles at deep discounts. Launched today, the Pure VR Bundle 3 ( [link] ) offers 10 VR-compatible Steam games for just $4.99. That’s a discount of more than 90% off the normal retail price of the games.
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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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JULY 7, 2017
It’s a pretty great week for free content for Oculus owners, which is ideal seeing as you’ve probably just lost a whole lot of money in the summer sale. We’ve got great new apps from the BBC and Google and there’s some cool content for Gear VR, too. Time to get stuck in. If you missed the previous entry of this list you can see those new releases here.
Hypergrid Business
JULY 7, 2017
It’s taken me a while to write this review, because I’ve been out of town and caught up with various other issues. So, my apologies to HelloPro , who sent me this headset more than two months ago. Sorry, guys! HelloPro virtual reality headset in its original package. (Image by Maria Korolov.). Now, I personally don’t like viewers with built-in headphones, and was at first put off by the headset’s bulk, stiff plastic construction and black color.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
JULY 7, 2017
Immersive media and science fiction works are a perfect marriage, using cutting edge tech to show off amazing fictional worlds that feel like they may be just over the technological horizon. The sci-fi universe of Blade Runner stands as one of the most important in film history and, alongside being brought back to life with a sequel helmed by director Denis Villeneuve, fans will be able to experience the world themselves via an immersive event taking place in San Diego during Comic-Con weekend.
Hypergrid Business
JULY 7, 2017
WorldViz virtual reality solutions are being used in a variety of ways in learning institutions, from enhancing virtual learning and collaboration, boosting academic research, studying human and behavioral interactions, to enhancing student language and culture. The company provides motion tracking virtual reality systems and custom virtual reality application development for both academic and professional use, as well as virtual reality systems and software that can help in creating virtual rea
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.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
JULY 7, 2017
Oculus is announcing today that soon users will be able to login and access their Facebook account and News Feed from inside of the Oculus Home interface on Gear VR. According to an Oculus spokesperson: “We are beginning to test a Facebook tab for Oculus Home on Gear VR. We wanted to make it even easier for people to view Facebook within Home, since people were already visiting Facebook in the new Oculus Browser.
AllThingsVR
JULY 7, 2017
Google’s stunning Blocks app lets anyone create a world in VR via @dailydot [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 7, 2017.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
JULY 7, 2017
Every week VR artists are making amazing new sculptures using tools like Tilt Brush and Oculus Quill. These elaborate artworks go beyond what’s possible in our world, often creating entirely new ones. It would be a shame to let these go to waste, so we’re highlighting four awesome new pieces featured on 3D model site Sketchfab that we’ve come across recently.
AllThingsVR
JULY 7, 2017
Mixed Reality Technology Makes Remote Studio Tours Possible via @CreatorsProject [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 7, 2017.
Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor
With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.
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JULY 7, 2017
Coming off the back of a great E3, PlayStation VR (PSVR) is set to have a big month with some anticipated new releases. The first of those releases hits next week. We’re of course talking about Fantastic Contraption. Confirmed for release last year, Northway Games’ awesome creation title, which was a launch game for HTC Vive and Oculus Touch, will be out on July 11th on PSVR.
Slashgear
JULY 7, 2017
ESPN has announced that for the first time ever, the X Games will have events livestreamed on VR, something that will be done in collaboration with Samsung. The livestreaming VR events will be available only on the Gear VR platform, and they’ll take place for the inaugural X Games in Minneapolis. Gear VR users in 48 countries will have access … Continue reading.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
JULY 7, 2017
E McNeill’s Darknet was one of the first full games to release for a VR headset, and now it’s one of the first to be available for all major devices, too. This week the indie developer has launched his sci-fi hacking game on Google’s Daydream platform. It’s the fifth platform the game has now been released on, starting out life on Gear VR before heading to the Oculus Rift, PlayStation VR and HTC Vive over the course of the last two and a half years (yes, it’s really
AllThingsVR
JULY 7, 2017
Billionaire Jim Jannard Launches First Virtual Reality Smartphone via @Forbes [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 7, 2017.
Speaker: Treion Muller, Chief Strategy Officer at ELB Learning
Since when has learning and development (L&D) become such a negative experience with its intended learners? Could it be because learners have been conditioned by very poor learning experiences over the past two decades, combined with the kinks of technological innovation? Or is it because learning has typically been designed as a one-size-fits-all solution, despite the fact that humans are not clones?
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JULY 7, 2017
Beyond the well-known gaming experiences, immersive reality impacts a collection of entertainment industries by way of ads, live event broadcasts, news shows, and more. Different markets are catering to these new experiences to varying degrees and New York continues to make significant efforts. One example of the increased exposure in New York City is VR In The Sky, a two-day event focused on the ads, brands, and media communities in the city.
AllThingsVR
JULY 7, 2017
AR glasses will quench your ride-stat thirst via @engadget [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 7, 2017.
AllThingsVR
JULY 7, 2017
VR Meets Indoor Skydiving With Tunnel Vision via @VRScout [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) July 8, 2017.
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