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Intel Unveils VR Esports League; ‘Echo Arena’ Team Title

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Intel, Oculus, and ESL have unveiled a collaboration to launch the VR Challenger League. Announced during an E3 press conference on Monday, the competitive VR gaming series begins in July and features both “The Unspoken” from Insomniac Games and “Echo Arena” from Ready At Dawn Studios. The newly unveiled VR multiplayer game “ Echo Arena ” is the latest partnership between Intel and Ready At Dawn Studios and will be a free download for all Oculus Rift owners for three months starting on July 20.

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Linkin Park to Release VR Experience, Created by Spatialand and Intel

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Starting off today’s E3 fun, Intel announced that not only will upcoming VR title Lone Echo have a free multiplayer mode for all Oculus Rift owners, but that Linkin Park is releasing a VR experience next month. With the help of AR/VR production studio Spatialand , Linkin Park’s VR experience will feature music, special contests, Linkin Park merchandise, and the ability to unlock secret fan experiences and events created by the band.The experience will be available for Oculus Rift and

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Elijah Wood Launching Creepy VR Game ‘Transference’

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Ubisoft and Elijah Wood are making a VR game about hacking your brain. Leave it up to Elijah Wood and the folks over at Ubisoft to combine entertainment and gaming into an immersive psychological thriller experience that leaves you more unsettled than when you started. At least that’s the creepy vision Ubisoft is teasing with their new virtual reality title, Transference.

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‘Superhot VR’ is Coming to PSVR this Summer

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Sony’s E3 press conference saw a rush of reveals coming to the company’s PlayStation 4 headset PSVR, including a full release of Skyrim VR coming in November and a list of VR exclusives soon to follow. Among them is the stylized and the ever so cool Superhot VR (2016) finally coming to PSVR. While currently only available on Oculus Rift and HTC Vive since its initial release back in December, Superhot VR is officially coming to PlayStation VR this summer.

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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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Viacom NEXT and NYC Media Lab Launch Viacom Music + VR Fellowship

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Viacom ’s emerging entertainment technology group, Viacom NEXT, and NYC Media Lab have created a fellowship program to “encourage the development of premier music-based virtual reality content for audiences.” Viacom NEXT , in collaboration with NYC Media Lab , recently launched their 2017 Viacom Music + VR Fellowship, a program that will give six graduate and undergraduate students the opportunity to create music-based virtual reality experiences centered on an individual piece of mu

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Here Are Some Details On Fallout 4 & Doom VR

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The infamous game developer is bringing virtual reality to some of its most popular titles. When it comes to major video game events there’s few conferences more impactful or influential than the iconic ‘Electronic Entertainment Expo,’ aka E3. The conference has been a cornerstone for the gaming community serving as one of the most effective platforms for marketing an upcoming product or experience.

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Ubisoft Announces Multiplayer Arcade VR Shooter ‘Space Junkies’, First Screenshots Revealed

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Ubisoft today announced a new VR arcade shooter called Space Junkies, billing it as a “jetpack-fueled arcade shooter developed exclusively for virtual reality gaming.” According to Ubisoft, the game features fast-paced multiplayer competition set in three-dimensional “Orbital Arenas,” letting players have shootouts in a micro-gravity environment.

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E3 2017: Skyrim Confirmed For PlayStation VR

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Skyrim is coming to PlayStation VR (PSVR). Don’t need to say much more than that, do we? A trailer for the game made its debut at E3 2017 this week on Sony’s stage. No details on Oculus Rift or HTC Vive support, nor date. Details when they come. Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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‘Skyrim’ Coming to PSVR with Motion Controls, Trailer Revealed at E3

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It’s official. Sony is bringing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim to PlayStation VR. Revealed today during Sony’s E3 conference, the company showed the full physicality of the game in a trailer with the watermark “PlayStation VR Game” to prove it. While it was theorized that Fallout 4 VR and Doom VFR would be the only Bethesda IPs to come to VR headsets this E3, Sony threw us a curveball with the newly revealed trailer.

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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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E3 2017: Skyrim VR Coming To PSVR This Year, Expansions Included

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Easily the biggest surprise for PlayStation VR (PSVR) fans at Sony’s E3 conference today was the reveal of Skyrim VR, and we won’t have to wait too long to play it. Developer Bethesda just posted the below trailer for the port of the classic role-playing game and, inside, it confirms that it’s due for release in November 2017. It also only lists PSVR for release right now, though the term ‘exclusive’ hasn’t been used yet so it’s highly possible we at lea

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Sony Announces 5 Brand New Games Heading to PSVR

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At Sony’s E3 2017 presentation the company announced a slew of brand new titles heading to PSVR. The range of games is diverse, from shooter to puzzle, to horror, and more. Though Skyrim is coming to PSVR, Sony’s E3 presentation also featured a section dedicated to brand new PSVR games not seen anywhere else yet. Here’s a quick look: Star Child. Star Child is a new title from VR developer Playful , the studio that made Lucky’s Tale (2016).

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E3 2017: VR-Enabled Ace Combat 7 Gets A New Trailer

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The Ace Combat series has ruled the skies for over a decade and they’re returning to the fray with the upcoming Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, which got some reinvigorated hype via a new E3 trailer. The new trailer for Skies Unknown gives a peak into the game’s main conflict via some gameplay shots and cinematic clips. When the game launches, it will feature VR support but in a limited capacity on PSVR.

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Fallout 4 VR Shows that Triple-A VR will Bring Triple-A Prices, Pre-Order Now

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At Bethesda’s E3 briefing last night, the studio announced that Fallout 4 VR will be coming this year for the HTC Vive, but with AAA virtual reality PC content, comes prices to match. Update: A previous version of this article stated that Fallout 4 VR was on the way for the PSVR, this is incorrect. Another Bethesda title, Doom VXR however, is coming to Sony’s VR headset and you can read all about it here.

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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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E3 2017: Moss Brings Zelda-Style Dungeons And Puzzles To PSVR

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The Legend of Zelda is one of my all-time favorite video game franchises but I never thought the formula would really work well in VR. The older titles have a top-down third-person view that didn’t seem compatible to me. However, I’ve been proven wrong. Gunfire Games has been at the forefront of proving me wrong as their Herobound games and Chronos have made convincing cases for the genre.

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‘Doom VFR’ Pre-order Available for $30, a Separate “standalone VR game” from ‘Doom’

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Doom VFR , the VR-compatible game following Id Software’s recent Doom (2016), is now available for pre-order for $29.99 on PSVR and HTC Vive, a far cry from the non-VR game’s original launch price of $59.99 just last year. You might be wondering why. While the non-VR Doom has since gone down in price (now $29.99), it comes to us from the same parent studio, Bethesda, that just priced the upcoming Fallout 4 VR at a full price tag of $59.99.

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Intel: ‘We want to bring VR to Esports’ With The Challenger League

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At today’s Intel press conference from E3 2017 Ru Weerasuriya, the Co-Founder and CCO of Ready at Dawn came onstage to talk about the company’s upcoming game, Lone Echo. Up until now its multiplayer, the Echo Arena, was believed to be part of the same release in one package but today we learned it is getting a separate, free release on Rift.

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Intel, Oculus & ESL Launch $200,000 VR eSports ‘Challenger League’

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Intel have announced a partnership with ESL and Oculus to launch an eSports league dedicated to VR gaming, featuring Oculus Rift titles The Unspoken and Lone Echo ‘s multiplayer counterpart Echo Arena. It’s official, sitting around watching other people play games is a big deal among hardcore gamers these days and while, right now, the vast majority of those games are played competitively using a monitor, mouse and keyboard, Intel, ESL and Oculus want to accelerate the progression o

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

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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E3 2017: Ubisoft Showcases New VR Engine Brigitte In Space Junkies

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Ubisoft only had one new VR game to showcase at its E3 conference this year, but it has another to talk about off-stage, and it comes with a new engine. That title is Space Junkies. This new project is being developed by Ubisoft Montepellier. Set for release on Oculus Rift and HTC Vive in spring 2018, the game is an arcade shooter in which players use jet packs in 1-vs-1 and 2-vs-2 multiplayer battles.

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Survios Sets ‘Sprint Vector’ Release for Late 2017, Details New Features

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Los Angeles-based VR studio Survios has continued to improve its ‘adrenaline platformer’ Sprint Vector since its reveal at GDC 2017 in March, adding weapons, powerups and new movement systems. Detailed in a press release at E3 2017, the game is set to launch for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift and Touch by the end of the year. The new game from the creators of Raw Data (2016) is another showcase of their ‘Active VR’ philosophy, employing an innovative, nausea-avoiding Fluid Locomotion System to navigat

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E3 2017: Until Dawn Dev Reveals PSVR FPS Bravo Team

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Until Dawn developer Supermassive Games has dabbled in VR once already, but its next game looks much more ambitious. Meet Bravo Team. This new military first-person shooter (FPS) was introduced for PSVR at this year’s E3, making its debut on Sony’s stage. It looks like a full VR FPS that mixed the team’s knack for storytelling and character building.

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Ubisoft’s Mysterious New VR Thriller ‘Transference’ Aims to be a “true collaboration between Hollywood and gaming”

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At Ubisoft’s E3 2017 presentation, the company announced a cinematic-focused VR psychological thriller called Transference. Launching in Spring 2018, the title seeks to “bridge the gap between movies and games,” and is being developed in collaboration with Ubisoft Montreal and Elijah Wood’s content studio SpectreVision. Ubisoft and SpectreVision are playing it close to the vest with Transference , the announcement amounting to little more than a tease, but a truly intere

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Who C.A.R.E.S.!? How Learning Got Its Bad Rap & What We Can Do About It

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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E3 2017: Raw Data Coming To PSVR And Unleashes New PvP Mode

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Raw Data remains a favorite over here at UploadVR, previously called a “ VR Dream Come True ” when we finally got hands-on time with it. Despite only being an Early Access title, Raw Data hit the top of Steam’s global best-seller list and ushered in over $1 million in its first month. Announced during E3, Survios is celebrating the success of their game with a bonus final major update during Early Access that includes a highly requested PvP mode along with an extra character an

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Japanese PSVR Game ‘No Heroes Allowed! VR’ to See Western Release

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Sony today announced that PSVR title No Heroes Allowed! VR ( aka What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord? ), a quirky Japanese real-time strategy game exclusively for PlayStation VR, will be making a Western debut this fall. First announced at the Tokyo Game Show 2016 , this little RTS lets you become a veritable God of Destruction, and together with the wise-cracking Badmen and Badmella you aim for world domination by raising a monster army to face the game’s little pint-sized heroes.

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E3 2017: Ubisoft Announces VR Thriller Transference For PSVR, Vive, Rift

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Ubisoft does indeed have a new VR game to reveal at its E3 conference today. Introducing Transference. The game is being developed by Spectrevision (which includes The Lord of the Rings’ Elijah Wood) and Ubisoft Montreal and was announced with a creepy new trailer that suggested deep psychological tones. Attempting to bridge the gap between movies and games, it tells the tale of a man’s obsession, which you’ll explore through digitally recreated memories, solving puzzles.

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The CatsAndVR.com Oculus Launchpad Development Blog: Week 1 Day 1

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First of all I want to thank everyone at Oculus and Facebook for allowing me to be part of an amazing opportunity. Words cannot describe how I feel on Week 1 Day 1.wait they can. Nervous, Anxiety Filled, Hopeful, and most importantly grateful for allowing me to be included among the 99 other talented individuals in the second Launch Pad class. So many individuals to thank but I will start with Ebony Peay Ramirez-Program Manager, Diversity & Inclusion at Oculus VR.

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?