Tue.Apr 16, 2019

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Preserving Historical Landmarks In VR Should Be A Priority

VRScout

Ensuring history survives using modern day technology. Yesterday, the historic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France suffered a devastating fire that caused significant, lasting damage to the 12 Century building. Although French authorities were able to save the bulk of the structure, including the two rectangular towers, a large portion of the frame was destroyed, along with the entirety of the landmarks iconic spire.

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Next-gen PlayStation Will Support Current PSVR, Sony Confirms

Road to VR

In an interview with Wired , the lead system architect on the next PlayStation console, Mark Cerny, confirmed that PS5 (naming still unconfirmed) will retain support for the current PSVR headset. Sony revealed the first details of its upcoming console today in an exclusive interview with Wired. Therein, Mark Cerny, who has worked as the lead system architect on both PS4 and the next-gen PlayStation console, said that the upcoming system would feature a more powerful CPU and GPU, advanced audio

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Sony Confirms PSVR Support For The ‘PlayStation 5’

VRScout

PSVR will be compatible with Sony’s next PlayStation console. In an exclusive interview with Wired Magazine, PS4 systems architect and game designer Mark Cerny spilled the beans on Sony’s next generation of their immensely popular PlayStation console, in the process confirming support for the PlayStation VR headset. During the interview, Cerny revealed that the yet-to-be-named console (most likely the PS5 ) will feature an eight-core processor from AMD’s Ryzen line, a Radeon Navi GPU capab

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‘Star Wars Vader Immortal – Episode 2’ Will Focus on Force Powers, Episode 1 on Lightsabers

Road to VR

Star Wars Vader Immortal is a three part VR “narrative adventure” exclusively coming to Oculus Quest and Rift. A recent trailer has given us a glimpse of what to expect from Episode 1 , but very little is known about Episodes 2 (or 3 , for that matter). In a panel from creators of the experience, it was revealed that Episode 2 will focused on Force Powers, while Episode 1 will be more about lightsabers.

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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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Introducing New Features for 3D Photos on Facebook

Oculus

Since the launch of 3D photos last fall, we’ve seen people embrace this new way of sharing memories with a fun, lifelike dimension in News.

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The Surprising Brilliance of ‘Vacation Simulator’s’ VR Paintbrush Tech

Road to VR

Having released the ever popular Job Simulator as a launch title for the HTC Vive back in 2016, Owlchemy Labs is one of the most veteran VR game studios that exists today. Over the years the studio has built a strong foundation of VR interaction design which is seen throughout their newest title, Vacation Simulator. Interactions which might seem simple and usable to the player are often much more complex than they appear.