Fri.Aug 23, 2019

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Fable Studio’s ‘Lucy’ The First Virtual Being To Win Emmy

VRScout

Wolves in the Walls takes home the award for Outstanding Innovation in Interactive Media. Fable Studio , the developer behind emotional rollercoaster Wolves in the Walls , today announced that the interactive VR film has officially been awarded the Primetime Emmy for ‘Outstanding Innovation in Interactive Media.’ Competing alongside ILMxLAB’s episodic Star Wars VR series, Vader Immortal: Episode One , Wolves in the Walls’ win marks the first Emmy award given to a project involving an artificial

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The AR Show: Training for Quarterbacks & Walmart Clerks

AR Insider

This article features the latest episode of The AR Show. Based on a new collaboration, episode coverage now joins AR Insider’s editorial flow including narrative insights and audio. See past and future episodes here or subscribe. It’s a point of irony, and a telling lesson, that one of the most successful companies in spatial computing is led by a self-professed non-tech guy.

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‘The Matrix’ Sequel Announced With Roles Reprised by Keanu Reeves & Carrie-Anne Moss

Road to VR

Seminal VR film trilogy, The Matrix , is returning to the big screen once again. The series famous for introducing ‘bullet time’ and expanding the world’s collective imagination regarding the ‘what-ifs’ of virtual reality and AI is coming back to life for a fourth iteration. A fourth Matrix film is set to be written and directed by Lana Wachowski, one of the original directors, reports Variety.

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Five Methods to Upgrade Your Live Event with AR

ARPost

Guest Post. In the technologically focused world we’re living in, outstanding customer experience is not a differentiating business feature, but a necessity. And the more digital flair you add to it, the more competitive edge you gain. In case of live events like workshops, conferences, or sports competitions, such a flair can come in the form of AR.

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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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Hands-on: ‘The Wizards – Dark Times’ Brings More Intuitive Spellcasting, Story-based Gameplay & More

Road to VR

Carbon Studio, the Poland-based team behind The Wizards (2018) , is bringing a standalone expansion to the series to PC VR headsets early next year called The Wizards – Dark Times?. We got a chance to go hands-on with a 10-minute slice of Dark Times here at Gamescom 2019. I had an opportunity to pop into the original Wizards back when it arrived on Early Access in 2017, and although the team has since released the full version into the wild, now dubbed The Wizards – Enhanced Edition

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This Week In XR: Westworld VR, Dreamglass AR Wearable Theater, Sony Snags Insominac

Charlie Fink

A break from the blistering heat, and all the XR news that's fit to Tweet.

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Mark Your Calendars: Billie Eilish to Take the Stage LIVE in Oculus Venues September 3

Oculus

Can’t make it out to one of global pop phenom Billie Eilish’s sold-out shows on her WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WORLD TOUR? Not to.

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Cyberpunk RPG Gamedec Posits a Virtual Reality World Gone Wrong

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Everything cyberpunk seems to be coming into vogue as we get closer […] Source.

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Congratulations to Fable Studio and ‘Wolves in the Walls’ on Their Emmy Win for Outstanding Innovation in Interactive Media

Oculus

We’re excited to announce today that Wolves in the Walls from Fable Studio and Facebook has won an Emmy® for Outstanding Innovation in Interactive Media!

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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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Onward is Apparently a Really Intense VR Game

VRGames

Some VR games are super intense, this is a well-known fact, but […] Source.

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Apps to Esports: Building Communities Inside and Outside of VR

Oculus

As we head into PAX West, we wanted to reflect on the amazing communities popping up across the VR landscape.

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Meeting in the Flesh in XR, with Glue’s Kalle Saarikannas

XR for Business Podcast

Some people find VR to be a solitary experience – too lonely to ever really be a place that humans can feel comfortable in. Well, tell that to Alan, when he met today’s guest – Kalle Saarikannas from Glue – in Glue’s virtual reality chatroom. Despite being continents apart, it felt like they were face-to-face. Kalle sits down again with Alan – this time, without the avatars – to explain why he wants to make Glue a household name.

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Releases Recap: August 19-23

Oculus

This week, we released a bunch of titles and updates across the Oculus Platform.

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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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Meeting in the Flesh in XR, with Glue’s Kalle Saarikannas

XR for Business Podcast

Some people find VR to be a solitary experience – too lonely to ever really be a place that humans can feel comfortable in. Well, tell that to Alan, when he met today’s guest – Kalle Saarikannas from Glue – in Glue’s virtual reality chatroom. Despite being continents apart, it felt like they were face-to-face. Kalle sits down again with Alan – this time, without the avatars – to explain why he wants to make Glue a household name.

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Hands-on: ‘Down the Rabbit Hole’ is a Delightful Miniature Wonderland Filled with Puzzles

Road to VR

Cortopia Studios, the Stockholm-based team behind the spellcasting combat game Wands (2016), showed off their next entry into the realm of VR at Gamescom 2019 this week. Called Down the Rabbit Hole , I got a chance to go hands-on with the third-person adventure game, which tasks you with solving a variety of puzzles while leading a lost girl through a miniature world inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland (1865).

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Meeting in the Flesh in XR, with Glue's Kalle Saarinkannas

XR for Business Podcast

Some people find VR to be a solitary experience - too lonely to ever really be a place that humans can feel comfortable in. Well, tell that to Alan, when he met today's guest - Kalle Saarinkannas from Glue - in Glue's virtual reality chatroom. Despite being continents apart, it felt like they were face-to-face. Kalle sits down again with Alan - this time, without the avatars - to explain why he wants to make Glue a household name.

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