Sat.Apr 29, 2023

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ONTOP’s ARcade Sports showed me that AR arenas can be fun

The Ghost Howls

When I was at AWE Europe in Lisbon at the end of 2022, I had the opportunity of meeting with ONTOP ‘s CEO Nuno Folhadela and try its very interesting solution, called ARcade Sports, which showed me that multiplayer mobile AR can be fun. I absolutely wanted to write for you a review about this experience of mine, but then for various reasons, this post remained in my backlog for too long.

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Phantom Matrix Brings Theatrical Puzzles To PC VR This July

Upload VR

Phantom Matrix brings a room-scale theatrical puzzle game to PC VR this Summer, arriving through Steam Early Access. Developed by Cybertail Games, Phantom Matrix describes itself as a "theatrical, physics-based, stealth puzzle action game." With your friends kidnapped, humanity gone and only cats available to assist, each chapter ends with a boss fight, who grants new abilities upon being defeated.

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*VR-sically Fit: Unpacking the Latest in April 2023!*

VRGames

Welcome to the world of fitness through Virtual Reality! The VR Fitness Digest is here with its latest edition, bringing you all the news, updates and inspiration to help make your activity routine even more engaging and effective.

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Celebrate May the 4th with the Star Wars Day Sale

Oculus

April is coming to a close, which means Star Wars Day is on the horizon like the twin suns of Tatooine. To celebrate, we’re kicking.

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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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“Strap on Your Skateboards and Catch some Air – ‘VR Skater’ Is Here For the PSVR 2 Launch!”

VRGames

VR Skater, the well-loved skateboarding sim for PC VR headsets has set a firm launch date on PSVR 2: June 21st. The title continues to offer an innovative way to play with its unique locomotion concept that sidesteps the need for skating peripherals or tracked feet.

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‘Balenciaga Grows Gardens of Fun with New AR Farming Game!’

VRGames

Fashion powerhouse Balenciaga has unveiled a new AR experience focused on sustainable farming. Through the Regenerative Agricultural Experience users learn about intercropping, crop rotation, agricultural waste and composting from a virtual farmer companion. The luxury fashion house is also investing in eDNA technology to accurately measure and monitor biodiversity of an ecosystem’s health.

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Interview: How Zach Tsiakalis-Brown Brought Vertigo 2 To Life

Upload VR

Reading the credits of Vertigo 2, it’s hard to comprehend just how much of it came from one person – 22-year old Zach Tsiakalis-Brown, creator and sole developer of Zulubo Productions. It's almost everything – visuals, coding, writing, music, game design, you name it. So when sitting down to chat about Vertigo 2’s development with Zach, the first thing I want to clarify is exactly what parts of the game he's responsible for, in his own words.

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“New Ruinsmagus: Get Voiced & Dungeon Rumble!”

VRGames

CharacterBank’s Ruinsmagus has just released their ‘Remix Update’ allowing players to experience the game on Quest 2 and PC VR like never before.

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The White Pearl Salon: A Home for the Trans Community in Second Life (and in Real Life!)

Ryan Schultz

Have you read my previous blogpost on Sex and Gender Issues in Virtual Worlds ? Or on LGBTQ Spaces in the Metaverse ? The entrance to the White Pearl Salon At a time when many red states in the U.S. are passing laws against drag performers and transgendered people, it’s vitally important for LGBTQ people and their allies to have safe places in which to gather and find like-minded community, both in real life and in virtual life.

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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.