Tue.Nov 27, 2018

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Tilt Brush Behind One Of Time Magazine’s 50 Best Inventions Of 2018

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Designer uses VR to design award-winning prototype carry-on bag. When it was released in 2016, Tilt Brush was heralded as VR’s killer app. A tool that has been used to create magnificent virtual paintings—Google even started an artist in residence initiative—much of the program’s hype focused on its ability to create beautiful landscapes and quirky characters.

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BAE Systems Uses HoloLens to Create AR Command Interfaces Straight Out of 'Minority Report' for British Royal Navy

Next Reality AR

The interactive displays of the future as visualized in Steven Spielberg's science fiction classic Minority Report, as well as the augmented reality interfaces used by millionaire playboy Tony Stark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, are now closer to becoming reality in the military realm. Last week, BAE Systems unveiled a next-generation combat operations system developed as part of a roughly $25.5 million contract for the British Royal Navy for use on its battleships.

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‘Virtual Desktop’ Arrives On Oculus Go & Gear VR This Week

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An official release for the Oculus Quest is scheduled for 2019. Released back in March of 2016, Virtual Desktop is a handy utility application that allows users the ability to view and access their desktop computer from the comfort of their Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, or WMR headset. Previously available strictly on PC VR headsets, creator Guy Gordin recently revealed that a version of the tool optimized for mobile platforms will launch on the Oculus Go and Samsung Gear VR later this week, with plan

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HTC Files for ‘Vive Cosmos’ VR Headset Trademark

Road to VR

With middling smartphone sales and a loss of a major portion of its smartphone IP and engineering team to Google last year, HTC appears to be full steam ahead with VR headsets as of late. Now, a trademark filing has surfaced that throws the name ‘Vive Cosmos’ into the mix, possibly pointing to the company’s next VR headset. As first reported by Venture Beat , Dutch tech publication MobielKopen has uncovered a trademark filed with European Union Intellectual Property Office (

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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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Magic Leap Roars into the Auto World via Kia Stinger App from RelayCars

Next Reality AR

Magic Leap One owners, start your virtual engines, as automotive virtual reality developer RelayCars has published an app to Magic Leap World that lets users customize and test drive a 2019 Kia Stinger. The RelayCars app, which is available as a free download, enables Magic Leap One users to examine a 3D model of the car from various angles in their physical space, modify its color, and view the virtual vehicle driving around the room.

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How to Fix ‘Beat Saber’ Custom Songs and Mods After an Update

Road to VR

Since the mods that enabled custom songs in Beat Saber are unofficial and community-made, they often break when there is an update to the game, causing custom songs to disappear. This guide will show you how to fix custom songs on Beat Saber after an update along with other mods. If you’ve never installed custom songs in the first place, follow this guide instead.

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XSEED to Bring GUNGRAVE VR to European and North American PSVR users in December

Cats and VR

XSEED Games, the independent-minded publishing brand of Marvelous USA, Inc.,announced that GUNGRAVE VR , the PlayStation®VR for PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system shooter featuring third- and first-person gameplay modes, will be launching in North America digitally and at retail on December 11, 2018 and December 7th 2018 in Europe. GUNGRAVE VR U.N , the standalone episode 2 content which greatly expands on the story and gameplay of GUNGRAVE VR , will also launch on the same day.

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New PlayStation VR Bundle to Include ‘Borderlands 2 VR’ & ‘Beat Saber’

Road to VR

You might have already splurged on Black Friday and Cyber Monday for the biggest VR deals of the season, but if you were reticent to pull out your credit card and plonk down a few hundred on that shiny new PSVR game bundle, you may want to rethink that decision with the platform’s next big offering that’s slated to launch before Christmas.

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VR Strategy Game ‘Skyworld’ to Launch on PSVR in Early 2019

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Vertigo Games , the developers behind Arizona Sunshine (2016) , today announced their VR strategy game Skyworld (2017) is finally making its way to PSVR. Update (11:55 ET) : Vertigo Games has confirmed in a tweet that cross-platform multiplayer for Skyworld is still TBD. The studio says to keep an eye on social channels for upcoming info. Skyworld is slated to arrive on PSVR next year, Vertigo Games tells us, although there’s no specific launch date yet.

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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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‘Gungrave VR’ & ‘U.N’ Standalone Expansion to Launch on PSVR in December

Road to VR

GUNGRAVE VR , the next Gungrave series game and prologue to next year’s Gungrave G.O.R.E. , is set to blast its way onto PSVR next month. The single-player game, which is set after the battle against the series’ silver-skinned humanoid monsters known as Orgmen, is slated to release in North America both digitally and at retail stores on December 11th, 2018.