VRScout

MAY 8, 2020

Chinese subsidiary of Elle Magazine targets Gen-Z readers with science and technology inspired fashion. Modern media is currently being infiltrated by a wave of synthetic personalities tailor-made to appeal to the growing number of tech-savvy youngsters. Referred to by many as “Virtual Beings” , these artificial humans offer all the benefits of influencer marketing without any of the accompanying headaches.

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Road to VR

MAY 8, 2020

Researchers from the National Taiwan University, National Chengchi University, and Texas A&M University say that haptic feedback delivered to the head right from a VR headset can significantly reduce discomfort related to smooth locomotion in VR. Moving players artificially through large virtual environments isn’t a trivial task. While there’s many different ways to move around in VR , smooth locomotion—the kind you’d find in most first-person non-VR games—is a popular meth

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ARPost

MAY 8, 2020

VIVE’s most recent GDC replacement webinar was live this Tuesday, May 5. The webinar featured Senior Director of Enterprise Content, Amy Peck. Peck’s presentation “What’s the Opportunity for VR in Enterprise?” included a number of use-cases in industry that use XR products and services in their workflows. The presentation also included tools and resources that developers working with VIVE can access.

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AR Insider

MAY 8, 2020

XR Talks is a series that features the best presentations and educational videos from the XR universe. It includes embedded video, as well as narrative analysis and top takeaways. Speakers’ opinions are their own. With the world in lockdown, industry conferences have morphed into glorified webinars and Zoom calls. This quick pivot and resilience on the part of event producers is commendable.

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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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Voices of VR

MAY 8, 2020

On March 6th, 2020, the IEEE VR announced a venue change on their website from Atlanta, Georgia to online in virtual reality for the academic.

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Oculus

MAY 8, 2020

Real theaters may be closed, but the virtual theater is open and ready to entertain! Developed by Tender Claws, The Under Presents is an immersive.

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Road to VR

MAY 8, 2020

As businesses begin to reopen, it’s becoming more and more clear that the out-of-home entertainment industry needs to adapt in a major way if it wants to move forward. Inspiring confidence in the cleanliness of VR equipment donned by the paying public is, without understating it, the biggest obstacle to clawing back the much-needed repeat business that many VR arcades have become accustomed to.

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Oculus

MAY 8, 2020

When you can’t go out to the movies, let VR deliver the perfect movie night from home.

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Oculus

MAY 8, 2020

This week on Oculus Picks, we’re playing hero in some of our favorite action experiences on Quest. Whether saving the day from any army of.

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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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Oculus

MAY 8, 2020

We recently launched Hidden Gems on the Oculus Store for the Rift Platform.This new section is a selection of some really cool Rift titles including.

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