VRScout

AUGUST 5, 2017

The Norwegian program uses MR to bring competition to life; letting viewers play along. It was only a matter of time until mixed reality made its way to broadcast television. Developed by The Future Group and FreemantleMedia (the company responsible for American Idol and X Factor ), Lost In Time is a Norwegian game show that uses interactive mixed reality technology combined with a customized green screen studio to transport contestants to different landscapes scattered across time and space.

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AUGUST 5, 2017

As AR starts to take off amongst developers it was only a matter of time before we saw a fully functional Yu-Gi-Oh! demo. When someone brings up the idea of augmented reality gaming a couple of pop cultural references tend to surface. There’s the immediately accessible example of Pokémon Go, though there is some debate to just how augmented that reality is, the game of HoloChess (Dejarik) that Luke and Chewie played against each other in Star Wars, but perhaps more than both of these the

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VRScout

AUGUST 5, 2017

The beloved multi-genre artist continues his exploration into emerging technologies—this time in mixed reality. This MR music video of musician Reggie Watts is like nothing you’ve ever seen before. The video, published by Microsoft HoloLens, features holograms of the musician set in different locations. Starting with an average rooftop parking lot but getting weird pretty quick—progressing to psychedelic technicolor mountains and low-poly cyberpunk virtual spaces.

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AUGUST 5, 2017

It’s VR. That means you pick up two objects, look at them, then chuck them away or start shooting bad guys, right? That’s pretty much what every Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PlayStation VR game have you doing right now. And it’s fun, brilliant even! But the real world doesn’t really work like that, does it? We meet other humans, we talk with them, they react to our every word and our body language.

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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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AllThingsVR

AUGUST 5, 2017

From breweries to 18-wheelers: How companies use mixed reality, big data to boost business via @financialpost [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) August 5, 2017.

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AllThingsVR

AUGUST 5, 2017

How Winter Olympians prep in summertime: wheels, wet suits, and virtual reality via @csmonitor [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) August 5, 2017.

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AUGUST 5, 2017

Gamers Gift is a student-run nonprofit that believes in the power of virtual reality. It’s been around for about a year-and-a-half, and in that time, it’s raised over $50,000 and developed ongoing relationships with hospitals and assisted-living facilities, where it hosts monthly VR experiences. It’s raising funds on the livestreaming platform Twitch , where founder and CEO Dillon Hill and one other volunteer from the Gamers Gift staff will be playing games like the classic Minesweeper to Gran

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AllThingsVR

AUGUST 5, 2017

Study shows VR programming skill is at the top of employer wish-lists via @TheNextWeb [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) August 6, 2017.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 5, 2017

Food and VR don’t seem like like two things that go together, but industry trade publication The Japan Food Journal is hosting a virtual reality-themed seminar on August 9th, in Tokyo’s Akihabara neighborhood. The event is part of the magazine’s annual Food New Technology Research Trade Show. The seminar will feature three virtual reality and food related lectures: Deliciousness and Cross-Modality will focus on using VR technology to simulate food.

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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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AllThingsVR

AUGUST 5, 2017

VRvisu Lets Doctors Study Patient’s Tumors In VR via @UploadVR [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) August 5, 2017.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 5, 2017

Nate Burba is CEO and Co-Founder of Survios, one of the forerunners  in VR gaming today. His company’s immersive experiences taking gaming to the next level. His successes resulted in AAA hits like Raw Data, a co-op first-person shooter proclaimed as VR’s first hit game. Additionally, the company is creating groundbreaking gaming technology (cue, Sprint Vector) which is making gameplay more fluid and lifelike than ever.

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AllThingsVR

AUGUST 5, 2017

3 Reasons Why the Finance Industry Needs VR via @UploadVR [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) August 5, 2017.

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