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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Host Live VR Show at Comic-Con

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Nickelodeon let you talk to Michelangelo and Donatello. Select fans got a surprise they weren’t expecting when they put on a VR headset to check out the latest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle experience at Comic-Con. Instead of just dropping into a pre-recorded VR experience, users got to conduct a live interview with Mikey or Donnie while in virtual reality.

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ARKit 101: How to Place a Group of Balloons Around You & Have Them Float Randomly Up into the Sky

Next Reality AR

Have you ever seen pictures or videos of balloons being let go into the sky and randomly floating away in all directions? It's something you often see in classic posters or movies. Well, guess what? Now you'll be able to do that without having to buy hundreds of balloons, all you'll need is ARKit! In this tutorial, you'll learn how to make a simple augmented reality app for iPads and iPhones by using ARKit.

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Disney Animation Studios to Debut Its First VR Short Film Next Month

Road to VR

Walt Disney Animation Studios, the group behind animated classics like The Little Mermaid (1989), The Lion King (1994), and newer blockbusters like Moana (2016) , is set to debut its first VR short film next month at the SIGGRAPH 2018 conference in Vancouver. The VR short film, titled Cycles , will be centered around a singular family home and the stories that happen therein, reports Variety.

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Samsung Updates AR Emoji with Better Tracking & Facial Features

Next Reality AR

With Apple preparing to bring a slew of new features to its Animoji app this fall, Samsung has updated its AR Emoji imitator with the ability to create more realistic digital doppelgängers. The update gives users more control over customization of their personal AR Emojis with My Emoji Editor. The tool enables users to adjust head shape, skin tone, hair, ears, eyes, lips, cheeks, and other facial features to arrive at a digital copy that more closely resembles their own appearance.

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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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‘Modbox’ Developer Shows Off Knuckles Controllers in Action with SteamVR Skeletal Input

Road to VR

Alien Trap’s Lee Vermeulen, one of the developers behind VR creation tool Modbox , received a brand new pair of Knuckles controllers recently. One of his first missions: show off Valve’s Skeletal Input system in detail, which was released in beta to developers late last month. In a follow-up to his earlier video , which showed off how Valve’s SteamVR Skeletal Input works with a standard HTC Vive controller, Vermeulen has put together a new video that zeros in on the high leve

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Chris Koomen

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Product Owner Virtual Reality, Digital Transformation. The post Chris Koomen appeared first on BrainXchange.

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VeeR Experience Launches Cards Feature

VeeR VR

VeeR interactive experience editor has been launched last month, and we believe you already have an understanding of its features by now. To bring the best experience for all VR creators, VeeR continuously optimizes existing features and develops new features. Today we are launching a card feature on veer interactive experience. With this new feature, now you can highlight parts of your 360 pictures and put down annotations to better guide your viewer’s attention and tell a better story.

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SIGGRAPH 2018 Expands Its VR Showcase With New ‘Immersive Pavilion’ In Vancouver

VRScout

One of the world’s largest computer graphics conventions will unveil multiple rooms of never-been-seen-before experiences next month. There are three ways to introduce a person to a new idea. The first is to describe how the concept works, the second is to illustrate its function through a killer app, and the third is to let the individual see for themselves.

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