VRScout

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

The annual festival will debut new AR experiences from Magic Leap, Intel, and director Virginia Galloway. Attendees of the SXSW Trade Show in Austin, TX will be the first to experience the next phase of movie and concert entertainment powered by cutting-edge AR technology. Here are just a few of the wild experiences festival-goers can expect! Magic Leap’s The Last Light.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Yesterday was Chinese Lanterns’ Festival… my best wishes to you all, especially a big hug to all people that are still in China and are living very hard times… ??! This week in XR has seen the launch of the first standalone MR headset, plus a lot of interesting news and articles about immersive realities. Do you want to discover them with me? Top news of the week.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Heading toward the release of Half-Life: Alyx in March, Valve has been steadily improving its SteamVR software to be more stable and easier to use. Now the company is teasing the forthcoming release of “SteamVR 2.0” sometime this year. While SteamVR has long felt like a power user tool next to the more user-friendly Oculus desktop software, Valve has made notable improvements to its VR software over the last year.

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Haptical

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

VR can distract from real pain. Photo Credit: Rene Asmussen Hours-long process of childbirth can be a painful experience. But, according to a medical research published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology , virtual reality headsets may help reduce the pain. “Virtual Reality is already being used effectively by the medical community in a variety of applications, such as helping to rehabilitate people who have had a stroke or other brain injury, and for overall pain management,”

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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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Peter Graham

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Want to work for an awesome news website dedicated to the virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) industries? Of course you do. Yes, that’s correct VRFocus is hiring! Can’t write but would love to be involved in the world of VR/AR? Our parent company Admix is also looking for new staff, so take a look at all these London, UK-based jobs below.

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