AllThingsVR

MARCH 14, 2016

VR 101: Everything You Need to Know About the Samsung Gear VR If you’re reading this right now, you’re likely one of two people: you just got a brand new Samsung Galaxy S7 and a Samsung Gear VR headset came with it, so you went to Google to figure out what the heck the thing is and what you can do with it, or you just got a Gear VR some other way and you found this because you’re curious about where to start.

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Next Reality VR

MARCH 28, 2016

The Oculus Rift is finally shipping to customers in more than 20 countries, and we're getting a good idea of how the device holds up from the initial reviews. You'll see some common threads throughout: along with an impressive virtual reality experience, the device is very comfortable with a solid design. But it's not all rainbows and butterflies here, so let's take a look at some of the downsides of this very niche and expensive product.

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Wired VR

MARCH 2, 2016

Virtual reality with a side of fries: McDonald's Sweden is releasing Happy Meal boxes that transform into VR headsets. The post McDonald's Is Transforming Happy Meal Boxes Into VR Headsets appeared first on WIRED.

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Doc-Ok

MARCH 5, 2016

I’ve been involved in some arguments about the inner workings of the Oculus Rift’s and HTC/Valve Vive’s tracking systems recently, and while I don’t want to get into any of that right now, I just did a little experiment. The tracking update rate of the Oculus Rift DK2, meaning the rate at which Oculus’ tracking driver sends different position/orientation estimates to VR applications, is 1000 Hz.

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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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Leapmotion

MARCH 31, 2016

Bringing hands into virtual reality just got a major upgrade. Now officially integrated in Unreal Engine 4.11 , getnamo’s independent plugin for Leap Motion makes it faster and easier than ever to integrate Leap Motion Orion into your VR projects! This popular community plugin is now the official plugin and brings new features like rigged character hands, Image Hands, passthrough, and built-in support for the Oculus Rift.

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VRGuy

MARCH 19, 2016

At GDC - the Game Developers Conference - I saw quite a lot of HTC Vive demos. Compare these two images: See any similarities? Just like the bridesmaid carries the bride's train, the "VR bridesmaid" carries the wire for the VR user. Low-latency wireless video links have been on the market for years. I hope to see some in consumer VR very soon, so that the "VR bridesmaid" can be a thing of the past.

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Next Reality VR

MARCH 25, 2016

Since its purchase by Microsoft in 2014, Minecraft has regularly been pushed to new platforms such as Windows 10, Wii U, and Fire TV. In that spirit, Microsoft-owned Mojang has been developing virtual- and augmented-reality versions of the blocky sandbox game. Recently, Oculus, whose technology powers the Samsung Gear VR, demoed a modified Minecraft Pocket Edition for the Gear VR at GDC 2016.

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Wired VR

MARCH 3, 2016

VR is here! Better VR is coming soon! Here's a guide to all the platforms and headsets available now and right around the corner. The post Everything You Need to Know Before Buying a VR Headset appeared first on WIRED.

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Immersive Authority

MARCH 10, 2016

Virtual Reality is defined as “an artificial environment which is experienced through sensory stimuli (as sights and sounds) provided by a computer and in which one’s actions partially determine what happens in the environment” according to the Merriam Webster dictionary. Yet it can seem so realistic that it could pose a danger to one’s safety.

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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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The Rift Arcade

MARCH 30, 2016

No one can hear you suck O2 canisters in space. Remember that scene in Gravity when Sandra Bullock is somehow managing to survive as the International Space Station is destroyed around her, sending millions of lethal fragments and shards her way? That’s basically the opening to ADR1FT, but now you’re the character struggling to survive, and somehow the experience is more vivid, real and immersive that any Hollywood film could hope to achieve.

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Everything VR & AR

MARCH 21, 2016

Welcome back to Everything VR & AR! On this episode, Nathan and Kevin are joined by Robert "The Scobleizer" Scoble as he shares his thoughts on the current state of VR & AR technology, along with what he feels it will take in order for devices such as the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR and more to be successful. Robert Scoble has been covering technology for a number of years and recently left a position at RackSpace to cover VR & AR at UploadVR.com.

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VRGuy

MARCH 14, 2016

A couple of weeks ago, we surveyed the OSVR community for what they would like the core software development team to focus on. You can see the questions and answers here Based on this input, the Sensics development team met and decided to focus on the following items: 1. Smoother end-user experience This includes: 1-click installer for both end-user and developer Lightweight software that will detect when a new hardware is connected and help with the process of obtaining and installing the relev

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Next Reality VR

MARCH 21, 2016

Six Flags is teaming up with Samsung to make riding a roller coaster a little more thrilling, and quite possibly a little more nauseating as well. Six Flags is adding a virtual experience to nine roller coasters, which riders can experience via a Samsung Gear VR. It seems similar in concept to the simulator rides you find at Universal Studios (like the Simpsons or Transformers rides), except now the movement is all real, and not just a hydraulic pod mimicking movements that you see on a screen.

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Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 2, 2016

Leap Motion’s new Orion software represents a radical shift in our controller’s ability to see your hands. In tandem, we’ve also been giving our Unity toolset an overhaul from the ground up. The Core Asset Orion documentation has details on using the tools and the underlying API, but to help you get acquainted, here’s some background and higher-level context for how the package works and where it’s headed.

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V-Rtifacts

MARCH 8, 2016

1994 marks the peak of what many view as the first “Big Bubble” in VR popularity. There were literally hundreds of (mostly) entrepreneurial startups taking a wild fling and what seemed to be a game-changing technology. You could strike sparks anywhere! By 1997 most had either vanished or transformed themselves. If you stood in just the right place, with the right kind of eyes, you could almost see the high water mark — that place where the wave finally broke, and rolled back. ( Thank

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The Rift Arcade

MARCH 30, 2016

For anyone with a DK2 waiting patiently for their CV1 headset to arrive, the wait has suddenly become easier. That’s because the Oculus Rift DK2 works perfectly with both the Oculus Store and this week’s launch games. Sure, the resolution on the DK2 isn’t quite as high as the CV1, but you’ll still have a blast playing Lucky’s Tale, Henry, EVEL Valarie, Esper 2, ADR1FT and more – without any issues, problems or performance issues.

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Everything VR & AR

MARCH 14, 2016

Welcome to Everything VR & AR! On this inaugural episode we are joined by Spencer Honeyman, who is the Director of Business Development for VirZoom. VirZoom is designed to be a controller that helps you exercise while your experience a virtual reality world while gaming. For more information on the VirZoom , make sure to visit their website at VirZoom.com to learn more and get your pre-order placed.

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Speaker: Richard Goring, Director at BrightCarbon

Remote meetings are here to stay - and many are BORING. If you are trying to engage your learners (or any audience), compelling content is critical. But trying to create stimulating content with the same tools you’ve always had is hard, right? Thankfully, wrong! Terrific tools in PowerPoint along with visual assets help you create the kind of dynamic content you need to capture your remote audience’s attention, with functions that allow for interactive sequences and navigation.

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VR Lens Blog

MARCH 17, 2016

For VR to be the best it can be, for it to be life-changing, there are a few key ingredients that need to be mixed just right. If done correctly, a developer can deliver what his colloquially termed, presence. That is, the ability to take you somewhere other than where you really are, and trick your mind into believing it. These ingredients include, but may not be limited to, high framerate, high screen refresh rate, high resolution, high pixel fill density, low persistence, and field of view (F

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Everything VR & AR

MARCH 9, 2016

A brief introduction into how the Everything VR & AR Podcast came to be and what listeners can expect from future episodes. Make sure to visit www.thevrara.com for more information about the VRAR Association and how you can get involved. Also, we invite you to follow @thevrara on Twitter. . . Hosts Nathan Pettyjohn is a technology entrepreneur with experience building teams in marketing, advertising, sales and mobile technology, and is currently the Founder and CEO of Aisle411, a global

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Leapmotion

MARCH 30, 2016

With the recent release of the Oculus Rift CV1 and 1.3 SDK, this is an exciting time for virtual reality. Here’s what you need to know to start playing and building with the consumer edition. How can I build in Unity with the 1.3 SDK? Upgrading to a new SDK can be time-consuming and complicated. But not today! With just one simple Unity patch, you’ll be ready to tackle the brave new world of consumer VR.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 14, 2016

One mass extinction event wasn’t enough! Earth’s remaining dinosaur population is making a comeback. In Vox Rocks Dino Destroyer , you can blast through four levels of block-filled action with the power of magnetics, color coordination, and broken dino teeth. Created by Mark Mayer, Dino Destroyer is the 4th place winner of the 3D Jam VR Track.

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Speaker: Treion Muller, Chief Strategy Officer at ELB Learning

Since when has learning and development (L&D) become such a negative experience with its intended learners? Could it be because learners have been conditioned by very poor learning experiences over the past two decades, combined with the kinks of technological innovation? Or is it because learning has typically been designed as a one-size-fits-all solution, despite the fact that humans are not clones?

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The Rift Arcade

MARCH 29, 2016

So the Oculus Rift is finally out, and there are loads of new games to play! We’re slowly working our way through them, and hope to bring you reviews galore over the coming days, but in the meantime here’s the first video footage that we’ve managed to capture; the first 10 minutes of ADR1FT on the Oculus Rift: Be warned, there are minor spoilers in the video.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 8, 2016

One of the most widely played games on the face of the planet is your only means of survival in RPS Island. Created by ISVR, it took third place in this year’s 3D Jam VR Track for addictive gameplay and solid interaction design. Faced with a never-ending onslaught of enemies on a tropical island, you must defeat them by signalling their weakness. The demo is available free for download on our Developer Gallery.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 2, 2016

We’ve just released an updated version of our newly overhauled Unity Core Assets for the Orion Beta. Along with major performance improvements and an improved workflow, you also now have access to the first of many add-on modules. There’s never been a better time to upgrade from the older Unity assets for V2 tracking, so we put together a quick guide to show you how.

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The Rift Arcade

MARCH 29, 2016

Massive update adds new graphics, features and CV1 support. Back in 2014 Discovering Space blew the VR community away with its ability to let players explore the Solar System at will, with an amazing sense of immersion and at times sheer spectacle. Now its developer Simon Phillips (AKA Siphi) is back with the next iteration of the game: Discovering Space 2.

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Speaker: Micah Eppler, Account Executive for Rehearsal of eLearning Brothers

Did you know that companies such as Paychex, 3M, and Honeywell are getting better results by incorporating video-based practice and coaching within their L&D strategy? From sales pitches to soft skills, learners are becoming top performers by applying and validating knowledge transfer using the unique benefits of video. Whether used as a stand-alone application or integrated with a learning platform, video-based practice and coaching platforms give learners the ultimate opportunity to repeatedly

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