ARPost
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
Like most business tools, professional development has seen a massive shift to the online world in the past year. People are working from home on a global scale like nothing we’ve ever seen before, and large in-person meetings are a distant memory. Of course, eLearning isn’t new. We’ve been using digital tools to effectively train workforces for more than 20 years.
Road to VR
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
Hard data on the VR market is often difficult to come by, while broad ‘industry reports’ are often so general that it’s difficult to see what things look like ‘on the ground’ To get a sense of VR’s outlook in 2021, we’ve collected 14 of the most recent and concrete indicators for your perusal. Oculus Quest. Zuckerberg: Quest 2 ‘on track to be first mainstream VR headset’, Next Headset Confirmed.
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The Ghost Howls
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
“Sam & Max: This Time It’s Virtual!” is one of the most awaited VR games of 2021. If you, like me, were a fan of LucasArts’ point-and-click adventures and are excited for this game, then I’m sure you will love this article, because here you will discover a lot of interesting info about the game! I had the occasion of having a 1-hour long interview with Michael Levine, the CEO and Creative Director of HappyGiant , the company developing the game.
VRScout
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
Baobab Studios and Erick Oh team up to send audiences on a heartbreaking journey filled with love and loss. We were really looking forward to the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Not only because the entire event was being conducted remotely via its own custom-built virtual platform, but because the Emmy award-winning Baobab Studios, a long-time purveyor of AAA VR animations such as Baba Yaga , Asteroids!
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.
ARPost
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
For most of us, virtual reality is a fun pastime or a handy work tool. For some of us, it can represent something more. Eighty-seven-year-old George Hetrick has always wanted to visit the Grand Canyon. He remembers hearing about it and seeing grainy pictures of it on the television as a child but was never able to make it there in person. Rendever and Wish of a Lifetime from AARP came together to send him there in virtual reality.
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Slashgear
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
Apple’s first mixed-reality headset will be no Oculus Quest alternative, new leaks suggest, with a supposed price tag – and high-end specs – that would put it among the company’s most expensive Mac and display models. Long rumored, though believed to be finally headed to market around 2022, the first-generation Apple VR/AR headset would be more akin to a Microsoft … Continue reading.
VRScout
JANUARY 30, 2021
Enhance your decision making and hand-eye coordination with this virtual mental skills training program. There’s no shortage of fitness-focused apps on the Oculus Quest Store. From boxing simulators such as Thrill of the Fight to cardio-intensive rhythm games like Supernatural , VR offers everyone from trained athletes to casual gym-goers a plethora of virtual training solutions perfect for working up a sweat at home.
ARPost
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
Situational awareness is crucial for personnel delivering an emergency response. Augmented reality can help hone this skill. AR supports emergency response management through simulations, real-time assistance, and mapping danger zones. Let’s look at how AR functions in each of these areas. See Also: ThirdEye Enterprise AR Updates in Device Management, Remote Assistance.
Road to VR
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
Although Quest 2 is a standalone headset, it can also be plugged into a PC to play PC VR games through Oculus PC and Steam. The headset’s holiday success has clearly bled through into the PC VR landscape, as the latest data shows that Quest 2 is now the second most used headset on Steam, with the total number of monthly-connected headsets on the platform reaching a new all-time high of 2.6 million.
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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.
GizModo VR
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece for the Columbia Journalism Review about the way that my lifelong interest in heavy metal and ongoing career as a metal journalist had equipped me with a very specific skill set—namely, spotting Nazis, especially when they would prefer not to be found. In this respect, I am nothing… Read more.
VRScout
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
Re-flourish a barren wasteland by learning the long-forgotten art of cultivation in this laid-back interactive experience. Trebuchet , the developer behind Prison Boss VR and Jousting Time , this week announced its latest game, Winds & Leaves , an upcoming VR gardening sim for PlayStation VR that will have you exploring a barren landscape filled with mysterious landmarks as you harness the ancient art of growing vegetation in an effort to bring life to this once beautiful world.
TechCrunch VR
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
Facebook spent more time than usual talking about their success with VR in their quarterly earnings call, taking time to note developer success and their own wins peddling their latest Quest 2 VR headset. One of the VR platform’s remaining quirks is a general lack of third-party support for apps that go beyond gaming. The headset is a powerful piece of hardware with few VR ports of mobile apps available, even available streaming apps from Hulu and Netflix have seen scant updates due to the
Road to VR
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
It’s been about a week since Google announced it had stopped active development on VR creation suite Tilt Brush (2016) and made the app open source. Now that it’s in the hands of the developer community, we’ve seen Tilt Brush clones aplenty, however SideQuest app MultiBrush gives it something we always hoped it would have: multiplayer mode on Quest.
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.
GizModo VR
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
There’s really no good reason to wait to tackle the climate crisis, but especially when it comes to money. A new report offers yet more proof that the longer we wait, the higher that cost will be. Read more.
VRScout
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
Developers can now share their apps with Oculus players without Store approval. Oculus today announced the rollout of update v25 for Oculus Quest/Quest 2 headsets, introducing a slew of long-sought-after features that make the companies line of all-in-one standalone VR headsets even more attractive. This includes the App Lab, a brand new service catering specifically to apps deemed too unpolished for official store approval.
Digital Trends
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
Looking for the right laptop dock for your setup? Our guide to the best laptop docking stations will have just what you need -- including 4K video support.
Road to VR
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
The latest update to Oculus Quest and Quest 2 began rolling out this week with a range of improvements, including the addition of Facebook Messenger, an improved stationary Guardian boundary, support for bluetooth mice, interface improvements, and a navigation tutorial to help new users learn the headset’s various menus. With a gradual rollout starting this week, the Quest v25 software update is bringing a range of enhancements to the headset.
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.
GizModo VR
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
First conceived in the combustion of a hydrogen bomb on the South Pacific island of Elugelab in 1952, the heavy element einsteinium is one of the shier members of the Periodic Table; it doesn’t naturally occur and is so unstable that it’s difficult to get enough of the stuff, for long enough, to actually study it. Read more.
VRScout
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
Potential details emerge regarding the companies long-rumored VR/AR device. According to a new report by The Information , a source with immediate knowledge of Apple’s hardware claims that the companies highly-anticipated combination VR/AR device could launch as soon as next year alongside a suite of impressive features. The report claims that the upcoming headset could feature dual ultra high definition 8K displays with built-in eye-tracking technology.
VR Fitness
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
The Oculus Quest 2 has been out for a while now, and third party companies have had time to develop a range of aftermarket accessories and solutions, all designed to improve comfort, enhance sweat-proof protection, and increase useability. Top of that company list is VRCover. They have provided excellent aftermarket replacement interface and cover options for every major virtual reality headset, since the launch of the original Oculus Rift CV1 and HTC Vive back in 2016.
Road to VR
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
Oculus today introduced a program called App Lab, a new effort which will allow developers to distribute their VR apps on Quest without being subject to a quality review ‘curation’ process. Though apps still need to meet Oculus’ technical guidelines, and won’t appear in the Quest store like formally approved apps, they can be independently distributed and even sold without a cumbersome sideloading process.
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?
GizModo VR
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
As police struggled futilely to fend off a wave of rioters outside the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, Joel Valdez, an aide to Congressman Matt Gaetz, made his way to the rooftop of his boss’s office building across the street on Independence Ave. Surveying the mob as it surrounded the complex, he captured a… Read more.
VRScout
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
Audience members would have a direct impact on the experience via “spectator devices.” According to a recently published patent filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc back in October of 2020, the company has been experimenting with technology that would allow those not in VR to participate in immersive experiences using a method that includes “augmenting the VR scene based on the spectator inputs in response to the interactive content of the audience participation device.&
Digital Trends
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
Today’s top athletes aren’t just good. More often than not, they’re statistically and objectively better than athletes of the past. Why? The answer isn’t that humans born today are inherently stronger, faster, or more athletic than earlier generations; it’s that we have better technology today. We have better tools, better equipment, and better data — […].
Road to VR
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
Facebook announced that the v25 software update for its Quest platform is set to include Facebook Messenger, which will be available to anyone who is logged into their Facebook account on either Quest or Quest 2. This will allow users to chat with Facebook friends who own any device with Messenger. The company says in a blogpost that without taking off the headset you’ll be able to write messages by typing with a virtual keyboard, select from pre-written texts, or use Quest’s voice-t
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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