VRScout

APRIL 27, 2019

Can swapping bodies with your employees in VR help you to become a better manager? More businesses across every industry have come to realize that soft skills—attributes that allow you to effectively communicate with others—are far from a “nice to have” and are actually essential in order to maintain a well-rounded and creative workforce capable of tackling the complex challenges that come with doing business in the modern digital age.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 27, 2019

Facebook 3D Photos are one of the hot trends of the moment , especially now that is possible to upload them from Facebook website. They could be a great innovative tool to market your AR and VR applications (and even for the non-XR ones) … so let’s see how you can create them for you game directly from your Unity project! What are Facebook 3D Photos?

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Tech Trends VR

APRIL 30, 2019

How interacting with virtual beings powered by Artificial Intelligence can teach us to become better humans. More businesses across every industry have come to realize that soft skills are far from a “nice to have” and actually essential in order to ensure they have a well-rounded and creative workforce capable of tackling the complex challenges that some with doing business in the digital age.

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Next Reality AR

MAY 1, 2019

Smartglasses maker Vuzix made a big splash at CES 2018 with the inclusion of Amazon's Alexa voice assistant among the AR superpowers of its consumer-centric Blade smartglasses. Now, it's time to tell Alexa to make room, as Vuzix is bringing Google Assistant support to Blade. The app is now available via the Vuzix App Store. Blade owners will need a Google account and at least version 1.2.0 of the Blade companion app to get started.

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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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VRScout

MAY 1, 2019

Four platforms to build original VR projects without any programming experience. Those unfamiliar with immersive technology have often perceived VR as some form of modern black magic that only highly-trained developers can properly harness. But today you no longer need to be a Unity professional or 3D designer to get into this sacred industry. There are tools and platforms that allow the creation of any interactive experience, educational training, or immersive business project without any speci

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Road to VR

MAY 1, 2019

Valve finally revealed their new Index headset and it’s got some pretty impressive specs. From improved resolution and field of view to a display which can run up to 144Hz, there’s a lot to like. But one of the headset’s most surprising innovations is its headphones. I love seeing ‘stupid simple’ design—those things that seem so obvious once you see them for the first time, but somehow never thought of before.

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Next Reality AR

APRIL 29, 2019

It turns out that the video Magic Leap released earlier today was indeed a teaser for the public release of the Game of thrones experience for meant for all Magic Leap One users. Available now for download in the Magic Leap World section, the app is a free download that allows you to enter the world of Game of Thrones in augmented reality for the first time.

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VRScout

APRIL 30, 2019

The Wonderscope Los Angeles Community Reading Initiative brings AR education to nine schools and seven libraries. Since first established back in 1988, LA’s Best afterschool enrichment program has been providing daily support to over 25,000 elementary school students from hundreds of underprivileged schools using numerous initiatives designed to promote intellectual and social development.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 29, 2019

Second episode of my column dedicated to VR storytelling content from VeeR. Last time I presented you LUCID , while today I want to talk about Defrost, a Virtual Reality mini- serie by Feral Dog Productions. Defrost is one of the first Virtual Reality series , but to be honest, it seems to me more a movie divided into different scenes. There are 12 episodes , and every one of them lasts something like 5 minutes.

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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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Road to VR

MAY 1, 2019

HTC’s VR app storefront, Viveport , is looking forward to welcoming a host of new VR users with the entrance of Valve Index and Oculus Rift S. To that tune, the company is giving away two free months of Viveport Infinity, its Netflix-style unlimited subscription service, to anyone with a Rift, Rift S, or Index. Throughout the month of June, both new and existing Infinity members who own those headsets will be able to redeem two free months of the service.

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Next Reality AR

APRIL 30, 2019

Two years ago, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg kicked off the F8 Developers Conference keynote with augmented reality and the introduction of Facebook's AR camera platform, now known as Spark AR. Since then, Facebook has faced an avalanche of controversy on its approach to user data, so augmented reality took a back seat to Facebook's new emphasis on privacy this year.

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VRScout

APRIL 28, 2019

This is how VR swords and sorcery games should feel. Offering some of the most realistic gladiatorial battles currently available to owners of PC VR headsets, physics-based medieval combat simulator Blade & Sorcery rolled in hot at the beginning of April with early access Update #5. Keeping an early access title such as Blade & Sorcery in the spotlight should be a hefty task, but lone wolf developer WarpFrog (aka KospY, the handle he uses on the official Blade & Sorcery Discord chann

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Charlie Fink

APRIL 27, 2019

The Tribeca Film Festival's Immersive Arcade delivers the best collection of VR experiences in the world.

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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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Road to VR

APRIL 30, 2019

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage today at F8, the company’s annual dev conference, to announce that both the standalone headset Oculus Quest and the next Rift headset, Rift S , are now available for pre-order. Additionally, he surprised the audience by announcing that everyone at F8 would be receiving a free Oculus Quest. F8 attendees will receive their Quest on the same shipping date as everyone else who buys it, May 21st.

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Next Reality AR

APRIL 29, 2019

There are only three more episodes of Game of Thrones left before the saga is over, but Magic Leap is capitalizing on the series' popularity while it still can. As we've reported in recent weeks, Magic Leap is giving demos of its augmented reality headset at select AT&T stores around the country using its "Dead Must Die" experience, which draws from the Game of Thrones universe.

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VRScout

APRIL 29, 2019

Catching up with VR director and two-time Oculus Launch Pad recipient Kiira Benzing. Benzing is one of the first of her kind: a multi-talented, multi-faceted director and producer with an intuitive grasp of what works in VR filmmaking. Most notably, her production studio ( Double Eye ) won the jury award for ‘ Best Interactive Experience ‘ at SXSW 2019.

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EON Reality

MAY 3, 2019

The EON Reality-Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Future of Education Global Summit in Singapore brought out the who’s who of the academic world. The two-day event featured keynote speeches, presentations, and discussions with leading representatives across the spectrum of academia, business and government on the topical issue of education. Representatives from esteemed organisations and public agencies such as NTU, National Institute of Education, Macquarie University, Beijing Normal Unive

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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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Road to VR

APRIL 29, 2019

Simulator fans know the score: despite offering less pixel-dense displays than traditional monitor setups, there’s not much else besides VR that will let you step into (and haphazardly wreck) exotic luxury cars, fighter jets, and even your very own sci-fi spaceship. To that tune, indie developers Tinker Pilot Team have announced an ambitious new project that aims to let users import their own 3D digital objects into their upcoming space flight sim.

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Next Reality AR

MAY 2, 2019

Much of the excitement around the HoloLens 2 has moved on to many wondering when we'll finally be able to get our hands on what is now the best augmented reality device on the market. In the meantime, Microsoft has decided to introduce a new package called the HoloLens 2 Development Edition, which comes bundled with a couple of valuable software add-ons from Unity, as well as an opportunity to save some cash on your Azure usage.

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VRScout

APRIL 29, 2019

Applications are now open for the international VR creator program. Since 2017, we’ve been teaming up with YouTube to provide scores of highly talented, ambitious creators from across the world with the skills and resources essential to developing the next generation of immersive media. In that time we’ve helped facilitate the creation of some truly incredible VR content alongside some of the biggest names in entertainment.

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Slashgear

APRIL 29, 2019

Drivers are often told not to look at screens and keep their eyes on the road while driving. That, however, probably didn’t take into account when the screen is the road and is on your face anyway. Although you probably will never drive a real car on a real road wearing a VR headset, there will be “safe” places soon … Continue reading.

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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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Road to VR

MAY 1, 2019

If there was any question whether or not the Rift S will work with Steam and SteamVR content, the answer is definitely yes. Even though the headset doesn’t ship for another three weeks, the Rift S already works just about flawlessly with SteamVR games, save for a bug which prevents the Rift S controllers from rumbling. As Valve has committed to keep Steam an open platform for VR headsets, the company has ensured that the original Rift has worked with SteamVR content since day one.

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Next Reality AR

MAY 2, 2019

The Avengers aren't the only shiny new toys available to Pixel handset owners, as the animated stars of the upcoming Pokémon Detective Pikachu movie have arrived in the Google Playground app. Just weeks after bringing the headlining characters of the box office-owning Avengers: Endgame to the AR app, on Thursday, Google published a Playmoji sticker set that teleports Pikachu and his pals into your living room.

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VRScout

MAY 2, 2019

The developer-focused release includes $500 in free Azure credits, 3-month free trials of Unity Pro. Following the announcement of the Microsoft HoloLens 2, Unity has revealed a new partnership with the US-based multinational technology company to release a developer-focused version of the upcoming mixed reality headset. The Microsoft HoloLens 2 Developer Edition will include the latest HoloLens headset alongside $500 in free Azure credits plus a three-month trial of both Unity Pro and PiXYZ plu

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EON Reality

MAY 3, 2019

The EON Reality-Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Future of Education Global Summit in Singapore brought out a who’s who of the academic world. The two-day event featured keynote speeches, presentations, and discussions with global academic leaders all centered around the topic of how technology is changing the world of education. Representatives from esteemed organizations such as NTU, National Institute of Education, Macquarie University, Beijing Normal University, SkillsFuture Singapore,

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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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