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VR Remote Control Cars Are A Hit In ‘VRChat’

VRScout

Race other VRChat players using hyper-realistic VR RC cars featuring real-world physics. Digital artist and animator Chris Bradley has loved driving remote control cars since she was a kid. Years later, she developed a new love for hanging out with friends in VRChat , which has inadvertently lead to one of the biggest new trends on the social VR platform.

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8th Wall Creating Global Network For AR Creatives & Brands

VRScout

8th Wall launches a first-of-its-kind global network of WebAR agencies designed to connect brands with creatives. Since its launch in 2016, 8th Wall has changed the way we access AR experiences, utilizing WebAR technology to remove the need for third-party apps or downloads. All you need is a smartphone with a camera and a web browser to access amazing AR effects.

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Live AR for Broadcasts and Training

ARPost

Technology continues to converge with our everyday lives and, in many ways, it’s almost like a beautiful form of illusionary art as realities are overlayed and we can engage in ways not previously possible. Over the past several years in particular, we’ve seen the advancement of volumetric capture, deep learning, and live augmented reality broadcasts.

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Sam & Max: This Time It’s Virtual review: a fun and variated game

The Ghost Howls

On July 8th, Sam & Max: This Time It’s Virtual, one of the most awaited VR games of 2021, will be released on Oculus Quest (you can wishlist it here ). It is the re-proposition of the famous duo Sam & Max , that was very popular in the 90s, but this time in a completely different format, that is a VR game. Is this game good? Will it please its fans?

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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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From the Makers of ‘MYST’, VR Puzzle Adventure ‘Obduction’ Goes Free on Epic July 15th

Road to VR

Cyan, the prolific developers behind Myst (1993) and Riven (1997), is giving away Obduction (2016) on the Epic Games Store starting next week. Obduction is Cyan’s first VR-compatible puzzle adventure, and supports SteamVR headsets. The game is set to be free on the Epic Games Store from July 15th – 22nd. Make sure to add it to your wishlist so you don’t miss out.

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What the F8 Announcement of Multipeer AR Face Filters Means for Our Collective Self-Image

ARPost

Facebook’s 2021 F8 Refresh conference came with a slew of announcements centering on the future of AR and VR for the company’s suite of products. Outside F8, Facebook appears to be keeping its word regarding the focus they heaped upon VR; as Casey Newton reported for Platformer , a recent flurry of VR acquisitions by Facebook indicates that they have every intention of expanding – and no doubt eventually dominating – this market.

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Virtual Becomes Reality review: a tour of Stanford VR Lab

The Ghost Howls

Some days ago, the pioneer Virtual Human Interaction Lab in Stanford headed by the legend Jeremy Bailenson has published on Steam an experience called “Virtual Becomes Reality: A Stanford VR Experience”, that emulates the tour usually offered in-person in the physical location of Stanford. And I tried it for you. The Stanford VR Tour. The tour used to run in-person for the first 24 people to show up at the lab at 4 pm each Friday, and let people explore and discover what is virtual r

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Lynx to Launch MR Headset “below $1,000”, Kickstarter Coming in September

Road to VR

French startup Lynx announced its Lynx R-1 mixed reality headset last year. The standalone headset, which is capable of both VR and pass-through AR, was previously said to launch for business somewhere around the $1,500 price point. Now Lynx says it’s pivoting focus to include both enterprise and consumers, and will bring the headset down “below $1,000.” You can expect a Kickstarter sometime in September 2021, the company says.

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Cannes XR Virtual Exhibit Offers Insightful Panels On VR

VRScout

The legendary film festival goes virtual to deliver a series of live talks featuring some of the biggest names in the XR industry. This week marks part two of XR3 , an ambitious collaboration between Cannes XR, Tribeca, and the NewImages Festival that consists of 50 pieces of VR art from immersive artists located around the globe. Festival-goers can purchase a ticket to access a collection of genre-defying art via the Museum of Other Realities , a virtual exhibition space accessible via PC VR he

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How to Train Employees 65% Faster With Virtual Reality

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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Snap Brings AR Lenses to Viber

ARPost

Snap Bitmojis and the power of their camera and creator kits are finding a new home thanks to a new partnership with Rakuten Viber. We’ll take a look at the announcement including how the partnership benefits both companies and, of course, how it benefits you. The Team. The company behind Snapchat and Spectacles has put a lot of work into AR lenses and the creator community behind them.

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This Toilet Turns Your Crap Into Crypto

GizModo VR

In 2021, joke cryptos seem to be in a never-ending turf war to see which one can be the most ridiculous. Aside from the classic DogeCoin , crypto-fans can now try to get rich off of CumCoin , PissCoin , ASS Tokens , and god knows what else. Now one South Korean professor is taking the trend one step further, with a… Read more.

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‘Synth Riders’ & ‘OhShape’ to Release Caravan Palace Collaborative Music Pack on July 9th

Road to VR

The studios behind VR rhythm games Synth Riders (2018) and OhShape (2019) today announced they’re releasing another collaborative music pack which will bring to both games the jazzy beat of French electronic band Caravan Palace. The joint music pack is slated to arrive on July 9th. Developers Kluge Interactive and Odders Lab are again bringing a collaborative paid DLC release to their respective VR games, which is set to include five songs from Caravan Palace.

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KAT Walk Mini S: A Next-Gen VR Treadmill For Arcades

VRScout

KAT’s second-generation omnidirectional treadmill is tailored for VR arcades and Industry training applications. When it comes to omnidirectional treadmills, KAT VR has been one of the leaders in the industry. The company offers multiple versions of its artificial locomotion solution designed for consumer, professional, and enterprise use. . This month the company announced the next iteration of its VR treadmill, the KAT Walk Mini S.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

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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Examining OnePlus' Performance Behaviour: Optimization or Misrepresentation?

Anand Tech

We've discovered weird behaviour on the OnePlus 9 Pro flagship: Popular apps are performance limited, while benchmarks are unaffected. Is this battery optimisation, or misrepresentation of the user experience?

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32 Angry Consumer Complaints to the FTC About Binance

GizModo VR

Binance, the largest cryptocurrency platform in the world, has processed over $5.4 trillion in crypto transactions so far this year. But financial regulators around the globe have recently taken aim at the Cayman Islands-based company and the Wild West attitude of platforms that sell cryptocurrencies like bitcoin,… Read more.

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Osso VR Raises $27M Series B to Expand Its VR Surgical Training Platform

Road to VR

Osso VR, the creators behind the immersive surgical platform, today announced its secured $27 million in Series B financing. The funding round was led by GSR Ventures, with participation from Signalfire, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, OCA Ventures, Scrum Ventures, Leslie Ventures, and Anorak Ventures. According to Crunchbase , this brings the Silicon Valley-based company’s overall outside funding to $43 million.

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Dogecoin Millionaire Launches Tamagotchi-Style AR Game

VRScout

Earn exclusive NFTs and Dogecoin by taking care of an AR-powered ‘Dogeagotchi’ in this location-based mobile game. In an effort to establish what he calls a “Doge-fueled Party metaverse,” Vancouver-based Dogecoin millionaire Gary Lachance is giving away one million of his own Dogecoin, currently worth $300,000 CAD, but there’s a catch.

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Are You Still Watching? How to Create Engaging Presentations for Virtual Learning

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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MIT Media Lab’s new knitted keyboard showcases the power of smart textiles

Digital Trends

Despite the fact that it's made entirely out of soft, pliable fabrics, MIT's knitted keyboard is even more expressive and capable than a normal keyboard.

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An Estimated 1 Billion Sea Creatures Cooked to Death in the Pacific Northwest Heat Wave

GizModo VR

There’s bad news for crustacean lovers. Some researchers are estimating that more than 1 billion sea creatures—including clams, mussels, barnacles, and snails—basically cooked to death during the record Pacific Northwest heat wave. Read more.

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‘Ultrawings’ Studio Teases Sequel, Promises Larger Open World & “healthy dose of combat”

Road to VR

Bit Planet Games, the developer behind Ultrawings (2017), has teased a few clips of the upcoming standalone sequel to the open world flight game. The original Ultrawings offers up multiple aircraft to fly around in, and a variety of missions across its island-themed world. It’s been available across all major VR headsets, including Oculus Quest, PC VR headsets, and PSVR.

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Score Big Discounts On App Lab Games With VR Collection

VRScout

The same minds behind Lab Surprise return with even more ways to save on indie VR games for the Oculus Quest. With the arrival of VR platforms like App Lab and SideQuest, VR developers have been given new avenues to showcase their games and apps prior to official Oculus Store approval. Unfortunately, finding these titles among the growing catalog of indie games and apps only continues to become more difficult.

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Who C.A.R.E.S.!? How Learning Got Its Bad Rap & What We Can Do About It

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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How to Ensure Your VR Workout Covers Each Muscle Group

VR Fitness

It can be hard to balance your VR workout routine when you first start out. Here's what you need to know about each critical muscle group! Continue reading on VR Fitness Insider.

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In 2030, You Won't Own Any Gadgets

GizModo VR

Owning things used to be simple. You went to the store. You paid money for something, whether it be a TV, clothes, books, toys, or electronics. You took your item home, and once you paid it off, that thing belonged to you. It was yours. You could do whatever you wanted with it. That’s not how it is today, and by 2030,… Read more.

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Oculus Plans to Enable DLC & In-App Purchases for App Lab Developers Later This Year

Road to VR

Oculus App Lab is a way for developers to publish their apps on Quest without being subject to curation, but it comes with a few caveats like not being visible in the main Quest store. Since its launch, App Lab games also haven’t been able to offer DLC or in-app purchases, but the company says it’s working to add that capability later this year.

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‘Waltz Of The Wizard’ Update Takes VR Sorcery To A New Level

VRScout

Use your gestures and voice to harness powerful magic in the latest free update to the long-established magic-casting experience. The popular VR magic-casting game Waltz of the Wizard today received its biggest update-to-date, Natural Magic , which introduces new locations to explore, ancient magic to harness, and powerful enemies to defeat. Originally released back in 2016 on PC VR headsets before arriving on Oculus Quest in 2019, Waltz of the Wizard has you casting a variety of unique spells u

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The Key to Getting the Best Out of Video-Based Practice & Coaching

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