Sat.Jun 26, 2021 - Fri.Jul 02, 2021

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Soar Through The Sky In This Multisensory VR Wingsuit Sim

VRScout

The co-founder of location-based entertainment company The VOID returns with a new wingsuit VR experience. Jumping out of an aircraft and soaring past mountains like a flying squirrel looks like an incredible experience. It’s also an incredibly dangerous one and not everyone was made for that type of ‘X-Games’ lifestyle. Thankfully, VR technology allows us to partake in new activities that would otherwise be too difficult or dangerous to experience in real-life.

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How HitMotion:Reloaded transitioned from an AR to a VR game

The Ghost Howls

Two weeks ago, we of New Technology Walkers have launched HitMotion: Reloaded on SideQuest. This game has had a very long and interesting story (maybe one day I’ll write a long post about it), and it has lived various transitions, with the last one being from a passthrough AR game to a standard VR game. In this post I want to tell you what changes we had to apply to the game in the transition, and what were the pros and the cons of both approaches, hoping that it can be useful for other de

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Book Review and Author Interviews on “The Augmented Workforce”

ARPost

The Augmented Workforce: How Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality and 5G Will Impact Every Dollar You Make is the new book by authors Cathy Hackl and John Buzzell. To take you inside the cover, we read the book and were invited to interview the authors on their process and the book’s early reception. “A Belief Inspired This Book”. “The future of how we live and work, our relationship with innovation, and our very construct for productivity and engagement, are overdue for a digital, physica

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‘Halo’ and ‘Alien: Isolation’ VR Modder Joins Microsoft’s 343 Industries

Road to VR

Zack “Nibre” Fannon, the creator behind VR mods for Alien: Isolation and Halo Master Chief Collection (MCC), has been hired by 343 Industries, the studio in charge of the Halo franchise. Fannon announced the change in his Twitter profile recently, which was first noticed over on the ResetEra forums. He now lists himself as an Engineer working on Halo MCC at 343 Industries, a property of Xbox Game Studios.

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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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VR Headset From Russia Boasts Impressive Specs

VRScout

Russian state corporation Roscosmos reveals a prototype of its new VR headset, announces additional hardware for 2021. This past February, Roscosmos, a state corporation of the Russian Federation specializing in space flight, announced that it was in production of consumer-focused VR hardware. In May we received our first official look at the companies prototype device, the Roscosmos XR-1, and boy are those some impressive specs.

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Journal Retracts Terrible Study That Claimed Widespread Covid-19 Vaccine Deaths

GizModo VR

A study looking at the impacts of covid-19 vaccination—condemned by other scientists as seriously flawed and irresponsible—has now sparked a mutiny of sorts. This past week, several well-respected researchers have resigned from their involvement in the journal that published the paper, which argued that vaccines are… Read more.

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Social VR Platform ‘Rec Room’ to Release on Android Devices This Fall

Road to VR

Rec Room , the popular social VR platform, has been making some big moves here recently, including securing a $100 million investment and taking its first steps towards opening a functioning digital economy. Now the cross-platform app is getting ready to hit one of the world’s largest userbases with a launch on Android devices coming this fall.

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Could VR Stadiums Be The Future Of Live Esports?

VRScout

Virtex wants to revolutionize the way we view live esports by replicating the IRL stadium experience in VR. The esports industry has come a long way since its humble beginnings back in 1972 when a handful of students from Standford University took part in the first reported video game tournament featuring the 1962 space combat game Spacewar! However, what began as niche competition between college students has since developed into a multi-billion dollar industry.

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New US Army Military-Grade HoloLens 2 Imagery Gives Us Star Wars Stormtrooper Vibes

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It's all fun and games until the technology is actually put into use and you realize augmented reality is now part of Death Star. That's what some AR insiders may be thinking once they get a look at the latest modified HoloLens 2 images released by the US Army. • Don't Miss: Hands-On with the HoloLens 2, the New Best Augmented Reality Experience You Can Get The newest images come from a battery of tests being conducted by the US Army Futures Command and Project Manager Integrated Visual Augmenta

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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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CDC Warns Doctors About a Mystery Bacterial Outbreak With No Clear Origin

GizModo VR

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning doctors about a strange cluster of illness in three states caused by a rarely seen bacteria in the U.S., one that’s killed at least one person and hospitalized two others so far. The illness, called melioidosis, can be highly fatal but isn’t normally considered… Read more.

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‘VRChat’ Secures $80M Series D Funding to Create its Own Digital Economy

Road to VR

VRChat , the popular social VR platform, announced its secured a Series D funding round of $80 million, which brings to the startup more than five times its overall lifetime investment. The round was led by Anthos Capital, alongside participating investors Makers Fund, GFR Fund and others. According to Crunchbase , this brings VRChat’s overall outside investment to $95.2 million.

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Become An Interstellar Engineer In ‘Arcsmith’ On Oculus Quest

VRScout

Construct dozens of complex interstellar machines, from space drones to antimatter generators, in this freeform puzzle game. Brought to us by developer Bithell Games ( Thomas Was Alone , Subsurface Circular ), Arcsmith is an upcoming VR game for the Oculus Quest that has you playing the role of an intergalactic engineer tasked with constructing futuristic machinery under the guidance of master arcsmith Korith Dinn.

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Part Terminator, part Tremors: This robotic worm can swim through sand

Digital Trends

Remember the "Graboid" worm monsters from Tremors? Well, thanks to some brilliant engineering, there's now a robotic version that can burrow through sand.

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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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New York Faces Blackouts as Extreme Heat Strains the Grid

GizModo VR

On Wednesday afternoon, New Yorkers’ phones started shrieking as an emergency alert warned them to conserve power or face the prospect of widespread blackouts. The city along with large parts of the East Coast are blanketed under an oppressive heat wave that is taxing the electricity grid, much as the record-setting… Read more.

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‘Chess Club’ Brings Online Chess to Oculus Quest July 1st, Trailer Here

Road to VR

Chess has exploded in popularity recently, with the Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit bringing much attention to the age-old strategy game. Now Odders Lab , the studio behind VR rhythm game OhShape (2019), is set to release its next title Chess Club for Oculus Quest, which brings an immersive spin to the game. Chess Club is set to be the first on Oculus Store for Quest to exclusively offer online chess, and is said to feature a number of game modes with either AI or online competitors

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Cadillac’s AR Navigation System Looks Pretty Darn Cool

VRScout

A new video offers a closer look at the 2021 Cadillac Escalade’s AR-powered GPS navigation system. With the recent developments in immersive technology over the past few years, AR navigation has been somewhat of a hot-button topic within the automobile industry. We’ve seen numerous manufacturers flirt with the idea of interactive windshields and AR-enhanced heads-up displays in the past, such as WayRay’s AR HUD for Porsche or Panasonic’s AI-powered AR HUD.

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Watch this flying car make history with first inter-city flight

Digital Trends

A vehicle capable of flying in the sky and driving on the road completed a momentous journey this week when it flew between two cities before driving downtown.

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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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Dangerous Heat Wave Is Literally Melting Critical Infrastructure in the Pacific Northwest

GizModo VR

Power cables are melting. School districts are closing. Asphalt is too hot to touch. The heat wave roasting the Pacific Northwest is putting infrastructure at risk, and temperatures are expected to continue to rise on Monday. The failures show the staggering toll the climate crisis is already taking—and they’re a… Read more.

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‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’ Update 5 to Bring VR Performance Improvements

Road to VR

Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) includes support for SteamVR headsets, however playing via VR requires some of the most modern (and consequently least available) PC components due to its demanding spec requirement. Now Asobo are getting ready to release a Update 5 which includes some major performance benefits across the board, including VR. In its latest livestream, Asobo CEO Sebastian Wloch demonstrates the performance improvements on a PC with an Intel Core i7-9700K and RTX 2060 Super.

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‘The Witcher’ Is Getting Its Own ‘Pokémon GO’-Style AR Game

VRScout

Hunt monsters, embark on quests, and collect trophies in this location-based AR game coming later this month. It seems you can’t turn a corner these days without bumping into the wildly popular fantasy drama franchise The Witcher. Whether it be the original novel series, the award-winning video game trilogy, or the ongoing Netflix TV adaptation, Geralt and his trusty steed Roach don’t appear to be going anywhere anytime soon.

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Here’s what a trend-analyzing A.I. thinks will be the next big thing in tech

Digital Trends

The "technology intelligence engine" uses A.I. to sift through hundreds of millions of documents online, then uses all that information to spot trends.

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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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Ron Desantis Signs a Bill That Mandates Cities Keep Using Fossil Fuels

GizModo VR

Florida just took a huge step backward in the clean energy revolution. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a piece of legislation into law earlier this week that requires Florida cities and towns to keep using fossil fuels and could strangle their ability to set clean energy goals and mandates. Read more.

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VR Rhythm Game ‘Synth Riders’ is Coming to PSVR in July Along with Paid DLC

Road to VR

Synth Riders (2018), the VR rhythm game for PC VR and Oculus Quest, is finally making its way to PSVR next month, launching with a list of 55 tracks on July 27th. Developers Kluge Interactive are also publishing an additional 20+ tracks through paid DLC Music Packs, which includes Muse, The Offspring, Parov Stelar, and more. First launched on PC VR headsets back in 2018, Synth Riders is billed as a “freestyle dancing VR rhythm game” that gets you moving by launching orbs that you

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LEGO-Like VR Builder ‘Bricks VR’ Heading To Quest & PC VR

VRScout

Channel your inner child and craft incredible structures in this nostalgia-inducing multiplayer VR experience. Some of my fondest childhood memories are the afternoons I spent crafting ridiculous block structures using my trusty LEGOs. So you can imagine my excitement when I heard about Bricks VR , an upcoming sandbox building experience for Oculus Quest and SteamVR headsets that allows you to craft incredible block-like structures in VR and explore your creations alongside friends.

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New leak suggests that AMD is about to release two new graphics cards

Digital Trends

According to a leak, AMD is about to release two new graphics cards. AMD Radeon RX 6600 and RX 6600XT both house a Navi 23 GPU and may hit the market soon.

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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