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Time to Dress to Impress—in Social VR

VRScout

Linden Lab launches Sansar fashion market to sell user-generated fashion for avatars. While still in public Beta , Sansar does seem to be gathering momentum. In October I was impressed by the quality of the scary and atmospheric experiences they showcased in a Halloween competition that I helped to judge, while only last week they also opened the virtual doors of their Hollywood Museum to showcase some exclusive Star Wars movie memorabilia.

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Recapping the Data Governance Winter Conference and looking ahead to 2018 governance trends

Road to VR

The 2017 Data Governance Winter Conference on 4 - 8 December covered topics ranging from how to start a data governance program to attaining data governance maturity to how to improve your organization’s information quality. After attending, Brian Mayer, business ready data practitioner, and Mark Lynch unified governance practice lead, discuss major data governance trends covered at the conference.

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The surreal artwork of Juan Antonio Guirado is reborn in Virtual Reality

Cats and VR

Juan Antonio Guirado stands by his masterpiece 'Kali's Tunnel' acrylic and collage on board, 1989. Durning Miami Art Week, I took some time to get away from the main paths and visited the Juan Antonio Guiardo VR experience that was put together by cutting-edge Los Angeles based virtual reality studio FLOAT. FLOAT is a collaborative entity focusing on the intersection of art and interactivity.

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Bundling data collection and data organization will ruin everything you love

VRWorld

Everyone knows the importance of a data-driven decision making in business and it’s increasing in popularity every year. However, what tends to get lost in that obsession is whether or not the underlying data is trustworthy. It’s easy to say that inaccurate data leads to business problems. But what’s even worse is when a company runs on data that appears trustworthy, when in reality it’s flawed in ways that significantly impact critical decisions.

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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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Makeup Tutorials: Now in VR via NYX and Samsung Gear VR

VRScout

Shop for makeup like never before with this team up from NYX and Samsung Gear VR. If you are one of millions of subscribers who rely on beauty vloggers for product reviews, tutorials, and the latest and greatest contour techniques, you’re in luck. Three of the beauty world’s most popular influencers, who have reached unprecedented numbers of followers through Snapchat, Instagram, and YouTube, are now stepping up their beauty game with VR makeup tutorials in collaboration with the “Impossibly NYX

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Fashion Comes To Social VR As Sansar Launches User-Created Avatar Clothing Market

Cats and VR

Sansar™ , announced the launch of a fashion market for user-created avatar clothing, opening new creative and entrepreneurial opportunities for users. In addition, Sansar has launched a first-of-its-kind integration with Marvelous Designer , the fashion design software by CLO Virtual Fashion Inc. used by numerous mainstream brands and independent designers.

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8 Ways to Annotate Readings, Websites and Online Articles with Examples

VRWorld

“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.” – John Locke. One of the most important skills for our digital learners is inspecting the information they consume with a critical eye. The challenge is to turn this into a habit students do outside the classroom. One idea is to get students to annotate their readings regularly.

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Employees open companies to security risks by working remotely

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Many workers feel the need to check work emails while on holiday, according to a T-Systems study. Those who do so need to understand the importance of using a secure connection to make sure they are not compromising business security and confidentiality. Key findings included: 31% have used free Wi-Fi hotspots and 24% admitted to using them to access work emails and documents. 28% admitted to emailing work documents to and from their personal email address. 10% have used free USB charging points

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The “Digital Master” Book Series- IT Leadership Core

Road to VR

Due to disruptive nature of technologies and exponential growth of information, IT leadership has to be continually reimagined, refined, refreshed and re-energized. “Digital Master” is the series of guidebooks (21+ books) to perceive the multi-faceted impact digital is making to the businesses and society, help forward-thinking organizations navigate through the journey in a systematic way.

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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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Lenovo Mirage Solo is the last standalone Daydream headset standing

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There were supposed to be two, but it seems there can only be one, at least for now. HTC has backed out of making Google’s daydream of a standalone Daydream VR headset but Lenovo has not. In fact, that device has just made its way to the FCC, making it more than just a plan. Being an FCC entry, there … Continue reading.

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Virtuality Grid

Hypergrid Business

US $8.95 a month for a 20,000-prim region on the hypergrid-enabled Virtuality Grid. Other region sizes also available: 2×2 VAR region with 60,000 prims: $18.95. 3×32 VAR region with 80,000 prims: $28.95. 4×4 VAR region with 100,000 prims: $38.95. Full region purchase details here.

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updates: the boss’s baby, the stress exaggerator, and more

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Here are updates from five people whose letters were answered here in the past. 1. My coworker is pregnant with my boss’s baby. If it’s even possible, this update is almost as dramatic as the original post. Before I tell you what has happened recently, I want to just clear up somethings that we’re not adressed in the original letter. Many people questioned why I showed him the pregnancy test.

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VR and AR shipments to grow 517% by 2021

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Market intelligence firm IDC sees substantial growth in store for the VR and AR markets , with shipments expected to reach 59.2 million headsets by 2021, up from 9.6 million this year. These projects come in IDC’s “Worldwide Quarterly Augmented and Virtual Reality Headset Tracker” research report, published last week. The firm notes that low-cost, screenless VR viewers (e.g. headsets that utilize smartphones) have dominated the market to date, but sees this category losing market share going for

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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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Pico Neo standalone VR headset and controllers pack 6DoF tracking

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Pico has revealed details on Pico Neo, the company’s own standalone virtual reality headset. According to Pico, Neo is the world’s first standalone VR headset that boasts 6DoF tracking tech for both the headset and controllers. Among other things, the Pico Neo packs a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Mobile VR Platform, 3GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage with the option … Continue reading.

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Coachella: How the Music Festival Magnate Utilizes Virtual Reality

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Coachella, or the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival for full, is an annual music and arts festival held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, located in the Inland Empire's Coachella Valley, in the Colorado Desert. Currently the biggest music festival in the world, the event was co-founded by Paul Tollett and Rick Van Santen in 1999, and is organized by Goldenvoice, a subsidiary of AEG Live.

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OUR TOP BLOG POSTS: The best of 2017!

Road to VR

With 2017 coming to an end it was only natural to take a look at the journey we have shared with you all and end this year with the ULTIMATE ROUNDUP ! Audience and consumer insights has remained a trending topic this year, and we are sure they will continue to be a fundamental part of marketing strategies for 2018. Take a look at the TOP blog posts that have proven to be a HIT among our readers and their communities.

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Augmented Reality FPS WAR of the AI releases on iOS

VRWorld

Trailblazing VR is a startup company focused on pushing forward women in the VR/AR development. Their first game is War of the AI, developed using Apple’s ARKit tools (like the LEGO game we covered a while back) and available for free on iOS. While War of the AI has a somewhat ‘dull’ name, what it does – is quite impressive. War of the AI is a first-person shooter that’s playable in augmented reality, which has been done before (with the help of peripherals, e.g.

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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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Utah’s Cleanest Natural-Gas Power Plant Comes Online in Provo

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The new plant replaces the old Provo Power Plant, which was demolished in 2016 after serving the community for more than 75 years.

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A Thank You Letter To All VeeR Creators

VeeR VR

On a quest for truth and great adventure, Christopher McCandless journeyed into the wilderness alone. In his last days, Chris, deprived of any social life altogether, wrote in his journal, " Happiness [is] only real when shared. ". These words bring light to an essential element of being human - sharing. in sharing, we laugh and cry together; in sharing, we build something greater than ourselves; and in sharing, we define a way of life.

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Guangzhou Zoo Introducing Virtual Reality For New Year’s

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The Guangzhou Zoo is the largest of its kind in South China, and is a prominent attraction for locals and tourists alike. There’s plenty to be seen at the Guangzhou Zoo, but among its most popular attractions are its pandas. Just like museums are taking advantage of emerging technologie s, the Guangzhou Zoo is looking to embrace Virtual Reality in the coming days.

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Sony announces new VR music campaign featuring Khalid

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Sony last week announced that it will be showcasing its technologies as part of a brand campaign centered on singer-songwriter, Khalid. Named “Lost in Music,” the campaign will debut with a live event at the LA Hangar in January. Spatial audio technology will play a role in creating immersive experiences “which can create space where sounds are virtually moving around.

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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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New Pico Neo VR Headset With Vive Wave Support Coming Soon

VRWorld

The original Pico Neo headset was, well, pretty forgettable. It was an Android gaming-centric VR headset that bundled all of its hardware into a small, SNES-esque gamepad, and decent tech specs. It released in 2016 to little fanfare, but now the Pico Neo is making a comeback with a truly standalone VR headset. The new Pico Neo comes with the same Snapdragon 835 chipset, but now has full head tracking and is compatible with Vive Wave, like the upcoming HTC Vive Focus.

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Facebook Spaces now available on Vive, other platforms pending

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Facebook has brought its beta social VR app, Spaces, to users of the HTC Vive. First announced in April, Spaces had previously only been available to users of the Oculus Rift. Spaces is among a handful of apps that combine social media with an immersive VR experience. Using the app, users can meet in VR; go Live; play games; make video calls; and create and share 3D objects, videos, and photos.

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Hardlight VR Shows Off Mark III Haptic Vest

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Hardlight VR is a company focused on making their Hardlight suit a reality. The Hardlight suit is essentially a suit that can be worn over your torso and arms to provide full haptic feedback in accordance with the games you’re playing, as well as detailed arm tracking. When used alongside VR motion controllers and a full head-tracking headset like the Vive, this pretty much brings your entire upper body into VR, sensation included.

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Robot DJ Kuka Makes You Wanna Dance All Night Long

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Nowadays robots can do a lot for you. They are your brokers, chefs, doctors, or even lovers. This one, however, will make you jump and dance your night away. In the Prague’s Karlovy Lazne Music Club there is a new employer. A DJ. A robot DJ. DJ Kuka, which is also the name of the company that manufactured the robotic arm, began life as an automotive industry robot, and ended up with the record-spinner gig after the club issued a challenge to a robotics firm.

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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