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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

The VR reveal for the company’s first-ever electric car blew our minds. During a press event at Milk Studios in Los Angeles Sunday night, Jaguar revealed the I-PACE, the company’s first-ever electric car. A competitor to the Tesla Model X, the I-PACE is a major foray for Jaguar into electric automotive transportation. So when it came to launching a future facing vehicle like the I-PACE, Jaguar needed a car launch that went above the normal conventions of previous automotive launches.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

As we start to move out of the novelty phase of the VR boom and into a real industry, every game developer is asking the big question: How do I make a business out of this? For those folks that don’t have some mysterious benefactor funding their research and development or the backing of a platform looking to lock down the best content, the need to pay the bills is a very real concern.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

PlayStation VR launched just last month, and now Sony has shared which games players have downloaded the most so far. Sony has added a new PSVR section to their monthly ‘ PlayStation Store Top Downloads ‘ posts, revealing the top 10 most downloaded games for the company’s new headset so far: 1. Job Simulator ($30). In a world where robots have replaced all human jobs, step into the ‘Job Simulator’ to learn what it was like ‘to job’ Players can relive the

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Cats and VR

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Samsung is searching for the next killer GearVR app and is incentivizing devs with an app challange. If your app has not been published for Samsung Gear VR yet, send them yourdemo/app experience created in the Oculus SDK with Unity or Web VR. It doesn’t have to be a complete app or experience. It doesn’t have to be a game also. Apps previously published to other platforms since this September are also eligible.

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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

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

The fact a virtual reality headset can often be worn by over 100 people in one day at a convention has heightened concerns of catching eye diseases among the VR community. A screenshot by gaming personality Brad Overbey — commonly known by his YouTube handle Drift0r — tells the tale of an unfortunate developer who allegedly contracted ocular herpes from a VR headset. “Ocular herpes is going around VR headsets, ones that are used to share with people.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Epic Games touted their VR-optimized forward renderer as the reason why their forthcoming Robo Recall game looks so crisp in VR. Now the tech is available to all Unreal Engine developers in version 4.14 released today. While deferred rendering has become a popular choice in game engines lately thanks to its efficient calculations of lighting and shadows, using a forward renderer opens the door to the multi-sample anti-aliasing technique (MSAA) which is especially well suited as it can enhance th

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Cats and VR

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

“I’m calling for investments in educational technology that will help create. educational software that’s as compelling as the best video game. I want you guys to be stuck on a video game that’s teaching you something other than just blowing something up.” President Obama, The Obama administration has launched a new competition to harness the creativity and ingenuity of the VR and AR developer community on behalf of America’s students Utilizing the U.S.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Google Earth is now available for the HTC Vive. If you have access to a Vive, try Google Earth VR for yourself before reading any further. It’s free. A team of engineers and filmmakers worked together on a cinematic introduction that I’ll never do justice. Go in blind. Feel all the feelings. During the introduction sequence, you’re walking through Yosemite Valley like a giant looking down on El Capitan, peering over the edge of Half Dome.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Looking down on the brilliant orange seats, and crisp green grass below me, two thoughts fight for dominance in my skull. The first is concerning all of the terrible losses that have taken place in this stadium throughout a truly depressing season, and the second is how unbelievable it is to be standing on top of First Energy Field. I grin for a moment thinking how much a seat like this would cost me in the real world before turning away from one of my childhood haunts and flinging myself into t

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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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NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Earlier this week it was revealed that HTC would be offering a wireless Vive upgrade kit made by TPCAST. More details have surfaced on the device ahead of its Q1 2017 launch. Made available so far only through HTC’s Chinese Vive website , alongside other official accessories, the TPCAST device is said to make the Vive completely wireless from its host PC, with the Vive division’s Chinese president, Alvin Wang Graylin, claiming there’s no noticeable difference in the wired vs. w

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Cats and VR

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Today, VR-specialized publisher Game Troopers is launching Overkill VR, the ultimate futuristic VR shooter exclusively available for HTC VIVE on Steam. In this game you will experience what 360º VR playability is about: cover yourself from enemy attacks as if you actually were in the fighting field and accurately aim your targets all over the scenario!

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NOVEMBER 12, 2016

Editor’s Note: VRScout was able to independently verify valid re-sale permits for Snapchat’s Bot in the states of Nevada, Texas, Washington and Hawaii. On a seemingly random Thursday morning, a bright yellow vending machine appeared suddenly on the Venice Beach Boardwalk in California spitting out Snapchat’s new Spectacles throughout the day.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2016

The 2016 Autodesk University event kicked off in Las Vegas yesterday, and the design software company wasted no time in making some big announcements for the VR industry. For those that don’t know, Autodesk creates software for various industries, allowing designers to make 3D models and environments for professional use. Its services already support VR viewing, but now the company is going one step further.

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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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NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Valve is planning to introduce beta versions of its SteamVR platform for Mac OSX and Linux users within a few months. One thing’s for sure, if you’re a PC user wanting to indulge in a spot of immersive entertainment right now, the choice of operating systems on which you can do so are mostly limited to just one. Windows dominates the VR PC landscape right now and that looks set to continue for a while longer.

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VR Bites

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

VR Luge let’s you step into the shoes of an illegal street racer. With the PSVR you will be able to thunder down a beautiful road, only inches off the ground in a position that only Virtual Reality can put you in. You will truly feel the speed as you dodge cars, cranes, falling rocks, trucks and much more! Check it out in PS VR Worlds. [link].

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NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Google CEO Sundar Pichai made the announcement in his first visit to Britain since becoming chief. Since Google launched their educational Expeditions Pioneer Program, millions of students from around the world have already taken VR trips in the classroom. The tech giant opened up their VR program to teachers everywhere this past Summer and have now announced plans to bring VR to one million UK school children.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2016

This week marks the arrival of one of the pivotal VR gaming experiences, EVE: Valkyrie , on HTC Vive. Valkyrie is an immersive, visual feast with intense combat that you shouldn’t miss out on, despite the high price tag. We have a couple soccer games that mix up the formula a bit as well with Header Goal adding a curious narrative to the arcade soccer genre and Final Goalie putting you on the defensive.

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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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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Tactical Haptics , a company pioneering a novel form of haptic feedback which can create compelling sensations that go far beyond rumble, announced today it has raised $2.2 million to create a development kit of a haptic VR controller as a stepping stone to an eventual consumer product. Tactical Haptics is one of the OGs of the of the new VR landscape.

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VR Bites

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Today on lunchtime with my Gear VR I take a look at Gun Sight by Climax Studios. I’ve gotta say I really enjoyed playing this. In games description it says this one pays homage to the old-school 2D classics like Metal Slug and Contra and it really does. Subscribe to vrgamerdude for more great VR content!

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

An exhibition at the Sheffield Museum in England called “Body and Mind – Virtual Reality Prosthetics” is exploring what it’s like to live the everyday challenges and responsibilities of life without a limb using VR. The experience, created by a team of researchers from Sheffield Hallam University, lets non-amputees understand the hardships of losing a limb and how to adapt to wearing a prosthetic.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2016

I’ve seen cats chase Mario across the screen. I know chimps are very close to humans. Still, nothing prepared me for actually seeing a chimp wearing a consumer VR product, the HTC Vive, and then reaching out to try to touch virtual reality just like I do. Yet here it is. A video posted by RareSpeciesFund.org (@docantle) on Nov 16, 2016 at 6:17pm PST.

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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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NOVEMBER 16, 2016

The latest update to SteamVR adds asynchronous reprojection for Nvidia GPUs. Similar to Oculus’ asynchronous timewarp, it mitigates unwanted ‘judder’ when the hardware fails to maintain 90fps. Available via the SteamVR Beta since October 25th, asynchronous reprojection is a much-awaited feature, particularly for HTC Vive users. The idea is to maintain smooth motion on head orientation when the framerate drops below 90fps.

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VR Bites

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

PipeJob is the next generation Plumber Simulator for the HTC Vive. In this silly VR game you need to fix pipes in a bathroom while you are getting attacked by poop from your neighbours. Check it out: [link]. Did you like this video? Subscribe Nathie! [link].

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

The Chinese branch of smartphone chipmaker Qualcomm has joined forces with internet services company Tencent to build an “innovation center” in China focused on accelerating R&D for next-gen virtual and augmented reality systems in mobile devices. China is quickly growing into one of the most promising VR markets. As The Economist reported, Shanghai has become a VR hub and Goldman Sachs estimates the Chinese VR market will be worth $60 billion by 2025 due to the rapid adoption of

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Yesterday, Google shook up the virtual reality scene by both announcing and releasing a brand new immersive experience: Google Earth VR. The response from enthusiasts was instantaneous and joyful. Earth VR is powerful, beautiful and provides the freedom of exploration that so many desire within VR. However, soon after the news broke it quickly became clear that only a select few VR enthusiasts would have the pleasure of soaring around the world in this exciting new title: those that owned an HTC

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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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