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Disney Researchers Introduce ‘MotionStick’ AR Puppeteering

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Disney Researchers build off an idea from 2011 to develop a new way to puppeteer digital characters in augmented reality. In 2011, a Disney Researcher named Karl Willis developed the idea of a ‘ MotionBeam ’, which gives users the ability to have an AR interaction via a digital beam created by a handheld projector. A newly published report by Disney explores the recent work from a team of Disney researchers made up of Raphael Anderegg, LoÏc Ciccone, and Robert W.

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Magic Leap is Offering Individual Developers up to $500K for Their AR Projects

Road to VR

At Magic Leap’s developer conference last month, the company announced they were ready to throw down serious cash to developers to build apps for their new AR headset, Magic Leap One. Now, the company has unveiled the specifics of the Independent Creator Program, which aims to give individual developers and teams up to $500,000 in grant money to start their ML One projects.

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Toyota Begins Testing HoloLens for Production Process Improvements

Next Reality AR

With HoloLens and its enterprise-focused software offerings, Microsoft continues to make an impression on companies looking to adopt augmented reality, with Toyota Motor Corporation among the latest. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told the Nikkei Asian Review that Toyota is now testing the device on its production line. The company also published a video demonstrating how the automaker is implementing the device and its Dynamics 365 suite of augmented reality apps.

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Scraper: First Strike looks like an interesting VR action game

The Ghost Howls

I had the pleasure to talk with Jim R. Ivon, the CEO of Labrodex , an indie game studio that is working an interesting action VR game called Scraper: First Strike. I talked with him about the game and the hurdles of being an indie VR developer. Doesn’t this sound cool to you? Well, then keep reading… Hello Jim, nice to meet you! Tell me what “Scraper: First Strike” is and make my readers fall in love with it.

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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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‘Ralph Breaks VR’ Hyper-Reality Experience Is An All-Out Assault On Your Senses

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Break into the internet in the latest location-based VR experience from ILMxLAB & The VOID. . A direct tie-in to Ralph Breaks the Internet, the sequel to Disney Animation Studios’ 2012 smash-hit, Wreck-It Ralph, Ralph Breaks VR will be available at select VOID Experience Centers beginning November 21st. Developed in collaboration with ILMxLAB , The VOID , and Walt Disney Animation Studios , Ralph Breaks VR utilizes The VOID and ILMxLAB’s impressive location-based VR technology to deli

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Microsoft's HoloLens Morphs Paris Museum Model of Mont-Saint-Michel into Masterpiece of AR

Next Reality AR

Amid the opulent and historic confines of Paris, Microsoft is now hosting an exhibit at a local museum that brings a historic map of a Normandy tourist destination to life in augmented reality. The Musée des Plans-Reliefs, a museum dedicated to 3D military maps dating back to the time of Napoleon and Louis XIV, has begun using the HoloLens to enhance a scale model of Mont-Saint-Michel, a UNESCO World Heritage site known for its breathtaking medieval monastery perched atop the island's mountain.

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Niantic and WB Games have unveiled the first teaser trailer for the Harry Potter AR game.

Cats and VR

Niantic and WB Games have unveiled the first teaser trailer for Harry Potter: Wizards Unite™, the upcoming augmented reality (AR) mobile game that will put magic in the hands of players worldwide. The highly anticipated game will launch in 2019. Co-published and co-developed by Niantic and WB Games, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is part of Portkey Games, a games label dedicated to creating video game and mobile experiences inspired by the Wizarding World.

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You Are Here Labs Launches First Holographic Press Release

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AR holograms could change the way companies handle social media marketing. . Cathy Hackl and You Are Here Labs , an immersive experience lab focused on XR marketing and training, has recently unveiled what they claim is the world’s first holographic press release at the PRSA International Conference this past October. Through a combination of stereoscopic photogrammetry and procedural structure tracking, the companies volumetric capture process generates Alembic 3D data which is then used to cre

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Fire Investigators Are Now Using VR Photogrammetry Tech to Assess Damage to Homes

Road to VR

A house fire is a sickening reality, but when it’s finally time to clean up and tally losses, that’s where fire investigators come in. Now, forensic investigation firm Donan and 3D scanning company Matterport are partnering to bring fire investigators the tools to make highly detailed photogrammetry scans so they can review the situation from afar through a VR headset, desktop client, or mobile app.

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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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AT&T Reveals Winners of First Magic Leap Hackathon

Next Reality AR

Now that its first developer conference is in the rearview mirror, Magic Leap continues to nurture its content development community, this time with an assist from strategic investor and retail partner AT&T. After accepting submissions through Oct. 26, Magic Leap held its first Mixed Reality Hackathon in San Francisco over the weekend, with winners announced on Sunday.

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INDIE PRODUCTION COMPANY BAOBAB STUDIOS WORLD PREMIERES ANIMATED SHORT “CROW: THE LEGEND”

Cats and VR

Baobab Studios proudly announced today the official global release of “Crow: The Legend”. This award-winning story is now widely available online to consumers for the first time, offered as a traditional animated short film ( [link] ) as well as an interactive virtual reality experience free to download within the Oculus Store ( [link] ). Released in conjunction with Native American Heritage Month, “Crow: The Legend” is based on the poignant Native American legend about the bird’s cultural genes

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A Group Of Students Are Rebuilding The Original Metroid Prime In VR

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The 2002 Gamecube classic gets the VR treatment as part of an ongoing study into VR game mechanics. If you’re a fan of first-person-shooters, than odds are you’re familiar with Metroid Prime. Released in 2002 for the Nintendo Gamecube console, Prime marked the beginning of one of the most influential action-adventure trilogies of all-time, as well as a huge stepping-point for the legendary franchise.

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Oculus Launches Referral Program, Free Store Credit When a Friend Buys Rift or Go

Road to VR

As the adage goes, the more, the merrier. Oculus is taking it to heart this holiday season in the US with its new referral program that could net you, and up to three friends significant savings on hardware and content. If a friend or family follows your referral link, they’ll automatically get a 10% discount off Oculus Rift or Oculus Go. Thirty days after shipment of your buddy’s Oculus device, you’ll get $30 in Store credit if they purchased a Rift, and $20 in credit is they

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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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Magic Leap Launches App Creator Grant Program Awarding Up to $500,000 in Funding

Next Reality AR

On Thursday, Magic Leap decided to step up its efforts to foster its developer community by launching the Independent Creator Program. The program is designed to encourage developers and producers to create apps for the Magic Leap One, with the payoff being $20,000 to $500,000 in grant funding, along with technical and marketing support from the company.

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EON Reality VR Innovation Academy Graduates Attend National Science Foundation Event

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Two of EON Reality’s top VR Innovation Academy graduates from Eastern Iowa Community College presented and demonstrated their latest project at the National Science Foundation’s most recent Advanced Technological Education event in Washington, D.C. Adam Burke and Levin Leesemann were given the opportunity to show off their Water INTENsE AR app — a multi-year project funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation — to the hundreds of administrators and teachers in attendance during a post

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Japanese Man Spends $17,500 In ‘Cross-Dimensional’ Wedding To Hatsune Miku

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Akihiko Kondo’s “marriage” to the 16-year-old holographic pop star is just the latest in an increasingly prominent trend of holographic marriages. This past month, Akihiko Kondo, a 35-year-old school administrator, “married” synthetic VR pop star Hatsune Miku in a fairy tale wedding ceremony that cost a total of $17,500. Around 40 attendees (an astonishingly high number for such an event) were present as Kondo, dressed in a tasteful all-white tux, made his way down the aisle carrying a teddy bea

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Chinese Tech Giant Huawei Aims to Commercialize AR Headset in 1-2 Years

Road to VR

As the world’s largest telecom manufacturer, when Chinese tech giant Huawei makes a market prediction, they have plenty of room to speak. Talking in an interview with CNBC , Huawei CEO Richard Yu says the industry at large will begin commercializing AR headsets within one to two years, Huawei included. Like Samsung, Huawei offers a staggering variety of smartphones, laptops, tablets, wearables, and smart home accessories; the company surpassed Ericsson in 2012 as the world’s largest

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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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ARKit 101: How to Place a Virtual Television & Play a Video on It in Augmented Reality

Next Reality AR

In a previous tutorial, we were able to place the Mona Lisa on vertical surfaces such as walls, books, and monitors using ARKit 1.5. By combining the power of Scene Kit and Sprite Kit (Apple's 2D graphics engine), we can play a video on a flat surface in ARKit. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to make your augmented reality app for iPads and iPhones by using ARKit.

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HTC VIVE Wireless Adapter Review

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The HTC VIVE Wireless Adapter is a bit of technology that changes the overall feeling of reality in a room-scale VR experience. This is an add-on to the original HTC VIVE and the HTC VIVE Pro. This adapter isn’t required to enter virtual reality, but it’ll make the process a lot less painful if you’re not particularly sure-footed. Less painful, … Continue reading.

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Baobab’s Star-Studded VR Short ‘Crow: The Legend’ Now Available Free On Oculus & YouTube

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Take on the role of the ‘The Spirit of the Seasons’ in this animated retelling of a Native American origin legend. Celebrated VR animation studio Baobab , the team behind Emmy-award-winning VR shorts Invasion! and Asteroids! , is back with yet another jaw-dropping immersive animation featuring an impressive line-up of voice talent, including John Legend, Tye Sheridan, Constance Wu, and more.

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Haptics Company Exiii is Loaning Its ‘EXOS Wrist’ Haptic Device to Developers for Free

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Exiii , a Japan-based startup working in VR haptics, is starting a free rental program across the US and Japan that will let developers go hands-on with the company’s latest haptic developer kit, EXOS Wrist DK2 , for up to six months, free of charge. Exiii launched EXOS Wrist DK2 back in October, and says the main users have been large enterprises with sizable budgets, although they aim to change this with the launch of the program.

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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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Lenovo Star Wars Jedi Challenges Update Lets You Turn to the Dark Side via Kylo Ren Lightsaber

Next Reality AR

Any real Star Wars fan knows that fear is a path to the dark side, as it leads to anger, and then suffering. For players of Star Wars Jedi Challenges, though, access to the antagonistic side of the Force is now available through their mobile apps. The new Dark Side expansion, available through the updated companion app for iOS or Android, gives players the ability to fight against the protagonists of the franchise, such as Yoda and Rey, armed with the red-hilted lightsaber of Kylo Ren.

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YouTube VR for Oculus Go is finally here

Slashgear

Back in September at its fifth Oculus Connect conference, the company that started the VR renaissance announced that YouTube VR, Google’s premiere hub for 360, and 180, degree videos, would be coming to the new, independent VR headset and platform. It seems, however, that after the hype and frenzy died down, either Google or Oculus or both forgot to make … Continue reading.

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YouTube VR Now Available On Oculus Go

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The internet’s most convenient video-sharing service finally arrives on the world’s most convenient VR headset. Owners of the Oculus Go can now breathe a collective sigh of relief as the official YouTube VR app has finally landed on the standalone 3DoF mobile VR headset roughly 6 months after its original release. Starting today, users can now log in to the Oculus Store to find the official YouTube VR app available for download free-of-charge.

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‘Echo Combat’ is Launching on Rift This Week – New Map, Weapons & Features

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Echo Combat , Ready at Dawn’s team-based zero-g shooter for Oculus Rift, is coming sooner than you might think. The studio today announced that the high-flying competitive shooter will be available on November 15th at 12pm PST ( local time here ) as an in-app purchase through Echo VR, priced at $10. If you already own Echo VR , you can purchase the Echo Combat DLC on the Echo VR Oculus Store page.

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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