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WebVR: Virtual Reality on the Web

Immersive Authority

Basic virtual reality browser based solutions have existed since the 90’s (e.g.browsers which supported VRML, the Virtual Reality Modelling Language that allowed you to create 3D interactive worlds). The graphics quality was quite… 90’s, but it was the starting point and was great for its time. WebVR has advanced to a point that it allows you to browse the web the classic way (pc or mobile screen with mouse/keyboard/touch input for navigation) or virtually (with a head mounted

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Diagramming the VR Stack

VRGuy

While preparing for last week's Consumer Electronics Show, I created a simple diagram to explain and VR application stack and how it related to the work that we are doing with OSVR. I thought it might be interesting to share this diagram and explain its contents: The VR Stack diagram, Copyright (c) Sensics, Inc. At the risk of contradicting Copernicus , we see the HMD at the center.

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Get your PC hardware and your mind’s wetware ready for VR in 2016 with Orion Bukantis

Enter VR

Hello and welcome to another installment of the Enter VR podcast! On this episode I speak with Orion Bukantis from Logical Increments. The post Get your PC hardware and your mind’s wetware ready for VR in 2016 with Orion Bukantis appeared first on Enter VR.

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Head-mounted Displays and Lenses

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“It can’t be comfortable or healthy to stare at a screen a few inches in front of your eyes.” The popularity of Google Cardboard , and the upcoming commercial releases of the Oculus Rift , HTC Vive , and other modern head-mounted displays (HMDs) have raised interest in virtual reality and VR devices in parts of the population who have never been exposed to, or had reason to care about, VR before.

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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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Conversation with Kevin Williams on Digital Out of Home VR Entertainment

VRGuy

My conversation with Kevin Williams now available for listening or reading here Kevin and I discuss using virtual reality technology for digital out of the home entertainment such as theme parks. Can consumer HMDs be used for commercial uses? Are there special requirements? Are there existing installations of public VR and much more. English born Kevin Williams has spent most of his career in the electronic entertainment industry, first as a fascinated player of the fledgling video amusement, th