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NASA Announces VR Mars Ride With Actual 90-Foot Drop

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Those lucky enough to attend the Super Bowl Live festival in Houston have the chance to travel to Mars in virtual reality. The Super Bowl is just around the corner, and unsurprisingly the multiple promotional events dedicated to the massively-popular spectacle have begun to kick off. One of the biggest of these events, Super Bowl Live, will take place nine days leading up to the big game February 5th in Houston, Texas at NRG Stadium.

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Teomirn Is A HoloLens App That Teaches You To Play The Piano

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Playing games that also teach you skills is a dream for any lazy person, but it’s still a distant one. Guitar Hero was fun, but it never taught you to play its starring instrument, and neither will Rock Band VR when it hits Rift later this year. It’s not really a game, but Teomirn looks like it could be one of the first 3D apps that could actually teach us to play something: the piano.

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2016’s Record Breaking VR/AR Venture Funding Totals $1.8 Billion

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With 2015 breaking previous records, industry observers entered 2016 wondering if VR/AR funding would be able to keep pace. Dollars and Deals. In 2016, venture funding of VR/AR companies reached $1.8 billion, ending significantly above 2015. Both median deal size and total number of deals in 2016 outpaced those in 2015, with a 58% increase in average deal size and 30% more deals, according to year-end analysis from Greenlight Insights of individual deals back to 2011.

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Enderal VR HTC Vive Direct VR Custom Vorpx Profile

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Enderal is a Total Conversion Skyrim mod (not Special Edition) and brings a brand new story in a brand new world. Playing Enderal on the HTC Vive in full geometry 3D was achieved by using the new updated version on Vorpx and includes visible Vive Controllers which really does help immersion even though you can not truly interact with the world. Check out ImmersiveGamer83 on YouTube.

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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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Archaeology Team Receives $900k to Recreate Historical Sites in VR

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Lithodomos VR is bringing the world’s most important historical sights directly to your smartphone. International travel in the year 2016 wasn’t exactly the hottest trend. So if what’s been happening this January is any indication of what we have to look forward to the rest of 2017, I don’t see it making a big resurgence anytime soon. With the current social climate being colder than absolute zero, many individuals will be discouraged from traveling to important landmarks and historical sites.

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$4 Billion ZeniMax v. Oculus Verdict Could Come as Early as Today, Here’s What You Need to Know

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This week the eyes of the virtual reality industry are on a federal court in Dallas, Texas where ZeniMax (and child company id Software) and Facebook (and child company Oculus) have been engaged in legal battle over a dispute which could cost Facebook $4 billion. ZeniMax alleges that a former employee used VR code that it owned after being hired by Oculus, and further that Facebook should have known that the code was ZeniMax property.

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OCULUS EARPHONES – A PROPER UNBOXING + HOW-TO INSTALL!

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You knew it was coming! The Oculus Rift CV1 Earphones have arrived and WOW are they freaking awesome! The design actually works as advertised and manages to keep the earbuds sitting tightly in my ears and isolated from any loud noises that could be around me. This $49 accessory is a must for the avid VR user and certainly a welcomed sight for someone like myself who really enjoys hearing every little detail).

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Become the Virus in Zero Days VR: A Revolutionary Immersive Documentary

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I’m not sure what I was expecting to experience when I sat down to try Zero Days VR in Sundance’s VR Palace, but when I took the Oculus off, my mind was spinning. And not just because I’d been through a crash course in cyberwarfare and military history; I had that rare feeling when I go through a VR experience and think, “This changes things.” But okay, let’s back up.

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Rift Update Straightens Carpet, Improves Multi-Sensor Setups

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Rift leader Nate Mitchell confirmed an update is rolling out to owners of the Facebook VR headset that smooths out the carpet on the floor seen in Oculus Home while also improving the way larger tracking setups work. “A big focus this month on making sure 3+ sensor setups are working optimally,” Mitchell wrote on Twitter. The rumpled carpet seen on the floor of Oculus Home (where Rift owners select apps to visit) has been a minor annoyance to some who would prefer a tidier living roo

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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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Vive Tracker Capabilities Detailed in Developer Documentation

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Ahead of the Vive Tracker’s consumer launch later this year, HTC plans to send 1,000 units to developers to kickstart an ecosystem of accessories and content which can make use of the device. New developer documentation details the ins and outs of the Tracker. Developers and accessory-makers looking to make use of the Vive Tracker can get a head start by perusing the HTC Vive Tracker Developer Guidelines document that has recently been made public.

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HUMAN TETRIS IN VIRTUAL REALITY! | Unbreakable VR Runner (HTC Vive Gameplay)

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The Unbreakable VR Runner is a great cardio workout game for the HTC Vive. It’s basically a coin catcher game in which the player collects coins or candies and dodges obstacles at the same time. If the players Virtual Reality Headset hits an obstacle it’s game over. If you like to play Hole in the Wall just as they do in those funny Japenese game shows then this is the VR title for you.

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8th Annual Lumiere Awards For Creative Filmmaking Expands VR Categories

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Virtual reality receives new categories as it takes center stage at this years awards for creative work in film, TV & VR. The Advanced Imaging Society and The VR Society have returned yet again for their annual honoring of this years biggest influencers in categories including creative filmmaking, television and virtual reality. For their 8th ceremony however the organizers of the non-profit group are shaking things up by generously expanding their categories for achievements in virtual real

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Simple PlayStation Move Mod Brings Dual Analog Control To PSVR Games

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PlayStation VR is a very capable headset, but it does have one glaring weakness: the PlayStation Move controllers. Sony’s positiontally-tracked wands bring your hands into VR with relative accuracy, but they pale in comparison to the HTC Vive’s wands or Oculus Touch controllers. A lot of that has to do with occlusion, as turning away from the PlayStation Camera tracking your position will instantly lose tracking, but there’s also a noticeable lack of a dedicated navigation feat

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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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NASA & Caltech Leaders Aim to Revolutionise Big Data Visualization with VR

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Virtualitics is new company started by NASA JPL and Caltech alum. offering a new platform to leverage the immersive properties of virtual reality in order to better aid human comprehension and use of ‘Big Data’ You’ve likely heard the term ‘Big Data’ Despite the phrase being coined perhaps as early as the mid nineties , with information now collected on an ever increasing number of aspects in our daily lives and beyond you’ll likely have heard it mentioned a l

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BECOMING A CYBER SAMURAI IN VIRTUAL REALITY! | Sairento VR (HTC Vive Gameplay)

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Sairento VR is an action role-playing game set in a futuristic Japan. You will be playing as a Samurai that is able to jump through time and space. Get ready, grab your katana or gun and face your fears. The game can be played on the HTC Vive and Oculus Touch. In Sairento you play as a Samurai that serves the Silent Ones, a righteous but hidden organization of seemingly ordinary people who practice the long forsaken code and martial arts of the ancient samurais and ninjas.

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Calculus Is Way More Fun With An HTC Vive & Tilt Brush

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It looks like virtual reality can make anything entertaining. I should start by making my hatred for any form of math perfectly clear. I hate it. Just thinking about the amount of late nights I spent struggling through ridiculous equations is giving me a small panic attack. So when I tell you I couldn’t look away watching John McGregor work through complex calculus using Tilt Brush for the HTC Vive, you know it must be something special.

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New PlayStation VR Releases For Week Of 01/29/17

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We hope you’re still enjoying Resident Evil 7 [ Review: 9/10 ], because it’s another quiet week here on the PlayStation VR front. Just one fully new game graces this week’s release list and one DLC pack. They’re both good, but it’s still overall light on content. If you get into the PS4’s 4.50 system software beta update, though, you can check out 3D Blu-rays in stereoscopic 3D.

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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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Verdict Analysis: Why the Jury Awarded ZeniMax $500 Million in Oculus Lawsuit

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Following the news of a $500 million plaintiff award in the ZeniMax v. Oculus lawsuit , a detailed breakdown of the verdict reveals the jury’s specific findings, and who is responsible to pay for the damages. Guest Article by Matt Hooper & Brian Sommer, IME Law. Matt is a Partner at IME Law, where he represents clients in the immersive media, entertainment and technology industries.

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Hospitals test Gear VR as non-addictive pain management tool

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Samsung and AppliedVR are working with hospitals to test the Gear VR as a potential pain management tool that doesn’t have the same addiction potential as opioid prescriptions. A trial has tested the Gear VR with both child and adult patients to test whether a library of ‘relaxing landscapes’ and games can help take one’s mind off things like chronic … Continue reading.

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Verdict: Zenimax Awarded $500 Million Judgement in Oculus VR Lawsuit

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The verdict’s finally in. A Dallas, Texas jury awarded half a billion dollars to ZeniMax Wednesday after finding that Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey, and by extension Oculus, violated the terms of a non-disclosure agreement in the early days of developing the Rift VR headset. The jury also found Oculus guilty on charges related to false designation and copyright infringement, but notably did not find Oculus guilty of charges related to claims by ZeniMax that the company had stolen trade secrets

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The 2017 Virtual Reality Conference and Expo Schedule

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2016 could be considered the official introduction of virtual reality to the world and many industries have either embraced the technology at varying levels or simply started paying attention to movements within the industry. 2017 is going to be a pivotal year for the technology’s growth and there will be many events welcoming VR as an auxiliary experience or fully focusing on the potential of the immersive tech.

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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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Google Opens Daydream App Submission to All and Publishes VR App “Quality Requirements”

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Google has put out the welcome mat and unlocked the doors to all developers wishing to develop apps for their Daydream VR platform, but in order to keep the standards high have also issued a “Quality Requirements” guide. As we reported in September last year , just prior to the launch of Google’s Android integrated Daydream VR platform in October, the search and mobile giant was keeping a tight reign on applications available at launch.

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OutWorldz founder buys Hyperica

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Hyperica is a a grid with an in-world hyperport as well as an online directory of destinations. OutWorldz founder Fred Beckhusen has purchased the Hyperica OpenSim directory from Hypergrid Business. He will continue to maintain the current website, add more content, and add more functionality, as well as the in-world hyperport, and the in-viewer destination guide.

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VR Art Studio Lets You Collaborate With Other Artists in Real-Time

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MasterpieceVR allows users to work on the paintings and sculptures together, regardless of location. Everything’s better with a friend. Which is why it’s a bummer multiplayer experiences in virtual reality are still relatively hard to come by. Even if you manage to get your hands on a game or experience that supports multiple players, most servers still lack a sufficient number of active users to deliver a pleasurable online experience.

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NASA and Caltech Alums Raise $3 Million to Create The Microsoft Excel of VR

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Virtual reality can do a lot of things. It can make gaming incredible, communications immersive and education fun. Now, VR is conquering one more territory, big data, thanks to a new startup from a group of founders that include alums from NASA and the prestigious California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The company is called Virtualitics and it uses VR to turn digital 3D spaces into interactive data visualization platforms.

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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