VRScout

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The moral-based VR experience will be available later this year. VR developer Maze Theory ( Doctor Who: The Edge of Time ) today unveiled Peaky Blinders: The King’s Ransom , an original VR game based on the incredibly-popular British drama series of the same name. In this gorgeous-looking “gangster drama,” you’ll rub shoulders with characters from the show as you work to earn the trust of the Shelby family in the hopes of joining the infamous crime syndicate.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Immersive technology is rapidly changing how we experience the world around us. When we think of these technologies, we often think of games. However, immersive technologies have expanded to other uses. There are now many applications of augmented reality and virtual reality for disabled persons. Here are some of the ways these technologies elevate life for people with disability.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2022

I got a review copy of Virtual Virtual Reality 2 by Tender Claws and since I’ve played some time with it, l et me tell you my first impressions on this game! Virtual Virtual Reality 2. Virtual Virtual Reality 2 (VVR2) is the sequel of the acclaimed Virtual Virtual Reality , a game born for the Daydream platform (yes, when Daydream was a thing… I was there Gandalf, 3000 years ago…) that became famous for its amazing mechanic of making you teleport to other worlds by making you w

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Amata, the studio behind VR escape room title Last Labyrinth (2019), announced a new action-adventure game for the Quest platform called The Tale of Onogoro. Lead by producer and director Hiromichi Takahashi, The Tale of Onogoro (??????) is said to combine traditional Japanese culture and steampunk elements, letting you solve puzzles and battle giant ‘Kami’ beasts with Japanese high priestess Haru.

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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

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Harness the power of lighting in this experimental demo. What would it feel like to wield the power of lightning? It’s a question we’ve all asked ourselves at some point in our lives (at least I have anyway). Well wonder no more as Olivier Goguel, CTO at HoloForge Interactive, has created an experimental demo that gives you the power to play with AR lighting using your bare hands.

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Slashgear

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Intel has its eye on blockchain technology with a new blockchain accelerator chip that'll ship in the year 2022 for cryptocurrency mining and related tech.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Squingle, the psychedelic puzzle game for PC VR and Quest, is one of those “so out there, it’s difficult to explain” type of experiences. And as VR games creatively explode in every possible direction, the more vital it becomes to pop a human into frame to visually explain just what the hell is going on and why it’s so cool.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Have it your way in the metaverse. The fast-food giant McDonald’s has filed 10 trademark applications that will put McDonald’s restaurants in the metaverse. Not only will you be able to visit a digital version of the golden arches, but you’ll also be able to order popular items such as the Big Mac, a cheeseburger Happy Meal, or a McChicken, and have them delivered directly to your home in the real world.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Still undecided whether to send a paper-based or digital greeting card this Valentine’s Day? Impress your loved one by sending both. Plynth , an AR technology company that produces marketing materials for creators and marketers, created Lively Greeting Cards. The company launched the platform in hopes of helping the general public discover the wonders of AR technology.

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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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Slashgear

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The Mars Home mission officially reached its 1st year, having already made history by being the first planetary science mission led by an Arab-Islamic country.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2022

The holiday period has consistently been a significant time of growth for VR and holiday 2021 was no different. Largely driven by an influx of new Quest 2 users, VR headsets on Steam handily reached a new record high with an estimated 3.4 million monthly-connected headsets. Monthly-connected VR Headsets on Steam. Explainer: Monthly-connected VR Headsets on Steam.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

A free demo of Neon Kite is available now on the Meta Quest. I love extreme sports as much as the next adrenaline junkie, but I’ve never been brave enough to try kiteboarding. For those unfamiliar, kiteboarding is an extreme sport in which a rider harnesses the power of the wind using a special kite to travel over water, snow, or sand. Experienced “kiters” are capable of catching serious air, the highest recorded jump being an incredible 93 feet.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

People often misunderstand augmented reality as just a cool feature for games. However, studies have shown that AR is useful in a lot of other areas, including work and productivity. After all, augmented reality — and its siblings, virtual reality and mixed reality — is all about simulations. Simulating things and situations have important applications when it comes to workplace productivity, such as training, operations, safety, and R&D.

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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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Slashgear

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Self-driving capabilities have given NASA's Perseverance a superpower, enabling it to break a major Mars record -- and then break its new record the next day.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2022

XREAL Games, the Budapest-based studio behind Zero Caliber VR (2018), announced that its upcoming co-op shooter Gambit! is set to release on Quest 2 and PC VR headsets this year. Gambit! was first revealed around a year and half ago, promising a campaign-driven adventure full of guns, gangs, mayhem, and rock and roll. Although originally hoping to launch in 2021, now the team says it’s coming in Q2 2022.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Catch an exlcusive performance from the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers captured in immersive 180-degrees. Believe it or not, Super Bowl LVI 2022 is shaping up to be a significant day for the VR industry. Last week we learned that Meta will be airing a 60-second ad for Meta Quest 2 and Horizon Worlds , the company’s growing VR metaverse, during the big game.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

We learned from Google Glass that cool hardware is not enough to impress consumers. AR headsets need to present a lot of content to keep up with the frankly unrealistic expectations of the mass market. Nreal , currently the only real AR glasses available to American consumers, just announced a major partnership with streaming media company Cinedigm that should guarantee quality content to users.

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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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Slashgear

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

During a recent flyby, NASA's Parker Solar Probe spacecraft managed to get a look beyond Venus' clouds and capture a rare image of its blistering hot surface.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2022

While we were hoping to bring you a full Virtual Virtual Reality 2 review today, the game unfortunately has a range of technical issues that have prevented us from finishing it. We’re going to delay our full review and recommend that anyone interested in buying the game waits to hear more about what the developers plan to do to fix things. Virtual Virtual Reality 2 is, frankly, a one-of-a-kind VR game.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

These aren’t your grandfather’s NFTs. We’ve seen a lot of unique ideas for NFTs over the past year. Due to the overwhelming popularity of digital collections like Bored Ape and CryptoPunks, it’s easy to forget about the wide range of functional and interactive NFTs currently circulating on the market. This includes Jurassic Punks by Meta-Labs, a relatively new 3D NFT collection that answers the question, what if dinosaurs survived the asteroid?

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The long saga of the union—and separation —of Marvel and Netflix’s shared superhero streaming ambitions is reaching a peculiar end , it seems. Quietly, Netflix has revealed that all six of its original Marvel streaming series will join a rare handful of Netflix Originals to leave the service, and it’s not sure yet if,… Read more.

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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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Slashgear

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Swedish company Tobii has revealed it is negotiating with Sony to potentially serve as its eye-tracking tech partner. Assuming the two reach a business agreement, Tobii says it’ll provide the eye-tracking tech for the Playstation VR2, Sony’s next-generation virtual reality headset. Tobii announced the business talks in a very brief announcement on February 7, 2022, noting that it isn’t yet … Continue reading.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

On February 13th—right after the Super Bowl ends—American rock band Foo Fighters is putting on a special VR concert that promises to put Quest users in the front row. Meta says in the announcement that the concert features multiple 180-degree cameras positioned around a custom-built stage, which will include practical effects, lighting programs, and “XR elements blended into the concert scene.” Organizers call the Foo Fighters VR concert “a performance that shows the surreal c

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Keep your friends close, and your clones closer. Do you love multiplayer VR games but hate playing with other people? Well then does Flat Head Studio have the game for you. Coming later this year to Meta Quest 2 and PC VR headsets, We Are One is a trippy-looking puzzle shooter that has you working with yourself to bring down an army of greasy machines hell-bent on destroying the environment.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Science fiction cinema would not be what it is today without the work of Douglas Trumbull. Trumbull helped drive effects on films like 2 001: A Space Odyssey , Blade Runner , and Close Encounters of the Third Kind , each time changing the field in ways that would resonate for decades. After an incredible life and career,… Read more.

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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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