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Android Jones and Friends are Experimenting with VR

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When looking for innovation in any industry, it is important to seek out where the psychedelic influences are sparking from. This is especially true with the medium of virtual reality which has strong connections and similarities to dream-like altered states. Among the new people entering the VR space and showing the expansive potential of what the platform can do is the “Digital Painter” known as Android Jones.

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A Third of Valve is Now Working on VR and its Next Generation

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It’s true that VR is just one of many sectors of Half-Life developer Valve, but it turns out it’s a sector that a significant portion of the company is working on. Speaking recently in a thread on The post A Third of Valve is Now Working on VR and its Next Generation appeared first on UploadVR.

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Adobe Brings VR Video Editing Tools to Premiere Pro

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The latest update to Premiere Pro, Adobe’s popular video editing software, released yesterday includes new tools for editing 360 degree video and stereoscopic VR video. Adobe’s Premiere Pro is one of the most popular video editing applications today, and it’s now got improved workflow for editing VR video. Detailed last month, the new functionality for editing 360 degree video is now available for download as of the June 20th, 2016 update to Adobe Premiere Pro CC (version 2015.

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Fantastic Japanese Team Hacks Nintendo Wii U and Plays Splatoon in VR with Water Guns.

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Kougaki Navi has been working on hacking a Wii U for VR purposes for a while and have finally come up with an iteration they are happy with. Check out the video and use Google translate for the step by step process on how they did it. [link] #スプラトゥーン の新しいインタフェース作った pic.twitter.com/rqedtePWAY — kougaku (@kougaku) June 20, 2016.

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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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Pixar, Lucasfilm and Disney Veterans Launch VR Entertainment Company Cryworks

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The new VR entertainment company launches with funding from Michael Bay’s 451 Media Group, 500 Mobile Collective and China’s WI Harper Group. Hollywood seems to really be warming up to virtual reality and it would appear Los Angeles is at the center of it all when it comes to immersive content creation. Just this month we had a number major names within the industry reveal their commitment to enter the world of VR production.

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CTO on Future of the StarVR Headset: Roomscale Tracking, Input, Eye-tracking, and More

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At E3 2016 I got to sit down with the CTO of Starbreeze Studios, Emmanuel Marquez, to learn about the company’s ambitious plans for their StarVR headset. The headset, which sets itself apart from others with a massive 210 degree field of view, is designed for high-end virtual reality experiences in the out-of-home market. After my hands-on with the latest StarVR ‘1.4’ prototype at E3 2016 , I was impressed with the progress the company has made since the headset first debuted a

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NBA All Star Kyrie Irving shows off Timbaland's new favorite state of the art audio technology, SubPac

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Cavaliers All Star Point Guard Kyrie Irving was wearing one of the hottest accessories on the market today. No not a pair of Kanye West shoes or Dr Dre headphones but a very interesting black body harness. When asked by a reporter what the black body harness was, Irving said, "It's a SubPac, you'll be hearing about it soon.". SubPac, a transformational technology brand, is pioneering a cultural shift across the music and technology industries by revolutionizing the traditional perception of soun

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River Studios Comes to LA with VR Studio

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San-Francisco-based VR studio, River Studios , has now opened up shop in Los Angeles with creator Sam Macaroni and former YouTube Space LA exec Andy Stack as some of their latest hires. Born out of Rothenberg Ventures and first launched in 2015 in San Francisco, the expansion into Los Angeles is the company’s latest commitment to work with both Hollywood and social media talent in the world of immersive content.

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Adobe Premiere Pro Just Made VR Video Editing a Whole Lot Easier

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You have plenty of options when it comes to shooting VR video, but what about editing it? That’s a little more complex, but it’s something the team at Adobe just made much more accessible. The post Adobe Premiere Pro Just Made VR Video Editing a Whole Lot Easier appeared first on UploadVR.

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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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Hands-on: ‘VR Sports Challenge’ Hockey Brings Thrilling Fights

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VR Sports Challenge , an upcoming Oculus Touch title, has yet again proven to be one of the most compelling launch titles we’ve seen so far for Oculus’ controllers. In the new Hockey segment shown off at E3 2016 I had a blast saving pucks and throwing down my gloves for a rumble on the ice. Execution is what will make or break a game that wants to lure in sports fans; after seeing the Football and Basketball segments of VR Sports Challenge a few months back , it’s clear that d

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The Fathers Of Virtual Reality-a post about VR on Fathers Day.

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It is hard to state with any assurance who the father of virtual reality is, as like any new creation it draws upon a wide range of sources and impacts, including several women innovators. More than one individual has been included in the improvement of this innovative framework yet in the event that we are discussing the domain of virtual experience then the answer is Morton Heilig.

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Are Virtual Reality Arcades Becoming A Trend?

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You may soon see a VR arcade at a mall location near you. It has been over a year since we first experienced The VOID’s VR theme park in Utah. Being one of the first media outlets to actually demo at the facility , we weren’t expecting much from the early prototype center. But after walking out of The VOID, our minds were blown away. We immediately saw how entertainment centers like The VOID can not only provide more access to the often cost-prohibitive immersive technology, but also help create

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Luckey Points to Sony in Defending Oculus Exclusives

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Oculus is catching a lot of heat for securing exclusive content on the Rift lately, but kit creator Palmer Luckey is quick to point out that the company isn’t the only one doing this. Speaking to The post Luckey Points to Sony in Defending Oculus Exclusives appeared first on UploadVR.

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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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‘The Music Room’ Mixed Reality Video Shows the Power of VR Musicianship

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Rhythm action games build around virtual reality are already a thing, but what about immersive music making? The Music Room launches in July and this impressive mixed reality demonstration shows how powerful immersive musicianship might be in virtual reality. Launching on July 24th, The Music Room from Melbourne-based developers Chroma Coda, published by Harmonix, is pitching itself as a serious music creation package for budding and professional musicians that allows artists to play instruments

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Sacramento Kings new NBA arena wired for VR instant replay with mobile headsets.

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This October, the Sacramento Kings will open up a brand new $507 million dollar arena boasting 84 ft long screen almost as long as the court itself. Of course since this arena is in the Bay Area/Northern California part of the world it will be jacked with a high-capacity Wi-Fi system intended to give fans mobile Internet access comparable to high speed home broadband.

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13 Music Artists Experimenting With VR Video

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With Facebook and YouTube fully supporting 360° video on their platforms and consumer 360° cameras making their way into the hands of creators around the world, it comes as no surprise that music artists are experimenting with VR to create 360° music videos of their own. Over the past year we’ve come across a variety of 360° music videos on YouTube ranging from simple static camera shoots to psychedelic space trips and dancing holograms.

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Oculus Patents VR Movement System with Phone-Based HMD

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Today, Oculus was granted a patent for a new method of moving around in a virtual environment that is more “natural and intuitive” to the user than teleporting – which has been an industry standard until now. One embodiment of the method was shown with a smartphone head-mounted display which can track hand movements. The post Oculus Patents VR Movement System with Phone-Based HMD appeared first on UploadVR.

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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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Oculus Reverses DRM Decision: “We won’t use hardware checks as part of DRM on PC in the future”

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In a new update to the Oculus Rift PC runtime, the company has removed a controversial DRM provision which checked to ensure that users running Rift games were actually using a Rift headset. In a statement shared with Road to VR the company has committed to not use such a check for DRM in the future: “We continually revise our entitlement and anti-piracy systems, and in the June update we’ve removed the check for Rift hardware from the entitlement check.

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Review-UploadVR E3 Party

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What can I say about the UploadVR party? Well not only was it the E3 party VR needed but also deserved. I have been attending E3 since 2011 and in 2013 I had my first experience with Rift DK 1. That seems like forever and a day looking at how important VR was to E3 2016. As VR grew in the past few years, so has UploadVR. UploadVR has helped create an awareness of VR in the San Francisco Bay Area and is now helping to evangelize globally.

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Facebook Brings Emoji Reactions to VR

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You can now react with emojis when viewing VR videos in your Gear VR. After acquiring Oculus in 2014, Facebook has been slowly looking at ways to integrate their connected network of global users more closely with the immersive world of VR. Last November we started seeing early signs of what social VR content may look like when Facebook announced that 360-degree video playback would be supported for the Samsung Gear VR.

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Disney, Pixar, and ILM Veterans Form CryWorks to Focus on Virtual Reality Content

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Today it is being announced that three veteran media professionals from such celebrated organizations as Disney, Pixar, and Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), are banding together to form CryWorks – a new content studio that will focus primarily on virtual reality content. CryWorks’ three co-founders all have extensive experience in advanced visual effects and bleeding-edge content creation.

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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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Jenn Duong on Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in VR with SH//FT

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Jenn Duong is the Director of VR at 1215creative as well as the co-founder of “ SH//FT, ” which stands for “Shaping Holistic Inclusion in Future Technology.” SH//FT has been partnering with VR companies who plan on supporting diversity and inclusion initiatives within emerging technology by giving out scholarships & grants, supporting education, and cultivating community.

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EVE VALKYRIE gets Carrier Assault update on June 20

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In Carrier Assault CCP are delivering that hallowed trench run moment that has been etched into the minds of many a Sci-Fi fan. Experience the next level of space dogfighting with Carrier Assault, part of the first free content update for the multiplayer virtual reality game EVE: Valkyrie. Take down the enemy team's fighters and cripple their defenses to infiltrate and destroy their Carrier.

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Samsung’s Creator Program and Launch of Gear 360 in U.S.

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Samsung Creators is a new initiative for filmmakers to empower VR storytelling and Gear 360 goes on sale in US on ‘limited basis’. The Gear 360 is slowly making its way to America and Samsung is hoping to show everyday creators what’s possible with Samsung VR technology. On Wednesday, Samsung announced the launch of Samsung Creators , a program aimed at encouraging content creation across a variety of audiences and channels.

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Syfy is Launching a New Series Using Both VR and TV This September

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We’re a long way off from VR replacing the living room TV, but until we get there Syfy is experimenting with an interesting hybrid approach. The science-fiction focused TV network has this week announced that its new series, Halcyon , will be debuting on September 22nd 2016. The post Syfy is Launching a New Series Using Both VR and TV This September appeared first on UploadVR.

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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