VRScout
NOVEMBER 6, 2017
It won’t be long before 3D holograms are part of everyday life. In virtual reality, the more realistic the digital world, the greater the demand for fidelity. The greater demand for fidelity, the greater the demand for bandwidth. Nothing is more demanding than cinematic realism. We expect photo real worlds to have absolutely perfect fidelity. This is why realism in VR always involves a sterile space station or a desert planet.
Road to VR
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
Jamie Hyneman of MythBuster’s fame may be retired from the show, but he’s still tinkering in the lab, this time with a new project in mind that aims to address one of the most pernicious problems to date, VR locomotion. With a few prototypes in hand, Hyneman has launched an IndieGogo campaign to fund a more consumer-ready version of his ‘shoes with tiny treadmills’ Dubbed ‘Vortrex’, the VR shoes were first conceived when Hyneman strapped cordless drills to a p
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Cats and VR
NOVEMBER 8, 2017
HTC VIVE today announced VIVE Arts, a new multi-million dollar global VR program set to change the way the world creates and engages with the arts. Vive recognizes VR's potential to share and engage with the world's most valuable treasures in a new and exciting way, and the company's latest investment will support the content, creators and institutions that embrace this new medium.
Hypergrid Business
NOVEMBER 4, 2017
Although many creators do not speak up, theft and illegal distribution of their content is hurting their morale and creativity, and may even be driving some out of OpenSim altogether. One creator of mesh avatars, who did not want to be named, saw her products distributed full perms across multiple grids and said she no longer trusts those grids and does not want to come to OpenSim as a result.
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.
VRScout
NOVEMBER 8, 2017
The Vive Studios program will fund and develop VR experiences for cultural institutions. Whether examining a priceless collection of ancient treasures or exploring an exhibit of historic war artifacts, museums have always provided an exceptional way to preserve and educate the public. But now institutions are aiming to make museum experiences more interactive and engaging, hoping to entice the next generation of patrons with technology.
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Cats and VR
NOVEMBER 9, 2017
Lee and Jordan Brighton are the female founding duo behind Virtro Entertainment. An Australian couple with 2 kids, they’ve travelled to 35 countries, developed a love of VR while discovering North America in their RV, and have just announced the studio’s first VR title “Run Dorothy Run” – the world’s first endless runner rhythm game through Oz. We had a chance to talk to them about Run Dorothy Run launching on PSVR on Dec 12th.
Slashgear
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
Augmented Reality was at the head of an earnings conference this week with Catcher Technology, supplier of metal frames and casings for Apple products. His commentary did not necessarily tie future AR components to Apple directly, but gave a strong indication of such therein. Catcher chairman Allen Horng spoke up on casings for wear-friendly devices in the near future. “Based … Continue reading.
VRScout
NOVEMBER 8, 2017
Please be real. Please be real. Please be real. Another day, another insanely bizarre VR peripheral aimed at changing the industry forever. MythBuster’s veteran and beret-enthusiast Jamie Hyneman has officially launched an IndieGoGo campaign to develop a prototype shoe for enhancing movement while in VR experiences. Labeled the “Vortex,” the electronic kicks will serve as mini treadmills for each foot, allowing wearers to walk in place while immersed in VR.
Road to VR
NOVEMBER 10, 2017
In a study lead by Eisuke Fujinawa at the University of Tokyo, a team of students created a procedure for designing compact VR controllers that feel physically larger. Exploring the concept of ‘haptic shape illusion’, the controllers have data-driven, precise mass properties, aiming to simulate the same feeling in the hand as the larger objects on which they are based.
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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.
Cats and VR
NOVEMBER 9, 2017
Rogue Initiative's vision is to bring together Hollywood storytelling with frontier technology. Their current projects include the VR Game Experience CROWE: THE DROWNED ARMORY and the VR Film AGENT EMERSON, the pilot of the Identity Experience series, which stars Lyndsy Fonseca( Kick-Ass ) and Tony Denison ( Major Crimes ). Now the team makes it's debut into the location based entertainment market with STEEL COBRAS.
VRWorld
NOVEMBER 5, 2017
Singapore is developing a robotics ecosystem with Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam in a bid to take the regional lead as businesses worldwide increasingly use such technology to transform their operations. We are already aware that AI does great benefits in schools and hospitals, but did you know that you can actually get a massage from the robot ? A robot masseuse named Emma is now offering Singaporeans high-tech back rubs with a gigantic metal arm and warm silicone tips which its creators say pe
VRScout
NOVEMBER 9, 2017
Vantage Point aims to educate the masses on how to combat sexual assault and harassment at work and school. Since the sexual harassment allegations against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein were made public last month, the #MeToo movement flooded the internet with thousands of personal stories of sexual assault and harassment. The movement brought attention to an issue that for many women, including survivor and Vantage Point co-founder and CEO Morgan Mercer, had been lying below the surface for
Road to VR
NOVEMBER 10, 2017
With major US retailers already greasing the wheels of their shopping carts in preparation for the yearly scramble we call Black Friday, Sony today announced on the US PlayStation blog that it’s temporarily lowering the price of all PlayStation VR bundles as well as the PlayStation 4 1TB console, each by $100. Starting on November 19th and going through Cyber Monday on November 27, participating retailers will offer PSVR bundles starting at $300 and the PS4 1TB console at $200. image court
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.
Cats and VR
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
The second edition of the Game Accessibility Conference, GAConf , has been announced for March 19th 2018, at the Children’s Creativity Museum, San Francisco, CA, with early bird tickets now on sale. GAConf is a one-day conference hosted by the IGDA’s game accessibility SIG, dedicated to making games more accessible to gamers with disabilities. The event features talks and networking for all disciplines of the games industry, exploring recent and future advances in game accessibility.
VRWorld
NOVEMBER 8, 2017
Former Mythbuster Jamie Hyneman is seeking US$50,000 to build a prototype pair of roller skates to wear in virtual reality. Hyneman’s pitch video points out that when one straps on goggles and gloves to enter virtual reality, your eyes are occupied and you therefore run the risk of bumping into stuff if you try to walk in meatspace while simulating walking in a virtual world.
VRScout
NOVEMBER 9, 2017
A new system combines the Vive Tracker with logitech keyboards to bring physical typing to VR. One of the most important aspects of truly immersive VR is the ability to use motion controls to interact with the virtual environment. Sure there are plenty of fun experiences that utilize standard gamepads or even no controls at all, but there’s no denying the incredible sensation of altering the virtual world with your own two hands.
Road to VR
NOVEMBER 8, 2017
DAQRI, the Los Angeles-based AR headset company, is now shipping its Daqri Smart Glasses to professionals. Much like Microsoft’s HoloLens, Daqri’s Smart Glasses are targeting professionals in industries like manufacturing, field services, maintenance and repair, inspections, construction, etc. Selling for $5000 (the same as HoloLens Commercial Suite ), Daqri’s Smart Glasses boast a lightweight set of glasses that connect to a discrete body-worn compute pack, a miniature compu
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.
Leapmotion
NOVEMBER 8, 2017
As mainstream VR/AR input continues to evolve – from the early days of gaze-only input to wand-style controllers and fully articulated hand tracking – so too are the virtual user interfaces we interact with. Slowly but surely we’re moving beyond flat UIs ported over from 2D screens and toward a future filled with spatial interface paradigms that take advantage of depth and volume.
VRWorld
NOVEMBER 8, 2017
Tokyo, Japan may have just become the first city to officially grant residence to an artificial intelligence (AI). The intelligence’s name is Shibuya Mirai and exists only as a chatbot on the popular Line messaging app. Mirai, which translates to ‘future’ from Japanese, joins Hanson Robotic’s “Sophia” as pioneering AI gaining statuses previously reserved for living, biological entities.
VRScout
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
Dronebase pilots can build their own AR race tracks in the sky. Whether decorating your home with virtual furniture or entering inter-dimensional portals , we’re now seeing an endless stream of augmented reality (AR) apps for your mobile device that transform the world around you in creative ways. Now one company wants to take AR to the skies—letting drone pilots create, edit, and share objects in the sky.
Road to VR
NOVEMBER 8, 2017
TPCast, the eponymous company producing a wireless VR transmitter, is now offering its HTC Vive-specific device for pre-order in US and Canada. The TPCAST Wireless Adapter for Vive has been available in China since December 2016, with pre-orders only opening up in Europe two months ago. Now the wireless transmitter, a battery-powered device that lets you go cable free, is available for pre-oder in the US and Canada starting today.
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?
Cats and VR
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
League of War: VR Arena , a new arena-based arcade wargame based on the League of War strategy game franchise launches exclusively on PlayStation®VR. Priced at $19.99 and available now on the PlayStation®Store, the game features quick, visceral 1v1 battles against AI or human opponents. The game’s head-to-head mode has a unique twist: the VR player will engage in strategic combat against a non-VR opponent playing on the Social Screen in the same room.
VRWorld
NOVEMBER 4, 2017
Apple CEO Tim Cook just added himself to the list of Silicon Valley technologists who believe in the transformative power of augmented reality, saying it’s going to “change everything.”. “There are already over 1,000 apps with powerful AR features in our App Store today, with developers creating amazing new experiences in virtually every category of apps aimed at consumers, students and business users alike.
VRScout
NOVEMBER 8, 2017
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is coming to mobile in 2018. Could this be the next big AR game? Niantic, the developers of the popular Pokémon Go mobile game is now making a Harry Potter game. Expected to launch on mobile devices in 2018, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite will let those of you dreaming about one day becoming a real-life Wizard finally a reality.
Road to VR
NOVEMBER 8, 2017
Major retailers are now publishing their much awaited Black Friday deals, and by far one of the largest sales to cover VR stuff thus far comes from Best Buy. Sizable discounts come to Oculus Rift, VR-ready computers, Gear VR, and much more. When & Where. The sale will run from November 23-25. Best Buy’s ‘Door Buster Deals’ start at 5PM on Thursday in stores, but you can bypass the crowds by purchasing from BestBuy.com.
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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