Cats and VR

APRIL 27, 2016

This past weekend I got the chance to work with some great people in creating 360° film projects at an event called VR Weekend. At the end of the event our group had the opportunity to hear some insights from Chuck, Tsung-Han Lee, one of the visionary minds behind Imago. You can check out his shared experience with making Imago in a video posted on our preferred 360° video platform Metta: [link] Imago left a real impression on me, this may be due to the fact of having a family member with a disa

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Slashgear

APRIL 27, 2016

Samsung is working on another virtual reality headset, and it may not require one of the maker’s Galaxy smartphones to work. Company R&D head for software and services Injong Rhee revealed the project at a conference today, saying, “We are working on wireless and dedicated VR devices, not necessarily working with our mobile phone.” The future VR devices may have … Continue reading.

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Next Reality VR

APRIL 7, 2016

Virtual reality is all the rage these days, especially with devices like the Oculus Rift, Gear VR, and HTC Vive hitting shelves lately. But before any of those fancy, expensive headsets ever made it to the market, Google came up with a thrifty and inventive substitute in the form of Google Cardboard. It's a fun experience, and all it takes is a smartphone, a piece of cardboard, and a pair of lenses.

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Doc-Ok

APRIL 1, 2016

With the first commercial version of the Oculus Rift (Rift CV1) now trickling out of warehouses, and Rift DK2, HTC Vive DK1, and Vive Pre already being in developers’ hands, it’s time for a more detailed comparison between these head-mounted displays (HMDs). In this article, I will look at these HMDs’ lenses and optics in the most objective way I can, using a calibrated fish-eye camera (see Figures 1, 2, and 3).

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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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Wired VR

APRIL 20, 2016

Penrose Studios' new VR film uses positional tracking and intricate design to create a virtual world you won't want to leave. The post The Stunning Allumette Is the First VR Film Masterpiece appeared first on WIRED.

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Cats and VR

APRIL 26, 2016

HTC today announced it is launching Vive X, a global accelerator program targeted at start-ups operating in the VR space. With a $100m investment fund led by HTC, the program is designed to help cultivate, foster and grow the global VR ecosystem by supporting start-ups and providing them with expertise, special access to advanced VR technology, financial investment, mentorship and unmatched go-to-market support - ultimately building them into valuable content producers or content enablers for th

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Slashgear

APRIL 27, 2016

Today Minecraft VR has been launched for the Samsung Gear VR. This is the first time the game has been available officially as a public build in the virtual reality realm, and it'll be coming to your Samsung Galaxy Note 4 or 5 or Galaxy S6 or S7 - or S6 Edge or S7 Edge. Just so long as you … Continue reading.

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Next Reality VR

APRIL 27, 2016

The team behind Minecraft, the popular open-world game beloved for its freedom to create and build, has teamed up with Oculus to release an official edition that takes you even further into the block-based world using a Samsung Gear VR headset. While the Oculus Rift version itself is still forthcoming, Gear VR users can play right now. Video: Minecraft: Gear VR Edition contains all the features of the currently available Pocket Edition, including Survival and Create modes.

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EON Reality

APRIL 21, 2016

EON Reality’s global expansion of Interactive Digital Centers to build global capacity in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality knowledge transfer is catching media’s attention in conjunction with the establishment of an IDC in Mexico. The announcement was covered by media such as CNN, Forbes, Bloomberg, and Mexican Media outlets, including El Universal, El Financiero, La Jornada and more.

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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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Forrester VR

APRIL 12, 2016

April 12, 2016: The day Oculus updated its Rift shipment timeframe for customers. As has been widely reported, Oculus customers face widespread months-long delays in the deliveries of their virtual reality headset purchases. To add a personal anecdote, I ordered within the first 5 minutes of the pre-launch window (once the web site started working, […].

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Wired VR

APRIL 25, 2016

Smartphones aren't dead. They're just morphing into VR headsets, too. The post Your Phone's Next Superpower? Putting Awesome VR in Your Pocket appeared first on WIRED.

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Cats and VR

APRIL 27, 2016

WHAT IS VREAL? VREAL is the first platform for Virtual Reality game streaming and discovery. VREAL are creators, gamers, and innovators, building the future of social VR platforms for the gaming generation. Gamers literally drop into the live play (right next to their favorite streamer) and they can make themselves big and look down into the game or small and be in the weeds, or regular height.

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Slashgear

APRIL 26, 2016

HoloLens' biggest hurdle could be fixed with cheap LEDs rather than expensive transparent displays, one research team suggests, tricking the eye and cutting VR nausea at the same time. The augmented reality headset has been widely lauded since Microsoft made the surprise announcement in early 2015, but those who have been able to try it have generally had one key … Continue reading.

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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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Next Reality VR

APRIL 22, 2016

Virtual reality and horror were meant for each other. You'll get all the positive aspects of experiencing a terrifying situation such as excitement and an adrenaline rush, without any of the real-life consequences, like being ripped to shreds by a herd of flesh-eating monsters. The experience might prove to be too much for some though, like this poor woman who got a little more than she bargained for while playing The Brookhaven Experiment for the HTC Vive.

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Immersive Authority

APRIL 12, 2016

Virtual Reality is awesome and it’s going to change the way we interact with various media solutions. However there are a few cons and hazards that many overlook. I was reminded of one of these hazards this week when news broke about a VR headset user that sat on his cat while immersed in the virtual world. This is one of the cons of VR. You’re totally removed from observing the physical world around you.

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The Rift Arcade

APRIL 15, 2016

Experience the first manned mission to space in this recreation of the Mercury launch. On May 5 th 1961 the first American manned space mission blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Piloted by astronaut Alan Shepard, the 15-minute mission saw Alan reach suborbital flight, test the capsule’s control system then return to Earth before splashing down into the Atlantic ocean.

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Wired VR

APRIL 30, 2016

VR is really finding its legs as a creative artform. Here are eight innovative virtual-reality experiences from this year's Tribeca Film Festival. The post Our 8 Favorite VR Experiences From the Tribeca Film Festival appeared first on WIRED.

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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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Cats and VR

APRIL 28, 2016

How can you say no to that cute creature above? Funny enough that creature is called Yep, I like to think of him as an underwater space cat cute thing. Yep is your companion in Block Intervals upcoming VR immersive experience Life Of Lon. My impressions of my demo on Life of Lon reminded me of Journey, a beautiful well crafted indie hit from thatgamecompany.

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Slashgear

APRIL 29, 2016

Today we're going to talk briefly about what we're doing in virtual reality - specifically in attempting to capture what it's like to be IN the virtual realm. It's not enough, we think, to just show the flat feed - though we've had to do that already several times. It's also not enough just to show two screens - flat … Continue reading.

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Next Reality VR

APRIL 12, 2016

Facebook announced at its F8 Developer's Conference on April 12th that, in addition to the VR-ready Oculus Rift we have today, it plans to bring Augmented Reality (AR) into the fold of their social machine. The company is looking to dominate the 'new' reality market, no doubt about it. Just look at the lofty goals in its official roadmap: "Lasers" as a company goal. dream big, Zuckerberg, dream big.

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VR Playhouse

APRIL 13, 2016

Let's be real. Virtual reality is having a moment. Headsets are shipping, people are talking and VR is popping up all over pop culture in weird, interesting ways. It feels sweepingly omnipresent all of a sudden, like there was this plan in place to make VR a part of all of our lives and now that plan is in motion. And so people ask me what it's like to work in the virtual reality industry.

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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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Doc-Ok

APRIL 6, 2016

Through a complex chain of circumstances, we got ourselves invited to demonstrate the Augmented Reality Sandbox at the White House Water Summit on March 22, coinciding with the United Nations’ World Water Day 2016 , as part of the National Science Foundation ‘s presence (NSF funded initial development of the AR Sandbox through an Informal Science Education grant ).

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Wired VR

APRIL 19, 2016

There are so many different types of experiences, it can be tough to know which one you're living through. The post AR, VR, MR: Making Sense of Magic Leap and the Future of Reality appeared first on WIRED.

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Cats and VR

APRIL 29, 2016

So AltspaceVR has integrated with Slack but what else do they do? Recently AltspaceVR announced they integrated with Slack. Though I feel like a Slacker for just now getting to post this it is because CatsAndVR.com is not my day job. I was actually bombarded by Slack messages in my “real world” gig. I am a big fan of Slack as it has helped increase productivity at my day job in quantifiable ways.

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Slashgear

APRIL 26, 2016

Amazon Studios is holding meetings with VR companies with the intention of producing its own original virtual reality offerings, according to sources with knowledge of the matter. These talks are said to be in their early stages at this point, and would mark the company’s latest growth in the original content market — the studio has previously had success with … Continue reading.

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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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