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Writing for VR: The Definitive Guide to VR Storytelling

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On the simplest level, this means giving the viewers things to learn, things to discover, things to reveal. The very nature of VR/360° video means viewers are not passive—so your storytelling has to help invite them to be active. An ancient fax machine. What will they discover simply by looking around this space?

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‘Facebook Spaces’ Overhauls Avatars to Be More ‘fluid and natural’

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The update will also come with new controls to adjust the size, position and angle of your avatar’s features, as well as an overhaul to the automatic avatar creator which runs your photos through a machine learning algorithm to extrapolate an avatar. The company says the update will arrive sometime this week.

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Can You Fall in Love in VR?

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A 360° video he shot with Taylor Swift inspired the director to combine that idea with first person, immersive storytelling to test whether or not people could experience intimacy with an avatar. So much of a personality is based on a face,” Cornish told Fast Company in an interview. So does it work? Yes, and no.

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Jeremy Bailenson talks about 1,000,000 Walmart employees training with VR, presence, and the VR “empathy machine”

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I spoke with him about many topics, like why VR is so good for training (and he told me that his company Strivr has trained more than ONE MILLION Walmart employees in VR ), if it is true that VR is the “ultimate empathy machine”, how much is graphical fidelity important for presence, and of course also about his encounter with Zuck.

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Esports Continues Its Push Towards VR

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University of York will be bringing their expertise in machine learning, UX design, Human Computer Interaction & research into the convergent space between games, interactive media, and TV to help sculpt the overall framework. Dock10 will leverage their production facilities to test the framework during ESL’s live esports events.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.07.20): Oculus ready to manufacture the Quest S, Pico doubles-down on 3DOF, and more!

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This new standard evolves the previous H265 compression format for videos, reducing data requirement up to 50% while providing visually the same quality. The standard will prove especially efficient for 4K and 8K video and it works with high dynamic range video and omnidirectional 360° video. More info.

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Jaunt Reveals Livestreamed Volumetric Video Solution for AR

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Jaunt first cut their teeth on cinematic VR when they came out of stealth in 2014, not only producing some pretty high-quality 360 video throughout the years, but also a professional-grade 360 camera dubbed NEO. The post Jaunt Reveals Livestreamed Volumetric Video Solution for AR appeared first on Road to VR.

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