VRScout
OCTOBER 2, 2017
All great VR stories still begin with words in your head. . In August, VRScout & VR Playhouse partnered with YouTube Space LA to put on the “ VR Creator Lab, ” a 3-month intensive for a select group of YouTube content creators looking to enhance their VR/360° output. An overview and guide to immersive writing and storytelling was included as a part of this lab.
Road to VR
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Valve plans to manufacture and sell new SteamVR Tracking 2.0 base stations in 2018. The new base stations will bring a number of improvements over the current tracking beacons, including the ability to support more than two base stations for a huge tracking volume. Valve’s Joe Ludwig announced via the SteamVR Tracking HDK board today an update on the company’s progress in developing new SteamVR Tracking base stations which will be compatible with SteamVR Tracking headsets built with
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Slashgear
OCTOBER 6, 2017
Augmented reality and virtual reality headsets are proliferating, but now there’s a system where the same tiny displays can be used as cameras to track eye-movement. Fraunhofer FEP has cooked up a new headset building on its latest bidirectional OLED microdisplays which, in addition to OLED pixels, have photodiodes sandwiched in-between. With those, the tiny screens can not only show … Continue reading.
Hypergrid Business
OCTOBER 12, 2017
Panel at Mondo.NYC. (Image courtesy Mondo.NYC.). As anyone with an innovative idea has probably discovered, a great idea can only go so far without support, and when it comes to creating music content in the virtual reality space two key questions often arise: How to convince the music industry to support productions and how to keep fans coming back.
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.
VRWorld
OCTOBER 25, 2017
As VR’s influence continues to be felt across all industries, its rise to prominence in healthcare could be seen by many as a foregone conclusion. After all, medical and scientific fields have long been fans of the latest, greatest computing technologies, especially for working with advanced sets of data. Virtual Reality has two particular applications in healthcare: treatment and training.
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VRScout
OCTOBER 22, 2017
Chelsea Film Festival offers a VR lineup that is refreshing, intimate, and necessary. Over the past few years, VR has established a presence in “name brand” festivals such as Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca or Cannes. In this growing landscape, how can niche festivals establish themselves as homes for important VR? The Chelsea Film Festival (CFF) is an international film festival, illuminating the work of emerging filmmakers, producers and actors.
Road to VR
OCTOBER 11, 2017
Following their highly successful Summer of Rift Sale, Oculus have announced a permanent price cut of the Rift headset and Touch controller package to $399. The new price was revealed by Hugo Barra, Oculus’ Vice President of Virtual Reality at the opening keynote to Oculus Connect 4. Detailed on the official Oculus Blog , the $399 package still includes the same hardware bundle of headset, two sensors, two Touch controllers, and “six free apps” – although there are actual
Slashgear
OCTOBER 4, 2017
If you hadn’t had your Google Pixel fill yet, here’s one more. While Microsoft made a big noise when it “pre-launched” it’s Windows Mixed Reality ecosystem, Google’s stage time with its new AR and VR platforms was relatively low key. And yet, for those who truly believe that smartphone-based AR and VR are the way forward, the new Daydream View … Continue reading.
Hypergrid Business
OCTOBER 18, 2017
Each year, we ask our readers to rate their home grids. It’s a way to show off the best that OpenSim has to offer. Even though we only list the top 15 grids by traffic as default options, respondents can also write in the name of any other grid — in fact, each year there is usually at least one write-in grid that does extremely well in the results.
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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.
VRWorld
OCTOBER 14, 2017
Imagine working out on a stationary bike, winding your way through courses based on real roads while your bike adjusts to your speed, gear, and resistance. Then imagine racing against fellow riders in virtual reality. VirchyBike LITE , available on Kickstarter, promises to deliver those experiences and more. “Indoor cycling is one of the most popular cardio exercises, so there are many indoor bikes in the market.
Leapmotion
OCTOBER 9, 2017
Today we’re excited to announce the opening of our new design research studio in London with visionary VR/AR filmmaker Keiichi Matsuda, who will lead the new office and assume the role of VP of Design and Global Creative Director. With this new London office, we’re building on our team of world-class creatives and engineers to further our mission to design robust, believable and honest visions of a world elevated by technology, with human input at the center.
VRScout
OCTOBER 12, 2017
Yulio’s “gaze-tracking” technology shows businesses exactly where a user’s attention lies. 360° video has proven to be an exciting and immersive new medium capable of captivating users in a way conventional 2D media hasn’t quite been able to. There’s only one problem: All that freedom means more options for viewers in terms of where to look, which can spell trouble for companies looking to ensure attention is given to particular areas of the video. .
Road to VR
OCTOBER 18, 2017
TPCAST , the company known for creating a wireless adapter for HTC Vive, announced that they’ll be delivering a device that supports the Oculus Rift by the end of the year. If you own a PC VR headset (aka ‘tethered’), you’ve probably already mastered the strange dance you have to do to untangle the cable during room-scale gameplay.
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.
VRScout
OCTOBER 11, 2017
‘Oculus Go’ doesn’t require a phone or PC. Oculus’ biggest event of the year, Oculus Connect 4 , kicked off Wednesday morning with an opening keynote reveal from Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg. The Facebook owned Oculus unveiled on stage their first standalone VR headset. Dubbed Oculus Go , the VR headset is a all-in one mobile computer, which means you don’t need to slide in your phone or plug it into a beefy gaming PC.
VRScout
OCTOBER 17, 2017
KLM distributed VR headsets to budget airline passengers of other airlines so they could feel like they were flying KLM. Luxury airline Royal Dutch Airlines, or KLM, recently launched a new PR campaign called the KLM Flight Upgrader , which allows budget airline passengers to experience a first-class KLM flight right from their seat in coach. KLM distributed cardboard VR headsets bearing the label, “Do not disturb, pretending to fly KLM” to passengers on competing airlines and invited them to
VRScout
OCTOBER 26, 2017
The second of three Blade Runner 2049 VR games is now available free for the Oculus Rift. If you haven’t seen the new Blade Runner film yet, I suggest you drop what you’re doing and head to a theater immediately. The sequel to the 1982 cult-classic seems to improve on almost every aspect of the original with an engrossing story and some truly stunning visuals.
VRScout
OCTOBER 4, 2017
The ARCore experience is coming to Pixel 2. With new updates to Google’s Daydream View headset, the unveiling of Pixel 2, and a preview of AR Stickers that included packs for Stranger Things and Star Wars , Google also teased a slew of new apps and experiences built with ARCore by their partners. One of those apps that immediately caught our eye was a real-time action AR demo for League of Legends.
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.
VRScout
OCTOBER 1, 2017
‘I Am Rohingya’ shines on a light on the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims. Virtual reality’s ability to influence users on an emotional level by immersing them in new worlds and situations has made it the perfect tool for documentarians looking to further impact their audiences. Being able to place users directly into the shoes of a real subject and surround them in their world brings a new level of empathy that’s often unobtainable in standard 2D filmmaking.
VRScout
OCTOBER 8, 2017
The VR Developer and ARkit Nanodegree Programs are here to help feed the growing market need for educated developers. Various industries, from entertainment to healthcare, have begun investing a significant amount of their resources in virtual and augmented reality. As a result, companies are now clamoring for talented developers in these rapidly growing fields.
VRScout
OCTOBER 11, 2017
Today has been a big day at Oculus Connect 4, Facebook’s VR industry conference. In addition to a $199 Oculus Go standalone headset , the social media giant announced major updates to Facebook Spaces (including 360 ° live-streaming and the integration of Quill) and Oculus Home (a “Minority Report-like interface” via Rift Core 2.0 and Dash).
VRScout
OCTOBER 24, 2017
Bong rips and “always blue” in VR. HBO’s Silicon Valley is getting a VR experience and it couldn’t be more spot on. Considering the last season was riddled with VR references, including tech wonderkid Keenan Feldspar—played by Haley Joel Osment as the not so subtle nod to Oculus’ Palmer Luckey, it comes as no surprise that the Emmy Award winning hit is launching a VR experience of its own.
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?
VRScout
OCTOBER 5, 2017
Words and virtual reality paint immersive stories. Avante-garde performance artist Laurie Anderson has a new VR experience. Her latest work with Taiwanese artist-programmer Hsin-Chien Huang, Chalkroom , lets you float through a virtual world made of letters while the O Superman singer narrates. “It’s made of words and stories and it’s a big kind of edifice covered with language and drawings,” Anderson said in an interview with Louisiana Channel. “I wanted to see w
VRScout
OCTOBER 6, 2017
The Immersive Storytelling & Emerging Technologies concentration to include VR, AR and AI in its Film & Media Masters of Arts Program this January. John Hopkins University is no stranger to experimenting with new programs and technologies. For years the school has prided itself in its ability to progress with the times, especially in its Film & Media Master of Arts program which currently features the United States most diverse graduate group across gender, race and ethnicity.
VRScout
OCTOBER 14, 2017
Positivity Moves The World brings brain-controlled interface technology to the GearVR via a headband. There’s no shortage of bizarre control schemes for VR experiences these days. After all, developers are still experimenting with various methods they hope will become the standard. So it comes as no surprise that we have some truly unique options popping up almost every week.
VRScout
OCTOBER 19, 2017
Real-world interactive elements bring immersive horror to new levels. There’s a reason the horror genre is so popular among VR developers and 360° video creators. The immersive technology pairs perfectly with the frightening medium, enhancing the atmosphere and jump scares ten-fold. So when an already horrifying VR experience adds interactive physical enhancements to the mix you can be sure things are going to get a bit horrifying real quick.
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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