The Ghost Howls
MAY 27, 2019
This year we had the launch of two amazing 6 DOF all-in-one Virtual Reality headsets : the Oculus Quest and the HTC Vive Focus Plus. These are probably the two best standalone VR devices that are available on the market , and I have the pleasure of having both of them here on my desk. The official boxes of the Oculus Quest (above) and Vive Focus Plus (below).
VRScout
MAY 16, 2019
Because every immersive experience is better with consequences. When it comes to interactive entertainment, nothing immerses users in an experience better than providing consequences to their actions; whether it be feeling a controller vibrate after firing an in-game weapon or providing multiple dialogue options that result in a branching narrative.
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Road to VR
MAY 9, 2019
HTC is now on its fourth batch in its $100 million accelerator program, which offers education, investment and mentorship to startups doing unique and and interesting things around VR and AR. Like years prior, the accelerator program is spread out across Asia, North America, Europe, and the Middle East. A total of 17 startups spanning San Francisco, London, Taipei, Shenzhen, Beijing, and Tel Aviv have been selected.
Tech Trends VR
MAY 20, 2019
How Virtual Reality training can help healthcare professionals retain crucial information. Healthcare professionals are tasked with learning and retaining an enormous amount of knowledge and skills. Whether the task is to master human anatomy and physiology, the symptoms associated with a broad range of diseases and disorders, or the skills associated with performing some routine or non-routine medical procedure, healthcare professional undergo an enormous amount of training to ensure excellence
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.
Next Reality AR
MAY 1, 2019
Smartglasses maker Vuzix made a big splash at CES 2018 with the inclusion of Amazon's Alexa voice assistant among the AR superpowers of its consumer-centric Blade smartglasses. Now, it's time to tell Alexa to make room, as Vuzix is bringing Google Assistant support to Blade. The app is now available via the Vuzix App Store. Blade owners will need a Google account and at least version 1.2.0 of the Blade companion app to get started.
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The Ghost Howls
MAY 20, 2019
I have some exclusive news on the Vive Cosmos , one of the most awaited headsets of 2019, that I want to share with you. Fasten your seatbelts and read this article. As you may know if you follow me on social media, last week I spent my whole time in Taiwan , at first in Kaohsiung and then in Taipei. It has been a really interesting experience, and there I watched breathtaking landscapes, I ate delicious food (included the “Best dumplings in the world”, as Viveport’s Steve Wang says) and met fan
VRScout
MAY 22, 2019
Download your footage before the cloud-based stitching service closes on June 28th. Sorry Google Jump users, but Google has made the decision to shut down their cloud-based video stitching service on June 28 th citing a decline in Jump Assembler users. This past Friday the tech giant sent an email out to all Jump users sating, “As these new cameras, formats, and editing tools became available, we saw usage of Jump Assembler decline.”.
VRScout
MAY 11, 2019
Sort recyclables to save the Earth in this futuristic gamified learning experience. It’s 2049 and planet Earth is a garbage-filled dump patrolled by hostile robots. Overwhelming trash from unrecycled plastics has made the planet near uninhabitable, so much so that a hostile A.I. has decided that humans don’t deserve this planet and has begun the process of wiping out humanity.
VRScout
MAY 25, 2019
Exploring Boston’s past via an AR time machine. If you are familiar with Boston, then you know all about the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway , a stunning strip of land filled with beautiful gardens, promenades, plazas, and fountains that takes you through multiple Boston neighborhoods, from Chinatown all the way to Boston’s North End. Thanks to an incredible partnership between the Greenway Conservancy, Hoverlay and Boston Cyberarts as part of the Conservancy’s 2019 Public Art exhibiti
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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.
VRScout
MAY 4, 2019
The next generation of police training arrives in Brooklyn, NY. When it comes to the NYPD’s Counterterrorism Bureau—New York Cities primary local resource to guard against international and domestic terrorism—there’s no such thing as being overly prepared. Now, through the help of location-based VR technology, the NYPD is training hundreds of officers in multiple scenarios that would be impossible to recreate in real-life.
VRScout
MAY 29, 2019
With billions of active monthly users, Facebook is poised to launch the mass-adoption of VR. May 21 st , 2019 will go down in history as an incredible day for VR. Though I would love to let my birthday piggyback on that accomplishment, credit actually goes to Facebook-owned Oculus, which launched its Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift S headsets on that day.
VRScout
MAY 1, 2019
Four platforms to build original VR projects without any programming experience. Those unfamiliar with immersive technology have often perceived VR as some form of modern black magic that only highly-trained developers can properly harness. But today you no longer need to be a Unity professional or 3D designer to get into this sacred industry. There are tools and platforms that allow the creation of any interactive experience, educational training, or immersive business project without any speci
VRScout
MAY 22, 2019
Comfort and quality collide with the latest Windows Mixed Reality headset. Windows Mixed Reality, while not the highest quality VR platform currently available, is an excellent jumping-off point for those looking to step into the world of VR without breaking the bank. Multiple budget-friendly headset options, compatibility with a massive library of experiences offered by SteamVR (and Oculus via LibreVR’s Revive app), the list goes on.
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
MAY 23, 2019
A new era in VR technology arrives with the Oculus Quest standalone headset. The Oculus Quest shouldn’t exist—at least not at this price. First teased at Oculus Connect 3 in 2016 as “Oculus Santa Cruz,” the Quest has spent the last three years evolving into a jaw-dropping piece of technology that could end up defining the future of an entire industry.
VRScout
MAY 9, 2019
Standalone VR could be a game-changing technology for the medical industry. The Oculus Quest is a near-perfect combination of the Oculus Rift’s powerful 6DoF tracking and the Oculus Go’s comfort and portability. This blend of quality and convenience has the potential to open up a wide range of new possibilities for a variety of critical industries and fields of study.
VRScout
MAY 29, 2019
Varjo aims for ‘Hard AR’ with its developer-focused XR-1 headset. Earlier this morning enterprise VR developer Varjo unveiled the latest addition to its hardware line-up, the XR-1 , a developer-focused VR/AR headset aimed at delivering photorealistic AR visuals so detailed, they’re indistinguishable from real-life. Outfitted with dual 12mpx cameras located on the headsets front plate, the XR-1 is essentially an upgrade to the VR-1, the companies first headset capable of human-eye resolution; onl
VRScout
MAY 13, 2019
Digital Domain’s Doug Roble delivers a talk alongside his ‘DigiDoug’ virtual avatar. Digital Domain’s Head of Software R&D Doug Roble made history during this year’s TED Conference after conducting a live talk alongside a highly-detailed virtual avatar modeled after the VFX industry veteran himself. During the brief 12-and-a-half minute talk, DigiDoug—as the team has come to call it—mirrored every action and expression made by the original Doug as he went into detail explai
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
MAY 6, 2019
Addressing social injustice at Tribeca Film Festival 2019. The annual Tribeca Film Festival held in NYC showcases an incredible selection of independent projects by creatives from all across the globe that explores storytelling in the form of narratives, documentaries, shorts, features, and television. Since 2012, organizers of the festival have included VR and AR projects as part of their Virtual Arcade, a section of the festival where storytelling and VR/AR technology intersect.
The Ghost Howls
MAY 18, 2019
The Cyberith Virtualizer. One of the products that generated most hype in the VR communities some years ago… do you remember it? I’m sure you do, and if not, well, this video my refresh your memories: It was a VR treadmill that promised the possibility of playing cool games in VR by running in place, dodging, crouching and firing all from your home.
VRScout
MAY 15, 2019
Examining how AR experiences can change the way people interact with the real world. In a new study conducted by Standford Universities School of Humanities and Sciences, researchers discovered that simulated augmented reality experiences have a direct effect on human behavior within the real world, even after the AR device was removed. “We’ve discovered that using augmented reality technology can change where you walk, how you turn your head, how well you do on tasks, and how you connect social
VRScout
MAY 26, 2019
Punch and slash your way through a catalog of hit songs from any web browsing device. Although still in its infancy, webVR has already proven a viable solution for providing low-performance interactive VR experiences directly from a web browser. So far the technologies primary use-cases have been simplistic gaming experiences, virtual showrooms, and various other undemanding experiments.
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
MAY 23, 2019
One of VR’s most popular military shooters makes a surprise appearance on the Quest. After spending just a few hours with the Oculus Quest hardware, Pavlov VR developer David Villz (davevillz) confirmed yesterday via Twitter that the fast-paced multiplayer shooter will be heading to the standalone headset. Today, davevillz announced that Pavlov VR Quest, Open Alpha is now available for Quest owners to sideload onto their headsets.
VRScout
MAY 10, 2019
From May 9th to July 6th, VR media app Within will release five unique CNNVR documentaries. First announced on May 8th, widely available VR media app Within will be home to a series of VR news stories, produced by CNNVR. Each immersive news story will contain first-hand 360-degree coverage of several different events and scenes that are otherwise unreachable to the average viewer using traditional media.
VRScout
MAY 8, 2019
MR technology blends exercise and gaming to promote fantasy and fitness. If jumping into a completely 360-degree immersive mixed reality arena to battle space aliens from a far-away galaxy, transporting yourself to alternate dimensions to destroy virtual cosmic glass, or facing off against real-life opponents by hurling a SPLATTERBALL sounds like a good time to you, then allow me to introduce Urban Air Adventure Park !
VRScout
MAY 20, 2019
The latest iteration of Glass features an improved camera and a more powerful CPU for $999. Earlier today, Google announced the latest addition to its Google Glass hardware line-up with Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2. The company promises the new AR headset will help businesses increase the efficiency of its employees by offering them hands-free access to a world of information in real-time.
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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