VRScout

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The answer is yes and no. So you just got your hands on Facebook’s incredible standalone VR headset, the Oculus Quest 2, and are excited to jump into a massive catalogue of AAA games and experiences. There’s just one problem, you don’t have enough physical space to play! For those who may be out of the loop, the Oculus Quest 2 offers 6DoF (degrees of freedom) functionality, allowing you to navigate virtual worlds by physically moving throughout your real-world environment.

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

Christmas is coming, and it is the time of the year where people make gifts for each other. One of the best gifts that you can make to a virtual reality gamer is a VR game , and finally, after years that we have awaited for this feature , it is possible to gift a game to a friend of yours in the Oculus Store. But how to do it? How can you give a game as a gift for a Quest 2 user?

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ARPost

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Shopping for Christmas presents this year will be different because of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, that might not entirely be a bad thing. Instead of braving heavy traffic and long lines, shoppers can buy gifts from the comfort of their home in virtual reality. VR can make Christmas shopping less stressful and a whole lot safer, especially amid the global health crisis.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) VR support was scheduled to arrive sometime this month, but the wait is nearly over. ASOBO announced that PC VR headset support is coming to the game next week. ASOBO UX designer François Dacquin announced in a video (linked below) that the long-awaited VR update for Microsoft Flight Simulator is scheduled to arrive on December 22nd, 2020 as a free update.

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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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VRScout

DECEMBER 14, 2020

A collaboration with the Pozna? Philharmonic Orchestra signals a new era in live-recorded audio for virtual reality creators. The immersive audio experts over at Zylia are all about pushing the boundaries of 3D audio recording, whether it be for academic research, art, games, music, sports, VR, and everything in between. Now the company is upping the ante even further with 6 Degrees of Freedom Navigable Audio capable of generating 3D sound for “virtual concert halls,” an immersive auditory exper

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ARPost

DECEMBER 16, 2020

As soon as we have 5G coverage, we’ll have ubiquitous AR glasses, right? Some people would have you believe that. It’s easy to want to believe that. However, there’s more that needs to happen before light-weight, compact, and efficient glasses can become a reality. Perceive doesn’t make AR glasses. They don’t make depth sensors, or controllers, or lenses either.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 16, 2020

A handful of unverified photos have revealed what appears to be a never before seen pair of AR glasses from Lenovo. Images published by known leaker ‘WalkingCat’ have revealed the new AR headset , sporting the Lenovo’s ThinkReality badge, its enterprise-focused AR/VR product line. We haven’t verified the authenticity of the photos, so it’s a mystery for now whether they’re mock-ups, internal prototypes, or production-ready AR glasses.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The Grammy-winning artist’s Chi-Town Christmas spectacular will fill you with holiday cheer. Grammy winning rapper , producer, actor, activist , philanthropist , and all-around-stellar dude, Chancellor Bennett—AKA Chance the Rapper —is teaming up with Supersphere for a special holiday-themed VR performance called “Chi-Town Christmas”.

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Slashgear

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Oculus’s latest standalone VR system should be no-brainer upgrade to the Quest line but its existence has sadly been marred by some controversies. Some of it isn’t the Oculus Quest 2’s fault, to be fair, as Facebook’s takeover has been anything but smooth. There are, however, some complaints about the device itself as well as its official accessories, notably the … Continue reading.

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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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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 18, 2020

(Image courtesy Gerd Altmann via Pixabay.). The global pandemic has affected the tech world — but not all in a bad way. Zoom has been getting all the attention, but demand is also growing for virtual and augmented reality, among other technologies. And this trend is going to continue, according to a report by global consulting and management company Deloitte. “If we’ve learned anything during this challenging year, it’s how critical technology, telecom, media, and entert

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 15, 2020

If there was any question, it has now been answered— Half-Life: Alyx has cemented its “universal acclaim”, becoming both the best and most rated VR-only game on Steam, less than a year after release, after recently passing Beat Saber’s record review count. While it quickly became not just the best rated VR game on Steam—let alone one of the best rated games on Steam overall — Half-Life: Alyx had a large hill to climb to approach the number of Steam reviews of the indie VR bl

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VRScout

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Just because we’re under lockdown doesn’t mean you can’t binge with friends. So, you and your buddy just picked up a couple of Oculus Quest 2 headsets and are looking for the best ways to watch your favorite TV shows and movies together without, you know, actually being together. Well you’re in luck as the Oculus Quest 2 features plenty of options for enjoying your favorite media side-by-side with your friends, family, and loved ones in VR.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 18, 2020

With more services than ever collecting your data, it’s easy to start asking why anyone should care about most of it. This is why. Because people start having ideas like this. Read more.

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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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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 15, 2020

(Image courtesy MeetinVR.). The global pandemic’s forced people apart, but technology is stepping up to bring us all back together, even if we’re not in the same room. MeetinVR and Wolf3d , two major players in VR, have teamed up to make meetings as human as possible. MeetinVR’s been working since 2016 to make VR business meetings that are better than in real life and now they’ve added Wolf3d’s personal avatars to the platform to up the social aspect and make the hu

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Announced back in September at the reveal of Quest 2, Jurassic World Aftermath is suddenly set to be released on the headset tomorrow, according to the game’s just-released launch trailer. Developed by veteran VR studio Coatsink as a Quest exclusive, Jurassic World Aftermath is shaping up to look a bit like a made-for-VR version of Alien Isolation.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Two 3D lenses with 6,000×6,000 resolution each deliver a more immersive experience. After being quarantined for a month as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, FXG CEO Nikk Mitchell and other residents in his community were finally allowed to step out of their homes (but limited to staying in his local area). Mitchell wanted to document those first steps, so he took a 360-degree camera to record himself as he wandered the near-empty streets of Hangzhou, China.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Outbound Vice President/gynophobe-in-chief Mike Pence announced at a press conference on Friday that enlisted personnel in the Space Force will be referred to as “Guardians.” Read more.

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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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Anand Tech

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Earlier in the year we have a good look at the first ever Arm Neoverse-N1 CPU in the form s of the Graviton2 from Amazon. Whilst that chip was great – it wasn’t really a true competitor in the market as it was availably only to Amazon’s cloud business. Today’s release of the new Ampere Computing Altra processors is bound to change that.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Following its expansion onto new VR and non-VR platforms alike, social virtual world Rec Room is seeing serious growth. Today the company behind the project announced it has raised a $20 million Series C investment to support its growing population. What started as a small social PC VR app in 2016 has since expanded to support not just every major VR platform, but now Xbox, PlayStation, and iOS too.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Hippos and cows and giraffes, oh my! Google has expanded its lineup of 3D animals available via Google Search with 50 new creatures. In a video released on Twitter, the company showcases just a handful of the augmented reality animals now accessible via the Google app and compatible Chrome browsers. This includes a giraffe, hippo, milk cow, cat, zebra pig, and a Chow Chow.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 17, 2020

In a groundbreaking decision on Wednesday, a UK court ruled that polluted air was a contributing factor to the 9-year-old Ella Kissi-Debrah’s untimely, tragic passing in 2013. She is the first person in the world to have a death certificate that lists air pollution as a cause of death. The declaration could… Read more.

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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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Charlie Fink

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Pro Putt’s goal is to make golf more accessible, requiring less skill, money and time to get started.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Synth Riders (2019) , the VR rhythm game for PC VR and Quest, is getting a new music pack soon that will feature British rock band Muse. Starting today, the game also includes a new update that brings some more competitive features to its multiplayer mode. The game’s DLC featuring Muse will arrive in the ‘ Synthwave Essentials 2′ music pack, scheduled to arrive on all platforms January 14th, 2021.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Dance influencers Michael Le and Dytto show you the latest moves in this 10-part Snap Original. Snapchat expanded its lineup of original content this morning with the launch of Move it! , a new Snap Original series featuring popular dance influencers Michael Le and Dytto. Available now via the Snapchat app, this 10-part series teaches viewers the latest viral dance moves with the help of some eye-catching AR visuals.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 16, 2020

As part of an ongoing process of retooling its policies around harassment and hateful conduct, Twitch announced on Wednesday that the words “simp,” “incel,” and “virgin” will no longer be allowed on the platform as long as they are used by streamers and commenters as insults. If they are used in a friendly way, the… Read more.

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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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