VRScout

APRIL 27, 2019

Can swapping bodies with your employees in VR help you to become a better manager? More businesses across every industry have come to realize that soft skills—attributes that allow you to effectively communicate with others—are far from a “nice to have” and are actually essential in order to maintain a well-rounded and creative workforce capable of tackling the complex challenges that come with doing business in the modern digital age.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 27, 2019

Facebook 3D Photos are one of the hot trends of the moment , especially now that is possible to upload them from Facebook website. They could be a great innovative tool to market your AR and VR applications (and even for the non-XR ones) … so let’s see how you can create them for you game directly from your Unity project! What are Facebook 3D Photos?

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Tech Trends VR

APRIL 30, 2019

How interacting with virtual beings powered by Artificial Intelligence can teach us to become better humans. More businesses across every industry have come to realize that soft skills are far from a “nice to have” and actually essential in order to ensure they have a well-rounded and creative workforce capable of tackling the complex challenges that some with doing business in the digital age.

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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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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

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

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Road to VR

APRIL 30, 2019

Valve today announced that pre-orders for Index, the company’s high-end, enthusiast-level VR headset, are set to arrive on May 1st, priced at $1,000 for the full Index VR kit and $500 for the headset alone. The exact launch date is still unclear, although the company says Index should start shipping by the end of June. The full $1,000 Index VR kit includes the Index headset, the Index controllers (AKA Knuckles), and two SteamVR 2.0 base stations—everything you need to jump into high-end VR

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Next Reality AR

APRIL 29, 2019

It turns out that the video Magic Leap released earlier today was indeed a teaser for the public release of the Game of thrones experience for meant for all Magic Leap One users. Available now for download in the Magic Leap World section, the app is a free download that allows you to enter the world of Game of Thrones in augmented reality for the first time.

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VRScout

APRIL 30, 2019

The Wonderscope Los Angeles Community Reading Initiative brings AR education to nine schools and seven libraries. Since first established back in 1988, LA’s Best afterschool enrichment program has been providing daily support to over 25,000 elementary school students from hundreds of underprivileged schools using numerous initiatives designed to promote intellectual and social development.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 29, 2019

Second episode of my column dedicated to VR storytelling content from VeeR. Last time I presented you LUCID , while today I want to talk about Defrost, a Virtual Reality mini- serie by Feral Dog Productions. Defrost is one of the first Virtual Reality series , but to be honest, it seems to me more a movie divided into different scenes. There are 12 episodes , and every one of them lasts something like 5 minutes.

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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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Road to VR

APRIL 30, 2019

Oculus Quest is now available for pre-order and will launch on May 21st. After testing the headset for several weeks, our Oculus Quest review is here. Because it doesn’t rely on a PC, but still has full tracking capabilities, Oculus hopes that Quest can bring VR’s most immersive experiences to a much wider crowd. Does Quest deliver? Read on to find out.

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Next Reality AR

APRIL 30, 2019

Two years ago, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg kicked off the F8 Developers Conference keynote with augmented reality and the introduction of Facebook's AR camera platform, now known as Spark AR. Since then, Facebook has faced an avalanche of controversy on its approach to user data, so augmented reality took a back seat to Facebook's new emphasis on privacy this year.

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VRScout

APRIL 28, 2019

This is how VR swords and sorcery games should feel. Offering some of the most realistic gladiatorial battles currently available to owners of PC VR headsets, physics-based medieval combat simulator Blade & Sorcery rolled in hot at the beginning of April with early access Update #5. Keeping an early access title such as Blade & Sorcery in the spotlight should be a hefty task, but lone wolf developer WarpFrog (aka KospY, the handle he uses on the official Blade & Sorcery Discord chann

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 1, 2019

Today I start a short series of post that talk about the three headsets of the moment: Oculus Rift S, Oculus Quest and Valve Index. In this series, I will talk about the main characteristics of these devices, so that you can decide if you are interested in buying them or not. In this first episode, I will detail the Rift S. What it is, what are its features, who is destined to and its comparison to the Rift CV1.

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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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Road to VR

APRIL 30, 2019

Valve has finally given Index a full reveal and has announced that the headset will be available for pre-order starting tomorrow and is due to ship by the end of June. We recently visited Valve’s offices for a hands-on with Index, which the company hopes will set the bar for VR fidelity. After much rumor and speculation, Valve is finally ready to reveal Index, and the company is making no mystery of its intentions—to raise the bar for VR fidelity.

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Next Reality AR

APRIL 29, 2019

There are only three more episodes of Game of Thrones left before the saga is over, but Magic Leap is capitalizing on the series' popularity while it still can. As we've reported in recent weeks, Magic Leap is giving demos of its augmented reality headset at select AT&T stores around the country using its "Dead Must Die" experience, which draws from the Game of Thrones universe.

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VRScout

APRIL 29, 2019

Catching up with VR director and two-time Oculus Launch Pad recipient Kiira Benzing. Benzing is one of the first of her kind: a multi-talented, multi-faceted director and producer with an intuitive grasp of what works in VR filmmaking. Most notably, her production studio ( Double Eye ) won the jury award for ‘ Best Interactive Experience ‘ at SXSW 2019.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 1, 2019

Yesterday was an amazing day for virtual reality , with the launch of probably the best standalone VR headset for consumers , the reveal of probably the best headset for developers, the announcement of new possibilities for enterprise customers, and… also yeah, there was something about the Rift S, but no one cares about it! In this article, I will just briefly explain the main news announced yesterday and give my opinion about them. and then I will detail the launched headsets in some mor

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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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Road to VR

APRIL 30, 2019

After an impressive three-year tour of duty for Oculus’ first PC VR headset, the Rift, along comes the Rift S. Oculus bills the headset not as a sequel, but a remaster. With a focus on ease of use, Rift S aims to make VR more accessible and playable than ever, but that’s come at the cost of some of the original’s biggest selling points, making the headset a good choice for newcomers but a tough sell for existing Rift owners.

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Next Reality AR

MAY 2, 2019

Much of the excitement around the HoloLens 2 has moved on to many wondering when we'll finally be able to get our hands on what is now the best augmented reality device on the market. In the meantime, Microsoft has decided to introduce a new package called the HoloLens 2 Development Edition, which comes bundled with a couple of valuable software add-ons from Unity, as well as an opportunity to save some cash on your Azure usage.

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VRScout

APRIL 29, 2019

Applications are now open for the international VR creator program. Since 2017, we’ve been teaming up with YouTube to provide scores of highly talented, ambitious creators from across the world with the skills and resources essential to developing the next generation of immersive media. In that time we’ve helped facilitate the creation of some truly incredible VR content alongside some of the biggest names in entertainment.

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Charlie Fink

APRIL 27, 2019

The Tribeca Film Festival's Immersive Arcade delivers the best collection of VR experiences in the world.

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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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Road to VR

MAY 1, 2019

Valve finally revealed their new Index headset and it’s got some pretty impressive specs. From improved resolution and field of view to a display which can run up to 144Hz, there’s a lot to like. But one of the headset’s most surprising innovations is its headphones. I love seeing ‘stupid simple’ design—those things that seem so obvious once you see them for the first time, but somehow never thought of before.

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Next Reality AR

MAY 2, 2019

The Avengers aren't the only shiny new toys available to Pixel handset owners, as the animated stars of the upcoming Pokémon Detective Pikachu movie have arrived in the Google Playground app. Just weeks after bringing the headlining characters of the box office-owning Avengers: Endgame to the AR app, on Thursday, Google published a Playmoji sticker set that teleports Pikachu and his pals into your living room.

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VRScout

MAY 2, 2019

The developer-focused release includes $500 in free Azure credits, 3-month free trials of Unity Pro. Following the announcement of the Microsoft HoloLens 2, Unity has revealed a new partnership with the US-based multinational technology company to release a developer-focused version of the upcoming mixed reality headset. The Microsoft HoloLens 2 Developer Edition will include the latest HoloLens headset alongside $500 in free Azure credits plus a three-month trial of both Unity Pro and PiXYZ plu

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InstaVR

MAY 1, 2019

InstaVR Launches Single-Click Publishing t o. Oculus Quest and Rift S, Including. World-Class Touch Interactivity. Easily Create and Distribute Immersive 3D Applications to the Oculus Platforms without Coding. San Jose, CA – May 1, 2019 – InstaVR Inc ( [link] , a virtual reality (VR) authoring, publishing, and analysis company, today launched Oculus Rift S and Oculus Quest publishing compatibility, including the ability to interact with 3D environments using Touch controllers.

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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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