VRScout

DECEMBER 20, 2019

HaptX announces a new partnership with Advanced Input Systems. HaptX , the company bringing realistic haptic technology to VR, has announced a new partnership with Advanced Input Systems along with an impressive Series A financing round of $12 million. This huge investment will fund the production and evolution of the next generation of HaptX Gloves, which can be used within the fields of VR and robotics in numerous ways.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Logitech’s enterprise-focused VR stylus is now available for pre-order. The $750 ‘VR Ink Pilot Edition’ uses SteamVR Tracking and offers up a more natural and precise input modality for a handful of art & design focused VR tools. Logitech revealed the VR Ink Pilot Edition back at the end of May. At the time the company was only working with select partners to gather feedback on the VR stylus; now Logitech has opened up pre-orders for the device for $750 , though they’

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Last week, Oculus rolled out the runtime v12 of the Oculus Quest , which took various features to the standalone headset, and among them, there is hands-tracking support. I was very curious to try it, and yesterday, as soon as I could, I gave it a look. Do you want to know my hands-on (pun intended) impressions? Then follow me! Oculus Quest hands tracking video review.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Patients of all ages find hospitals terrifying and depressing, especially children in need of long-term treatments. Apart from the constant poking and prodding, strict hospital rules make the experience unpleasant for the youngest patients. Thankfully, researchers and pediatric specialists are exploring virtual and augmented reality initiatives to improve patient care.

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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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Next Reality AR

DECEMBER 16, 2019

The cosmetics brands are among the earliest adopters of augmented reality, using virtual try-on tools to preview shades of makeup before buying. But, on Monday, fashion brand Christian Dior took a different approach, using Facebook's Spark AR platform on Instagram to deliver an augmented reality makeup look influenced by its holiday collection. Don't Miss: Facebook Adds Image Tracking Effects & Slider Controls to Spark AR for Instagram Dubbed 3Dior Makeup, the experience was created by Peter

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VRScout

DECEMBER 18, 2019

WebVR projects are now easier to create and publish through 8th Wall’s new project template. 8th Wall, the platform that gives developers powerful tools to build and launch interactive AR content, has launched their first WebVR project template to all of its Agency and Business plan users. This predesigned template a makes it a whole lot easier for creatives to build out full VR experiences and then easily share them with the public straight through a VR-compatible web browser.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Two years later, Jumanji comes back with the same team of stars. But this time, Jumanji: The Next Level also brings an exciting extra feature for fans – a WebAR experience. To create it, Sony Pictures partnered with several companies, such as Amazon, Trigger, Snapchat, Candy Crush Saga and TikTok. Experience Jumanji: The Next Level at Home. The experience, www.exploreJumanji.com , is built by the mixed reality agency Trigger , and powered by AWS and 8th Wall.

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Next Reality AR

DECEMBER 17, 2019

While Elon Musk is in Los Angeles showing off the future of personal transport via the Cybertruck, another, unaffiliated group is taking one of his most popular ideas to market, with augmented reality as a key part of the plan. This week, the HyperloopTT team unveiled its detailed plans for its next-generation commuter rail system, using the Magic Leap One as tool to show off how the system will work.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Not current on the latest season of Rick and Morty ? Well, it’s revealed in episode two of the latest season that Rick, the genius misanthrope that he is, has a secret toilet on a depopulated paradise planet where he can relax, unwind, and truly feel alone with his thoughts. And now you can too—provided you own an Oculus Quest or Oculus Go. The aptly-named Rick’s Toilet app was a quick side project created by Evan Stimpson, an indie developer at Soulcom Studios who’s currently

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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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VRScout

DECEMBER 16, 2019

The ultimate friend-ruining VR experience is now available on standalone. There are few VR games more stressful, more anxiety-inducing than Star Trek: Bridge Crew. Originally released for the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and PS VR back in 2017, the collaborative team-based experience tasks a group of four players with piloting the U.S.S. Aegis through an uncharted sector of space referred to as “The Trench” in search of a new home for the nearly-extinct Vulcan population. .

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2019

I’m back from Belgium, where I took part in the nice Stereopsia event! Christmas is coming and it is that week of the year where I toast a lot with friends, coworkers, partners, etc… I hope you will have fun as well. And of course, between a glass of champagne and a slice of panettone, there is still time for VR, so here you are a collection of best VR news of the past week!

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Next Reality AR

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Usually, flying into unknown territory would mean riding into the "danger zone", but Paramount and Snapchat are taking the trip anyway with one of Summer 2020's most anticipated movie sequels. On Monday, Snapchat published a trailer reaction Lens, the first of its kind for the Snapchat, featuring the latest trailer for Top Gun: Maverick, which stars Tom Cruise reprising his iconic role Pete "Maverick" Mitchell.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Microsoft’s social VR platform, AltspaceVR , has been updated with a renewed emphasis on event hosting. While it’s always been possible to hop into AltspaceVR just to hang out and chat, the platform is honing in on a use-case where users come to the virtual world to see specific live events hosted by creators. AltspaceVR was one of the first social VR platforms to grace the modern era of virtual reality.

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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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VRScout

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Share your personal stories with the world privately via digital audio creatures. Earlier this week, Where Thoughts Go –an intimate VR social experience in which you record and share personal voice messages via orb-like audio creatures–launched on the Oculus Quest, offering standalone users the chance to anonymously share some of their most private, inspirational, and emotional stories with a global audience. .

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 18, 2019

“Behind the Numbers” is AR Insider’s series that examines strategic takeaways from ARtillery Intelligence data. Each post drills down on one topic or chart. Subscribe for access to the full library and other knowledge-building resources. VR continues to show early-stage characteristics, including erratic interest and investment. But how big is it, and how big will it get?

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Next Reality AR

DECEMBER 17, 2019

In a stunning end-of-year twist to the Magic Leap versus Nreal legal saga, the China-based startup is now filing a motion against Magic Leap. Documents detailing the motion were filed on Monday with the US Northern District Court of California. Don't Miss: Hands-On with the Nreal Light, Smartphone-Powered Augmented Reality Immersion The documents state that Chi Xu, the founder of Nreal, is now formally calling for the case to be dismissed.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 19, 2019

It’s just a few more days ‘til Christmas. If you’re like most folks, you’re probably panicking about what to shop for the ones who made it to your long Christmas list. Before you end up giving everyone the same cutesy mug like last year, consider upping your game this year. In this article, we list some augmented reality games and apps for more creative ways to send Christmas cheer.

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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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VRScout

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Choose between Standard, Deluxe, and Collector’s Edition for exclusive weapons and special in-game bonuses. The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners , an upcoming survival-horror VR RPG from Skydance Interactive, will be arriving on SteamVR, Oculus Rift/Rift S, and Oculus Quest (via Oculus Link) January 23rd, 2020 , followed by the PlayStation VR in Spring 2020 and Oculus Quest standalone at some point later in the year. .

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The Oculus Quest is getting lots of cool updates in these weeks , and after the Oculus Link that lets you use the Quest as a PC VR headset, now we have also the possibility to use our bare hands to control the UI of the device. But how can you enable or disable hands tracking on Quest? It is very easy… let me show you. How to enable hands tracking on Oculus Quest – video tutorial.

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Next Reality AR

DECEMBER 20, 2019

What better band than Pink Floyd, the pioneers of psychedelic and progressive rock, to show the music industry how to reinvent album art for the augmented reality age? All rhetorical questions aside, Sony Records saw the opportunity to promote The Later Years, an 18-disc boxed set of CDs that covers Pink Floyd's output from 1987 forward, including 13 hours of unreleased material, with a web-based augmented reality experience.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 18, 2019

A new XR company, GIGXR , was recently founded solely for a very special acquisition. That acquisition has the potential to change the nature of education – first in the most prestigious halls and then everywhere else. Before we talk about that acquisition, let’s look at some background. Meeting the Players. If you are an educator, a student, or a recent graduate, the name Pearson probably rings a bell.

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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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VRScout

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Making a hero is a billion-dollar industry, and Dreamscape is putting you in the limelight. . On Friday, December 13, Dreamscape Immersive launched a fourth destination and immersive adventure with “Dreamworks Dragon Flight Academy,” based on the Dreamworks movie “How to Train your Dragon.” With a highly customized technology platform, the narrative introduces fans and guests to a new type of interactive and immersive cinematic experience that plays a central role in grow

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 16, 2019

This post is adapted from ARtillery Intelligence’s report, Spatial Computing: 2019 Lessons, 2020 Outlook. It includes some of its data and takeaways. More can be previewed here and subscribe for the full report. They say that patience is a virtue. This applies to the current state of the spatial computing industry. After passing through the boom and bust cycle of 2016 and 2017, the last two years were more about measured optimism in the face of industry shakeout and retraction.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Today I’m very happy to tell you about a new interesting VR indie game just released for PSVR by VRKiwi , called ArtPulse. NOTICE: This is a paid post, published thanks to a collaboration I established with MeKiwi Ltd. for the next months. For me paid posts are a fundamental way to sustain the expenses of my blogging activity. I care a lot about you readers, and for me “paid” just means that I will write some more articles about MeKiwi’s products and initiatives, not that

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ARPost

DECEMBER 20, 2019

This year, Charles Dickens’ three ghosts of Christmas come to life in a dark and gloomy VR experience. Chained: A Victorian Nightmare will put players in the center of the well-known story of Ebenezer Scrooge and his journey to past, present and future Christmas days. A Beloved Christmas Story Becomes an Immersive Experience. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is one of the most popular Christmas stories.

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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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