Next Reality AR
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018
Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) is making it easier for its passengers to travel by employing an incredibly practical new augmented reality feature included an update to its iOS app. Now, iPhone and iPad users can place a translucent virtual suitcase over their own real world luggage to confirm that it's within the carry-on dimensions for their airplane.
Tech Trends VR
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
Lockheed Martin’s space division has partnered with Scope AR to support the manufacturing of spacecraft, including NASA’s Orion. Lockheed Martin’s space division is now using Mixed Relaity headsets and software to speed up the time it takes for engineers to learn about and conduct manufacturing processes on spacecraft. The defence contractor is one of many major industry players to embrace Mixed Reality and incorporate immersive tech in their industrial processes.
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VRScout
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
Orlando-based film studio Dolphin Image closes a $2M seed funding to further develop ARwall’s motion picture effects tools. Despite its heavy role in a vast majority of major motion picture productions, green screen technology is far from an ideal. A hefty price tag, considerable post production, and the need for a sizable amount of space makes it a fairly inconvenient methodology.
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
Though there wasn’t much groundbreaking in the Daydream news shared at Google I/O this year, the company is growing its AR/VR team at an accelerated rate, suggesting Google has a number of things up its sleeve yet. One recent job listing which caught our eye suggests that the company is ramping up its R&D efforts for lenses, now hiring a ‘Diamond Turning Technician’ to assist with rapid prototyping of “new and novel” optics for AR and VR devices.
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
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
Now that the iPhone XS is officially available for pre-order, Verizon and Apple are giving Snapchat users the opportunity to win the device through an augmented reality scavenger hunt rather than forking over $1,000 for one. Starting on Friday and ending Sept. 17, Snapchat users will be able to collect virtual music snippets, which manifest as pulsing AR visuals via Lenses.
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VRScout
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
Science-based basketball training and oldschool Galaga with a multiplayer twist heads to iOS via Apple’s advanced augmented reality platform. Apple’s 2018 keynote event has officially come to a close and it appears as though iOS fans have much to look forward to over the coming months. The California-based technology company had no shortage of fresh hardware and exciting software updates to showcase, including a new Apple Watch with electrocardiogram functionality, as well as a more powerful iPh
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
With the unique ability to control time with your movements, the embodied gameplay of SUPERHOT VR (2016) can make you feel like you’re in The Matrix. Available on all major VR platforms, the game has come to be known as a top VR title. Since then, the indie studio behind the game has been relatively quiet about the potential for future VR projects as they remain heads down on a standalone expansion called SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE.
Next Reality AR
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
One of the neatest tricks available in Google Lens, an app that can identify and interpret real world information, is the ability to copy text from the app's camera view and paste it into a digital document. And while the computer vision assistance of Google Lens takes care of the copy and paste function in augmented reality, a new mobile app from Find It Software fulfills the find function directly on printed documents in real time.
Cats and VR
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
Battle X: Birth of the Alliance, the VR- enabled first-person shooter from the military simulation software veterans at Naviworks, releases Friday September 14th on Oculus VR, HTC Vive, and Steam, with a PSVR version following in early 2019. The game features the voice acting of legendary Starship Troopers actor Casper Van Dien. Just ran in to #scfi #action #acting legend @CasperVanDien during #gdc2018 #gdc he’s doing voice in #battlex one of my fav #vr games at the show. pic.twitter.com/t7CoP35
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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
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018
Paint augmented artwork and leave behind messages for others via this collaborative AR experience. Have you ever wished you could use the endless landscape of the sky as a blank canvas for you to display your artwork or write messages for the world to see? You are a not alone in that wish. The developers over at Kevaid share your pie-in-the-sky dreams and have released an AR app called Blue Sky Paint that can transform the skies above you into an untouched floating canvas for you to scribble
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
Chiaro and the Elixir of Life (2018), a first-person VR adventure from Montreal-based Martov Co. , launched today on HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Windows VR headsets. The result of a successful Kickstarter campaign , which saw a complete funding total of $10,088 CAD (~$7,730 USD), Chiaro is the new indie studio’s first game. Stepping into the shoes of a young engineer named Chiaro, you’re accompanied by your little steam-powered robot pal named Boka, who you bring along with you as yo
Next Reality AR
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
Google and Apple are working to enable augmented reality content for the web, but startup 8th Wall has managed to launch a web AR platform that works on mobile browsers now. On Tuesday, the company launched 8th Wall Web, a platform that adapts the company's own environmental-mapping engine for markerless augmented reality experiences to mobile web via JavaScript and WebGL standards.
Charlie Fink
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
The VR/AR Global Summit, hosted by the VR/AR Association (VRARA), returns to Vancouver September 21st and 22nd.
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
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
Royal Dutch Airlines turns to AR to take the second guessing out of carry-on luggage. Having the urge to pursue your wanderlust and experience foreign cultures, check out famous landmarks (physical or digital ), and meet new people around the globe is as exciting and romantic as you could imagine, but sometimes that excitement and romance can come with a few hiccups.
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
As a current artist-in-residence on the Facebook Social VR team, Goro Fujita has been making some pretty impressive “quillistrations” as a part of his daily creative regime using Quill, Oculus’ first-party VR paint and drawing tool that he helped develop. In a few of his latest creations though, Fujita has been plumbing the possibilities of bringing comics to life in VR.
Next Reality AR
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
Augmented reality gaming developer Niantic has decided to give its players the opportunity to make their mark on Pokémon GO with a PokéStop nomination system. While an international launch date has not been revealed, the company announced on Tuesday that it plans to start a limited beta test of the nomination system soon. The beta version of the system will be limited to level 40 players in Brazil and South Korea, with child accounts excluded.
Charlie Fink
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
The new 8th Wall Web is a potential game changer for developers.
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
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
MR & AR technology showcase the potential destruction of the cat 2 storm currently hitting the Carolina states. Torrential rain, wind speeds of up to 110 miles per hour, coastal deterioration, massive flooding; these are just a handful of the dangers Carolina residents will endure as Hurricane Florence begins its battering of the lower East Coast.
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
I Expect You to Die (2016) , the spy-themed puzzle game from Schell Games , was a big earner last year, achieving $1 million in revenue since its late-2016 until August 2017. Now a little over a year later, the studio reports they’ve recently closed in on the $3 million mark. Developed specifically for VR , I Expect You To Die puts you in the shoes of a Bond-style secret agent who must escape deadly situations by solving puzzles that put you in direct danger, such as poison gas, bom
Next Reality AR
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
Applicants looking to attend Magic Leap's first annual L.E.A.P. conference next month in Los Angeles have begun receiving their confirmation invitations, and now we have more detail about some of what will happen at the event. In a message sent out by Magic Leap on Friday, the company announced the names of several major tech and entertainment industry players who will be speaking at the event.
Cats and VR
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018
The upcoming PSVR title from FromSoftware will be releasing in on 6th November, 2018. Déraciné is a VR adventure that allows you to explore a quiet world brimming with mysteries, and recall the joy of discovery. Perhaps the exact opposite of the Dark Souls franchise. Players take on the role of an invisible faerie who appears in an old secluded boarding school where six students, and their aging headmaster reside.
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
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
The hyper-reality provider partners with ILMxLAB to develop a new series of interactive experiences, starting with Disney’s upcoming animated film, Ralph Breaks the Internet. Multi-sensory, location-based VR venue The VOID is best known for providing AAA interactive experiences based on some of entertainments biggest properties. From Ghostbusters Dimensions , to Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire , the hyper-reality provider has brought a new level of interaction to some of Hollywood’s biggest fra
Road to VR
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
The long-awaited Vox Machinae is almost here, as developing studio Space Bullet Dynamics Corporation recently announced that the multiplayer mech battle game is finally heading into Early Access soon, supporting traditional monitors, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Windows VR headsets starting in early fall. First teased back in 2014 during the Rift DK1 and DK2 era, Vox Machinae has had plenty of time to gestate, not to mention learn from some of its less fortunate multiplayer forerunners which strugg
Next Reality AR
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
Facing mixed reviews for the Magic Leap One, Magic Leap has already returned to the lab to improve on the device's successor. On Monday, in a bid to facilitate further innovation and spread its physical footprint, Magic Leap revealed a new Center of Excellence in Lausanne, Switzerland, which will expand the company's overall research and development capacity.
EON Reality
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
We live in an ever-changing world where everything is connected, so the interfaces and the way in which we utilise these connections has the potential to affect billions of people in their day-to-day lives. From the Global Economics standpoint, this means VR and AR are relevant across the world as they are fast becoming the default ways of learning, training and performing – across the workplace, in education organisations, and beyond.
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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