Veative
JUNE 9, 2019
VR in the classroom is a hot topic these days, fresh on the lips of enthusiastic instructors and neophyte teachers alike. However, this new-ish device is fraught with a painful and potentially expensive learning curve, and an industry pointing teachers in one direction. Is that direction, a teacher-centric, teacher-lead model of classroom usage, the right way to go?
The Ghost Howls
JUNE 8, 2019
As soon as my Oculus Quest arrived, I immediately started playing with it and have fun with Beat Saber, Robo Recall, Creed and all the other titles. But then, as a developer, I felt the urge to understand how to develop my applications in Unity for the Oculus Quest. And I guess that if you are a developer like me, you had my some thought. That’s why I decided to create this little tutorial: to help all the Unity developers that want to get started in developing for the latest Oculus standa
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Next Reality AR
JUNE 10, 2019
Snapchat isn't the only tech company transforming landmarks with augmented reality for Pride Month. About four miles southwest of New York's iconic Flatiron Building, which is getting its own Pride makeover via Snapchat's Landmarker AR, Stonewall National Monument is also receiving some augmented reality treatment by way of the Stonewall Forever mobile app published by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center (better known as The Center) in partnership with Google.
VRScout
JUNE 12, 2019
Node-based tracking offers a simplistic alternative to omnidirectional treadmills. This past Monday, June 10, advanced locomotion tech manufacturer KAT VR introduced the ‘KAT loco’; a node-based tracking system that appears to fulfill a halfway point between traditional VR thumbstick locomotion and full-blown omnidirectional treadmill locomotion. If you’re not familiar with KAT VR, it’s the same company that offers devices such as the ‘KAT Walk’ and its smaller counterpart, the ‘KAT
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.
ARPost
JUNE 11, 2019
All around the globe, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer students continue to be bullied and discriminated against. They deal with rejection, fear, and harassment on a daily basis. The stress of these traumatic experiences put LGBTQ youth at higher risk for depression, substance misuse, and suicide. Needless to say, promoting empowerment among LGBTQ youth is important.
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Road to VR
JUNE 11, 2019
LOW-FI is an upcoming VR game from the veteran indie VR developer behind TECHNOLUST (2016). The game presents a dark but plausible future where most of the population lives in a VR simulation, while at the same time the city’s poor inhabitants live unseen on the streets of the real-world. They are the ‘low-fi’ It’s not entirely clear what’s so strangely alluring about the gritty cyberpunk aesthetic, but Blair Renaud, the developer behind the early VR title Techno
VRScout
JUNE 8, 2019
Online multiplayer could revolutionize how we interact in AR. While VR makes you forget about the outside world, AR instead enhances reality by blending virtual elements with your real-world environment. It unites both realities in the most seamless and exciting way possible, allowing users to access one-of-a-kind immersive experiences using existing smartphone technology.
ARPost
JUNE 13, 2019
Burgeoning technologies like augmented reality are some of the prime drivers of innovation. AR has the capacity to revolutionize education as well as modern workforce training. Adding interactive digital elements into the real world enables businesses to build a more competent workforce. AR can put an end to traditional methods of education , which are too constrained and costly.
The Ghost Howls
JUNE 12, 2019
The time for my Oculus Quest review has come. After having tried the headset for some days, having written what it is and what are its features, the comparison between it and the Vive Focus Plus , having taught people how to start developing with it , I think tha t I’m ready to let you know my impressions on the first 6 DOF standalone headset by Facebook.
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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.
Road to VR
JUNE 11, 2019
You may have noticed Oculus Quest is sold out practically everywhere, and while it’s not certain whether the company’s standalone 6DOF headset is selling famously, or is simply the result of artificially limited quantities to generate hype à la Nintendo, one thing is clear: Oculus has sold $5 million worth of Quest content in the first two weeks since its May 21st launch.
VRScout
JUNE 13, 2019
Getting down and dirty on the show floor with Redpill VR & Sensorium. This years E3 featured no shortage of visually-captivating installations on the show floor. Each year the premier computer and video game expo draws some of the biggest names in interactive entertainment, resulting in a show floor stacked to the brim with incredible booths, expensive marketing stunts, and plenty of live entertainment.
ARPost
JUNE 12, 2019
RS Components, a UK-based electronics company, has recently compiled an infographic of predictions for VR technology by 2050. I’m not going to unpack all of it in this article but take a look at the whole infographic below. It’s all interesting but there are a couple of things in particular that caught my eye. AR Technology and VR Technology Will Merge.
Next Reality AR
JUNE 12, 2019
While Toyota ranks as the leading automotive brand in the world, the company is a follower when it comes to augmented reality. Nonetheless, Toyota is catching up with the competition with a web-based augmented reality advertising campaign for the 2020 Corolla. Executed by ad agency Conill and 8th Wall's web-based AR platform, the experience is delivered via mobile banner ads to Hispanic customers in the US.
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.
Road to VR
JUNE 12, 2019
The developer of Virtual Desktop , a Quest app which allows users to stream their PC desktop to the headset for use in VR, says that after the recent addition of a feature which allowed SteamVR games to be played on Quest, Oculus is forcing him to remove the feature. Guy Godin is a longtime VR developer whose Virtual Desktop app lets users use their PC from within a wide range of VR headsets.
VRScout
JUNE 11, 2019
HaptX debuts bimanual VR gloves at inaugural re:MARS Conference. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos literally went “hands-on” with the future of robotics this past week during Amazon’s inaugural re:MARS conference in Las Vegas, NV. During a quick pop-in at the HaptX booth, the billionaire tech entrepreneur tried out the company’s new two-handed robotic system that uses a combination of VR gloves , haptics, and sensors to give you the ability to feel objects in VR anywhere in the world.
ARPost
JUNE 14, 2019
Starblazer VR is a real-time strategy (RTS) game with an aerial twist. It pits one player’s fleet against an AI opponent’s. My husband John and I worked on this review from different experience levels. I am a new RTS player and he’s an expert. To dive in, at the time of writing, its player versus player mode is locked. It’s also light on resource management.
Next Reality AR
JUNE 14, 2019
Magic Leap has done a great job of aggressively releasing new apps, software updates, and major franchise tie-ins. But aside from all the creative and entertainment apps, what's it like to use one of the apps the company hopes you'll use every day? One of those apps is the CNN news app, and it recently got a refresh that's worth delving into. Don't Miss: Exclusive: Inside Magic Leap's Secret Headquarters I spent a lot of time living with the first version of the CNN beta app in the last couple o
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.
Road to VR
JUNE 10, 2019
Ready at Dawn’s Echo Games today announced at UploadVR’s E3 VR showcase that Echo Arena (2017) , the zero-G sports game exclusive to Rift, is coming to Oculus Quest. Echo Arena is sports game that initially launched on Rift back two years ago, and later went free-to-play for all Rift users. If you haven’t played it before, it’s a bit of a futuristic team-based game of ultimate frisbee meets ice hockey, albeit with more flying and punching.
VRScout
JUNE 11, 2019
Exotic locales, unique RPG elements, and a whole lot of robots. Initially revealed during last years E3, Stormland , an upcoming open world VR game from veteran game developer Insomniac Games, has since gained a sizable following, attracting prospective users with an attractive combination of high-end visuals and unique locomotion mechanics; not to mention the promise of an emotional and engrossing narrative.
ARPost
JUNE 10, 2019
Dance Central VR is a move and groove it single and multiplayer dance game. It’s also a mega blast from the past with Kinect roots. Harmonix pulled it out of their vault and brought it into the VR age. It has 32 songs by popular artists past and present and is as close to clubbing as this thirty-something will attempt. Getting a Workout Up In The Club.
Next Reality AR
JUNE 13, 2019
After one of Britain's "Brothers Bling" bought Blippar out of bankruptcy, the mobile augmented reality company is getting back to business with the addition of web-based AR capabilities to its platform. On Thursday, Blippar revealed that an update of its Blippbuilder AR platform, scheduled to arrive in July, will include WebAR, a toolkit for developing web-based AR experiences that customers can access through web links or QR codes.
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?
Road to VR
JUNE 10, 2019
Following mostly silence about the headset from the company after the reveal in January, HTC has confirmed that Vive Cosmos is due to launch in Q3. Vive Cosmos dev kits are now on their way to developers. HTC revealed Vive Cosmos back at CES 2019 , but wasn’t ready to say much about it, let alone let anyone actually try it. Now the company says the headset is due to launch in Q3 and has begun sending dev kits to developers.
VRScout
JUNE 9, 2019
Downpour Interactive’s tactical multiplayer experience is heading to standalone VR. It appears as though the rumors were true. Onward , the popular military-sim tactical multiplayer shooter from Downpour Interactive is in development for the Oculus Quest standalone headset. The companies founder, Dante Buckley, confirmed the news in an announcement made during the latest broadcast of VR League , an ongoing VR-based esports competition supported by both Oculus and the ESL.
Slashgear
JUNE 13, 2019
Google has quietly retired the Google Play Movies and TV app for its Daydream VR platform, fueling speculation that the company plans to shift away from virtual reality in favor of augmented reality. The company confirmed the app’s removal in a statement on Thursday, saying that other Google apps already available on Daydream will remain. Device owners can still watch … Continue reading.
XR for Business Podcast
JUNE 14, 2019
Elizabeth Baron drove innovation forward at the Ford Motor Company since the ’90s, advancing XR technologies in the automotive industry. Now, Elizabeth joins our host Alan as she discusses her new venture, Immersionary Enterprises, as well as her pioneering work at Ford. Alan: Today’s guest is Elizabeth Baron. Elizabeth has been a true pioneer of virtual and augmented reality as the global lead for immersive realities, bringing together multiple disciplines throughout Ford Motor Comp
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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