VRScout
MARCH 5, 2018
The Volkswagen Group will use an augmented reality hub to train employees across the globe. ????????????In 2013, Volkswagen demonstrated a new process by which service workers could use augmented reality to service a vehicle. During the demo, attendees watched as Volkswagen technicians manipulated virtual parts that corresponded to real world actions.
Road to VR
MARCH 3, 2018
Steven Spielberg’s upcoming film Ready Player One— based on Ernest Cline’s eponymous New York Times Bestseller—is getting plenty of buzz at South by Southwest (SXSW) this year ahead of the film’s March 29th release. According to Warner Bros. , SXSW attendees will get a chance to “immerse themselves in vivid glimpses into hero Wade Watt’s world, experience the OASIS using VIVE VR, enjoy live artist performances, and more.” The event will take over a two-story, city b
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The Ghost Howls
MARCH 7, 2018
Thanks to my magical encounter with Mr. Alvin Wang Graylin , I’ve been very lucky t o be able to try the new Vive Pro for some minutes and I’m here to describe you my first impressions with the latest device made by the Chinese virtual reality company. So, how is it? Should you buy it? I remember some cool moments in my career with virtual and augmented reality, some WOW moments I can’t forget: the first time I’ve tried the Oculus DK2 and discovered what VR meant; the fir
Tech Trends VR
MARCH 7, 2018
Will we see a gold rush in the publishing industry as major players move to invest in Immersive Technologies? Mark Christian’s job title is rather unique for his industry –Global Director of Immersive Learning – but when I met him at Pearson’s central London office he seemed somewhat bewildered by that: “I’ve actually challenged my competitors to show me where my peer is in their companies, but I don’t see them yet,” he tells me.
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.
VRScout
MARCH 6, 2018
The Japanese dream of having an idol hand-feed you tasty sweets is coming to two lucky fans. Oh Japan. With a culture bursting at the seams with some of the worlds most confusing and bizarre foods, media, technology and habits, it can at times feel like you’re almost trying to be the strangest country on the planet. Unsurprisingly, this same passion has translated fully to VR, resulting in just a whole bunch of brilliant Japanese VR experiences.
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The Ghost Howls
MARCH 3, 2018
In my review of Amazon Sumerian I said multiple times that in other game engines, like Unity, it is not possible to create a WebVR experience. Well, just some days after that article, I’ve been proved wrong. Actually it is possible and I’ll explain you how. Yesterday, I was reading an article on VentureBeat about the importance of WebXR.
Cats and VR
MARCH 8, 2018
TheWaveVR , the creator of the world’s first social VR platform and community for VR music and visual arts experiences, has announced it will bring to life the amazing dance club scene from the upcoming theatrical release of Steven Spielberg’s new action adventure “Ready Player One” at South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festival. With special live VR DJ guest performance by Tye Sheridan, who stars in “Ready Player One,” in theaters March 29, the experience will allow anyone to virtually
VRScout
MARCH 4, 2018
VR & AR experiences comes to most visited mall on Earth. With 51 million annual visitors shopping at 50 football fields worth of stores, the United Arab Emirates’ Dubai Mall is the largest (by total area) and most visited shopping and entertainment center in the world. Over 1,200 stores currently live in the massive facility, making it one of the hottest locations in a city famous for its shopping and leisure.
Road to VR
MARCH 8, 2018
HTC today announced it’s bringing 8 VR experiences inspired by Steven Spielberg’s upcoming film Ready Player One to its official South by Southwest (SXSW) event. If you’re not going to be able to make it to Austin this week, you’ll be able to download all of these experiences at home for free before the film’s March 29th release.
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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.
The Ghost Howls
MARCH 4, 2018
Some days ago, the Mobile World Congress 2018 has finished. I expected a lot of AR/VR news from there, like the announcement of the price of the Vive Pro or the release of the Oculus Go by Xiaomi and Facebook… but actually I’ve been disappointed by everyone. The number of announcements or important news has been close to zero. When I talked about this disillusionment, Mr.
Hypergrid Business
MARCH 7, 2018
New LSL editor sample. (Image courtesy Frank Rulof.). LSL Editor , software that helps users write scripts more easily for Second Life and OpenSim objects, has been updated with more support for OpenSim functions. With the new version 2.56, users can also create scripts that run other scripts, LSL Editor developer Frank Rulof told Hypergrid Business , and the testing and debug functionality is much better than that of the built-in LSL editor in OpenSim viewers. “It has extensive testing an
VRScout
MARCH 8, 2018
Get ready for Spielberg’s upcoming VR-inspired blockbuster with a handful of experiences coming to VR arcades, Viveport and SteamVR. We’re just three weeks away from the release of Steven Spielberg’s highly-anticipated film adaptation of Ernest Cline’s legendary science fiction novel Ready Player One and things are heating up. The Warner Bros. marketing team has been working overtime ensuring every human being on Earth sees one of the films visually-stunning commercial trailers along with a sur
Road to VR
MARCH 7, 2018
Magic Leap, the augmented reality headset manufacturer, has added another couple hundred million dollars to its Series D investment round, this time $461 million led by The Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign investment arm, Tech Crunch reports. According to the report, the Saudi Arabian fund raised $400 million of the investment, while Magic Leap says “new investors” made up the remaining amount.
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.
The Ghost Howls
MARCH 5, 2018
Today I’ve had the occasion to meet HTC China president Alvin Wang Graylin in my city, Turin (Italy). He had to be here to do some business, so two weeks ago he asked me if I was ok with the idea of meeting him for a chat. Being a big fan of him , I was truly excited at the idea of meeting him, so I answered that it would have been a pleasure.
Slashgear
MARCH 8, 2018
Yesterday, we told you about an interesting problem that was affecting Oculus Rift headsets around the world. Many users were finding that their headsets wouldn’t run software, instead returning an error that centered around an expired security certificate. It took Oculus a little while, but it now has a fix prepared for those who are affected by this issue.
VRScout
MARCH 3, 2018
Could one of these intuitive prototypes deliver the immersive haptic feedback users have been clamoring for? . One of the most important traits of a captivating VR experience is freedom of movement. Allowing users to interact with the virtual world using their own two hands is a key component in truly selling an experience and immersing participants.
Road to VR
MARCH 6, 2018
Last year marked HTC’s very first Vive Developer Awards (VDAs), which saw tens of thousands of dollars go to VR app developers across a number of categories. Now, HTC has announced the nominees for this year’s VDAs who will be in competition to win $50,000 in first place prize money. HTC has established 5 categories for this year’s VDAs including entertainment, education, arts & culture, enterprise and arcade.
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.
VR Game Critic
MARCH 8, 2018
We take a closer look at what the genre of magic has to offer us hopeful wizards, as we visit exciting enchanted lands and get closer to the feeling of having magical powers than ever before thanks to VR. Our selection of games has a lot of variety to offer, be it the control and feel, the visceral combat or game modes. From the already highly rated ‘The Unspoken’ to ‘The Wizards’ which is just out of early access, there should be something here for any fan of the genre.
Slashgear
MARCH 7, 2018
It’s been a rough day for Oculus Rift owners. Many users around the world discovered today that their headsets are having trouble running software, which kind of defeats the entire purpose of owning a VR headset in the first place. As you can guess, that’s a pretty major problem, and for the moment, it all seems to stem from something … Continue reading.
VRScout
MARCH 7, 2018
Häagen-Dazs ice cream and HTC Vive are giving you a chance to fly like a bee in VR. In 2015, the United Nations established a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including ambitious aims to end poverty, create affordable energy systems, and improve global quality of education. In response, Taiwanese VR company HTC Vive provided $10 million to kick start a VR for Impact initiative that funds VR projects and solutions to help the UN reach its goals by the 2030 deadline.
Road to VR
MARCH 6, 2018
There’s something magical about building in VR. Imagine being able to assemble weightless car engines, arrange dynamic virtual workspaces, or create imaginary castles with infinite bricks. Arranging or assembling virtual objects is a common scenario across a range of experiences, particularly in education, enterprise, and industrial training—not to mention tabletop and real-time strategy gaming.
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?
Everything VR & AR
MARCH 7, 2018
Travis Cloyd, VR Director, VR Producer, and CEO of Observe Media discusses his experience as being the VR producer for Hannibal Pictures’ feature film Speed Kills starring John Travolta. Travis talks about the details of shooting cinematic VR, both the challenges, and some of the mind-blowing VR cuts they were able to achieve in Puerto Rico, leveraging drones, 360 cameras, speedboats on the ocean, and capturing in VR, one of the great actors of our time, John Travolta.
HaptX
MARCH 6, 2018
By Greg Bilsland | Former Sr. Communications Manager. Kate Edwards shares a quality with many people in the game industry: She didn’t set out to work in games. Edwards served as the Executive Director of the International Game Developers Association for five years, during which she fought to increase awareness about inclusivity and work-life balance for an industry that continues to rapidly evolve.
VRScout
MARCH 5, 2018
This VR cane is opening new worlds for the visually impaired. VR is drastically focused on sight. Whole experiences are built around immersing the eyes in headsets to explore virtual environments. Now it appears that Microsoft is working on a cane controller that could someday allow visually impaired people to explore new worlds. The project is still in development, but the “Canetroller” can overcome the need for visual cues by alerting the user with sound, vibration, and a more tactile experien
Road to VR
MARCH 7, 2018
If you were hoping to galavant through wonderful virtual worlds today using an Oculus Rift, you might be out of luck (bad timing for US East Coasters who are snowed-in today). Widespread reports of an error preventing users from launching the Oculus software that powers the headset began appearing earlier today. The company has acknowledged the issue and says they’re actively investigating.
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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