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This Restaurant is Using Google Daydream to Train Employees

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Jul 18, 2017

If you’ve ever worked at a fast food or fast-casual restaurant, you know how the first day inevitably goes. The manager sits you down in some store room, wheels in a TV and makes you watch a training video that’s about as immersive as watching paint dry. Honeygrow, a Philadelphia-based chain of Asian-fusion fast-casual restaurants, is using a VR app that weaves together 360 video and interactive elements to teach new employees how to do their job.

‘Superhot VR’ is Coming to PSVR This Week

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Jul 18, 2017

superhot-vr — Image courtesy Superhot Team

Sony’s E3 press conference saw a rush of reveals coming to the company’s PlayStation 4 headset PSVR, including a full release of Skyrim VR coming in November and a list of VR exclusives soon to follow. Among them is the stylized and the ever so cool Superhot VR (2016) finally coming to PSVR.

Play 1 vs. 4 Against Your Non-VR Friends in ‘Late for Work’, Now in Early Access

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Jul 18, 2017

Late for Work is a new entry into genre of asymmetric VR multiplayer. In it, one VR player takes control of a King Kong-like giant gorilla, while up to four non-VR friends control tanks and fighter jets that are trying to stop the rampaging beast.

Leap Motion Grabs $50M Investment for Class-leading Hand-tracking Tech

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Jul 17, 2017

qualcomm vrdk leap motion hand tracking (5) — Leap Motion's hand-tracking module on the Qualcomm VRDK headset | Photo by Road to VR

Leap Motion, a veteran player in the virtual reality sector (having been founded two years ahead of Oculus), has announced the closure of a Series C investment round totaling $50 million.

Rift Sale Eases Buyer’s #1 Concern, But All-in Cost Still Hinders Mainstream Traction

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Jul 17, 2017

The six week Oculus Rift sale has made tangible waves within the VR community with its ‘best-yet’ $400 price point. And while the new price is bringing more early adopters into the fold, mainstream adoption is still hindered in large part by the need for high-end computer hardware to power the headset.

‘Vive N Chill’ Soon to Double Crowdfunding Goal with 2 Weeks Remaining

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Jul 17, 2017

ViveNchill, the intriguing new bolt-on dual-fan cooling solution for the HTC Vive, has begun its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo.

WaveOptics Raises $16M to Create Optics For Small Form-Factor AR Headsets

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Jul 17, 2017

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WaveOptics, a UK-based firm involved in designing and engineering optics for augmented reality, has today announced a successful series B funding round amounting to £12.0m ($15.7m). Investors include Touchstone Innovations, Robert Bosch Venture Capital GMBH, Octopus Investments, and Gobi Ventures.

Lenovo Reveals New AR Headset in Teaser, Star Wars-themed App Coming Soon

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Jul 17, 2017

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Lenovo and Disney have partnered to bring a new Star Wars-themed app to life using a never before seen AR headset developed by Lenovo.

The 10 Coolest Things Being Built with Apple’s ARKit Right Now

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Jul 17, 2017

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Apple’s ARKit has been out for developers since it was announced last month. Because of the mind-boggling number of iPhones and iPads capable of running ARKit, the new tool is already spreading its augmented reality wings across the Internet thanks to a diverse set of developers. Here we take a look at some of the coolest publicly-shared AR projects being built right now using ARKit.

‘Medium’ Update Lets You Sculpt in VR With Friends

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Jul 16, 2017

Oculus Medium lets you sculpt virtual models in VR, but until now you’ve had to do it all alone. A new update to the program brings multiplayer functionality, allowing you and a friend to create and collaborate together.

Oculus and Marvel Announce New Rift Co-op Title ‘Powers United VR’

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Jul 15, 2017

Announced at Disney fan expo D23 today, Oculus are teaming up with Marvel to bring a new Rift exclusive title which lets you play as one of “more than a dozen” characters from their comic book universe, with a little help from the Oculus Touch controllers.

Rift + Touch to Cost $500 at End of Oculus Sale, New Bundle Removes Xbox Controller and Remote

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Jul 15, 2017

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Oculus slashed the original price tag in half to $400 on the Rift +Touch bundle last week, but the company’s ‘Summer of Rift’ sale only lasts for six weeks, leaving the question on the table as to exactly how much the VR headset + motion controller bundle would return to once the sale is up. Oculus says: $500

Hands On: ‘4D Toys’ is a Mind-Bending, Unique VR Puzzler

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Dominic Brennan

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Jul 15, 2017

Marc ten Bosch’s side project 4D Toys is a unique physics-based toy box using the game engine he created for Miegakure, a groundbreaking 4D puzzle-platformer. Launched on June 2nd for SteamVR and iOS, the app simulates an environment with a fourth spatial dimension, where players can freely manipulate four-dimensional objects with dynamic physics.

Holovis Uses Giant Robot Arms for Intense VR Motion Simulated Experiences

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Dominic Brennan

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Jul 15, 2017

HolovisR3ex2 — image courtesy Holovis

First demonstrated to theme park executives at the Asian Attractions Expo in Singapore last month, Holovis’ R3ex (Rideable Realtime Robot Experiences) project combines virtual reality with four/six-axis robot arm amusement rides. The technology claims to offer the rider genuine interactivity and ‘complete agency’ over the experience, including real-time control of the motion profile.

Using Apple’s ARKit, This Company Built Inside-Out Tracking for a VR Headset

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Jul 14, 2017

Nexus Interactive Arts, an immersive media division of VFX production studio Nexus Studios, have used Apple’s ARKit working on an iPhone 7 in an experiment that creates basic inside-out positional tracking and pass-through AR for a Google Cardboard headset.

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