{"id":52179,"date":"2015-10-30T12:16:10","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T16:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=52179"},"modified":"2015-11-03T11:51:43","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T16:51:43","slug":"6-recent-items-re-vr-ar-not-to-mention-a-few-addendums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2015\/10\/30\/6-recent-items-re-vr-ar-not-to-mention-a-few-addendums\/","title":{"rendered":"6 recent items re: VR &#038; AR (not to mention a few addendums)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2015\/10\/26\/nba-to-broadcast-first-live-pro-sports-event-in-virtual-reality.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>NBA to broadcast first live pro sports event in virtual reality<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from cnbc.com by Jessica Golden<br \/>\n[<em>The NBA made history on Tuesday [10\/27\/15] as the league became the first to broadcast a live professional sports game in virtual reality.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alchemylearning.com\/why-did-bloomberg-build-their-own-virtual-reality-public-speaking-simulator\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Why did Bloomberg build their own virtual reality public speaking simulator?<\/strong><\/a> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/alchemylearning.com\/how-corporates-are-using-virtual-reality\/\" target=\"_blank\">How Corporates are Using Virtual Reality<\/a><\/strong> &#8212;\u00a0 from alchemylearning.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/geekdad.com\/2015\/10\/google-education-with-vr\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Google Expands Education with Virtual Reality<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; from geekdad.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"takeaway\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/article\/digital-cadavers-how-virtual-reality-and-augmented-reality-can-change-anatomy-class\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Digital cadavers: How virtual reality and augmented reality can change anatomy class<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from techrepublic.com by Erin Carson<br \/>\n<em>Western University&#8217;s new Virtual Reality Learning Center is using VR and AR to train med students.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2015\/10\/27\/blippar-launches-rd-lab-and-expands-into-virtual-reality-with-an-educational-google-cardboard-app\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Blippar launches R&amp;D lab and expands into virtual reality with an educational Google Cardboard app<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; from venturebeat.com by Paul Sawers<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt <span style=\"color: #800000;\">(emphasis DSC):<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">More than $40 million in funding later, the now New York-based company has launched Blippar Lab, a research and development unit that will be used to explore \u201cinnovative use cases for AR and VR across a variety of industries.\u201d <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>The first of these Blippar Lab-branded products is Cardio VR for Google Cardboard, which is aimed at helping children learn about the human body through virtual reality.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">If the distinction between augmented reality\u00a0and virtual reality\u00a0is lost on you, here\u2019s a summation. AR is when the real, physical world is \u201caugmented\u201d with digital content, such as images or text layered upon a screen. VR is the full recreation of a world in digital, or \u201cvirtual,\u201d form.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digi-capital.com\/news\/2015\/10\/arvr-technical-benchmarks-show-how-far-weve-come\/#.VjOW6ka05HY\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>AR\/VR technical benchmarks show how far we\u2019ve come<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from digi-capital.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digi-capital.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Digi-Capital-VR-Best-in-class-Q3-2015.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1042\" src=\"http:\/\/www.digi-capital.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Digi-Capital-VR-Best-in-class-Q3-2015-1024x768.png\" alt=\"Digi-Capital VR Best-in-class Q3 2015\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Addendums:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edsurge.com\/news\/2015-11-02-how-to-transform-your-classroom-with-augmented-reality\" target=\"_blank\">How to Transform Your Classroom With Augmented Reality<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; from edsurge.com by Patricia Brown<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/tech\/budget-virtual-reality-headsets-set-173552704.html\" target=\"_blank\">Budget virtual reality headsets set to be hot Christmas gifts in 2015<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; from yahoo.com<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2015\/10\/20\/what-the-growth-of-virtual-reality-will-mean-for-brands\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>What The Growth Of Virtual Reality Will Mean For Brands<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from techcrunch.com by Pete Sena<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.medgadget.com\/2015\/10\/controlling-augmented-reality-operating-room-surgeons-perspective.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Controlling Augmented Reality in the Operating Room: A Surgeon\u2019s Perspective<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from medgadget.com<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/uploadvr.com\/social-alpha-launches-oculus-gear-vr\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Oculus Social Alpha launches on Gear VR<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from uploadvr.com<br \/>\n<em>Excerpt:<\/em><br \/>\nToday is a big day for virtual reality. It is the first day in history when people owning consumer VR headsets, running publicly available software, were able to connect with one another in a virtual space using the Internet.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2015\/10\/29\/modsy-brings-the-virtual-when-designing-reality\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Modsy Brings The Virtual When Designing Reality<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from techcrunch.com by Matt Burns<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/cool-tech\/auravisor-vr-headset-with-built-in-operating-system\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Self-contained VR headset competes with the big names, no smart phone required<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from digitaltrends.com by Chloe Olewitz<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/deepspaceindustries.com\/first-ever-commercial-virtual-reality-system-to-fly-in-space-brings-non-astronauts-aboard-iss\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>First Ever Commercial Virtual Reality System to Fly in Space Brings Non-Astronauts Aboard ISS<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8212; from deepspaceindustries.com<br \/>\n<em>Asteroid Mining Company and VR Data Analytics Company Approved for ISS Floating Tour<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Excerpt:<\/em><br \/>\nMOFFETT FIELD, CA \u2013 For the first time ever, a virtual reality recording system will be flown in space. The project, announced today by Deep Space Industries (DSI), will use a spherical video capture system to create a virtual reality float-through tour of the International Space Station\u2019s science lab.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2015\/11\/02\/in-the-eyes-of-the-animal-virtual-reality-installation-marshmallow-laser-feast-abandon-normal-devices-festival-england\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Virtual reality helmets present a forest from an animal&#8217;s perspective<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBA to broadcast first live pro sports event in virtual reality &#8212; from cnbc.com by Jessica Golden [The NBA made history on Tuesday [10\/27\/15] as the league became the first to broadcast a live professional sports game in virtual reality.] &nbsp; &nbsp; Why did Bloomberg build their own virtual reality public speaking simulator? and How [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[354,224,63,359,391,367,253],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-av-audiovisual","category-augmented-reality","category-google","category-health","category-human-computer-interaction-hci","category-vendors","category-virtual-reality-worlds-learning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52179"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52373,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52179\/revisions\/52373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}