The Great VR AR XR Debate, VR IS DEAD, & Goodwill Uses VR to Rehabilitate Ex-Convicts

VR Coven: A Virtual Reality Podcast

English - April 13, 2021 21:02 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MB
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Today on VR Coven

Let’s wing it. Did anyone ask for Doom 3 VR? Always remember how scummy Facebook can be. Goodwill uses VR to better the world.

Virtual Reality News Articles from Around the Web:

Doom 3 Is Better In VR

It’s not just a quick and dirty port either. The devs made some smart changes to help Doom 3 work better as a VR title. Hud elements are moved to your arms and weapons, making it easier to keep track of your ammo and health at a quick glance. Gun models have been improved too, so they look better in VR. Another nice change: The Doomguy in Doom 3 now holds the pistol with two hands. This doesn’t help the VR experience, but it makes me happy and so I’m sharing that fact with you. Archiact did a great job keeping the sharp look of Doom 3 and its shadows intact in PSVR. This isn’t easy! I’ve played many PSVR games that are ugly, fuzzy, and blurry. I imagine Doom 3’s id tech-powered engine helped a lot too.

Facebook will not notify the more than half a billion people caught up in a huge leak of personal information, it has said.

Want more of a reason as to why Facebook ain't it, chief? Facebook said that the data was gathered before 2019. It later said that “ “malicious actors” had obtained the data prior to September 2019 by “scraping” profiles using a vulnerability in the platform’s tool for synching contacts, and that the loophole that allowed them to do so had now been closed.

But it said that it did not inform users when the leak happened, and does not have plans to do so now.

Goodwill And Accenture Are Using VR To Help Former Prisoners

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, more than 10,000 incarcerated individuals are released from state and federal prison every week. That tallies up to over 650,000 ex-prisoners per year. One of the biggest challenges is transitioning these individuals—some of whom incarcerated for over 10 years—back into a society where they can reenter today’s workforce.

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Oh, and here's that ridiculous article about how virtual reality will be used for evil.

It was from Wired.

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