The VR Job Hub: Random42, Squanch Games, First Contact Entertainment and More

2019 is moving along quite nicely but that may not be the case for those of you who are disillusioned with your current job, or worst still have recently lost a job due to actions beyond your control. If that’s the case then maybe the following companies and vacancies will offer a chance to start afresh.

Location Company Role Link
London, UK Random42 3D Generalist Click Here to Apply
London, UK Random42 3D Animator Click Here to Apply
Santa Monica, CA First Contact Entertainment Senior Gameplay Programmer Click Here to Apply
Santa Monica, CA First Contact Entertainment Senior Game Server Engineer Click Here to Apply
Santa Monica, CA First Contact Entertainment Lighting Artist Click Here to Apply
Santa Monica, CA First Contact Entertainment IT Systems Administrator Click Here to Apply
Santa Monica, CA First Contact Entertainment Senior Full Stack Engineer Click Here to Apply
Austin, TX Gunfire Games Gameplay Programmer Click Here to Apply
Austin, TX Gunfire Games Senior Concept Artist Click Here to Apply
Austin, TX Gunfire Games Character Artist Click Here to Apply
Austin, TX Gunfire Games Senior Environment Artist Click Here to Apply
Austin, TX Gunfire Games Environment Artist Click Here to Apply
Boston, MA Harmonix Community Manager Click Here to Apply
Austin, TX Phaser Lock Interactive Social Media/Marketing Manager Click Here to Apply
Burbank, CA or Raleigh, NC Squanch Games Senior Designer Click Here to Apply
Raleigh, NC Squanch Games Game Producer Click Here to Apply
Burbank, CA or Raleigh, NC Squanch Games Social Media Manager Click Here to Apply
Burbank, CA or Raleigh, NC Squanch Games Lead Programmer Click Here to Apply
Burbank, CA or Raleigh, NC Squanch Games Systems Programmer Click Here to Apply
Burbank, CA or Raleigh, NC Squanch Games Gameplay Programmer Click Here to Apply

Don’t forget, if there wasn’t anything that took your fancy this week there’s always last week’s listings on The VR Job Hub to check as well.

If you are an employer looking for someone to fill an immersive technology related role – regardless of the industry – don’t forget you can send us the lowdown on the position and we’ll be sure to feature it in that following week’s feature. Details should be sent to Peter Graham (pgraham@vrfocus.com).

We’ll see you next week on VRFocus at the usual time of 3PM (UK) for another selection of jobs from around the world.

Intercelluar is an Educational Experience Taking You Inside the Human Body

There’s nothing like a good educational virtual reality (VR) experience to really help immerse you in a particular topic. Having previously released an augmented reality (AR) app back in 2017, scientific communication studio Random42 has just launched a mobile VR app that takes you on a journey inside the human body, Intercellular.

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This is Random42’s first dedicated educational VR experience, taking a much more cinematic approach towards teaching users about the functions that go on inside the human body. “You’ll be able to discover a variety of cells performing different functions, from neurons in the brain to bacteria within the gut and everywhere in-between. Travel along inside a cell and explore the nucleus to reveal DNA, the code that makes us who we are,” the company explains.

“We are excited to launch our first truly educational virtual reality experience that is publicly available. We hope that this will go beyond our normal client base so that schools and universities as well as the greater scientific community can gain value from our work,” said Ben Ramsbottom, Random42 Medical Director and CEO in a statement.

Intercellular is designed to be viewed on mobile devices using a Google Cardboard or a similar headset. It can be viewed on the Random42 YouTube channel or website, or for the full immersive VR experience download the Random42 Virtual Reality App for iOS or Android devices. If you don’t own a Cardboard headset and work in the healthcare industry, Random42 will send you one free of charge, simply submit your details here.

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Random42’s Intercellular – An Interbody VR Experience

“Intercellular was one of the more challenging VR projects the team have worked on,” adds Leo Chilcott, Random42’s Production Director. “Transitioning from one 3D environment to the next is a delicate process in VR, making sure the leaps are not disorientating or jarring for the viewer. I think the team’s hard work really paid off, I especially enjoy moving from the cellular to molecular level, watching the cell split open revealing another world inside.”

As Random42 continue to expand its VR and AR portfolio, VRFocus will be on hand to bring you the latest updates.

Random42 Launches Educational AR Mobile App

Random42 Scientific Communication are known in the pharmaceutical industry as a provider of digital solutions such as medical imaging, creating digital representations of things such as disease mechanisms that would be otherwise hard to understand. The company has ventured into virtual reality (VR) before and are now stepping into augmented reality (AR) with the release if its new app.

The new Randon42 app celebrates the company’s 25th year by allowing users to scan something with a smartphone or similar smart device and activating various interactive scientific animations and videos. The content features things like a detailed depiction of a neuron network, or antibodies emerging from a phone screen. The app is primarily aimed at Random42 marketing materials in order to bring traditional pamphlets and brochures to life.

“This interactive app offers clients a new way to experience our work, elevating our standard capabilities presentation into a format that highlights our expertise in a real-life user experience,” said Ben Ramsbottom, Medical Director and CEO at Random42. “We often talk about being a leading agency with strong interactive capabilities, which is perfectly demonstrated in this new innovative platform. We believe that this new app will build upon the great success of our Virtual Reality App that launched last year, which has had tens of thousands of downloads to date.”

Interaction Designer at Random42, Oliver Ellmers, said: “The Random42 Capabilities App has given our interactive department a solid platform to really showcase what we can do. The application exhibits an Augmented Reality experience developed in-house to demonstrate some of our technical abilities in innovative mobile tech, as well as a new and exciting way to bring our printed marketing material to life.”

The Random42 app can be found on Google Play Store and the Apple App Store, with the interactive AR elements accessible either by using the Random42 website or scanning a physical brochure.

VRFocus will bring you further news on developments in AR and VR technology as it becomes available.