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The VR Job Hub: Vobling, Hammerhead, Impulse Gear & Vivid Q

It’s now officially summertime which means long hot days sipping a cool glass of cider in the pub, chilling on a beach or overindulging on the ice cream. Well, it would in that ideal, fantasy realm where you don’t need to commute into work, suffer an office with no air-con, and have deadlines to meet. Sometimes it’s not a holiday you need it’s a new job, and VRFocus is here to facilitate that journey to enlightenment (or at least a better salary to pay for a vacation). 

Location Company Role Link
Manila, Vobling Digital Marketing Manager Click Here to Apply
Manila, Vobling Senior Unity Developer Click Here to Apply
Stockholm, Sweden Vobling Senior Technical Project Manager/XR-Developer Click Here to Apply
London, UK Hammerhead VR Producer Click Here to Apply
London, UK Hammerhead VR Technical Animator Click Here to Apply
London, UK Hammerhead VR Designer/Content Creator Click Here to Apply
Newcastle, UK Hammerhead VR Lead Programmer Click Here to Apply
Newcastle, UK Hammerhead VR Technical Artists Click Here to Apply
Newcastle, UK Hammerhead VR System Administrator Click Here to Apply
San Francisco, CA Impulse Gear Mid/Sr Environment Artist Click Here to Apply
San Francisco, CA Impulse Gear Senior Software Engineer – Engine Specialisation Click Here to Apply
San Francisco, CA Impulse Gear Senior Software Engineer – Gameplay Specialisation Click Here to Apply
Cambridge, UK VividQ Junior Software Developer Click Here to Apply
Cambridge, UK VividQ Junior Holographic/Optical Engineer Click Here to Apply
Cambridge, UK VividQ Software Developer C/C++ Click Here to Apply
Cambridge, UK VividQ Quality Assurance Engineer Click Here to Apply
London, UK VividQ Technical Business Executive Click Here to Apply
London, UK VividQ Administrative/Accounts Executive Click Here to Apply
London, UK VividQ Marketing Executive 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.

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Saab to Further Develop VR Rocket Launcher Simulator

Saab, a global defense and security company (and former parent company of the car manufacturer of the same name), says that it will further develop a VR experience designed to demonstrate a shoulder-mounted rocket launcher offered by the company.

Saab is the manufacturer of the Carl-Gustaf recoilless rifle (among a wide range of other defense products), a man-portable anti-tank launcher that’s been used in militaries around the globe following its initial introduction in 1948.

VR/AR agency Vobling initially built a VR experience in 2017 designed to show off the capabilities of the latest Carl-Gustaf launcher (the M4) and serve as the main attraction for Saab’s presence at the Defence and Security Equipment International conference in London that year.

Making use of an HTC Vive headset for visuals, Vobling outfitted the Carl Gustaf launcher with a Vive Tracker to allow the weapon to be used as a prop within the VR experience. A real version of the weapon was used, allowing users to experience the actual weight, shape, and operation of the launcher, right up to the point of firing the weapon. The experience doesn’t attempt to offer any haptics for actually firing the weapon, but it shows how to sight and fire at targets, and use a range of projectiles (designed for different types of targets) which can be fired by the launcher.

Image courtesy Vobling

Now Vobling has announced that Saab has picked the company to further develop the experience which is now a “key ingredient” at the Saab HQ showroom located in Stockhold.

“This VR experience has proven to be very popular in our showroom and we are looking forward to extend the functionality to further increase the realism and build on the number of scenarios available for our guests,” says Patrick Mollbrink, Marketing Communication Manager at Saab.

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The expanded experience is being designed with the higher resolution Vive Pro in mind, as well as the Varjo headset which includes a central display with enough resolution that it could drastically improve the experience of looking through the virtual scope of the launcher and aiming at distant targets. The project is expected to be completed in Q1.

Image courtesy Saab

It’s unclear at this time whether or not Saab has plans to build the experience into something that could be used for actual combat training, but Vobling says that the present experience walks users through a “realistic training scenario,” so it certainly doesn’t seem off the table for the future of the project.

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Bublar Group Buys Out Swedish AR/VR Company Vobling

As the immersive technology industry matures, expect to see a lot of change happening as new companies are formed, then close or are bought out by larger companies, or merge together to form a bigger company. Bublar Group is already established as a publically listed augmented reality (AR) videogame studio, but the company has now acquired Swedish AR and virtual reality (VR) studio Vobling.

The acquisition will see the combined companies becoming the largest publically listed AR/VR solutions company in the Nordic region, giving them a strong position in the business-to-business market in that area.

The deal is said to be worth $5.5 million (USD), with Vobling’s worth coming from a combination of stock and cash. The expanded team will be aimed at ramping up production capacity for both corporate customers as well as the videogame portfolio, particularly with the company’s Hello Kitty AR title., which is expected to be released in 2019

“The AR/VR market is growing rapidly,” says Magnus Granqvist, CEO of Bublar Group. Through this acquisition, we strengthen our gaming studio with state-of-the art knowledge, production resources and the ability to capture opportunities from the corporate market. Together, we will work towards the goal of becoming the leading AR/VR company in Europe.”

“We are proud of the competent, profitable and fast-growing company we have built,” says Anders Ribbing, CEO of Vobling. “The industry is now on the cusp of major breakthroughs in AR/VR technology, evidenced by growing demand for our products and services. The synergies with Bublar will serve to increase our joint potential.”

As part of the terms of the acquisition, Vobling will become a subsidiary of Bublar, and will function under the Vobling brand. Vobling has previously worked on projects in education, videogames and entertainment as well as marketing, real estate and transportation, mostly involving VR and AR.

For further coverage of new developments in VR and AR, keep checking back with VRFocus.