Fri.Nov 27, 2020

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Engage With French Culture Through XR And Art

VRScout

French Embassy launches a series that explores art and XR to promote culture. The Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States , an organization focused on giving Americans opportunities to engage with French culture, have partnered with We Are Museums , Museum Connections , Pixii Festival , Kaleidoscope , and Fabbula to create a series of online meetups featuring key professionals from the XR and museum industries.

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XR Talks: Scaling Enterprise AR

AR Insider

W ith the exception of socially-distributed mobile AR lenses, consumer AR mostly isn’t ready for prime time. This is due to cultural readiness and the technology’s underbaked status. But the calculus is different in enterprise environments where AR glasses have a clearer path to adoption. This involves a business case for boosted productivity from line-of-site guidance in functions like assembly, maintenance, and tech support.

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Flight Combat Game ‘Project Wingman’ to Launch December 1st with SteamVR Support

Road to VR

Project Wingman, an upcoming aerial combat game for PC, is finally set to launch on December 1st. In addition to traditional monitor support, developer Sector D2 says that SteamVR headset support is coming on launch day too. The game, which was born out of a successful Kickstarter back in mid-2018, lets you fly a number of fighter jets across various missions and game modes, something the game’s Steam page says will range from “intense aerial dogfights to large scale ground assault i

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Neanderthals Didn’t Use Their Thumbs Like We Do, New Research Suggests

GizModo VR

An analysis of Neanderthal hand bones suggests these extinct humans possessed thumbs better suited for power grips, as opposed to precision grips, which could mean they used their hands differently than we do. Read more.

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The Future of eLearning in 2022: A Sensitive Eye for Authentic Translation and Localization

Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

To avoid awkward and sometimes disastrous learning content, instructional designers must use authentic translation in the right context to get optimal results. For example, even a simple phrase like “got milk” translates to “are you lactating” in Mexico. Can you imagine what a straight translation might do to your course? With over 317 million people in the US and over 6.7 billion potential customers in the world, personalizing training seems logical.

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How to reduce exposure to cell phone radiation

Digital Trends

Here's how to reduce your exposure to the small amounts of cell phone radiation emitted by mobiles, including using speaker phone and avoiding poor signals.

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8 Reasons Why Conference Organizers Need To Show Some Love for VR Tech

AffinityVr

Conference organizers work with companies and brands to develop unique, memorable guest experiences. But when was the last time to planned an event that exceeded your clients’ expectations? It’s time you step out of the past and venture into the future of full service management for conferences. And it all begins with virtual reality! [.]. The post 8 Reasons Why Conference Organizers Need To Show Some Love for VR Tech appeared first on Virtual Reality Augmented Reality Technology Latest News.

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Seeing Cyberpunk 2077 Run on Google Stadia at 4K Isn't Enough to Sell Me on Cloud Gaming

GizModo VR

Google’s fledgling cloud gaming service could really use a win after a year of technical issues and lukewarm reception from gamers. It’s resorted to literally giving Stadia and its accessories away for free to drum up some excitement, but how it handles CD Projekt Red’s oh-s0-long-awaited title Cyberpunk 2077 next… Read more.

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This Sunny Health rowing machine is down to $195 this Black Friday

Digital Trends

Buy the Sunny Health rowing machine for only $195 this Black Friday and upgrade your fitness routine.

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io9 Investigates: Will Wearing a Giant Baby Yoda Onesie Improve Your Mandalorian Viewing Experience?

GizModo VR

The Mandalorian is already some pretty solid Star War. But what if we could improve on it by looking like an absolute idiot while watching? I, io9's resident idiot , decided to find out. Read more.

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How to Train Employees 65% Faster With Virtual Reality

With a rapidly changing economy, Avangrid Renewables looked to virtual reality to develop a standardized form of immersive training in order to onboard and upskill technicians faster than ever before.

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Microsoft Surface Pro 7 discounted by $360 at Best Buy for Black Friday

Digital Trends

Save a third on Microsoft’s excellent 2-in-1 laptop in this great Black Friday Surface Pro 7 deal.

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The Mandalorian's Grandest Episode Yet Uncovers Old Friends, and Older Pains

GizModo VR

The Mandalorian has always promised the picture of a much wider place it could encompass in the Star Wars universe , ever since its first episode flipped the script and put our titular hero in front of a little green mystery from the stars. Its latest chapter re-aligns the show’s place in that world even as it grows it… Read more.

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Get a 2-month Amazon Kindle Unlimited subscription for free this Black Friday

Digital Trends

Get lost in a new book daily with the Amazon Kindle Unlimited Subscription, now free for two months.

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The Best Home Gym Equipment for Gadget Nerds

GizModo VR

With gyms closed, 2020 is the year of working out at home. However, building a home gym isn’t easy. There are lots of considerations like budget, space, and your preferred activity type. Thankfully, fitness tech has come a long way in the past few years. You don’t have to shell out an absurd amount of money for a… Read more.

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Are You Still Watching? How to Create Engaging Presentations for Virtual Learning

Speaker: Richard Goring, Director at BrightCarbon

Remote meetings are here to stay - and many are BORING. If you are trying to engage your learners (or any audience), compelling content is critical. But trying to create stimulating content with the same tools you’ve always had is hard, right? Thankfully, wrong! Terrific tools in PowerPoint along with visual assets help you create the kind of dynamic content you need to capture your remote audience’s attention, with functions that allow for interactive sequences and navigation.

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Best Buy Black Friday sale: 4K TV, laptop, and phone deals

Digital Trends

The best deals from the Best Buy Black Friday sale, all in one place.

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Satellite Photos Show Gigantic Iceberg Possibly Drifting Away From Ecologically Sensitive Island

GizModo VR

Iceberg A68a—currently the world’s largest iceberg—is rotating and possibly moving in a westerly direction away from South Georgia Island, according to new satellite photos. This is potentially good news, as the enormous chunk of ice appeared to be on a collision course with the wildlife-filled island. Read more.

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The best food processors for 2020

Digital Trends

When it comes to being more efficient in the kitchen, a food processor can make all the difference. Take a look at our favorite slicers and dicers of 2020.

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The Nerd's Watch: The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Streaming in December

GizModo VR

Viewers are turning to streaming entertainment more than ever thanks to the global pandemic, and the plethora of services can serve as a much-needed escape. At the start of each month , most streamers do a little shuffle, adding new movies and taking some away, and io9 is here to help with your decision making. Read more.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

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The best Christmas movies on Amazon Prime right now

Digital Trends

Looking to get into the holiday spirit without ever leaving the couch? Here are our picks for the best Christmas movies currently streaming on Amazon Prime.

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A Pared-Down Version of Facebook's Libra Project Could Launch as Soon as January

GizModo VR

Facebook’s long-anticipated cryptocurrency venture, Libra, could go live as early as January, three people involved with the matter told Financial Times this week. But don’t get too excited just yet: Thanks to a torrent of federal scrutiny and many of its chief investors bailing on the project, its scope has been… Read more.

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Amazon cuts $20 off Belkin Dual Wireless Charger for Black Friday

Digital Trends

Forget about charging cables forever, and save some money in the process.

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You Don't Need to Splurge on Noise Cancelling Headphones

GizModo VR

As the holidays approach you may have added a pair of wireless noise canceling headphones to your wish list. But here’s the thing, despite what all the marketing hype claims, noise canceling technologies aren’t as effective as most headphone makers would have you believe. Unless you spend most of your life on a loud… Read more.

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Who C.A.R.E.S.!? How Learning Got Its Bad Rap & What We Can Do About It

Speaker: Treion Muller, Chief Strategy Officer at ELB Learning

Since when has learning and development (L&D) become such a negative experience with its intended learners? Could it be because learners have been conditioned by very poor learning experiences over the past two decades, combined with the kinks of technological innovation? Or is it because learning has typically been designed as a one-size-fits-all solution, despite the fact that humans are not clones?

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Save $80 on Beats Solo 3 wireless headphones this Black Friday

Digital Trends

If you're shopping for a music lover, this Black Friday deal from Amazon on the Beats Solo 3 is a must-have.

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Joss Whedon Has Already Departed His New HBO Show

GizModo VR

Get your first look at a big red dog in the teaser for Clifford the Big Red Dog. Josh Boone discusses why The Kid won’t be a part of the new adaptation of The Stand. Plus, new rumors about potential characters in the Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ series, a brief tease for Lucifer ’s return, and what’s up on the next episode… Read more.

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Fortnite season 4 week 14 challenge guide: How to boogie before oblivion

Digital Trends

Fortnite's week 4 XP Xtravaganza challenge list features one that requires you to boogie before oblivion. In this guide, we'll show you how to complete it.

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21 Great Sci-Fi Christmas Ornaments From Hallmark

GizModo VR

Is it really Christmas if you don’t have a little sci-fi on your tree? Hallmark would say no. Read more.

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?