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Bank Of America Turns To VR For Soft Skills Training

VRScout

VR training designed to help Bank of America employees better understand the diverse needs of their customers. One of the largest financial institutions in the nation, Bank of America, has announced that it will soon begin using VR for soft skill training in almost 4,300 financial centers across North America. Roughly 50,000 employees will use VR to practice a number of tasks, both routine and complex, as well engage in various client interactions employees are likely to encounter on a daily bas

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Is AR Shopping Cheaper to Produce Than Traditional eCommerce?

AR Insider

Beyond AR shopping's benefits and brand ROI, there are other potential gains. It turns out that it's more cost-effective to produce AR assets such as 3D models than traditional product photography for eCommerce. We examine the evidence. The post Is AR Shopping Cheaper to Produce Than Traditional eCommerce? appeared first on AR Insider.

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CEO Shares First Details on Magic Leap 2, Announces $500 Million in New Funding

Road to VR

Magic Leap today announced that it has raised $500 million in new capital at a $2 billion valuation. This comes ahead of the launch of its upcoming AR headset, Magic Leap 2, which it promises will be smaller, lighter, and tuned to be an “all day” device. New Capital. Magic Leap CEO Peggy Johnson took to CNBC today during the channel’s Power Lunch show to reveal that the company has raised a $500 million investment at a $2 billion valuation.

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Spatial Beats: Facebook, Netflix & Twitch

AR Insider

Welcome back to Spatial Beats, AR Insider's weekly series that features observations and insights of author and futurist Charlie Fink. This week, we look at Facebook's many angles, holograms and more metaverse musings. The post Spatial Beats: Facebook, Netflix & Twitch appeared first on AR Insider.

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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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Magic Leap Teases Its Next-gen AR Headset for Enterprise

Road to VR

Magic Leap hasn’t come out with new hardware since it launched its seminal AR headset in 2018, Magic Leap 1. Now it seems we’re getting our first glimpse of what may very well be Magic Leap 2. Magic Leap CEO Peggy Johnson released a photo of the device via LinkedIn. She says in the post that more will be revealed during CNBC’s Power Lunch at 2PM ET today.

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Unofficial Quest App Store ‘SideQuest’ Raises $3M Seed Investment

Road to VR

SideQuest, the popular sideloading platform for Oculus Quest, has raised a fresh $3 million seed round, something its creators say will be used to help developers publish their apps across multiple platforms via OpenXR integration. The news was first reported in an UploadVR exclusive. Founded by Belfast-based team Shane and Orla Harris in 2019, SideQuest has over the years become the leading sideloading platform for Oculus Quest and Quest 2 standalone headsets, and also its de facto unofficial

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Data Dive: How Do Brands Feel About AR?

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Several signals validate that AR can bring considerable value to consumer-facing brands. That includes demonstrating products more dimensionally and creating advertising that’s more interactive and engaging. And the numbers speak for themselves in campaign results. But such results and case studies come from a vocal minority of brand marketers. There’s still ample growth and penetration to come for the rest of the pack.

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Netflix Suspends Three Employees Who Criticized Dave Chappelle’s Transphobic Standup Special

GizModo VR

In the wake of intense blowback from the LGBTQ+ community and its allies over transphobic material in comedian Dave Chapelle’s new Netflix special, the platform has suspended three of its own employees for crashing an executive-level meeting addressing concerns about the special. Read more.

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Apple's iPhone 13 Series Screen Power, Battery Life Report - Long Lasting Devices

Anand Tech

Following our last week’s preview into the new iPhone 13 series’ A15 chip , which impressed us tremendously due to its efficiency gains, we promised next to have a closer look at the new phone’s battery life and how the new display generation and screen efficiency ties in with the SoC efficiency and increased battery capacities this generation.

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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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United Nations Tells Kids to Screw Off

GizModo VR

Two years ago, a group of teens and pre-teens filed a petition with the United Nations saying five major emitters were violating their rights. On Monday, the UN committee tasked with reviewing their complaint basically handed them a participation trophy and then ruled largely in favor of the polluting countries. Read more.

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Flying a drone other than DJI made me instantly regret the decision

Digital Trends

There are other drone manufacturers out there besides DJI. However, trying one out will make you realize why DJI is hard to beat.

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There’s a New Climate Rock Anthem for Pissed-Off Teens

GizModo VR

Nandi Bushell, the talented 11-year-old drummer who had a drum battle with Dave Grohl and who you’ve probably seen on your Instagram feed, is rocking out in protest of climate inaction. She’s teamed up with Tom Morello and his 10-year-old son Roman Morello in a new song called “The Children Will Rise Up!” Read more.

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Watch a year of life on the space station squeezed into 60 seconds

Digital Trends

We know life is busy for astronauts on the space station, but this 60-second video from the European Space Agency makes it look positively hectic!

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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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Show Me Your Nerd: Meet the Black Bill Nye

GizModo VR

The educational system is broken. From Spencer Garland’s point of view, the current schooling system focuses on a “white-centered vision that tends to dominate traditional schooling and the art industry at large…” Unsatisfied by this, Spencer started BrendaArts, an art program that speaks on “.How the student’s… Read more.

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Watch Nissan’s awesome new ‘Intelligent Factory’ in action

Digital Trends

Nissan has launched its most advanced car factory to date as it works toward creating an emissions-free manufacturing process for its next-generation vehicles.

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Magic Leap’s Making a New Headset and Someone Thinks It’s Worth Half-a-Billion Dollars

GizModo VR

Just when you thought Magic Leap had disappeared into the graveyard of failed AR headsets, the company announced today that it had raised another $500 million at a $2 billion valuation. Oh, and it’s working on a second version of its headset for release next year. Read more.

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Microsoft recommends you turn on this important Windows 11 security feature

Digital Trends

Ransomware is a big issue, but Microsoft thinks it has a solution with its Tamper Protection feature. Here’s what you need to know about what it does.

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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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Go Update Your iPhone and iPad Right Now

GizModo VR

If you have an iPhone or an iPad, better update those suckers right now. Apple has just announced a newly discovered zero-day vulnerability affecting droves of the company’s phones and tablets—the likes of which may be seeing “active exploitation” by hackers. Read more.

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Instagram is testing a notification system for ‘confusing’ outages

Digital Trends

A week after a massive outage that knocked out Instagram for its global community, the company says it's testing a notification system for similar events.

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Gillian Anderson Voices a Slinky Cat in the Adorable First Trailer for Robin Robin

GizModo VR

It may be a full-on Halloween explosion around here, but Netflix’s wonderful trailer for Aardman Animation’s stop-motion holiday special Robin Robin feels a lot like an early Christmas present. The latest release from the studio behind Shaun the Sheep , Wallace & Gromit , and Chicken Run follows a little bird named… Read more.

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AMD Ryzen 6000 processors might finally support external GPUs via USB 4

Digital Trends

AMD Ryzen processors lack support for external graphics cards, but it seems that AMD is working on a fix. AMD Ryzen 6000 may be compatible with USB4 and eGPUs.

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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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Former Senior Pentagon Official Says China is Kicking Our Ass in Artificial Intelligence

GizModo VR

A former senior Pentagon official recently quit his job over frustrations with the government’s apparent inability to make meaningful headway on artificial intelligence and cybersecurity—two areas he says China will likely surpass us in if we don’t get our s**t together. Read more.

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Keyboard layout identification guide

Digital Trends

If you're not sure what kind of keyboard layout you're using, then we're here to help. Here's a look at the most common keyboard layouts.

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Rare Snow Leopard at a South Dakota Zoo Likely Died of Covid-19

GizModo VR

A big cat at the Great Plains Zoo in South Dakota may have been killed by covid-19, zoo officials reported over the weekend. The cat, a female snow leopard named Baya, died last Thursday after testing positive for the virus and experiencing severe respiratory symptoms. Several other cats at the zoo have been similarly… Read more.

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Apple M1X: Everything we know so far about Apple’s next big chip

Digital Trends

Should you be excited for Apple’s M1X chip, or is it overhyped? We’ve got all the info on Apple’s upcoming Mac chip to help you decide if it’s right for you.

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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?