Fri.Oct 22, 2021

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Get Spooky With Snapchat’s New Seasonal Lenses

ARPost

Maybe you’re dressing up and you want your Bitmoji to dress up too. Or, maybe you’re not dressing up but you want to be at least a little festive for your friends and family on social media. Either way, Snapchat has you covered with a collection of fun seasonal lenses, costumes for your Bitmoji, chat stickers, and even a spooky-themed Snap Map. Festive Lenses and Filters.

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What’s Behind Facebook’s Metaverse Play, Part III

AR Insider

Metaverse Mania continues. The latest runaway buzzword has become clouded through overuse, but it still holds legitimate principles worth conceptualizing. We dive into the latest musings from metaverse underwriter Facebook. The post What’s Behind Facebook’s Metaverse Play, Part III appeared first on AR Insider.

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Oculus Go unlock software released for hardware freedom

Slashgear

An Oculus Go unlocked OS build was released today, courtesy of John Carmack. After a prolonged period of time and a whole lot of work in securing the rights to release the software, Carmack and crew made this build a reality. It’s a surprise, honestly, now that Oculus is owned by Facebook. It IS a welcome surprise, in any case. … Continue reading.

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Varjo Aero, the new King of VR?

ARVR

Varjo has unveiled a new high-end VR headset to the public today under the slogan “Varjo for all” The new king among the VR-Glasses? The Finnish hardware manufacturer “Varjo” is already known to some of you. They have previously produced high-end VR headsets for business customers that have various features and components that make normal consumer glasses look poor.

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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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Hackers Have Been Using a Rootkit That Somehow Got Microsoft's Digital Seal of Approval

GizModo VR

A recent report by cybersecurity firm Bitdefender shows that e-criminals have been using a particular rootkit, dubbed “FiveSys,” that bafflingly received a digital signature from Microsoft. Read more.

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The King’s Man Does a Roll Call of Some Men and a Woman

GizModo VR

Have you forgotten who stars in the Kingsmen prequel The King’s Man ? I wouldn’t blame you if you had, honestly. The film was originally meant to premiere in the distant prehistory of November 2019—yeah, nearly full two years ago—before getting pushed back to March of 2020, when recorded history began. The ancient… Read more.

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Recycling isn’t enough. Here’s what experts say will solve the e-waste crisis

Digital Trends

The world has a massive e-waste problem. Recycling helps, but it's only one solution in a network of problems affecting how electronics impact the environment.

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The Genetics Behind Bees' Black and Yellow Butts

GizModo VR

If you’re close enough to a bumblebee to see the order of its stripes, you’re probably too close to it. But lucky for you, a team of geneticists recently did a more highfalutin version of that task, analyzing several species of bee to suss out what causes different species of the insect to get different patterns on… Read more.

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Here’s what you can do if Roku loses YouTube in December

Digital Trends

There's a very real chance that Roku will lose access to YouTube and YouTube TV on December 9. Here are your options if and when that happens.

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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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Big Oil’s Climate Plans Are Worthless, According to Science

GizModo VR

Oil and gas companies keep saying they’re committed to the goals of the Paris Agreement. They keep making net zero promises. They touting high-tech solutions they’re working on. It may feel like most of it is b t, but now we have the science to prove it. Read more.

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NASA challenges kids to design a moon-digging robot

Digital Trends

NASA has launched a contest challenging K-12 students to don their thinking caps and design a robot capable of digging and moving lunar soil.

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Netflix's Cowboy Bebop Just Can't Move on From "Tank"

GizModo VR

Netflix has much more serious problems to deal with right now than overusing a really good anime opening. But if you do want to find something to complain about that isn’t, say, the streamer’s ongoing and terrible reactions to workers protesting its treatment of and response to trans employees in the wake of Dave… Read more.

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This Week In XR: The Quest Turns Two, Accenture Buys 60,000 For Training

Charlie Fink

Facebook pushed its way into the headlines again this week for other reasons.

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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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Moscow to Enter Lockdown Next Week as Covid-19 Cases Skyrocket

GizModo VR

Russia’s capital city of Moscow will enter a 10-day lockdown starting next week as new cases of covid-19 and deaths from the disease reach new daily highs. The lockdown, which won’t start until Thursday, Oct. 28, comes as Russian hospitals struggle with a horrific surge of largely unvaccinated patients. Read more.

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The ASRock X570S PG Riptide Motherboard Review: A Wave of PCIe 4.0 Support on A Budget

Anand Tech

Officially announced at Computex 2021, AMD and its vendors unveiled a new series of AM4 based motherboards for Ryzen 5000 processors. The new X570S chipset is, really, not that different from the previous version launched back in 2019 from a technical standpoint. The main user difference is that all of the X570S models now feature a passively cooled chipset.

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Could the Batgirl Movie Be Casting a Familiar Face From DC Comics?

GizModo VR

Hocus Pocus 2 adds to its cast. Mark Hamill ruminates on whether or not neighborly proximity could get him a role in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. The cast of Marvel’s Eternals talk up director Chloé Zhao. Plus, a look at the return of Resident Alien and Animaniacs. Spoilers now! Read more.

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NASA photos show Orion capsule atop its mega moon rocket

Digital Trends

NASA has taken a big step toward the launch of the Artemis I moon mission after placing the Orion crew capsule atop the almighty SLS rocket.

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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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Observations of Exploding Star in ‘Real Time’ Deemed a Major Step Towards Predicting Supernovas

GizModo VR

A star located 60 million light years away went supernova last year, and astronomers managed to capture all stages of the stellar explosion using telescopes both on the ground and in space. Read more.

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HP is having an early Black Friday sale today — here are the best deals

Digital Trends

HP is kicking off its early Black Friday deals today, and there are a ton of great discounts. We have the lowdown on the absolute best deals!

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You Can Now Buy Bitcoin at Some Walmart Stores Across the U.S.

GizModo VR

Bitcoin is one step closer to being readily available to the masses. If you have any doubts, check out your nearest Walmart. You might be able to buy Bitcoin there at a Coinstar kiosk. Read more.

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What is a smart coffee maker?

Digital Trends

Smart coffee makers are connected to the internet or to your smart home and allow remote access and control. Learn about what they can do for you.

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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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Dune's Josh Brolin Reflects on His Experience for This Extravagant New Art Book

GizModo VR

Most movie art books merely collect concept art, behind-the-scenes photos, and maybe a few of the film’s best stills. Not Dune , part of Insight’s The Art and Soul of Dune Limited Edition. Instead, it’s a book pairing the art photography of Dune cinematographer Greig Fraser with writing by Josh Brolin , who plays House… Read more.

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We have some bad news about Apple’s rumored VR headset

Digital Trends

Bad news for those hoping for Apple's rumored VR headset next year: We may not see it until 2023 at the earliest.

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Hayden Christensen Will Reprise His Anakin Skywalker Role for Ahsoka

GizModo VR

Star Wars ’ Ahsoka Tano is one of the best examples of how much richness there is to be found in the franchise when it manages to veer slightly away from focusing solely on the Skywalker family and its personal significance in the Force. Though Anakin Skywalker was a fixture in The Clone Wars , the series also gave… Read more.

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How to use Apple FaceTime like a pro

Digital Trends

Here is our complete guide to FaceTime, built-in videoconferencing software for the Apple ecosystem, whether you're using a Mac, iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

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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?