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Apple Reportedly Wants Nothing To Do With The Metaverse

VRScout

A source claims the company’s highly-anticipated mixed reality headset will prioritize shorter experiences. Last year rumors began circulating that Apple is in development of its own combination VR/AR headset. As for when we can expect to get our hands on this long-rumored mixed reality device, some sources are reporting a potential 2022 release date, though the company has yet to comment.

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Immersive Technology Beyond Gaming: How Is It Changing Financial Services?

ARPost

Immersive technology is a game-changer for the financial service industry. Even traditional financial institutions are adopting emerging solutions to stay relevant. From improving financial literacy and employee training efficiency to enhancing customer support, immersive tech offers a range of benefits to those who implement it. Here, we’re going to delve into the use cases and opportunities of immersive tech in the financial services industry.

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Hoame Wants To Be The Future Of VR Meditation On Quest

VRScout

The subscription-based app offers daily studio classes guided by expert instructors. With so many great fitness apps available on VR headsets, it’s hard to forget that immersive technology can also be an effective tool for mental health. Apps such as Guided Meditation VR , TRIPP , and Supernatural offer users a way to escape the chaos of the real world by immersing them in soothing virtual environments where they can participate in guided meditations designed to combat anxiety and depressi

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Spatial Beats: CES Recap (XR Edition)

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 recap all the XR-related announcements from CES. The post 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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Are we living in a Simulation?

ARVR

Taipei 2015 / 35mm / by author Who knows … but as an artist on a journey into the depths of reality and as a designer creating immersive experiences, it's one of those questions that pop up regularly. On some days, I think we are living in a simulation; on other days, I think we are most likely not living in a simulation. However, this post is not going to pursue you in either direction.

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Data Dive: VR Finishes Q4 Strong

ARVR

One ongoing misperception in the tech world is that VR has stalled out. Some have even pronounced it dead. Such sentiments reflect the backlash to VR’s circa-2016 hype cycle. It didn’t fulfill world-changing proclamations trumpeted at the time, so it’s earned some mistrust. But practically speaking, VR is doing just fine and is growing at a healthy pace for an emerging technology that faces practicality headwinds.

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An Open-Source Developer Just Caused a Whole Lot of Chaos by Nuking Two of His Own Apps

GizModo VR

The eccentric developer behind two immensely popular open-source NPM coding libraries recently corrupted them both with a series of bizarre updates—a decision that has led to the bricking of droves of projects that relied upon them for support. Read more.

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Elon Musk shares aerial view of SpaceX rocket catcher

Digital Trends

SpaceX boss Elon Musk has offered a closer look at the apparatus that will be used to launch -- and, more interestingly, catch -- its next-generation rocket.

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Panasonic to Offer Four-Day Workweek in Japan

GizModo VR

Panasonic has announced plans to offer a four-day workweek to employees in Japan in an effort to improve productivity and attract better workers, according to a new report from Nikkei Asia. The move comes after the Japanese government made official recommendations to private employers in 2021 that included a shorter… 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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Relive the moment Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone exactly 15 years ago

Digital Trends

Steve Jobs unveiled the very first iPhone at a special event in San Francisco on January 9, 2007. Relive the historic moment exactly 15 years on.

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Google Exec Urges Apple to Adopt a Universal Messaging Standard

GizModo VR

Once again, people are talking about how Apple won’t play nice with Android devices. This time Google Senior Vice President Hiroshi Lockheimer, who oversees Android, is taking Apple to task over the green bubble struggle and urging the company to embrace a new text messaging standard that will make cross-platform… Read more.

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Google blasts Apple over bullying, peer pressure tactics keeping users on iMessage

Digital Trends

Google has accused Apple of weaponizing social pressure to market iMessage to keep users locked into its ecosystem. There's some history to the whole saga.

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Kevin Smith Wrote a Death of Superman Script for Ben Affleck

GizModo VR

There are few pop culture stories more fascinating than those about projects that were in development but never happened. George Miller’s Justice League. James Cameron’s Spider-Man. Tim Burton’s Superman. And that last one has an even better origin story than the Man of Steel himself. At one point, it was Kevin… 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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Gorgeous ISS capture shows Caribbean and curvature of Earth

Digital Trends

NASA astronaut Thomas Marshburn has shared a breathtaking image taken from the space station showing the curvature of Earth as well as part of the Caribbean.

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Printer Cartridge Debacle Forces Canon to Tell Customers How to Break DRM

GizModo VR

We’re all aware of the chip shortage , but while you might have read about its impact on PC and cars, countless smaller industries are also struggling to operate due to ongoing supply issues. One of those is the printer business, and now a popular brand has been forced to take an aggressive action that’s bound to p**s… Read more.

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Spider-Man: No Way Home is heading to digital

Digital Trends

The blockbuster Spidey sequel will finally be available for digital purchase, but it may be two months before Spider-Man: No Way Home comes to Blu-ray.

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Microsoft's Surface Laptop SE Teardown Video Is a Major Win for Right to Repair

GizModo VR

When Microsoft released its first Surface devices 10 years ago, people were quick to make comparisons to Apple products not only because of their minimalist aesthetic, but also because they were impossible to repair at home. For years, these machines were so difficult to crack open that attempting to do so was as… 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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Christine Whyte Shares Her Story of Weight Loss Through FitXR

VR Fitness

During the Covid lockdowns, Christine Whyte dealt with stress by turning to food for comfort and since she had never enjoyed exercise, her weight reached an unhealthy level. Like many others throughout 2020-2021, Whyte decided to try an alternative option for fitness and she discovered a path to better health through immersive reality. Continue reading on VR Fitness Insider.

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Carriers Are Pissed About Apple's Best New Privacy Feature

GizModo VR

Apple’s new Private Relay feature for iPhones isn’t sitting well with carriers, and some operators are doing all they can to squash the privacy setting before it reaches your iPhone. Read more.

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Intel Changes Senior Executives: VP That Led CES is Out, New CFO

Anand Tech

At the close of play today, Intel is announcing two major changes at the top of its organization. The big one is that EVP and GM of Intel’s Client Computing Group, Gregory Bryant, who led the company in their CES messaging only last week, is moving on to new ventures. After his 30-year stint at Intel, he is to be replaced by 25-year veteran Michelle Johnston Holthaus, currently EVP and Intel’s Chief Revenue Officer in charge of Communications, Sales, and Marketing.

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Invincible's Robert Kirkman Is Being Sued by an Artist Over Profits

GizModo VR

Invincible was one of io9's favorite animated series of 2021 , and we weren’t the only ones who enjoyed it ; Amazon Studios has already renewed the adult animated series for a second and third season. But with sweet success comes some saltiness, as an artist who worked on the original Robert Kirkman comic has filed suit… 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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What is HDMI 2.0b? Here’s everything you need to know

Digital Trends

HDMI 2.0b is the backbone for many of the latest updates in 4K UHD technology. Here's everything you need to know about the wiring standard.

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Reminder: Naomi Premieres on the CW Tomorrow!

GizModo VR

There hasn’t seemed to be a lot of promotion for the next TV series to join the CW’s Arrowverse , Naomi. This is strange because it comes from Selma’ s Ava DuVernay , and unfortunate because this new trailer for the show—which premieres tomorrow night—makes it look unlike any other DC superhero series on the network. Read more.

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The best wearable tech of CES 2022

Digital Trends

Whether it was a smartwatch, a pair of smartglasses, or even a smart ring or smart mask, there was a great deal of exciting wearable tech at CES 2022.

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How Quantum Dot OLED Will Change the Way TVs Look

GizModo VR

Every year at CES, we see innovative TVs. Some are gimmicky—3D TVs and rollable screens, anyone?—but some are flat-out stunning. This year was all about a new display technology called Quantum Dot OLED (QD-OLED), and it’s definitely different from your standard OLED flat-screen. 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?