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Light Field Lab Unveils Modular Holographic Video Wall

VRScout

The SolidLight platform is capable of projecting realistic 3D “holograms” without the need for a dedicated headset. Once considered science fiction, holographic technology has evolved at a rapid pace over the last several years. Whether it be a personalized system such as the Looking Glass Portrait or more advanced experiences such as Microsoft’s multi-lingual mixed reality hologram powered by the HoloLens 2, it’s clear we’re entering a new era in immersive technolo

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How to watch Blue Origin launch William Shatner and others into space this week

Digital Trends

This week, space tourism company Blue Origin will launch a flight to space and back featuring a very special crew member: Star Trek actor William Shatner.

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Spider-Man and Iron Man Team Up in Manga from Yu-Gi-Oh Creator Kazuki Takahashi

GizModo VR

Earlier this year, Marvel announced a deal with manga publishing giant Viz Media. This month, we’ll finally see the first release from that deal with a manga devoted to Captain Marvel’s cat Goose releasing next week, but Marvel isn’t stopping there. Read more.

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Tesla offers a peek inside its shiny new Giga Berlin factory

Digital Trends

Tesla has offered a peek inside its shiny new Giga Berlin factory that should soon be producing Model Y vehicles for European customers.

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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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Dune's Jason Momoa Made a Love Letter (Video) to Denis Villeneuve

GizModo VR

A few weeks ago, Jason Momoa released a personal behind-the-scenes video for his fight scenes as the preposterously named Duncan Idaho in Dune. It was a cute video that highlighted Momoa’s enthusiasm as a physical actor, so it’s not surprising that he’s followed up with a second video. And this one is all about the… Read more.

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Boeing’s Starliner Won't Carry Out Next Test Flight Until 2022

GizModo VR

NASA and Boeing have finally revealed the next possible date for an uncrewed test launch of the company’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station: the first half of 2022. Read more.

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New Chang’e-5 lunar sample includes youngest volcanic moon rocks to date

Digital Trends

A team has analyzed a lunar sample from China's Chang'e-5 spacecraft and found it contains some of the youngest volcanic lunar material discovered to date.

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Facebook Will Tell Teens to ‘Take a Break’ From Instagram and 'Nudge' Them Away From Harmful Content

GizModo VR

Facebook has announced new safety measures for Instagram in response to the storm of criticism it has received in light of documents and testimony from whistleblower Frances Haugen. Read more.

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4 simple ways to dramatically increase your MacBook’s security

Digital Trends

You might think that MacBooks are super-safe machines, but don't be mistaken. We have four ways to keep your MacBook safe.

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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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The Walking Dead Wages the Battle of Meridian With a Bang, a Stab, and a Betrayal

GizModo VR

Sometimes, not often, The Walking Dead gets it exactly right. Tonight’s episode—the final of the first eight-episode chunk of season 11—finally pitted Maggie (Lauren Cohen) and her herd against the Reapers at Meridian, with an incognito Daryl (Norman Reedus) caught in the middle. There were rants. Action. Silliness.… Read more.

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Mystery of a strange, mirrored double galaxy solved using Hubble data

Digital Trends

A strange object discovered in 2013 seemed to show two perfectly mirrored galaxies. Now astronomers have figured out why.

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The Coolest and Most Impressive Cosplay From NYCC 2021

GizModo VR

Pop culture fans of all ages flocked to the Jacob Javits Center in Manhattan for New York Comic Con 2021 after missing last year’s convention due to covid restrictions. While it was a much lighter crowd this year for safety reasons, there was no lack of fun and out-of-this-world cosplay. Read more.

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Take a ride on the space station from Texas to Maine

Digital Trends

Enjoy a high-speed ride aboard the International Space Station as it passes over the U.S. at night, from Texas to Maine.

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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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Star Trek: Prodigy's Teens Meets Captain Janeway in a New Clip

GizModo VR

For Star Trek: Prodigy , the big draw for older Trekkies will be the return of Kate Mulgrew’s Kathryn Janeway. The captain of Star Trek: Voyager will serve as the holographic advisor to the show’s rambunctious teen aliens who wind up with the experimental U.S.S. Protostar. At the show’s New York Comic-Con panel, a clip… Read more.

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What a game convention afterparty looks like in the age of COVID

Digital Trends

A live, in-person PAX was held for the first time since 2019. But did the PAX Parties survive the pandemic?

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Animaniacs Parodies Thundercats in Its First Season 2 Clip

GizModo VR

When Animaniacs returned with a brand new season on Hulu last year, the end result was something nostalgic, but not entirely sure who it was for. New episodes are just a month away from release, and the first look at season two may not change your mind either way. Read more.

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Deltarune: The biggest unanswered questions left after Chapter 2

Digital Trends

Deltarune Chapter 2 released as a present to Undertale fans. Here are a few unanswered questions left at the end of the latest chapter.

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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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Opportunity for XR Educational Startups

XROM

Dr.M.Manivannan a professor of Biomedical Engineering in IIT Madras, Department of Applied Mechanics & also the Founder of CAVE- Consortium of Augmented reality and Virtual Reality Experts has been working towards building a sustainable #augmentedreality #virtualreality industry in India. He also happens to be a pioneer in the field of Haptics and is the Founder/Chairman at Merkel Haptics which is a spinoff company from #IITMadras.

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Its Like Get in touch with of Duty in VR.

VRGames

Its like Connect with of Responsibility in VR! Zero Caliber is an FPS Recreation in VR. This is my 1st time participating in this video game on the Oculus Rift S! This video clip delivers gameplay of Zero … Source.

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Y: The Last Man's Team Looked to Children of Men and I May Destroy You for Inspiration

GizModo VR

In order to finally bring Brian K. Vaughn and Pia Guerra’s seminal comic Y: The Last Man to the small screen, series creator Eliza Clark and the rest of the creative team behind FX’s live-action adaptation knew they’d have to come to the project ready to rethink some of the original story’s core ideas to make them… Read more.

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Augmented truth vs. digital reality: AR and VR produced very clear

VRGames

Two technologies that are confusingly related, but totally various. Augmented actuality playlist … Source.

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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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The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners Review

VR Geeks

The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners is a virtual reality game that takes place in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic series. Players take on the role of Clementine, who must survive in a zombie-infested world where every choice matters and death lurks around every corner. The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners is a virtual reality game that takes place in the world of Robert Kirkman’s comic book series.

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