ARPost
JULY 3, 2020
As virtual reality content becomes increasingly pervasive so do the apps for users to enjoy this kind of videos. There is now a wide selection of VR media players for Android and iOS. However, since the market is still new, consumers are not yet familiar with them. And since mobile storage space is at a premium, everyone wants to get the app that delivers the perfect ‘quality : resource usage’ ratio.
AR Insider
JULY 3, 2020
“Behind the Numbers” is AR Insider’s series that examines strategic takeaways from the original data of its research arm, ARtillery Intelligence. Each post drills down on one topic or chart. Subscribe or login to access the full library of data and reports. H ow do consumers feel about VR? Who’s using it? What devices and apps do they prefer? And what do they want to see next?
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Road to VR
JULY 3, 2020
Nate Mitchell, Oculus co-founder and former Head of VR Product at Facebook, has opened a new game studio called Mountaintop Studios. Despite pioneering the first wave of consumer VR, Mitchell says Mountaintop isn’t focusing on VR just yet. Talking to GamesIndustry.biz , Mitchell said this, responding to whether Mountaintop would ever produce VR games: “The short version is nothing has changed.
ARVR
JULY 3, 2020
It has been four years since Pikachu and his friends descended on earth and started playing their Augmented Reality (AR) hide & seek game with the humans of the real-world. Pikachu is the tiny yellow rodent-like fictional character from the Pokemon game. There couldn’t be a better way to get introduced to AR; superimposing a digitally created world (images and sounds) on the busy streets of New York and everywhere else.
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.
GizModo VR
JULY 3, 2020
Somehow, 2010's Inception has suddenly become topical again—an idea that seems like it was mysteriously planted in our minds by Leonardo DiCaprio himself. In reality, though, people are talking about Christopher Nolan’s trippy hit for a few good reasons: the film has been a Netflix staple for all of 2020 (when lots of… Read more.
Virtual Reality Pulse brings together the best content for VR professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
GizModo VR
JULY 3, 2020
Over the years, Festo, a German automation company with a penchant for robots, has designed countless Mother Nature-inspired automatons that swim , hop , and fly like their real-world counterparts. That includes robotic birds, which have now been upgraded with fake feathers that allow the robots to soar through the air… Read more.
Digital Trends
JULY 3, 2020
YouTube has tons of free, legal movies available for streaming immediately. Here are some of our top picks.
GizModo VR
JULY 3, 2020
A United Nations council of 36 countries has agreed on a major change to the main global scheme addressing the climate impact of aviation , a move expected to remove requirements for airlines to offset emissions for several years. Read more.
Digital Trends
JULY 3, 2020
The Nintendo Switch has several high-profile games coming. These are the best upcoming Nintendo Switch games.
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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.
GizModo VR
JULY 3, 2020
Scientists have detected snake-like dental glands in caecilians, which means these serpentine creatures might actually be venomous—an unheard of trait among amphibians. Read more.
Digital Trends
JULY 3, 2020
Netflix's original films have slowly but surely grown in both quality and quantity. Here are our favorites.
GizModo VR
JULY 3, 2020
Over 350 elephants have died in Botswana since March, sparking a government probe to investigate the mysterious deaths. Read more.
Digital Trends
JULY 3, 2020
Wish you knew how to run Android apps in Windows? There are a few different apps and services you can use.
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.
GizModo VR
JULY 3, 2020
On Friday, YouTuber Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson cut off a massive competition that saw more than 1 million players face off for a $25,000 prize for whoever could keep their finger attached to their phone screen the longest. After more than 70 hours and with the last four contestants showing no signs of giving up,… Read more.
Digital Trends
JULY 3, 2020
Netflix has plenty of excellent documentaries covering every subject imaginable. These are the best right now.
GizModo VR
JULY 3, 2020
A house with a sprawling lawn might be the aspiration of anyone stuck in a tiny apartment, but there’s a downside to that dream: your lawn doesn’t cut itself. To make the weekly chore more bearable, Jason Hibbs of Bourbon Moth Woodworking turned his riding mower into a miniature tank that mows down everything in its… Read more.
Digital Trends
JULY 3, 2020
Despite the challenges, the company fully expects continued growth in 2020.
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.
GizModo VR
JULY 3, 2020
Countless companies have tried to dethrone Sony from its noise-cancelling headphone throne , but none have succeeded. Now Razer is taking a different approach with its first pair of headphones designed for a wider consumer audience—not just gamers—by paying homage to the Queen with a look that emulates Sony’s excellent… Read more.
Digital Trends
JULY 3, 2020
Looking for a love story? We've rounded up the best romance movies on Netflix, from young love to A.I. love.
GizModo VR
JULY 3, 2020
An amateur astronomer in South Africa has detected a bright new surface feature rising above the cloud tops on Jupiter. Read more.
Digital Trends
JULY 3, 2020
Instant Pots are perfect for home cooks who love versatility and want to prepare ultra-fast and simple meals.
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?
GizModo VR
JULY 3, 2020
Jordan Peele ’s Twilight Zone is back, an occasion that made us think of another 1960s anthology series that’s been put through the remake machine: The Outer Limits. With its emphasis on sci-fi—especially aliens and uncanny tech—the original episodes of The Outer Limits excelled at preying on Cold War fears. We’ve… Read more.
Digital Trends
JULY 3, 2020
UFC 251: Usman vs. Burns will be the first event to be held on UFC Fight Island. Here's what you need to know.
GizModo VR
JULY 3, 2020
Apple has finally announced its long-rumored transition away from Intel chips and will now make its own homegrown CPUs based on the ARM architecture for future Macs. The company’s goal is to shed its dependence on Intel so that it can control even more of its production and development pipeline. It’s an interesting… Read more.
Digital Trends
JULY 3, 2020
Whether you're looking for a new FPS or a complex strategy game, the Switch has an indie title for everyone.
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?
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