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‘Cyberpunk 2077’ VR Mod Coming Next Month

VRScout

Step back into the role of V and explore Night City in immersive VR. Luke Ross, the creator behind popular VR mods for games like Grand Theft Auto 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 , is bringing his talents to the world of Cyberpunk 2077. First reported by PC Gamer , Ross is currently in development of a new mod that will introduce full VR support to CD Projekt Red’s ambitious open-world RPG.

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How Close Are We to Seeing VR in the Classroom?

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Virtual reality and its cousin augmented reality , have taken the world by storm. VR is typically only thought of in a game sense, but it has made strides in accessibility and education. Students who have access to a virtual classroom could benefit from new, cutting-edge styles of learning. The Current Classroom VR Technology. Most kids are proficient in technology.

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‘Cities: VR’ is a Built-for-VR Version of ‘Cities: Skylines’, Coming to Quest 2 in Spring 2022

Road to VR

Popular city-builder Cities: Skylines (2015) doesn’t offer native VR support, however the franchise is getting its first official made-for-VR game soon called Cities: VR, which will let you go hands-on as you take the reigns of your city from a new perspective. Cities: VR is being developed and published by veteran VR studio Fast Travel Games , the Stockholm-based team behind Apex Construct, The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets, and Wraith: The Oblivion – Afterlife.

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Top 6 Augmented Reality Trends to Watch Out for in 2022

ARVR

Since its beginnings, augmented reality has left a lasting influence on people all over the world. This technology has piqued the interest of smartphone users and new and established businesses, prompting entrepreneurs and marketers to consider investing in AR app development. Technology has had a revolutionary influence on the corporate sector in recent years.

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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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Samsung Debuts Its New Augmented Reality Playgrounds

VRScout

Visitors can collaborate with others in real-time and contribute to existing structures using persistent AR elements. Samsung today announced Dreamground, a next-gen playground that combines physical structures with AR technology to immerse visitors in a one-of-a-kind digital environment. Here they can use their smartphone devices to explore physical artwork enhanced by AR visuals, floating portals leading to additional worlds, and a variety of on-screen animations. “Consumers want meaning

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Gabe Newell: Valve is Making “big investments” in New Headsets and Games

Road to VR

In a talk at an Auckland, New Zealand area high school back in May, Valve co-founder Gabe Newell revealed they’re making “big investments in new headsets and games,” something he hopes will prepare the company for a future of brain-computer interfaces (BCI). . Newell has been living in New Zealand for the past few months, which has been comparatively unaffected by COVID-19 due to strict measures in that country.

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Facebook Mobile Mixed Reality updates may change the way you see VR forever

Slashgear

Meta has announced the final software update of 2021 for the Meta Quest – formerly known as the Oculus Quest – and it seems like it’s a big one. Playing into the “metaverse” angle behind Facebook’s name change to Meta, there actually isn’t a ton that has to do with VR gaming in this update. Instead, much of it is … Continue reading.

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The Meta Quest Adds Mobile Mixed Reality & Cloud Backup

VRScout

This latest update will introduce a variety of long-sought-after features. Facebook (Meta) today announced update v35 for the Meta Quest and Meta Quest 2, teasing several major updates to the Quest platform. Rolling out over the course of the next month, v35 will impact everything from Horizon Workooms to the Oculus smartphone app. There’s quite a lot to unpack, so let’s dive straight into today’s biggest announcements.

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Grab an Augmented Reality Headset and Meet the Future of Fan Experiences

ARPost

I can see it now. It’s the fall of 2023, you and your friends virtually gather to watch the Carolina Panthers play division rival the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. You use your augmented reality headset to see your buddies from across the world digitally sitting in your living room?-?even Marco, who’s still wearing his Tom Brady Buccaneers jersey after Brady finally retired.

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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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Quest Update Adds Mixed Reality Casting, Global Cloud Saves, & More

Road to VR

The latest update for Oculus Quest, v35, is rolling out to headsets starting today and brings with it mixed reality casting, global cloud saves, and Facebook Messenger calls in VR. Mixed Reality Casting on Quest. Update v35 is bringing mixed reality casting to both Quest and Quest 2. This feature allows you to cast the VR experience to a smartphone while seeing your real body right inside of the virtual world.

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Someone Is Running Hundreds of Malicious Servers on the Tor Network and Might Be De-Anonymizing Users

GizModo VR

New research shows that someone has been running hundreds of malicious servers on the Tor network, potentially in an attempt to de-anonymize users and unmask their web activity. As first reported by The Record , the activity would appear to be emanating from one particular user who shows signs of persistent,… Read more.

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Oregon Football Team Debuts Mixed Reality ‘Halo’ Promo

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Master Chief pays a visit to the Oregon Ducks. During yesterday’s game between rival college football teams the Oregon Ducks and Oregon State, Master Chief, the main protagonist of the legendary Halo franchise, stopped by to promote his latest upcoming adventure, Halo Infinite. During the game, fans watched via the jumbotron as a mixed reality Pelican, one of the many fictional vehicles featured in the series, swooped in from above and hovered gently over center field.

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Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 8 Gen 1: Flagship SoC for 2022 Devices

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At this year’s Tech Summit from Hawaii, it’s time again for Qualcomm to unveil and detail the company’s most important launch of the year, and to showcase the newest Snapdragon flagship SoCs that will be powering our upcoming 2022 devices. Today, as the first of a few announcements at the event, Qualcomm is announcing the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, the direct follow-up to last year’s Snapdragon 888.

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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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Nreal Launches $600 ‘Light’ AR Glasses in United States via Verizon

Road to VR

Nreal, the Chinese startup behind the Nreal Light AR glasses which made a splash back at CES 2019, has now expanded to the United States, making the smartphone-tethered device available through select Verizon stores starting today. Nreal Light is a pair of AR glasses that are physically connected to a smartphone via USB Type-C to drive its graphics and provide power, making it lighter than standalone AR headsets like HoloLens 2 since it’s offloaded the need for an internal battery, chipset

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Amazon Is Helping Researchers Study How to Dim the Sun

GizModo VR

Computer processors across Amazon Web Services recently hummed into gear to create 30 simulations of what Earth could look like by the middle of this century. Normally, climate models run on supercomputers. But this effort on Amazon’s servers represents one of the first attempts to do modeling on the cloud and could… Read more.

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Rumor: The Future Of VR Is In Jeopardy At Valve

VRScout

As more developers focus on building VR experiences for the Quest, the future of PC VR at Valve is in question. When Half-Life: Alyx was released in 2020, the groundbreaking VR adventure exceeded all expectations with gamers thanks to the roughly 15 hours of mind-blowing gameplay and amazing characters. Not to mention the incredible attention to detail and franchise-shaking storyline.

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3 reasons why Microsoft Edge is better than Google Chrome

Digital Trends

Microsoft's Edge browser is based on the same engine as Google Chrome, but these three features make the browser the better option.

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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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Free Version of ‘Masterpiece Studio Pro’ VR Creation Suite Now Available for Non-commercial Use

Road to VR

Masterpiece Studio (formerly MasterpieceVR) today announced it’s releasing a free edition of its latest professional VR creator suite, Masterpiece Studio Pro. The free software license is targeting individuals looking to use the suite for non-commercial use. The free version is said to contain the entire set of features of Masterpiece Studio Pro , which is a subscription-based service aimed at freelancers, teams, and educators using its creation tools for work.

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Siberian Cave Yields Oldest Fossils Belonging to Enigmatic Human Species

GizModo VR

The Denisovans, a mysterious group of extinct hominins closely related to Neanderthals, didn’t leave much fossil evidence behind. A fresh dig at their former stomping grounds in Siberia has now yielded three new fossils—the oldest yet found of this species. Read more.

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Korea To Begin Using VR-Based Drivers Ed For Elderly In 2025

VRScout

The program will use immersive technology to test the driving, cognitive, and memory skills of those aged 65 years and up. Of the 209,654 road accidents that took place in South Korea last year, over 31,000 were caused by elderly drivers. In an effort to combat the rising number of accidents, government officials launched an exchange program that offers elderly drivers subsidies and public transport coupons in return for their driver licenses.

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The SilverStone NightJar NJ700 Passive PSU Review: Silent Excellence

Anand Tech

In today’s review we are taking a look at a passively cooled power supply, the SilverStone Nightjar NJ700. Despite the lack of active cooling, the NJ700 can continuously output up to 700 Watts, underscoring its very high efficiency as well as the rest of its impressive electrical specifications. Thanks to it's impeccable design and component selection – courtesy of OEM SeaSonic – the overall performance of the Nightjar NJ700 is world-class, making it more than a match for t

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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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Walmart is Selling Quest 2 (64GB) at Its Lowest Price Yet

Road to VR

Oculus Quest 2 already the best and least expensive standalone VR headset on the market, and now it has hit an all-time low price of $200—if you don’t mind skimping on storage. Quest 2 initially launched with a 64GB model for $300 and a 256GB model for $400. Not long ago the 64GB model was discontinued in favor of a larger 128GB model at the same $300 price point.

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Spotify Pulls Plug on Car View Feature, Offers Users No Alternative

GizModo VR

If you got in your car and suddenly found that Spotify’s Car View feature had mysteriously disappeared, I’m sorry to say that no, it’s not a bug. Spotify actually announced—although “whispered” would be more accurate—that it was killing Car View more than a month ago, but it looks like it hadn’t gotten to actually… Read more.

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Watch YouTube In VR With Friends On Quest With ‘Couch’ App

VRScout

No VR-ready PC required. Despite the numerous streaming apps available on the Oculus (Meta) Quest, you’d think watching your favorite video content side-by-side with friends in VR would be a relatively straightforward process. Unfortunately, most Quest-based streaming apps—including Netflix and Prime Video VR —feature little to no social functionality.

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Western Digital Spills Beans on HDD Plans: 30TB HDDs Planned, MAMR's Future Unclear

Anand Tech

Western Digital this week said that its energy-assisted magnetic recording (ePMR) and OptiNAND technologies coupled with increased number of platters per hard drive would enable it to build HDDs with an up to 30 TB capacity. To keep advancing capacities from there, the company will need to use heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR), it revealed. Meanwhile, noticeably absent was any mention of microwave-assisted magnetic recording (MAMR), the technology that was expected to precede HAMR.

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The Key to Getting the Best Out of Video-Based Practice & Coaching

Speaker: Micah Eppler, Account Executive for Rehearsal of eLearning Brothers

Did you know that companies such as Paychex, 3M, and Honeywell are getting better results by incorporating video-based practice and coaching within their L&D strategy? From sales pitches to soft skills, learners are becoming top performers by applying and validating knowledge transfer using the unique benefits of video. Whether used as a stand-alone application or integrated with a learning platform, video-based practice and coaching platforms give learners the ultimate opportunity to repeatedly