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Half-Life 2 Is Now Playable In VR

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Half-Life 2 is now playable in PC VR headsets with a free mod. If you own Half-Life 2 on Steam you can easily add the free community-made mod here. The entire game is adapted for VR (Episodes 1 and 2 aren’t supported yet) and there’s some useful options like seated support, a 3rd person vehicle camera, and an adjustable vignette to reduce the view while moving.

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EVGA and NVIDIA To Split: EVGA Won’t Make Next-Gen NVIDIA Cards

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In a move that will have significant repercussions for the video card industry in North America and Europe, EVGA today has announced that the company is parting ways from NVIDIA. As a result, the company will not be producing video cards based on NVIDIA’s next-generation of GPUs – and won’t be immediately switching allegiance to AMD or Intel, either.

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Original PSVR Games Aren’t Playable On PlayStation VR2

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Original PSVR games aren’t playable on Playstation VR2, Sony confirms. On Sony’s Official PlayStation Podcast Hideaki Nishino, SVP of Platform Experience, was asked whether original PlayStation VR games could be played on PlayStation VR2. He replied: PSVR games are not compatible with PSVR 2 because PSVR 2 is designed to deliver a truly next generation VR experience.

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Let Them Fight: Feud Breaks Out Between 8kun and Kiwi Farms Founders

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Smashing rotten fruit is fun, as long as you’re not afraid of getting detritus all over your clothes. But do you know what’s even more fun? Try standing at a distance and watching two pieces of putrid produce repeatedly slam into each other until they’re nothing but a gross paste. Read more.

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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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Hands-On: Colossal Cave 3D Brings One Of Gaming’s Foundation Stones Into VR

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You may not have ever heard of Colossal Cave Adventure , but if you’ve played a video game in the last 45 years, you’ve walked in its footsteps. The original 1976 game was one of the first all-text adventure games and the first that got popular. Every time you solve a puzzle by creatively using your inventory or the environment, in everything from Zork to Resident Evil to Cave Digger, you’re seeing some of Colossal Cave’s creative DNA.

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The 10 Best Metaverse Podcasts That Will Educate & Entertain

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Metaverse podcasts are beloved by fans of the medium. These podcasts offer a new way of exploring one of the world's most cutting-edge technologies. But many people interested in the metaverse have yet to venture into this exciting audio-based frontier. As you'll soon see, by doing so, you'll be able to learn about aspects of [.]. The post The 10 Best Metaverse Podcasts That Will Educate & Entertain appeared first on Metamandrill.com.

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SpaceX Is Testing Out Starlink Internet in Antartica Using Space Lasers

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Starlink has made its way to the southernmost continent, beaming down broadband internet to a research center in Antartica. McMurdo Station, a research outpost run by the U.S. Antarctic Program, is testing out a Starlink terminal to enhance its connectivity. Read more.

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Intel to Drop Celeron and Pentium Branding From Laptop Parts In 2023

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While we’re still over a quarter out from the end of 2022, Intel already has its eyes aimed at 2023 and its eventual refresh of its mobile processors. To that end, today the company has announced that they are making some branding changes for the low-end. Starting in 2023, Intel will be retiring the Pentium and Celeron brands for laptop processors.

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Congresswoman Urges FTC to Investigate Newly Revealed Police Software Surveilling Americans' Movements

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California Congresswoman Anna Eshoo is urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate a Virginia-based company revealed by the Associated Press to provide law enforcement agencies across the U.S. with access to cellphone tracking technology capable of mapping people’s movements “months back in time.” 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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Meta & MeitY to Support 40 Early-Stage Extended Reality Startups In India

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Meta has been single handedly driving the virtual reality #metaverse industry, from the acquisition of Palmer luckey's Oculus to pumping $ 10 Billion for the Metaverse, we at #xrom hope #meta launches Oculus Quest in India as it will help both the enterprise as well as consumers leverage the benefits of Virtual Reality. Meta in partnership with MeitY- The Ministry of Electronics & Information technology's startup hub signed an agreement to launch an accelerator programme to offer grants to s

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Daredevil's Charlie Cox Was Also Thrilled by the Yellow Suit

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Although Charlie Cox knew that Matt Murdoch-as-Daredevil wasn’t going to appear in Spider-Man: No Way Home , he was aware that he was going to be returning in all his superhero finery for She Hulk: Attorney at Law. So naturally, why not fit him for his superhero suit and his lawyer suit at the same time? His reaction… Read more.

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Rings of Power Airs Out Its Secrets, So That Things Can Finally Happen

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Last week ’s Rings of Power showed just how much strife can come from old prejudices and mistrust. This week’s shows just how toxic keeping secrets from those who should be allies can be—and sets the stage for the series to really get going as its myriad heroes realize it’s better to stand together in honesty. Read more.

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Coinbase Launches Pro-Crypto Politician Identifier After Banning Talk of Politics

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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.