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Take Your Brain To The Gym With Enhance VR

VRScout

Pump up those brain gains! Contrary to popular opinion, your brain isn’t actually a muscle. Though it does contain a bit of muscle, it’s actually a complex organ composed of cells, nerve fibers, arteries, and arterioles. It does, however, behave like a muscle and therefore should be treat as one! And what’s better for you muscles than regular daily exercise!

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Following Success on Quest, VR Classic ‘Racket: Nx’ to Get Major Update, Likely Headed to PSVR

Road to VR

Racket: Nx , a virtual reality fusion of tennis and Breakout , is soon to get a major update with new features like co-op, avatar customization, and in-game tournaments. The studio has also teased that the game is heading to “another VR platform,” very likely PSVR. Having launched initially in Early Access back in 2017 and then in its full version in 2018, Racket: Nx is by now a VR classic.

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Trump Says He Will Not Consider National Mask Mandate in U.S., Country With Worst Coronavirus Outbreak in the World

GizModo VR

President Donald Trump said in an interview with Fox News Sunday that he would not consider issuing a nationwide mandate requiring people to wear masks to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus, effectively adding fuel to the ridiculous debate on masks in the U.S. Read more.

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Sleep tracking is coming to Apple Watch, but monitoring your sleep is a bad idea

Digital Trends

Sleep tracking features on wearable devices offer little proven benefit, and in fact may do more harm than good. We recommend charging your device overnight instead of wearing it.

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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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FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization for Covid-19 Pool Testing, Which Analyzes Multiple Samples at Once

GizModo VR

Faced with the biggest coronavirus outbreak in the world and long wait times for test results, the Food and Drug Administration on Saturday issued the first emergency use authorization for covid-19 pool testing, a form of testing that allows up to four samples to be tested at once using the same test. Read more.

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A 14,000-Year-Old Human Poop and the Best Human Brain Alternative: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

GizModo VR

Sometimes, the world is just so unbelievable that it’s hard to find words to describe it. In those situations, since I have no words, I look for the next best thing: something to make me laugh. And I don’t know if it’s because I communicate very well with my inner child or what, but there is one thing that always… Read more.

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Seven VPN apps accused of exposing more than a terabyte of private data

Digital Trends

One of the affected VPN apps blamed Covid-19 for the leak.

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Our latest tech book gets five-star Amazon ranking

Robert Scoble

“The Infinite Retina,” is my fourth book that predicts decade-long trends. This one, written with Irena Cronin, represents a decade of work and is getting the best Amazon reviews of all of them. Qualcomm’s head of AR/VR, Hugo Swart, wrote “it is a must read.”. It is about how seven industries are already seeing radical changes due to Spatial Computing with much more on the way.

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Twitch streamer uses dance pad to finish Dark Souls 3 with level 1 character

Digital Trends

Luality made it look easy, all while cosplaying Tifa Lockhart to boot.

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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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Grab Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for $50 and Be Ready For Your Next Game Night

GizModo VR

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | $50 | Amazon Read more.

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Most fuel-efficient trucks for 2020

Digital Trends

Driving a pickup truck doesn't mean having to settle for poor fuel economy, as these six choices demonstrate.

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New Splinter Cell game reportedly in the works with planned 2021 release

Digital Trends

Sam Fisher may be back in stealthy action soon.

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What does a 90Hz or 120Hz refresh rate mean for your smartphone screen?

Digital Trends

While not something you may consciously notice, most people can feel some difference between refresh rates.

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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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First-ever interplanetary mission by Arab states blasts off

Digital Trends

Watch the rocket carrying the UAE's Mars-bound spacecraft blast off.

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Honda Civic vs. Honda Accord

Digital Trends

The Honda Civic and Accord are two of the most ubiquitous cars on the road. Here's how the two cars compare.

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Chevrolet developing full-size electric pickup truck with 400-mile range

Digital Trends

The BET Truck will be the first of its kind for Chevy.

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Sucker Punch focused on keeping Ghost of Tsushima grounded in reality

Digital Trends

The game's Mythic Tales steers the story away from the supernatural.

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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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Disney said to have significantly downsized spending on Facebook ads

Digital Trends

Ads for Hulu on Instagram have also been paused.

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Samsung appears to confirm Galaxy Z Fold 2 unveiling on August 5

Digital Trends

Samsung teased the reveal on Twitter.

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