The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Military simulations are one of the fields where virtual reality has always been an important technology , even before that VR had its new renaissance in 2012. In fact, in the XR communities, there are many esteemed members that are army veterans (like John Westra or Tony Rogers). That’s why when I had the opportunity of speaking with the company Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) , I wanted to ask them some questions about the successful use cases they have with the use of virtual re

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The earliest AR experiences were based on physical markers like QR codes. As the technology developed, such targets were no longer necessary for many experiences. However, some experiences, particularly WebAR enabled branded packaging, are actually more immersive when based around a physical target. While flat targets present a great deal of possibilities, the world isn’t flat. “8th Wall is on a mission to make augmented reality for everyone, and to do that we need to be able to augment anything

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Keep your new headset looking fresh with an easy-to-clean facial interface. Look under the hood of the new Oculus Quest 2 and you’ll find a new Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 chipset, 6GB of RAM, 2k per eye resolution with adjustable optics, and seven onboard cameras. On the outside, Facebook’s new-and-improved standalone headset features a new all-white design that, while futuristic, will no doubt attract its fair share of grime and sweat with use.

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

ARtillery Briefs is a video series that offers insights in under 5 minutes. Each episode summarizes strategic takeaways from ARtillery’s original reports and market forecasts. See below narrative takeaways and embedded video. For the full library, subscribe to ARtillery PRO. A mong AR sub-sectors that we examine, one of the most popular and revenue-producing is AR advertising.

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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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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Everyone’s favorite indie store front raises $650K in funding. If you own an Oculus Quest headset than chances are you’ve heard of SideQuest , an immensely popular VR app store that allows independent developers a chance to showcase games and apps that have been rejected for publishing on the Oculus Store due to the company’s notoriously strict application system.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Experts are still unclear on what material will make the best quantum computer, but one obscure candidate is gaining traction: infrared light. Earlier this month, quantum computing startup Xanadu, based in Toronto, Canada, put two of its so-called photonic quantum computers on the cloud—the first commercially… Read more.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Augmented Reality (AR) nowadays is showing powerful potential as a technology that utilizes geolocation and visual imagery to provide real-time data experience for users. Numerous AR applications have been used in the industry of different kinds. Tremendous growth is being experienced especially in the healthcare sector, creating business opportunities for companies with AR expertise.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

A Massachusetts man’s fateful switch to licorice candy seems to have sent him to an early grave. In a case report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors described how the man’s recent habit of eating a bag of licorice every day likely led to his sudden cardiac arrest, kidney failure, and eventual… Read more.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

If there's one thing that all of the world's governments can agree on, it's that we need a plan to avoid an Armageddon-level asteroid catastrophe.

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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.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

If you, like me, woke up one day in your 30s and decided that seltzer was suddenly your thing, I have some bad news. It’s time to sit down, friend, and mourn yet another thing that this garbage year 2020 has taken from us. As it turns out, a Consumer Reports investigation has found that toxic “forever chemicals” are… Read more.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Amazon is holding a virtual hardware event to take the place of its usual fall product showcase. We're rounding up everything announced right here.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The crackling sound you hear as you separate two socks fresh out of the dryer are the result of the triboelectric effect generating static electricity. It can occasionally lead to an unpleasant shock, but researchers from the Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems are leveraging the effect to create a… Read more.

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Charlie Fink

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

When people die today, they don’t leave behind shoeboxes of pictures.

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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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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Between 1966, when abortion was outlawed in Romania, and 1989, when the revolution overthrew the communist government, many parents turned over children they couldn’t care for to state-run institutions. Children grew up in neglect , without the security of a dependable, comforting caregiver. Babies were left alone in… Read more.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

On Peacock, NBCUniversal's streaming content library goes well beyond an impressive lineup of new and classic TV series.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

While contact tracing flails in the U.S. thanks in part to government dysfunction , Google’s deploying a feature to at least help us avoid covid-19 hotspots. Sometime this week, Android and iOS users will be able to toggle on color-coded overlays in Google Maps, representing the concentration of positive cases on the… Read more.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

USB terms are confusing. Have questions about USB-A versus USB-C? Our guide will clarify the difference and explain which you should look for in a device.

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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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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

A new way of producing powerful X-ray beams—the brightest on Earth—is now making it possible to create 3D images of matter at astounding resolutions. This “Extremely Brilliant Source” officially opened last month at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in France, and scientists are already using it to study the… Read more.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

App's creators hope that it could enable children with autism to be identified younger, thereby getting the help they need sooner.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Adobe has been hyping its Sensei AI for a while now, and it finally has a use case for the tech that might make the average user’s life a little easier. The Adobe Reader app now uses machine learning to reformat PDFs in a way that makes them actually readable on mobile devices. Read more.

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Anand Tech

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

One of the more interesting startups of late is NUVIA, with promises of a new Arm-based processor for the datacenter to rival the x86 dominance of AMD and Intel. The team at NUVIA is strong, comprised of top SoC architects from Apple and Google, with a long history of success within the ranks of the company. Building a leading-edge SoC takes a long time, and so we’re still not expecting NUVIA to offer a product for a while yet, but in that time the company is going through rounds of invest

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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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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Cloud Gaming with Xbox Game Pass, originally called Project xCloud back when the streaming service was in preview, launched last week on Sept. 15. It’s another game streaming service like GeForce Now , Stadia , and Shadow that lets you play videogames over wifi or a mobile connection. No downloads or installs necessary,… Read more.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Both the MacBook Pro and iPad Pro are incredibly powerful devices for working on the go. So, which should you buy? We put them to the test to get the answers.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

If you’ve been experiencing issues trying to access Google or YouTube, you’re not alone. Around 9 p.m. ET on Thursday evening, tons of users worldwide reported problems with Google and the many services under the tech giant’s umbrella, including Google Drive, Gmail, Stadia, the Play Store, and even Nest. Read more.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Photographer and Leica Women Foto Project award winner Eva Woolridge shares her experience as the grant opens up to three new female photographers.

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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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