Sun.Oct 11, 2020

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PlayStation VR Will Be Backward Compatible With PS5, For A Price

VRScout

You’ll need a PSVR headset, PS4 Dualshock 4 controller or Move controllers, and PS4 Camera in order to play. In a new FAQ provided by Sony this past week, the company confirmed that the PlayStation VR will be backward compatible with the upcoming PlayStation 5, allowing players access to a wide variety of VR games on their next-gen consoles; though it won’t be cheap.

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Just Looking at This Food-Themed Mechanical Keyboard Makes Me Hungry

GizModo VR

Even though I’ve been writing about video games and tech for a while now, there are still some subjects that I feel like I should have strong opinions on by now that I just.don’t. Mechanical keyboards, for example. I own one myself, sure. I asked for it as a wedding present solely because it’s pastel pink and, let’s… Read more.

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NASA delays launch of Crew Dragon’s first four-astronaut flight

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NASA and SpaceX's plan to send astronauts to the ISS in the first operational crewed flight of the Crew Dragon has been delayed due to technical issues.

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What We Do in the Shadows Teases a Few Tasty Hints About Season 3

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Most of 2020 has outright sucked, but at least we got a brilliant season of What We Do in the Shadows —and news of another on the way. Though season three hasn’t started filming yet, the FX show’s New York Comic Con panel did unearth a few tantalizing hints about what to expect when the show returns. 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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U.S. Army considers AR goggles for its military mutts

Digital Trends

U.S. military dogs could soon be working in the field using AR goggles, giving the animal the freedom to work beyond its handler's line of sight.

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How to use Waze: A simple guide

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Waze is a free, ad-supported interactive navigation app that calculates travel routes in real time using crowdsourcing to alert you to traffic conditions.

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Hellloooo, Nurse! The First Clip From Hulu's Animaniacs Reboot Is a Return to Form

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Cartoons like this haven’t existed in the world for a long time. But here they are. Read more.

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Best Prime Day iPhone deals 2020: iPhone 11, iPhone XS, and more

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If it's time for a new smartphone, here's everything we expect to see from 2020's Prime Day iPhone deals -- plus some early bargains you can grab right now.

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Sunday's Best Deals: Car Jump Starter, Ultra HD Dash Cams, Premium Fall Flannels, Madden NFL 21, NBA 2K21, Missha K-Beauty Products, Cheap HD Webcam, and More

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A cheap HD webcam and a sale on Madden NFL 21 and NBA 2K1 lead Sunday’s best deals. 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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Asteroid heading toward Earth may actually be a very old rocket

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A NASA expert believes that an object originally classified as an asteroid may in fact be part of a rocket that launched from Earth in 1966.

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Doctor Who: The Edge of Reality Is Bringing the Doctor's Time-Twisting Adventures to Game Consoles

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A new Doctor Who video game? On consoles? You have our attention. Read more.

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iPad Pro back down to cheapest-ever price before Prime Day

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The Apple iPad Pro 11 and iPad Pro 12.9 are still being offered for their best ever prices in the run up to Prime Day 2020. Snap them up before they disappear!

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This HD Webcam Has an Average Rating of Five Stars And You Can Get it For $18 With Promo Code

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ProCIV 1080p HD Webcam | $18 | Amazon | Promo code TVUI5K5V Read more.

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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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Amazon slashes prices on Garmin smartwatches ahead of Prime Day

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Looking for some great pre-Prime Day deals for a Garmin fitness smartwatch? We've got some of the best deals available right now, whatever your budget.

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Stock Up on Essential Fall Flannels With 60% Off Jachs NY Premium Picks

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Premium Flannel Shirts | $39 | Jachs NY | F39 Read more.

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Best Buy has the best 75-inch 4K TV deal before Amazon Prime Day

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Give your home theater a cinematic makeover with this massive 75-inch 4K UHD screen from Samsung for only $850.

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Facebook Accounts on Oculus

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In August, we announced that we would start requiring new users and people using new devices to log in to their Oculus headsets using a.

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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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Target Deal Days Sale: Better than Amazon Prime Day?

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Target's Deal Days takes place on October 13 and 14.

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Despite Grim Case Numbers, the U.S. Wants to Open a New York-London Travel Corridor by the Holidays: Report

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The U.S. is not going to let grim coronavirus numbers, which are still among the highest in the world, rain on its transatlantic travel parade. A new report in the Wall Street Journal states that Trump administration officials are working on creating a travel corridor between New York City and London “as soon as the… Read more.

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Walmart Prime Day Sale: The best deals to shop today

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Who isn't having a Prime Day sale these days?

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White House Doctor Says Trump Is No Longer Contagious, But Who Knows Whether He Still Has Covid-19

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The White House has resembled a lying madhouse lately—or at least, more than usual—so it’s important to take what it says with a grain of salt. However, there was some interesting news coming from its corridors on Saturday: President Donald Trump is apparently no longer contagious for covid-19, the disease he… Read more.

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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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All the Nintendo Switch games under $50 before Prime Day

Digital Trends

Looking for some pre-Prime Day deals for the Nintendo Switch? Here are some great deals currently under $50.

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Walmart drops $50 off Instant Pot LUX60 for Prime Day Sale

Digital Trends

The Instant Pot LUX60 is a 6-quart, six-in-one programmable pressure cooker available for $50 off its normal price today at Walmart.

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Amazon vs. Walmart vs. Best Buy: Which Prime Day deals should you shop?

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Brace yourselves, tempting discounts are on their way!

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Best Buy has 8K TV deals ahead of Prime Day 2020

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Do you need an 8K TV?

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

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?