ARPost
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Immersive experience distribution platform LucidWeb has been around for a while now. However, the particular moment that we’re living in has provided the perfect storm for the company to adapt and expand. We’re talking of course about awards season, XR gaming maximalists, and data harvesting walled gardens. Apps, Hardware, and Immersive Experience Showcases.
VRScout
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Wolves in the Walls arrives on standalone VR headsets alongside a new social media experience. When Fable Studios premiered the first chapter of their Wolves in the Walls VR experience at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival , they introduced the world to Lucy, an AI-powered virtual being who could remember things you told her, ask questions, and even acknowledge your presence when you entered her virtual world.
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AR Insider
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
O ne of the common rallying cries of the AR industry is that the technology’s use in ubiquitous smartphones makes it a strong forbear to AR’s eventual manifestation in glasses form. We stand behind that concept, given that mobile AR conditions consumers to spatial experiences. But another device class could have an equal or greater impact towards that same end: wearables.
VRScout
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Team up with classic characters on a series of dangerous quests throughout the Star Wars timeline. ILMxLAB and Lucasfilm’s latest Star Wars VR adventure, Star Wars: Tales From the Galaxy’s Edge is available now on Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2 headsets. Developed in collaboration with Oculus Studios, Tales From the Galaxy’s Edge has you stepping into the shoes of a lowly repair technician who—after crash-landing on the planet of Batuu—finds themselves caught up in
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.
AR Insider
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
W hat are the biggest insights and observations in AR and adjacent sectors this week? Welcome to Reality Bytes , featuring lightning-round commentary from AR Insider partner M7 Innovations. Founder Matt Maher lends his insights from the trenches of experience creation. We continue the narrative this week with Maher’s look at Spotify’s latest acquisition, Peleton’s celebrity-endorsement play, and Facebook’s new moderation.
Virtual Reality Pulse brings together the best content for VR professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
GizModo VR
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
This week, the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was unfurled in all its floppy, haggard glory. As many a Twitter user were quick to point out, its appearance was a metaphor for this year of pandemic, a slapdash coup attempt, and a general drubbing of American exceptionalism. Read more.
Road to VR
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Thirdverse and inXile Entertainment today announced that Frostpoint VR: Proving Grounds , the upcoming team-based multiplayer shooter, is officially launching on PC VR headsets next month. Frostpoint VR is bringing its 10v10-player shooting action to Steam and the Oculus PC Store on December 1st, which includes support for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Valve Index, and Windows VR headsets.
GizModo VR
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
“All living beings are on Earth for a reason, from the tiniest insects to the greatest mammals.” That’s what Agora, a free photography app, said they aimed to show with their photography contest, #Animals2020. Read more.
AffinityVr
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
We work with Soundscape VR, an immersive virtual reality, music and gaming platform that allows bands, brands and fans to connect in stunning virtual music venues. We would like to gauge your interest in speaking with Founder and CEO, Eric Alexander, about the platform and it’s capabilities, as well as the future of VR in the entertainment space. Soundscape [.].
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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.
GizModo VR
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
The recent failure of two support cables at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico has destabilized the structure such that it cannot be repaired without placing construction workers at significant risk, according to officials with the National Science Foundation. As feared, the beloved 1,000-foot telescope will have… Read more.
TechCrunch VR
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
The coronavirus has displaced millions of workers across the country. In order to recover, companies must focus on re-skilling their workforces in a measured and sustainable way. However, training and recruitment can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars for companies, a heavy investment that is hard to explain during volatile times. To Bharani Rajakumar , the founder of Transfr , the dilemma of displaced workers is the perfect use case for virtual reality technology.
GizModo VR
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Apparently, rotting vegetables can be good for something other than fertilizer. Instead of literally going to waste, they can be upcycled to create a material that absorbs stray ultraviolet rays and turn it into renewable energy. Read more.
Charlie Fink
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Fable invites you to friend its star, a virtual being named Lucy.
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.
GizModo VR
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Retail Ecommerce Ventures, a company that buys and resurrects old brands as e-commerce sites, has bought a number of RadioShack’s global assets, rocketing the defunct brand back into the spotlight once again. Read more.
Anand Tech
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
One of the big unknowns for the newest AMD Ryzen 5000 processors is whether or not there will be support on all 400 series chipset-based motherboards. After initially saying that these motherboards would not be supported, AMD reversed course and said it would work with motherboard vendors to enable support. At the point when the processors were launched, AMD confirmed that the schedule for the first beta BIOSes for 400-series motherboards to support Ryzen 5000 would be in the January timeframe.
GizModo VR
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Padawan. General. Jedi. Jedi, no more. Fulcrum. Above all, a hero of Republics and Rebellions alike. Ahsoka Tano has had as many titles in her Star Wars story as she has had killer costumes. As we prepare to imagine what she may look like when Din Djarin finds her on Disney+’s The Mandalorian , let’s look back on the… Read more.
VR Fitness
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
The Star Wars brand has found a welcome home on the Oculus Quest platform. The first episode of the Vader Immortal trilogy helped to kick off the launch of Quest 1, and now, with Quest 2 hot out of the oven, Oculus is hoping that its latest collaboration with Disney will prove a tasty dish for consumers, encouraging lots of Christmas holiday sales. Continue reading on VR Fitness Insider.
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.
GizModo VR
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Right now, we’re spending more time at home than ever before, and many of us may be investing more in our home entertainment systems than we have in the past. If you’ve been considering upgrading to a better TV setup or snapping up a new smart speaker to help you control your connected home, now is definitely the… Read more.
VR Fitness
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
If you own a VR headset, you’ve likely entertained the idea of purchasing even more accessories for it over the years. While the market is flooded with additional items that you can purchase to better your own experience in VR in one way or another, some standout accessories definitely would help those of us who use the technology for workout purposes specifically.
GizModo VR
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Facebook filed a lawsuit on Thursday against a website owner who allegedly operated a network of Instagram clone sites using information from more than 100,000 public profiles. This complaint marks the social media giant’s latest crackdown on organizations both large and small for violating its terms of service. Read more.
Digital Trends
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Whether it's a stuck pixel or a dead one, there are a few tricks you can try. Follow these steps and get your monitor or screen back to pristine condition.
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?
GizModo VR
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Amazon’s Echo Frames smart glasses aren’t invite-only anymore. That’s right, baby, the plebes can now preorder the Alexa-enabled glasses for $250. Read more.
VR Fitness
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
As the years have gone on, the VR space has continued to receive games of differing genres. That being said, the niche is definitely still lacking when compared to games that appear on standard consoles and PC. Fortunately, a new game in a genre that hasn’t been explored all that much in VR is set to arrive next month and it looks quite promising.
GizModo VR
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
The new Lego Star Wars Holiday Special is earnest, silly fun. It’s a festive special , about Star Wars , made in Lego—what else would it be but a joyful, irreverent lampooning of Star Wars ’ more serious side? However, its underlying message of friendship and mutual understanding (in the spirit of Life Day , of course) is… Read more.
Anand Tech
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
The Next Unit of Computing branding, known as NUC (pronounced nu-ck), has long been associated with Intel’s small form factor designs featuring mobile-class processors. Last year Intel broke that design philosophy with the introduction of the NUC 9 Pro, known as Quartz Canyon, which allowed for a PCIe graphics card in a unified box. Intel today is announcing the next step on the NUC journey, with a pre-built laptop featuring 10nm Quad-Core Tiger Lake Processors.
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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