GizModo VR
DECEMBER 12, 2020
Disney World will reportedly stop “enhancing” on-ride photos by pasting digital face masks onto maskless park guests. And no, you aren’t reading the Onion. It’s 2020, baby, where reality is so much of a joke at this point that headlines and punchlines are literally synonymous. Read more.
Digital Trends
DECEMBER 12, 2020
When neuroscientists fitted paraplegic patients with exoskeletons to help them walk, they found that the exoskeleton helped their healing.
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GizModo VR
DECEMBER 12, 2020
Ever since I was young, I’ve always been a cat fan (although dogs are lovely, too). Nonetheless, my current landlord doesn’t allow me to have a cat, so I just settle for following cute ones on Instagram. Considering that I live alone, there have been many times during the pandemic where I’ve thought, “Wouldn’t this be… Read more.
Digital Trends
DECEMBER 12, 2020
With Apple’s new M1 Macs now available, it’s time to look back at that age old question: is now a good time to buy a MacBook Pro? We have the answer within.
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.
GizModo VR
DECEMBER 12, 2020
One knock against Thor: Ragnarok is that it was Sif-less, a lack that fans of Jaimie Alexander’s Asgardian warrior took sharp note of. Fortunately, Thor: Love & Thunder won’t be nearly so bereft. Read more.
Virtual Reality Pulse brings together the best content for VR professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
GizModo VR
DECEMBER 12, 2020
Christopher Nolan has, uhh, he’s made some mistakes. Is the actual construction of Tenet one of them? Pretty soon we’re all going to get a chance to find out. Read more.
Digital Trends
DECEMBER 12, 2020
Dark mode provides a dark theme to change lighter colors in Windows and File Explorer to a black background. Here's how to enable dark mode in Windows 10.
GizModo VR
DECEMBER 12, 2020
Nearly two years after its last flight, Virgin Galactic—the space tourism venture founded by Richard Branson, another billionaire who loves space—aborted the scheduled test launch of its SpaceShipTwo commercial aircraft into suborbital space today because of an issue with its rocket motor. Read more.
Digital Trends
DECEMBER 12, 2020
Leaked details and composite CAD renders are fun, but seeing a phone in person is so much better. Here's our first look at the OnePlus 9.
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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
DECEMBER 12, 2020
When Tesla released its Cybertruck, it made a splash because it was certainly a different look to, well, pretty much anything we see on the market today. With futuristic, inorganic lines and sharp panels, it’s the kind of car you’re either going to love or hate. And automotive designer Frank Stephenson… isn’t a big… Read more.
Digital Trends
DECEMBER 12, 2020
NASA has updated its Hubble Caldwell catalog, a collection of beautiful objects visible in the night sky which have been imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope.
GizModo VR
DECEMBER 12, 2020
Look at them. They’re gay. (Well, Princess Bubblegum is bi, if we’re being exact.) Good for them. Read more.
Digital Trends
DECEMBER 12, 2020
How visual effects studio Weta Digital made the fantastic feel real in the Netflix holiday sequel The Christmas Chronicles 2, starring Kurt Russell as Santa.
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
DECEMBER 12, 2020
A sale on Alienware peripherals and a 70-inch 4K Sharp AQUOS tv lead Saturday’s best deals. Read more.
Digital Trends
DECEMBER 12, 2020
Listen to our pick of the best history podcasts for bizarre true histories that put fiction to shame and in-depth analysis of famous events and characters.
GizModo VR
DECEMBER 12, 2020
25% Off Select Alienware Accessories | Amazon Read more.
Digital Trends
DECEMBER 12, 2020
2020's only total solar eclipse will occur this Monday, plunging parts of Chile and Argentina into darkness for a couple of minutes in the middle of the day.
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.
Oculus
DECEMBER 12, 2020
This week, we released several titles and updates across the Oculus Platform. Here’s a rundown of the highlights.
Digital Trends
DECEMBER 12, 2020
Save $30 when you sign up for this bundle deal that gets you a year’s worth of ESPN+ plus the UFC 256 PPV.
Oculus
DECEMBER 12, 2020
This week, we released several titles and updates across the Oculus Platform. Here’s a rundown of the highlights.
Digital Trends
DECEMBER 12, 2020
Take advantage of amazing savings on one of the most versatile and practical smart home devices.
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?
VRScout
DECEMBER 12, 2020
Just because we’re under lockdown doesn’t mean you can’t binge with friends. So, you and your buddy just picked up a couple of Oculus Quest 2 headsets and are looking for the best ways to watch your favorite TV shows and movies together without, you know, actually being together. Well you’re in luck as the Oculus Quest 2 features plenty of options for enjoying your favorite media side-by-side with your friends, family, and loved ones in VR.
Digital Trends
DECEMBER 12, 2020
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have found an interesting exoplanet equivalent to the hypothesized ninth planet in our solar system.
GizModo VR
DECEMBER 12, 2020
Keurig Single Serve Coffee & Latte Maker | $190 | Bed Bath & Beyond Read more.
Digital Trends
DECEMBER 12, 2020
The venerable MacBook Air is one of the first to feature Apple's new M1 chip. How does it stack up to Microsoft Surface Laptop 3? Here's how the two compare.
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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