VRScout

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The answer is yes and no. So you just got your hands on Facebook’s incredible standalone VR headset, the Oculus Quest 2, and are excited to jump into a massive catalogue of AAA games and experiences. There’s just one problem, you don’t have enough physical space to play! For those who may be out of the loop, the Oculus Quest 2 offers 6DoF (degrees of freedom) functionality, allowing you to navigate virtual worlds by physically moving throughout your real-world environment.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Shopping for Christmas presents this year will be different because of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, that might not entirely be a bad thing. Instead of braving heavy traffic and long lines, shoppers can buy gifts from the comfort of their home in virtual reality. VR can make Christmas shopping less stressful and a whole lot safer, especially amid the global health crisis.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 15, 2020

A Week in Web AR: 2020 Holiday Edition. Westfield Turns Its Malls Into a Holiday Scavenger Hunt, The Good Crisp Company Delivers a Message From Santa, Patrón Lets Users Wrap Their Own Joy Around a Bottle and Dior Gives the World an AR Gift. by Tom Emrich. I t’s the most wonderful time of the year and this festive season brands are turning to WebAR powered by 8th Wall to bring the joy, wonder and magic of the holidays to everyone — no matter where they are.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Synth Riders (2019) , the VR rhythm game for PC VR and Quest, is getting a new music pack soon that will feature British rock band Muse. Starting today, the game also includes a new update that brings some more competitive features to its multiplayer mode. The game’s DLC featuring Muse will arrive in the ‘ Synthwave Essentials 2′ music pack, scheduled to arrive on all platforms January 14th, 2021.

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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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Slashgear

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Oculus’s latest standalone VR system should be no-brainer upgrade to the Quest line but its existence has sadly been marred by some controversies. Some of it isn’t the Oculus Quest 2’s fault, to be fair, as Facebook’s takeover has been anything but smooth. There are, however, some complaints about the device itself as well as its official accessories, notably the … Continue reading.

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 15, 2020

(Image courtesy MeetinVR.). The global pandemic’s forced people apart, but technology is stepping up to bring us all back together, even if we’re not in the same room. MeetinVR and Wolf3d , two major players in VR, have teamed up to make meetings as human as possible. MeetinVR’s been working since 2016 to make VR business meetings that are better than in real life and now they’ve added Wolf3d’s personal avatars to the platform to up the social aspect and make the hu

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 15, 2020

It’ll take a lot to transition the U.S. off fossil-based energy: money, political will, labor. But a new report shows it won’t take new technological innovation. The study , published in the journal Joule last week, shows U.S. electricity demand can be met with currently available carbon-free tech, like solar panels… Read more.

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VR Fitness

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Azren Azimuddin is a lively fellow, with a passion for music, dance, technology, and virtual reality. I spoke with him about his success in combining his interests for all the above into a fun, and successful weight loss and exercise program, using the Oculus Quest to play the most popular VR rhythm games. Continue reading on VR Fitness Insider.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 15, 2020

A scary situation is developing in the southern Atlantic Ocean, as iceberg A68a is now within striking distance of South Georgia island. Alarmed by the turn of events, a team of scientists is heading out to investigate the ways in which this gigantic iceberg might affect the local wildlife. Read more.

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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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Charlie Fink

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Smartphone users can now share the same virtual space with users on other more immersive XR devices.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Livestreaming app Periscope, beloved by far-right conspiracy theorists and child predators alike, will be put out of its misery by the end of this coming March, Twitter announced on Tuesday. Read more.

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VR Fitness

DECEMBER 15, 2020

One of VR Fitness Insider’s favorite dancing games is Synth Riders and now Kluge Interactive’s rhythm game is getting a free update on Steam, Oculus Quest (cross-buy with Rift), and Viveport that makes it even better than before! Plus, even more music is on the way including songs by the British rock band Muse. Continue reading on VR Fitness Insider.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The Gita by Piaggio Fast Forward is the weirdest product (project?) I’ve ever reviewed. Created by a skunkworks associated with Italy’s Piaggio Group—makers of the Vespa—the Gita is a mobility tool designed for cities of the future. Read more.

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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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Digital Trends

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Bees have finally made their way into Minecraft. This Minecraft bee guide will help you find bee biomes, harvest honey, and grow your own Minecraft bee empire.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The first 10 minutes of Wonder Woman 1984 moved me to tears. Part of it was the long-awaited return to Themyscira, seeing a young Diana (Lilly Aspell) battle her fellow Amazons in an epic action scene set to an incredible new score by Hans Zimmer. But another part was just that after a year of delays and uncertainty ,… Read more.

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Digital Trends

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Forget the usual fireplace channel. iHeartRadio has a collection of visual playlists that turn your cable box or smart TV into a multimedia holiday experience.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Generally speaking, budget smartwatches tend to keep things simple. You usually get one advanced feature, cheaper materials, a fuzzier display with big bezels, and a barebones companion app—basically, a fitness tracker in a smartwatch form factor. The affordable Amazfit GTR 2, however, blows up that formula. Read more.

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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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Digital Trends

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Ice Lake is good, but Tiger Lake is even better. These 11th-generation CPUs sport 12th-generation graphics, higher clocks, and an entirely new architecture.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Debuting back in 2017, the Google Home Max was a hi-fi alternative to the original Google Home smart speaker, promising better sound but still providing access to Google Assistant. It was big, kind of pricey at $400, and from our testing , not as loud or booming as you’d expect, so Google has done what Google does best… Read more.

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Digital Trends

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Ford launches an electric SUV wearing the name of its most famous muscle car. What could possibly go wrong?

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 15, 2020

In March, Exxon CEO Darren Woods whined that other oil companies drafting climate plans were simply engaging in a “beauty match.” Now, Exxon has a climate plan of its own. But it’s the ugliest and most craven of the bunch because it actually says nothing about reducing emissions. Read more.

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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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Digital Trends

DECEMBER 15, 2020

There's a way to stop Amazon from saving your Alexa recordings. Here’s how to stop Amazon from peering into your private life.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 15, 2020

If you’re anything like me, your unmanageable luddite tendencies will have, by now, made you the proud owner of probably well over 100 notebooks. Spiral-bound, composition, Moleskine; the type doesn’t really matter, but what DOES matter is your unfettered ability to tote these notebooks around from apartment to… Read more.

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Digital Trends

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Getting immersive 3D Dolby Atmos or DTS:X sound from a soundbar means dealing with some big speakers, but the Studio 3D Mini Sound Bar is unusually compact.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 15, 2020

It looks like coffee beans in a grinder, but it’s actually bits of dust and pebbles scooped up from the surface of asteroid Ryugu. The Japanese space agency confirmed the presence of these precious samples earlier today, following the recent return to Earth of its Hayabusa2 spacecraft. Read more.

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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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