VRScout

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Rendever and Wish of a Lifetime from AARP team up to help one Pennsylvania senior achieve a lifelong goal. Ever since he was a kid, George Hetrick dreamed of traveling to Arizona to see the Grand Canyon. Unfortunately, as Hetrick got older, the 87-year-old man Pennsylvania-native was forced to face the harsh reality that he would be unable to pursue his dream due to certain health and, of course, COVID-19 related-travel restrictions. .

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

S napchat continues to solidify its leading position in consumer mobile AR. After announcing several milestones at its December developer event and Q3 earnings, its Q4 earnings last week signaled continued momentum. In fact, AR was a bright spot in an otherwise mixed Q4. Panning back to overall results, Snap brought in $911.3 million in Q4 revenue, up 62 percent year-over-year.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

These apps may still be in development, but they already pack a punch. Last week Oculus launched the App Lab , a brand new service for the Oculus Quest/Quest 2 that allows developers to share their works-in-progress with users without the need for official Oculus Store approval. The platform launched with a total of 12 games and apps, from first-person shooters like Crisis VRigade to mind-bending VR puzzlers such as Puzzling Places.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

W elcome back to Spatial Beats. This week, we look at Apple’s moves across the spatial spectrum, Magic Leap 2, And Oculus Quest game sales among other items. Let’s dive in… Apple VR rumors mounting up. Macrumors called our attention to articles in the Verge and Bloomberg that quote an unnamed source who’s supposedly seen Apple’s debut consumer HMD.

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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

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Google is notorious for killing off projects and products. Sometimes the move makes sense, sometimes they break hearts and dreams. One of those dreams involved a VR experience untethered to any computer and powered by the computer that’s almost always with you anyway. That Daydream, unfortunately, would die a quiet and early death, and what was made official last year … Continue reading.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Timothy Wilks, a 20-year-old YouTuber, was shot and killed in Nashville on Friday night while trying to film a robbery “prank” video. Wilks and at least one friend reportedly approached a group of people in the parking lot of Urban Air, a trampoline business, while holding butcher knives, according to the Nashville … Read more.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

With the inception and emergence of a user-centred system, every technology has started improving people’s lives. AR (Augmented Reality) has incredibly brought a rapid revolution in gaming, hospitality, travelling and others. AR is making things possible that were considered impossible previously. We have seen rapid growth in the gaming industry. Particularly, after the invention of Google’s Android gaming industry has achieved a bullet speed in growth and usage.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

A new study out Monday is the latest to suggest that climate change is already making people’s lives worse, this time for those allergic to pollen. The findings indicate show pollen season in North America has gotten measurably longer and that pollen has become more plentiful over the past three decades, due in part… Read more.

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Digital Trends

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Earbuds are transforming into a whole new computing platform that could one day replace the need for you to reach for your smartphone or computer.

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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

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The Aurora 7 laptop seems lifted straight from the imagination of a Hollywood prop builder working on a bad hacker flick. But with seven foldout screens, there’s little chance anyone could actually use this beast on their laps. It’s a mobile transforming workstation for those who need more screen real estate than they… Read more.

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VR Game Critic

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

February seems to be a quiet month with not too many releases, probably a sign that developers are working hard on bringing you new titles later down the line. That said, some well-received titles are making it onto new platforms, allowing even more players to enjoy popular games on their favorite headsets. Wacky Dieselpunk platformer Yupitergrad is swinging its way to PlayStation VR, visual novel adventure ALTDEUS: Beyond Chronos is arriving on Steam, and the beloved board game classic Catan ca

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

A new update to Raspberry Pi OS, previously known as Raspbian, has put open-source fans on edge. Why? The new OS is pinging Microsoft servers every time the user updates their apps or the OS itself. Read more.

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VR Fitness

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Despite continued challenges due to the ongoing pandemic, the Collegiate VR Esports League (CVRE) is gearing up for an exciting series of events for CVRE Season 6. CVRE began in January 2018 when several college students decided to create a league where student VR and esports enthusiasts could enjoy a fun, friendly community that catered specifically to the needs of collegiate level players.

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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

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Tesla has purchased $1.5 billion in bitcoin, according to its latest SEC filing on Monday. The electric car company made the purchase sometime since January 2021, though the filing doesn’t say what price the company locked into. Read more.

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Digital Trends

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Samsung's 2021 lineup of TVs and soundbars, featuring the very first MicroLED TV that consumers can buy, now has some pricing and availability dates.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

An observatory in northern Chile has captured a stunning view of Messier 83, also known as the Spiral of the Southern Pinwheel. Read more.

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Voices of VR

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

I’ve been an executive committee member of the IEEE Global Initiative of the Ethics of Extended Reality for the past six months, and we had.

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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

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

For years, anti-vaccine conspiracy theories found a welcome home on Facebook. The social network saw the issue as being about free speech and the anti-vaxxer groups it hosted as being about as dangerous as flat-Earthers. But now that getting accurate vaccine information to the public is a matter of existential… Read more.

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Charlie Fink

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Fable is pushing the limits of AI with a nw kind of role playing game.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

A popular app has been removed from Google Play after it was discovered to have delivered trojanized malware onto millions of users’ phones via an update. Read more.

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Digital Trends

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was an amazing game, and fans are overly excited for the sequel. Here are 10 things we want to see in Breath of the Wild 2.

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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

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

When Google launched its cloud gaming service, Stadia, back in November 2019, we were impressed by the concept but the execution was lacking. Close to a year and a half after its debut, Stadia has slowly gained the features Google boasted about initially, bringing it closer to the service it has the potential to be.… Read more.

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Digital Trends

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

VZR, a new audio company formed by industry veterans, revealed its new Model One headphones, which take advantage of 3D audio.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Between WandaVision ’s most recent pair of episodes, the show’s gone from being a kooky, slightly mysterious love letter to television itself (with some superheroes thrown in) to Marvel’s bold attempt at synthesizing some of the Scarlet Witch and the Vision’s most convoluted, iconic arcs from the comics into something… Read more.

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Digital Trends

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Whether you want to file your income taxes online or in-person, H&R Block will get you the maximum refund — for free!

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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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