The Ghost Howls

APRIL 16, 2021

I was browsing the web on a Chinese website (don’t ask me why) and I found a banner that was promoting the Pico Neo 3 on JD.com (a popular e-commerce website). Clicking on it, I surprisingly found an item page with the complete listing of its features and a long series of photos of the Pico Neo 3. I guess that in China the preorder campaign has already started, so the information about it is already public, and for sure it has been an interesting read for me… so I wanted to share its

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VRScout

APRIL 16, 2021

Team up with friends explore a nightmarish complex filled with horrifying creatures and valuable artifacts. GTFO this week received native VR support thanks to a new mod by DSprtn. Available now via GitHub, the unofficial mod features support for 6DoF room-scale VR, motion controls, and 4-player co-operative play, allowing players to access the full GTFO experience from any SteamVR-compatible VR headset.

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AR Insider

APRIL 16, 2021

M icrosoft’s Hololens2 isn’t a new device, having released in November 2019. But its supply chain has been so backed up that most of the world hasn’t experienced it yet. This is partly due to demand outstripping supply (a good problem to have) and large-order commitments. These realities, plus the device’s relatively advanced specs, deem it a still-new device.

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Road to VR

APRIL 16, 2021

Wanderer is an upcoming VR adventure game inspired by Quantum Leap (1989) and Dark (2017) that lets you travel back through history to prevent the collapse of civilization. Created by New Zealand studios Oddboy and M Theory , Wanderer is coming to all major VR headsets sometime later this year. Awaking to an apocalyptic timeline, you find an unusual wristwatch which unlocks the power to traverse time and space.

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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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ARPost

APRIL 16, 2021

Pico has finally released details on its third-gen six-degrees-of-freedom headset, the Neo 3. The consumer headset was first teased in a funding announcement that the company released in early March, but no details on the headset were included. With this Tuesday’s announcement we know a little more, though a shipping date and price point, as well as a few key tech specs, have yet to be announced.

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ARVR

APRIL 16, 2021

Marie Kondo took the world, and our closets, by storm. She took our “too much stuff” problem and provided a simple, straightforward method to address it. However, the secret to her success wasn’t her method?—?it was the fact that anyone could use it. With the advent of 3D for web, digital, and AR/VR experiences , we’re approaching our Marie Kondo moment.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 16, 2021

As the sun sets over what will become northern China in 160 million years, something small dives between the trunks of tree ferns, intercepting a dragonfly mid-flight. It lands in the canopy to gulp down its squirming prize. The big-eyed, arrestingly cute critter is a newly described species of pterosaur named … Read more.

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ARVR

APRIL 16, 2021

One of the biggest news items from the past few weeks in the AR sphere is the U.S. Army’s renewed contract with Microsoft. As we covered recently in Spatial Beats , it’s doubling down on AR , including combat-optimized HoloLens 2 units for battlespace awareness and effectiveness. But what is the financial impact of this deal? It’s been reported that the price tag is $22 billion, but how does this stack up to current enterprise AR spending?

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GizModo VR

APRIL 16, 2021

You’re probably very familiar with the sounds your computer makes when it starts, which are comforting noises that everything is working as it should. But your Mac used to make some troubling sounds. Podcaster and Apple collector Stephen Hackett recently shared a collection of the chimes older Apple Macintosh… 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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Digital Trends

APRIL 16, 2021

Amazon is offering a $27 discount on the digital download of futuristic first-person shooter Titanfall 2 for the Xbox One, lowering the game's price to just $3.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 16, 2021

With Pluto firmly in its rearview mirror, New Horizons is now hours away from reaching a milestone distance, in which the probe will be 50 times farther from the Sun than Earth. To commemorate the achievement, the spacecraft performed a task that had never been attempted before at the edge of the solar system. Read more.

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Digital Trends

APRIL 16, 2021

The Apple Watch is a versatile device -- and you probably don't know everything there is about it. Here are 7 things you didn't know your Apple Watch could do.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 16, 2021

The latest big name to get in on the NFT craze is former intelligence contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden, who on Friday auctioned off an original NFT art piece for roughly $5.4 million worth of the cryptocurrency Ether. 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

APRIL 16, 2021

The latest computing news, reviews, and discussion about Windows, Mac, desktop PCs, laptops, and everything else in the world of computing. We also publish helpful content in the form of in-depth buying guides and detailed how-to instructions.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 16, 2021

A new investigation from The Guardian shows police and other public officials have been financially contributing to the legal defense of Kyle Rittenhouse, the 18-year-old “Kenosha shooter” and rightwing icon currently on trial for the deaths of two people. Read more.

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Digital Trends

APRIL 16, 2021

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and two Russian cosmonauts have safely returned to Earth after a six-month stay aboard the International Space Station.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 16, 2021

DIY modular gadgets are nothing new, but they’ve had varying amounts of success over the years. Some devices managed to pick up steam, like AIAIAI’s TMA-2 headphones , while others, like the Blocks smartwatch and Google’s modular phone , crashed and burned. Mixed success in designing and launching these devices isn’t… 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

APRIL 16, 2021

These smart devices can be controlled with an app and have features like fingerprint sensors and user control.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 16, 2021

As far as DIY projects go, building a usable street camera sounds pretty daunting. That said, the RUHAcam , a new project by Ping-Hsun “penk” Chen and Ruha Cheng, definitely looks like a fun weekend project for folks who want to create a standalone camera from scratch. Read more.

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Digital Trends

APRIL 16, 2021

If you're looking to buy premium wireless earbuds, take a look at Amazon's $52 discount for Apple's AirPods Pro that lowers their price to just $197 from $249.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 16, 2021

A young man’s years of heavy energy drink consumption nearly killed him, doctors in the UK say. In a new report this week, they detail how the man developed heart failure likely linked to his habit of drinking four energy drinks a day for two years straight. Though he was admitted to the intensive care unit as a… 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

APRIL 16, 2021

As shooting video becomes more popular, smartphone tech advances push video quality past 1080p to 4K and 8K. Here are some of the best smartphones for video.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 16, 2021

The tech industry loves a coalition. Sometimes those coalitions lead absolutely nowhere, but in one particular case, the big companies working together is actually beneficial for consumers. Read more.

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Digital Trends

APRIL 16, 2021

The latest movie news, reviews, TV show recaps, previews, and news relating to everything cinema based, with a technological angle. Digital Trends offers a full range of coverage for all things entertainment related.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 16, 2021

A few wolves in Minnesota will now record their summer exploits, thanks to an exciting project from researchers from the Voyageurs Wolf Project. This week, the group released the first-ever footage captured by a collar on a wild wolf. The candid movies, which will continue this year, will hopefully provide some… 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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