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Netflix Hit Series ‘Squid Game’ Is Now A VR Game

VRScout

Fight for your life in this fan-made VR game based on the popular South Korean survival drama. Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past few weeks, odds are you’ve heard about Netflix’s latest global sensation, Squid Game. In this South Korean survival drama, a group of 456 individuals, each of whome suffering from financial difficulties, participate in a series of diabolical competitions based on classic childrens games for the chance to win a staggering ?

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Join the Industrial XR Global Summit, October 28-29

AR Insider

AR Insider is proud to partner with the Industrial XR Global Summit. Taking place October 28-29, the hybrid event will host the top enterprise XR leaders in Houston for networking & narratives. The post Join the Industrial XR Global Summit, October 28-29 appeared first on AR Insider.

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NFT Artists Come Together In VR To Raise Money For Haiti

VRScout

Bid on NFT artwork from popular NFT artists to help rebuild Haiti after this year’s devastating earthquake. This past August the southern region of Haiti was hit by a massive 7.2 magnitude earthquake in the mountains between the Nippes Department and Sud Department, resulting in multiple deaths and injuries along with severe damage to numerous schools throughout the region.

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HTC Likely Announcing a New Standalone Vive Headset Next Week

Road to VR

HTC recently said that it will host an online Vive event next week, but has only teased minimal hints about what it plans to announce. Regulatory filings spotted by Road to VR suggest a new standalone HTC Vive headset will be revealed. It’s been less than five months since HTC launched its most recent VR headsets—the Vive Pro 2 and Vive Focus 3—but it looks like they’ve got another up their sleeve.

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The Future of eLearning in 2022: A Sensitive Eye for Authentic Translation and Localization

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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Data Dive: How Do Brands Feel About AR?

AR Insider

Several signals validate that AR can bring considerable value to consumer-facing brands -- everything from try-before-you-buy to interactive ads. But how do brands themselves feel about it? We examine the latest survey sentiments. The post Data Dive: How Do Brands Feel About AR? appeared first on AR Insider.

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Spatial Beats: Facebook, Epic Games, & Nreal

AR Insider

Welcome back to Spatial Beats, AR Insider's weekly series that features observations and insights of author and futurist Charlie Fink. This week, we look at the ongoing development of the metaverse including moves by Facebook, Epic Games and Nreal. The post Spatial Beats: Facebook, Epic Games, & Nreal appeared first on AR Insider.

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Rokid Partners With Imint on X-Craft Enterprise AR Headband

ARPost

Rokid recently announced a partnership with Imint on the upcoming X-Craft enterprise AR headband. The headband will be dustproof, explosion-proof, and take nice video. Rokid Is Back. Rokid is one of the most enterprising enterprise AR providers out there. AR displays made by this company are certified for safety and durability. Most can even be attached to specialized safety gear including hard hats.

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How Augmented Reality is transforming fitness apps?

ARVR

In recent years technology has significantly facilitated our lives. This also means doing a lot of work, finding information or different documents with just one click. Thanks to technological development we have a short and efficient process in time to do what we want but on the other hand, this greatly discourages movement thus leading to difficulties in keeping fit.

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IATSE Has Voted in Favor of a Nationwide TV and Film Strike

GizModo VR

In a move that’s likely going to escalate tension throughout the film and TV industries, an overwhelming majority of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees members voted in favor of approving a nationwide strike that could bring all productions to a grinding halt. Read more.

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How to Train Employees 65% Faster With Virtual Reality

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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A Maiden Voyage for an AR SuperYacht in SuperWorld

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SuperWorld joins 3Deluxe for the Monaco Yacht Show SuperWorld , the virtual world in Augmented Reality (AR), has partnered with design platform 3Deluxe to bring AR experiences to the attendees of the Monaco Yacht Show (22–25 Sep 2021 ) in Port Hercules, Monaco. Monaco ???? Yacht Show An innovative highlight of the Monaco Show will feature the launch of an emissions-free “superyacht” by 3Deluxe, a German design studio working in realms of architecture, design, and popular culture.

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The Apple A15 SoC Performance Review: Faster & More Efficient

Anand Tech

In preparation for our full iPhone device review, we’re having a dedicated look at the new A15 SoC from Apple – following quite vague performance claims, how does the new chip stand up against its predecessor & competition?

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Benefits of VR for Fitness

VR Fitness

Physical activity can be an enjoyable experience that enhances one’s life and many people are discovering how to integrate increased activity through VR gaming. Since regular exercise has benefits for physical, mental and emotional health, there are many reasons to put on those headsets and have fun on your wellness journey! Continue reading on VR Fitness Insider.

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Could Fossil Fuel Companies Ever Be Tried for Crimes Against Humanity?

GizModo VR

Someone does something wrong, and is held accountable for it. It’s a pleasant notion, one with no bearing whatsoever on the world of the super-rich, whose various plunderings, deceptions, and general anti-humanity behaviors have gone and will continue to go unpunished. But does it have to be this way? Might we one day… Read more.

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Are You Still Watching? How to Create Engaging Presentations for Virtual Learning

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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What to Expect with Windows 11: A Day One Hands-On

Anand Tech

Tomorrow, Microsoft is officially launching Windows 11, the next installment of their operating system which underpins the majority of PCs in use today. Windows 10 has an install base of over 1 billion devices, and Windows 11 comes into existence in a much different place than its predecessor. After the much-maligned Windows 8 there was a sense of urgency and necessity which ushered Windows 10 into the world.

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Here's How TikTok's Parent Company Reportedly Wants To Take On Amazon

GizModo VR

China’s ByteDance has already seen wild success with TikTok, its social media subsidiary that’s turned into a massive thorn in Facebook’s side. Now, it looks like the company is stepping into Amazon’s turf, too. Insider was first to report on Monday that ByteDance is planning on building an international shopping… Read more.

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ASUS GeForce RTX 3070 Noctua Edition Announced

Anand Tech

One thing Noctua is famed for, other than its high-end design and engineering team delivering top quality air-cooling products, is the brown/beige color scheme. Some users may detest the off-key and non-conventional color, which rarely goes with other colors inside their PC, and so they have to shun Noctua and look elsewhere. Others swear by the design, and ASUS has gone one step further by teaming up with Noctua to create an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 graphics card.

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First Birds Rescued From California Oil Spill

GizModo VR

After more than 126,000 gallons (or 3,000 barrels) of crude oil spilled out of a broken pipeline in Huntington Beach, California , this weekend, the first reports on affected wildlife were released Monday. Cautiously, it’s so far, so good—but there’s still a long way to go. Read more.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

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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HP Days Sale is the best way to get a headstart on holiday shopping or grab new gear

Digital Trends

The holidays are coming, ready or not. Get shopping early with HP Days Sale from October 3 through the 9. Or, just pick up some new gear for great prices!

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William Shatner Will Ride Jeff Bezos’s Rocket to Space

GizModo VR

I just heard an endearing interview on NPR mentioning that William Shatner likes to frequent the fan-constructed Star Trek bridge in Ticonderoga, New York and say stuff like “take me to the bridge!” It’s that characteristic sentimentality and the down-for-anything spirit that makes me feel okay about this news:… Read more.

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This is how much Facebook’s outage is thought to have cost it

Digital Trends

Facebook is mostly back online now after suffering a global outage on Monday lasting around six hours. This is how much the downtime is thought to have cost it.

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What to Know About the Film Crew Shooting the First Movie in Space This Week

GizModo VR

A Roscosmos Soyuz rocket is scheduled to launch Tuesday morning from the Baikonur cosmodrome, sending a Russian film crew and one cosmonaut to the International Space Station. Here are the details of the mission and how you can watch the launch online. Read more.

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Who C.A.R.E.S.!? How Learning Got Its Bad Rap & What We Can Do About It

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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Amazon Black Friday-Worthy Deals 2021: Best offers to shop TODAY

Digital Trends

You don't have to wait for the Amazon Black Friday Deals 2021, thanks to this sale which include discounts on the Echo Dot, Beats Studio 3, and AirPods Pro.

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V/H/S/94 Is a Grimy, Gory Found-Footage Throwback

GizModo VR

The first V/H/S movie came out in 2012, arriving at the tail end of the low-budget found-footage horror craze ( Paranormal Activity and REC came out in 2007; Cloverfield was 2008) and capturing the last moment in culture before VCRs became totally obsolete. Two sequels followed, with 2014's V/H/S: Viral embracing phone… Read more.

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Why your next TV could very well cost a lot more

Digital Trends

If you've been waiting to buy a TV, you've probably noticed an alarming increase in prices this year. What's behind the surge, and when will it end?

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Netflix's Streaming Shuffle Feature Is Coming to Android

GizModo VR

If you’ve ever sat helpless in front of the hundreds and hundreds of movie and TV show options on Netflix , unable to decide which specific type of mindless content to settle into for the night, you’re in luck: After launching its “Play Something” instant-streaming shuffle feature on connected TVs last April, Netflix… Read more.

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

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?