Sat.Oct 30, 2021

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Five Classic Video Games That Deserve A VR Remake

VRScout

VR remakes are all the rage at the moment. Here’s our selection of classic video games we’d love to play in VR. Earlier this month, Resident Evil 4 VR launched on the Oculus Quest 2 and so far players are absolutely loving this expertly-crafted VR remake of the original 2005 horror-action video game. During the 2021 Facebook Connect conference, Facebook—now called Meta—revealed yet another classic making its way to the Quest 2: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

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Austria's Latest Step Toward Going Green Is a $3.50 Per Day, Go-Anywhere Travel Card

GizModo VR

Austria’s Klimaticket, the nation’s $3.50 per day, go-anywhere pass to combat climate change, went live this week, CNN reports. The ticket is valid for all publicly and privately operated rail, metro, and bus networks throughout the nation, and with a price tag of $1,265 (€1,095) for an annual pass, the cost works out… Read more.

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Spitzer Space Telescope spots ‘rampaging space monster’

Digital Trends

Just in time for Halloween, NASA astronomers have spotted an outline in the shape of Godzilla, seen in an image from the Spitzer Space Telescope.

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Paramount Wants You to Spend Halloween Weekend With a Paranormal Activity Documentary

GizModo VR

When the first Paranormal Activity came to theaters in 2009, it spawned its own franchise and revitalized the found footage genre of horror films. Then it got.not particularly great, hence the reboot Next of Kin. Coming out alongside it, Paramount’s released a documentary about the making of the entire series for… Read more.

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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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You won’t believe how cheap this 32-inch 4K monitor is today

Digital Trends

If you've been wanting to get your hands on a new gaming monitor, then we have a deal you won't want to miss out on: A 32-inch LG UltraGear monitor for $250.

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Sun throws a Halloween tantrum, with a solar flare impacting Earth this weekend

Digital Trends

A large solar flare will strike the Earth this weekend, but don't worry - it won't harm you, though it could cause issue for satellite communications.

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Dune's Stephen McKinley Henderson Talks Jumping to Blockbusters and That Cool Parasol

GizModo VR

Dune has a stacked cast of actors both established and on the rise, from Timothée Chalamet as supposed messiah Paul Atreides and Rebecca Ferguson as his mother Jessica to Jason Momoa as lovable warrior Duncan Idaho. But few of the film’s stars have the “oh, it’s that guy!” energy of character actor Stephen McKinley… Read more.

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Apple may have killed off the iPhone XR, but it still stands the test of time

Digital Trends

Apple has sold its iPhones on being long-lasting, so we took a look at how the three-year-old iPhone XR fares in 2021.

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The Venture Bros. Movie Gets an Exciting Update

GizModo VR

When adult swim canceled The Venture Bros. after a solid seven-season run over a year ago, the reaction was pretty strong. Earlier this year, the network announced a TV movie for Blu-Ray and HBO Max, and now there’s been a sizable update for the upcoming movie that’s exciting despite how little it ultimately says. 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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Why Doki Doki Literature Club! is a truly subversive horror game

Digital Trends

Doki Doki Literature Club is a psychological horror game dressed as a cutesy anime dating sim. Here's how it pulls it off.

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Marvel's Next Game is Coming from Skydance and Uncharted's Amy Hennig

GizModo VR

Since Insomniac Games showed up with Spider-Man in 2018 for the PS4, Marvel’s been doing their best to build a resume of successful AAA games. They’ve mostly been good at it — Spider-Man: Miles Morales was pretty good, and Spider-Man 2 proper should be pretty good as well; the Guardians of the Galaxy game from this… Read more.

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You can help teach NASA rovers to explore Mars with the AI4Mars project

Digital Trends

A NASA project invites the public to identify features of the Martian landscape, to train an algorithm that rovers could use to navigate around the red planet.

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The Ghostbuster's Song Played by an Orchestra of Electronic Devices Is the Best Treat This Halloween

GizModo VR

If you never thought a steam iron—yes, you read that right—could deliver a stellar performance of the iconic Ghostbusters theme song, you’re in for quite a treat this Halloween. 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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The best Mario Party mini-games of all time

Digital Trends

Some have stood the test of time better than others, so we've looked back across the entire franchise to list the best Mario Party mini-games of all time.

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70 Of The Finest Pc VR Game titles Of ALL TIME

VRGames

Below are 70 of the ideal Computer system VR video games of all time (as of this movie remaining recorded) If you think I have skipped any vital Computer VR game titles then please leave a … supply.

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Hurry over to Walmart and buy this 27-inch monitor right now

Digital Trends

If you've been looking for a monitor, you can pick up this HP 27-inch monitor at Walmart for an absolute steal of a price.

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360° SpongeBob SquarePants: Fight for Bikini Base – Rehydrated The Starting in VR

VRGames

Watch the 1st 13minutes of the new Sponge Bob video game in 360 Degrees. You manage the digicam! Appear all over… Cell consumers: Swipe screen / Transfer Cellphone Laptop … source.

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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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Evidence of a possible exoplanet in another galaxy found for the first time

Digital Trends

Evidence has been uncovered for the potential identification of a planet in another galaxy for the first time.

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Releases Recap: October 25 – 29

Oculus

This week, we released a bunch of titles and updates across the Oculus Platform. Here’s a rundown of the highlights.

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Best Buy’s early Black Friday event ends tomorrow — What to buy NOW

Digital Trends

You still have time to take advantage of Best Buy's early Black Friday event, which includes discounts on a wide range of products. However, you have to hurry.

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Facebook Expands Its Policies Against Covid-19 Vaccine Misinformation to Include Kids

GizModo VR

In a rare preemptive move to crack down on misinformation before it goes viral, Meta, the tech giant formerly known as Facebook , is partnering with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent and the World Health Organization to take down harmful content related to the coronavirus vaccine and its effects on children.… 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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SpaceX Crew-3 launch delayed until Wednesday due to incoming storm

Digital Trends

NASA has announced that the launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station will be delayed until Wednesday, November 3.

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Snag a brand new PS5? Don’t forget these must-have gaming accessories

Digital Trends

Were you lucky enough to snag a new PS5 console? Great job! Now, you'll want to check out these must-have gaming accessories at GameStop!

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Hisense U7G 4K HDR TV review: Confidently click ‘buy now’

Digital Trends

From a performance and features standpoint, the Hisense U7G is now the best TV you can buy for under $1,000.

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This TCL soundbar and subwoofer set is a bargain today

Digital Trends

If you're looking to upgrade your home theater setup, this TCL soundbar and subwoofer set is crazy cheap at Walmart right now.

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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?