Fri.Jan 28, 2022

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Upcoming TV Series Features A Cast Of AR Avatars

VRScout

The situational comedy will air on traditional networks and streaming services alongside a unique AR version. We’ve seen AR technology used in a variety of unique ways over the past several years, but nothing quite like Gay Aliens in Metaverse. Brought to us by Hollywood-based production company Archstone Entertainment in partnership with 3D/XR studio Altar Inc., the upcoming television series features a cast of crudely-drawn aliens created as part of the Gay Aliens Society NFT Project.

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Snap Unveils New UI for Virtual Try-On and AR E-Commerce

ARPost

When we talk about AR and e-commerce, we’re usually talking about virtual try-on. A lot of shoppers are all about virtual try-on, but these experiences are often separated from one another by virtue of being created by different brands. Wouldn’t it be great if you could see products next to each other in AR just like you can at the store? See Also: How Augmented Reality in E-Commerce Is Transforming Customer Experience.

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VR’s Most Popular Game is Mixing Up Its Formula with New Blocks & Mechanics

Road to VR

Beat Saber is getting a good slice of new mechanics soon that aim to change up the game’s feel by introducing some long-awaited block styles that may just make you a more stylish player. A short video popped up yesterday that shows off some new block types that are said to come to the game soon. Outside of the game’s addition of 360 gameplay mode in 2019, and ‘angled window’ blocks released in the game’s Timbaland Music Pack back in 2020, the new blocks represent

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AR Briefs: What’s the Revenue Outlook for AR Glasses?

AR Insider

Though AR glasses are the "here and now" opportunity, the technology's real endgame is head-worn. But how big is the AR glasses market today and where's it headed? We break down forecast numbers in the latest AR video brief. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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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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Nearly All NFTs Created With OpenSea’s Free Minting Tool Are Fake, Plagiarized, or Spam

GizModo VR

A free non-fungible token minting tool from OpenSea, one of the largest NFT marketplaces online, is being overwhelmingly misused to commit fraud and create spam, the company said on Thursday. Read more.

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Physicists Spotted a Rare ‘X’ Particle From the Beginning of the Universe

GizModo VR

Researchers at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland recently detected a vanishingly rare particle they believe was around at the very beginning of the universe. The particle—called an X particle for now, because no one knows exactly what it is—was produced by colliding billions of heavy ions inside the famous… Read more.

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Samsung patents dual-fold smartphone with S Pen slot

Digital Trends

A tipster has revealed details on dual-fold technology from an official patent filed by Samsung that could be used in its future devices.

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8 Horror Movies to Watch After You Devour Archive 81

GizModo VR

An apartment building with ties to the occult. A person obsessed with a mystery they uncover in found footage. The blurring of media and reality. Surveillance and paranoia. The possibility of other dimensions! Netflix’s spooky series Archive 81 combines all of these elements, and it does it so well it’s no shocker… Read more.

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In From The Cold review: A slick spy show with a sci-fi edge

Digital Trends

Netflix series In From The Cold is a satisfying spy thriller that delivers plenty of surprises, with a strong performance from its lead actress.

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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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Who Will Be Marvel's Next Guardians of the Galaxy?

GizModo VR

As noted philosopher and Poison frontman Bret Michaels once said back in 1988, “ Every rose has its thorn.” Alas, it’s a truth that even applies to roses that bloom as beautifully as the Guardians of the Galaxy movie franchise. We’ve known for a while that the third movie, Vol. 3 , would be the last for director James… Read more.

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Elden Ring director says George R.R. Martin will be ‘shocked’

Digital Trends

FromSoftware's Hidetaka Miyazaki thinks George R.R. Martin might be a bit shocked when he sees what's happened to some Elden Ring characters.

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The Delightful Brian and Charles Makes a Grand Case for Human-Robot Friendships

GizModo VR

In 2017, io9 wrote about a short film titled Brian and Charles , dubbing it “ beautifully shot and equal parts poignant and wryly hilarious.” So we were thrilled to see that director Jim Archer made a feature film based on his short It just made its debut at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival , and is an early contender for… Read more.

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The best anime on Amazon Prime Video right now

Digital Trends

Anime is all the rage on American streaming services these days, and Amazon Prime Video subscribers have access to a great collection of titles. Check them out.

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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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Two New Drugs Are Exacerbating the Overdose Crisis

GizModo VR

Research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week suggests that two recently resurfaced drugs are now contributing to the ongoing overdose crisis in the U.S. Among both reported overdose deaths and drug busts, officials are seeing an increase of the drugs para-fluorofentanyl and metonitazene,… Read more.

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Nvidia’s enigmatic GA103 GPU finally spotted in the wild

Digital Trends

Nvidia’s GA103 GPU has been rumored for years, but the chip has now been pictured for the first time thanks to the RTX 3080 Ti mobility graphics card.

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The Oil Industry Has a $500 Billion Bubble Problem

GizModo VR

Oil prices are rebounding as global economic activity picks back up. But the boom could likely be a mirage as governments finally get their act together on climate change—and it could lead to financial ruin if Big Oil ends up chasing it. Read more.

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Jason Momoa may be Fast & Furious 10’s villain

Digital Trends

Aquaman and Game of Thrones star Jason Momoa is reportedly in talks to join the cast of Fast & Furious 10 as the latest villain to menace Dom and the family.

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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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Researchers Develop COVID Test That Uses a Smartphone to Gets Results on the Cheap

GizModo VR

If you’re also someone who’s waited in line for hours to get a COVID test—or faced similar frustrations trying to buy them at your local drugstore—then you’re in luck. A group of scientists from the University of California, Santa Barbara say they’ve developed a new kind of COVID-testing system that only involves some… Read more.

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The iRobot Roomba i3+ is $200 cheaper at Walmart today

Digital Trends

If you've been looking for an amazing robot vacuum deal, today's your lucky day. Right now at Walmart, you can get the iRobot Roomba i3+ for a massive discount.

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The Week's Best Toys Are Animated, Stuffed, and Ready to Terminate

GizModo VR

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the latest and coolest toy news on the internet. This week, Hasbro goes ‘90s with a trio of animated X-Men icons, MAFEX swings between the worlds of DC Comics and the Terminator, and Hot Toys returns to The Mandalorian for a few more Nite Owls. Check it out! Read more.

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Universal Control is finally here, and it’s blown my mind

Digital Trends

Apple’s Universal Control feature has been a very long time coming, but now that it’s here, it’s fast becoming one of my favorite MacOS Monterey features.

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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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FTC Says Social Media Was a ‘Gold Mine’ for Scammers in 2021, Leading to $770 Million in Losses

GizModo VR

Social media has become an increasingly popular tool among scammers in recent years, which is bad news for those of us that frequent the platforms. A new report from the Federal Trade Commission published this week called social media a “gold mine for scammers,” reminding us all of a guiding principle we should live… Read more.

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How to deactivate your Instagram account

Digital Trends

Growing tired of scrolling through photos and videos on Instagram? You can deactivate your account. Here's how to temporarily disable or permanently delete it.

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Something in the Dirt Will Bury Itself Into Your Thoughts

GizModo VR

At one point during the new movie Something in the Dirt, the characters make a joke about Dan Brown books. Basically, they’re worried the movie they are making (in the movie we’re watching) is too much like The Da Vinci Code because both are filled with so many weird coincidences and problems to be solved. And it kind… Read more.

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How to use Continuity Markup and Sketch

Digital Trends

Sign a document, annotate an image, or sketch a picture on your iPhone or iPad and then use it on your Mac with Continuity Markup and Continuity Sketch.

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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?