Wed.Mar 30, 2022

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Wendy’s Is Opening A VR Restaurant In Horizon Worlds

VRScout

Wendy’s teases a “deliciously different” metaverse experience. Earlier today, Wendy’s officially unveiled the Wendyverse, a virtual world built by community creators inside the metaverse. Beginning April 2nd, those with a Meta Quest 2 can sign in to Horizon Worlds , Meta’s growing metaverse platform, and explore a virtual Wendy’s restaurant, play a variety of interactive games, and shoot hoops using a virtual Baconator.

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How AR and VR Can Help the US Save on Massive Infrastructure Costs

ARPost

The US will see a major boom in infrastructure projects in the coming years. President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will provide a $550 billion budget to build and improve America’s infrastructure. Millions of dollars are already being distributed to various federal states. However, Americans won’t see shovels on the ground just yet. Repairing a damaged highway might be easy, but building a new bridge won’t be.

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Houzz Taps Into AR’s ‘B2B2C’ Opportunity

AR Insider

Houzz launched an AR feature that lets home renovation pros visualize finished projects on site. Through a smartphone or tablet, they can help homeowners make and visualize design choices on the fly. We unpack strategic implications from the 'B2B2C' play. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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VR Air Guitar Game Unplugged Adding Air Triangle Instrument

VRScout

“I gotta have more triangle!” Last year, VR publisher and developer Vertigo Games released Unplugged on Meta Quest, offering players the chance to live the rock-n-roll lifestyle and perform on-stage for crowds of adoring fans. What sets Unplugged apart from the numerous other VR rhythm games is its use of Quest’s hand-tracking technology to deliver a unique interactive experience inspired by games like Guitar Hero.

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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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Meta Quest Gaming Showcase Returns April 20th – New Game Announcements, Updates & More

Road to VR

Meta announced it’s returning this year with another installment of its Quest Gaming Showcase, which means we’ll soon be getting our annual download on upcoming Quest games and updates coming this year. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg today announced the second annual Meta Quest Gaming Showcase, which is slated to take place on April 20th at 10am PT ( local time here ).

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The Metaverse Saved My Life, Now I’m Using it to Save Others

Road to VR

I’ve spent over 10,000 hours in ‘the metaverse’—or at least the proto-metaverse—virtual worlds inhabited by real people represented as avatars. The experiences and relationships I had there saved me from a dark place and set me on a mission to do the same for others. Guest Article by Noah Robinson. Noah is founder and CEO of Very Real Help , and a clinical psychology doctoral candidate at Vanderbilt University.

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How This NASA Astronaut Just Broke A Record With Russian Cosmonauts

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Astronaut Mark Vande Hei recently returned to Earth from the ISS, and while such events are typically routine, that certainly wasn't the case this time around.

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Fall Out Boy Music Pack Coming to ‘Beat Saber’ March 31st

Road to VR

Beat Saber , the popular block-slashing rhythm game, is getting a new paid music pack soon that will feature eight tracks from Fall Out Boy. The American rock band announced the news via Twitter , and included a full tracklist too. Listed below, the music pack spans the band’s early 2000s period as well as more recent tracks from when it returned from its 2009 – 2013 hiatus.

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After Seeing Rolls-Royce's Spectre EV In The Snow, We Have Questions

Slashgear

Rolls-Royce promised something big from its first all-electric production car, and Spectre is shaping up to satisfy that commitment literally and spiritually.

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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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The best survival kits to prepare you for all the things you can’t predict

Mashable VR

If there's one thing we've learned in recent times, it's that we simply cannot predict what life is going to throw at us. From wild weather events to a worldwide pandemic, it's becoming abundantly clear that we should all try to be a little more self-sufficient these days. After all, mother nature's been pretty angry with us, so it's high time we call in the reinforcements and supply ourselves with some backup.

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The Fascinating History And Evolution Of Photography

Slashgear

From the Camera Obscura to modern smartphones, the ability to capture light into photographic form has changed the way we live for the better.

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The Government Made This Fake News Broadcast About a Nuclear Attack on Indianapolis

GizModo VR

In December of 1986, the Pentagon, the CIA, FBI, the Department of Energy, and just about every other federal agency you can think of came together in Indianapolis for an enormous training exercise code-named Mighty Derringer. The plan was to simulate a nuclear terrorist incident and explore how every agency would… Read more.

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Why The FDA Just Authorized A Fourth Dose Of The COVID-19 Vaccine

Slashgear

The FDA has authorized a second COVID-19 booster shot for certain people despite the controversy surrounding it. Here's why the agency says it's important.

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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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A Beacon in the Galaxy: Scientists Update Humanity’s Message to Aliens

GizModo VR

An international team of scientists has formulated an updated, binary-coded message that could eventually be transmitted to aliens in our galaxy. It’s jam-packed with details, including the chemical makeup of humans, a map of Earth, and even our precise location in the Milky Way. What could possibly go wrong? Read more.

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The Upcoming OnePlus 10R Might Just Be A Rebranded Realme Phone

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The anticipated OnePlus 10R smartphone may have made its first appearance in a series of high-quality renders, and they're joined by some alleged specs.

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New Sesame pal Ameera represents the joyful lives of children with disabilities

Mashable VR

Sesame Street officially has a new friend on the block , and she's got a big role to take on: representing the 240 million children with disabilities around the world and bringing visibility to globally displaced children. Ameera, 8, is a neon-green, pony-tailed muppet monster designed as part of Sesame Workshop's initiative to provide early childhood education to children affected by global crises around the world.

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Dyson Zone Air-Purifying Headphones: Here's How It Works

Slashgear

Have you ever wanted to own headphones that cover your nose and mouth for air-filtering purposes? No? Well, Dyson apparently thinks some people do.

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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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Sandra Bullock answering quickfire questions from Stephen Colbert is a real rollercoaster

Mashable VR

Interviews about work are all very well and good, but sometimes you really want "plumb the depths," as Stephen Colbert puts it, and get to know the actual person sat in front of you. Enter Colbert's "questionert" , a series of rapid-fire questions that ranges from favourite food items to deep existential questions about life and death, and which Sandra Bullock does her best to answer in the video above.

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SpongeBob SquarePants Leads PlayStation Plus Lineup For April 2022

Slashgear

Another trio of games is primed for next month's PS+ lineup, with a focus on medieval fantasy, card strategy, and a sponge that lives inside a piece of fruit.

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Etsy Sellers Are Going On Strike To Prevent it From Becoming 'The Next Amazon'

GizModo VR

The makers of your favorite personalized pillow cases and DIY jewelry on Etsy are preparing for a digital strike in protest of what they see as exorbitant seller fees. Read more.

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Facebook Paid GOP Firm To Campaign Against TikTok

Slashgear

A new report claims Facebook's parent company Meta paid a GOP consulting firm to praise it in the media while also attacking competitor TikTok.

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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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A British Person's Review of Oscar Isaac's Moon Knight Accent

GizModo VR

Moon Knight is a series that goes to some rather unfathomable places for a Marvel TV show. It’s darker and more mysterious than perhaps anything since the studio’s Netflix endeavors. It, with rather considerable restraint, chooses not to constantly reference its place in Marvel Cinematic Universe. Perhaps most… Read more.

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Why Regenerative Braking Is So Important For EVs

Slashgear

Regenerative braking helps electric vehicles optimize their power and offers a range of benefits for sustainability and efficiency.

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Fake Cops Stole User Data from Meta and Apple

GizModo VR

Last year, cybercriminals used phony law enforcement data requests to steal an unknown amount of user information from Apple and Meta. The data requests were submitted to the tech companies using hacked police email accounts, making them appear to be from legitimate government sources. Read more.

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Apple Watch Users Report Charging Issues After Latest WatchOS Update

Slashgear

One of the major Apple Watch Series 7 features is fast charging support, but it looks like a recently issued software update has left it broken.

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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?