VRScout
APRIL 7, 2022
A dedicated Wi-Fi 6 dongle would greatly improve your wireless VR experience. A software engineer going by ItsKaitlyn03 on Twitter was digging through Meta’s Oculus PC driver and stumbled across an interesting line of code for a device called “VR Air Bridge.” According to the code provided, the mysterious device could be used to wirelessly tether your Quest headset to your PC through a dedicated Wi-Fi 6 network.
ARPost
APRIL 7, 2022
A 3D visualization and AR-based platform, MagicLens, recently became part of the nesting-doll company that is CareAR. CareAR acquired MagicLens in January after having been acquired by Xerox. We’ll get back to that. First, what does MagicLens provide? Meet MagicLens. MagicLens is an augmented reality and interactive 3D visualization platform. The company uses computer-aided design (CAD) files to create 3D models that can be exploded for a close-up view, or with layers removed to see the internal
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VRScout
APRIL 7, 2022
Participating universities include West Virginia University, the University of Maryland, and Morehouse College just to name a few. VR technology company Engage XR today announced that it is partnering with VR education specialists VictoryXR to launch 10 virtual universities, aka “Metaversities,” across the United States. Beginning this Fall, select colleges will open twin digital campuses built by VictoryXR on Engage XR’s social VR platform.
Road to VR
APRIL 7, 2022
YouTuber SadlyItsBradley claims to have seen actual photos of the production model of Meta’s next-gen mixed reality headset, Project Cambria. Though they aren’t sharing the source photos, they worked with a 3D modeler to create a detailed rendering of what the photos showed. SadlyItsBradley is an XR hardware analyst who has spent considerable time digging deep to track down rumors and info relating to upcoming VR hardware.
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.
AR Insider
APRIL 7, 2022
WIth the great resignation in high gear, how can businesses use technology to alleviate staffing shortfalls? AR and VR can come to the rescue in automating some functions. We examine how. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
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AR Insider
APRIL 7, 2022
What are the biggest insights and observations in immersive tech & media this week? Welcome to Reality Bytes, featuring lightning-round video commentary from AR Insider partner, M7 Innovations. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
Road to VR
APRIL 7, 2022
Meta is again cancelling its F8 developer conference this year. Meta skipped F8 in 2020 and 2021 explicitly due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however this year the company says it’s taking a pause to work on the metaverse. “Similar to years past, we are taking a brief break in programming and will not hold F8 in 2022 while we gear up on new initiatives that are all tailored towards the next chapter of the internet, and the next chapter of our company too: building the metaverse,” s
Slashgear
APRIL 7, 2022
In early 2022, a volcano in Tonga erupted, sending a plume of ash into the sky and triggering a tsunami. The event was also captured in a stunning video.
Road to VR
APRIL 7, 2022
Last year Meta added the ability to send simple invite links to your friends which would bring you together into the same place in VR. It’s a great way to easily join up with friends in VR, but it seems very few people know the feature exists. Back in August of 2021, Meta extended its Oculus platform capabilities to allows users to create invite links from their smartphone and then send the link to their friends—by text, email, DM, etc—that when clicked would automatically launch the corre
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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.
Slashgear
APRIL 7, 2022
Still haven't picked up a Steam Deck? Maybe the OneXPlayer will better suit your needs. Be warned, though, it doesn't come cheap even with the promo discount.
GizModo VR
APRIL 7, 2022
I want to thank whatever stars aligned that surfaced this video of the Windows 95 launch event in my algorithm. While clips from the presentation have floated around online for decades, the full 90-minute keynote has been harder to track down. Uploaded this week by the angels over at the Blue OS Museum YouTube account … Read more.
Slashgear
APRIL 7, 2022
Twitter has expanded its alt description accessibility feature for images, making it easier than ever to ensure everyone can enjoy content on the platform.
Digital Trends
APRIL 7, 2022
A new study from Washington State University shows that honey might be the key to the future of neuromorphic computing, and thus, computing as a whole.
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.
Slashgear
APRIL 7, 2022
A new piece of malicious spyware is out in the wild, ready to compromise all sorts of Android devices -- but the fix is easy if you know where to look.
GizModo VR
APRIL 7, 2022
Bad news for everyone who loved watching Bill Nye the Science Guy during middle school science class: your fave is problematic. This week, Coca-Cola, one of the world’s biggest plastic polluters , teamed up with TV’s favorite scientist for a campaign to create a “world without waste,” a joke of a corporate greenwashing… Read more.
Slashgear
APRIL 7, 2022
Trying to make a rational argument for the 2022 GMC Hummer EV pickup's existence is an exercise in madness. It also completely misses the point.
Mashable VR
APRIL 7, 2022
Etsy's reputation as the feel-good home of whimsical goods and small businesses is being put on blast — by Etsy sellers themselves. On April 11, thousands of Etsy sellers, many of whom work full-time selling their merchandise on the site, plan to go on strike by putting their shops in "vacation mode" and not selling their goods for a week. View this post on Instagram.
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.
Slashgear
APRIL 7, 2022
Apple AirTags have caused a stream of controversy since being released. Fortunately, progress is being made to help protect victims of stalking.
GizModo VR
APRIL 7, 2022
As you may have noticed, Spotify wants to manage all of your podcasts as well as your music. If you’ve never tried out Spotify as a podcast player—or you’ve just dipped into the functionality without really taking a full look at what’s on offer—here’s how to use the mobile and desktop apps to manage your podcasts. Read more.
Slashgear
APRIL 7, 2022
A new report claims Instagram hasn't done enough to protect women from threatening and abusive private messages, citing the experiences of multiple celebrities.
Mashable VR
APRIL 7, 2022
Remember when you used to put your key under a rock in the front yard (maybe you're still doing it, but don't tell us, OK)? Well, soon you may be able to keep your cryptocurrency inside an artificial, oddly shaped rock. On Wednesday, Block (the company formerly known as Square) hardware chief Jesse Dorogusker tweeted a photo of five rock-like, hexagonal gadgets which are obviously not ordinary rocks.
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?
Slashgear
APRIL 7, 2022
Baseball fans should download Apple's TV+ app to get free streaming access to some upcoming baseball games. Here's everything you need to know.
GizModo VR
APRIL 7, 2022
The first wholly privately funded and crewed mission to the International Space Station is scheduled to blast off from Kennedy Space Center on Friday. You can watch the action live right here. Read more.
Slashgear
APRIL 7, 2022
Fans of Rogue Legacy received good news as the maker of the iconic series announced the upcoming release of Rogue Legacy 2. Here are the details.
GizModo VR
APRIL 7, 2022
Recently we got a chance to speak with Disney Imagineer Alex Lee, an entertainment producer for Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser. In the first part of io9's interview, conducted over video chat, Lee shared how guests have been influencing the ongoing evolution of Walt Disney World ’s first fully immersive experience. In… Read more.
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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