Road to VR

APRIL 12, 2022

This week Meta announced that it was beginning to test selling tools so that creators can sell things inside of Horizon Worlds and earn real money. Now the company has offered up more detail about how that will work, including the fees creators will pay on earnings made through the platform. Meta says the goal of its various metaverse initiatives is to one day allow people to “earn a living” from creating virtual goods through its platforms.

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AR Insider

APRIL 12, 2022

While consumer AR challenges are being worked out, smart glasses have found less resistance in the enterprise. There, the technology’s style crimes aren’t an issue, and it has clearer ROI and adoption drivers. We examine the latest. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Road to VR

APRIL 12, 2022

Tech analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is known for making predictions based on Apple supply chain leaks, but this time Kuo alleges Meta is getting ready to release a ‘Pro’ branded follow-up to its most popular VR headset to date, Quest 2. We aren’t able to independently verify these claims, however it sounds a lot like Kuo is describing Meta’s Project Cambria.

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ARPost

APRIL 12, 2022

Air guitarists, get your VR headsets ready because you are about to rock! On April 14, Vertigo Games and Anotherway are launching the first “Riff Pack” with tracks by top rock legends for their popular air guitar VR game Unplugged. Slayer, Rob Zombie, Gossip, and, Muse will have some of their top hits featured in the Riff Pack for players to practice.

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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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Slashgear

APRIL 12, 2022

Lucid is back with another version of its Lucid Air EV, this one targeted at consumers who want a zero-emissions vehicle packing both luxury and performance.

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Slashgear

APRIL 12, 2022

The iconic Japanese carmaker Honda has produced some of the best-known and highest-selling passenger vehicles ever made. Here are 15 that stand above the rest.

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Digital Trends

APRIL 12, 2022

With so many technologies available to block spam, why are you still getting spam emails and texts? We asked professionals their thoughts on spam to find out.

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Slashgear

APRIL 12, 2022

Hubble's latest discovery isn't related to a star, a galaxy, or a planet. Instead, it's a comet, and not just any comet, but one that has set a new record.

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Anand Tech

APRIL 12, 2022

The last few years have seen heightened consumer focus on wireless networking. The industry has also been quite busy, enabling the operation of Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) in the 6GHz band with Wi-Fi 6E. In parallel, the 802.11 Working Group had started work on 802.11be with a focus on extremely high throughput (EHT). Wi-Fi 7 is set to become the consumer-facing moniker for 802.11be. 802.11be aims to achieve high throughput primarily through a combination of three aspects: Support for up to 16 spatial st

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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.

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Slashgear

APRIL 12, 2022

It looks like some big features are coming to the Apple Watch, not the least of which is satellite connectivity. It may be a while before we see them, though.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 12, 2022

Meta’s first attempt at virtual reality ads was a major flop. Now, the company is shifting to a different money-making strategy within its metaverse: The buying and selling of virtual “items and effects,” as described in a Monday press release. Read more.

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Slashgear

APRIL 12, 2022

Tesla appears to have stealthily launched a new version of its Model Y SUV. Dubbed the Model Y Standard Range AWD, the car brings with it a few upgrades.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 12, 2022

Now that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has dusted Thanos himself, everyone wants to know what’s next. Who is the next big bad? Where is it all going? Those answers are certainly coming but if Thanos was your in-universe Dad, the fallout is coming sooner rather than later. Read more.

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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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Slashgear

APRIL 12, 2022

The UAE has teamed up with NASA to share details gathered from their respective Mars missions, working together to boost exploration of the red planet.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 12, 2022

CNN’s streaming service, aptly dubbed CNN+ , is reportedly giving Quibi a run for its money in the competition to become the biggest catastrophe of the streaming era. Read more.

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Slashgear

APRIL 12, 2022

NVIDIA is back with another Shield software update, one that not only brings some new features and a ton of bug fixes, but also continues to support old models.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 12, 2022

Even if you didn’t know who Gilbert Gottfried was , you knew his voice. The legendary comedian and actor’s raspy, screechy voice was one of the most distinct, unique voices of all time. Sadly though, that voice was silenced this week as he passed away at the age of 67. Gottfried leaves a body of work that has inspired… Read more.

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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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Slashgear

APRIL 12, 2022

NASA's rover Perserverence delivered data that showed researchers how, unlike our own Earth, the red planet Mars has more than one speed of sound.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 12, 2022

The Amazon rainforest in Mato Grosso Brazil is shrinking. Brazil’s space research agency, INPE, reported that the first quarter of 2022 set a new deforestation record for the rainforest— 941 square kilometers were cleared from Janaury to the end of March. This is the largest area of deforestation that the agency… Read more.

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Slashgear

APRIL 12, 2022

A new report claims Samsung's iFixit deal may only be the start of its DIY phone repair plans. A new program may toss recycled parts into the mix.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 12, 2022

Don’t say Riverdale has gone off the rails. Don’t you dare. Give the infamously bonkers show, starring increasingly and sinisterly absurd versions of the unquestionably wholesome Archie comics characters, the respect it deserves. Read more.

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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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Slashgear

APRIL 12, 2022

Twitter has announced its acquisition of OpenBack, which specializes in device-based notifications. The technology may change the kind of future alerts you get.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 12, 2022

It’s easy to see why countries like Taiwan have military invasion on the mind. Now, Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense has released its first handy 28-page guidebook in case another country ( not saying who ) decides to invade the territory it has long-claimed as its own. Read more.

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Slashgear

APRIL 12, 2022

You've probably heard of the Spitzer Space Telescope, but whatever happened to it? The mission may be over, but the discoveries keep rolling in.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 12, 2022

People better be prepared for an all-electric future of car ownership. Though in terms of companies paving the road to get to widespread acceptance, some are planning bigger than others. Read more.

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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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