Sat.May 14, 2022

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AT&T Is Bringing AR Content To Live Sports Games

VRScout

No more having to look up at the jumbotron during live games to see stats. AR sports entertainment company Quintar and AT&T are partnering to change the way you watch live sports by allowing you access to AR content in arenas and sports venues as the games are being played using AT&T 5G network. The fan technology platform promises to be a gamechanger for sports entertainment by reinventing how you experience live games.

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Neil DeGrasse Tyson Has A Scary Theory On How The World Will End

Slashgear

Neil deGrasse Tyson already knows how the Earth is going to end. What keeps him awake at night is much, much bigger.

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Netflix is quietly working on a livestreaming feature, report claims

Mashable VR

Netflix wants to do it live. So reports Deadline , which notes that the streaming giant is "exploring" bringing livestreaming to its service. That's right, live entertainment — presumably with none of the pausing, rewinding, or fast-forwarding we've all come to take for granted in our post cord-cutting world. The move into live entertainment would follow on Netflix's apparent plan to add an ad-supported tier to the subscription platform sometime this year, and would reportedly focus on sta

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Hubble captures the beautiful aftermath of a supernova explosion

Digital Trends

Supernovas might spell the end for the star they happen to, but they aren't only destructive. Hubble has captured a beautiful remnant created by a supernova.

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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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The CW's Recent Cancellations are All Because of Streaming and Mergers

GizModo VR

For fans of the CW’s original programming, it’s a been rough couple of days. Not only have fan favorites like Legends of Tomorrow and Batwoman been abruptly canceled, earlier this week the network bid farewell to other series including Naomi, Charmed, and Roswell, New Mexico. There’ll still be some original content… Read more.

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The Spider-Verse is Ending, Long Live the Spider-Verse

GizModo VR

Ever since 2014's Into the Spider-Verse event brought together Peter Parker’s Spider-Man and his other alternate universe webswingers from across the Marvel multiverse , the web warriors have been frequently hanging out with one another in the comics. 2018 saw the Spider-Geddon event to coincide with the then-upcoming … Read more.

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Call of Duty’s Godzilla vs. Kong event doesn’t match the hype

Digital Trends

Warzone's latest Operation Monarch event was a step in the right direction, but misleading marketing made it a disappointing experience.

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Marvel's MODOK is No Moredok

GizModo VR

Marvel’s TV enterprise has grown just a little bit smaller, as their animated series MODOK won’t be coming back for a second season. The stop-motion show starred Patton Oswalt as the titular bigheaded Marvel baddie in a comedy series about him trying to balance his somewhat normal life as a suburban family man in the… Read more.

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Your blood moon lunar eclipse questions, answered

Mashable VR

Get your Bonnie Tyler cassettes ready because this weekend is the total lunar eclipse. On May 15, at approximately 9:11 p.m. PT, the Earth will pass between the sun and the moon, resulting in a shadow or eclipse on the lunar surface. For us little earthlings, that means our normally bright moon will take on a dark, coppery look. SEE ALSO: How to see an eerie, red moon in the sky this weekend.

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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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Gotham Knights' Batfamily Matters Much More Than Its Gear Does

GizModo VR

Earlier in the week, game developer Warner Bros. Montreal revealed a new look at their upcoming superhero action-RPG, Gotham Knights. Where the game’s debut back in 2020 featured footage focusing on Tim Drake’s Robin and Barbara Gordon’s Batgirl, this 13-minute presentation was all about the game’s other two leads,… Read more.

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Black holes aren't evil cosmic vacuum cleaners, and other misconceptions

Mashable VR

Black holes can often be misunderstood. Or mistaken for something evil. What are they, actually? They're intensely fascinating objects in space, places where matter has been crunched down into an intensely compact area. If Earth was (hypothetically) crushed into a black hole, it would be under an inch across. Yet the object would still be extremely massive, as it would contain the entirety of our planet's mass.

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NASA’s Artemis Moon Landing Program: Launches, Timeline, and More

GizModo VR

Not since 1972 has a human set foot on the Moon, but NASA is aiming to change that through its ambitious Artemis program. The lunar missions could begin in late 2022, so we’ve assembled this guide to keep you informed and up to date. Read more.

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CBS orders a True Lies TV series for midseason 2023 premiere

Digital Trends

McG is producing a True Lies series starring Steve Howey and Ginger Gonzaga in the roles first played by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis.

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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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First Kill Wants to Add Some Gay, Supernatural Angst to Netflix

GizModo VR

Perhaps you’ve been thinking to yourself that you could do with a supernatural series to watch this summer. Maybe even one that’s gay, explicitly so, rather than just dancing around it for years on end. If that’s the case, then Netflix has got you covered with First Kill, a supernatural series about two teens falling… Read more.

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How to watch the lunar eclipse this weekend, online or in person

Digital Trends

There's a chance to observe a special astronomical event this weekend, as the night of May 15/16 will see a total lunar eclipse.

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A Movie Magician Digitized Hundreds of 35MM Movie Trailers, Here’s A Selection for Millennials Wanting a Nostalgia Trip

GizModo VR

From the first examples of Eadweard Muybridge’s Horse in Motion and on through the history of motion pictures, we have subjected ourselves to the illusion that a stream of pictures moving at a fast rate is a display in motion. Film is where mechanics, psychology, and art collide. Read more.

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The most watched movies of the week: New releases and some unexpected classics

Mashable VR

Wondering what everyone's been watching this week? Well, spring is in the air and so is action, action, action! Every week, the popularity of movies across streaming might be determined by promotions, star power, critic raves, social media buzz, good old-fashioned word of mouth, or a new addition to a beloved franchise. While the reasons may vary, you can't argue with the numbers that streaming aggregator Reelgood collected from hundreds of streaming services in the U.S. and UK.

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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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Netflix Blames You for Its Stock Problems, but the Real Problem Is Netflix

GizModo VR

Netflix’s stock price fell so fast last month it made the Wile E. Coyote whistle sound effect of a bomb plummeting to earth. Read more.

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Between Realities VR Podcast: Season 5 Episode 14 Ft. Basti564

Upload VR

In this week’s episode of the Between Realities VR Podcast, Alex and Skeeva host Basti564, known for their work in discovering the hidden potential of the Quest headset. Basti564 talks about the process of unlocking features of the Quest. Other topics include Facebook account requirements, the upcoming Cambria headset, and potential use cases for AR. — Between Realities Links — Merch Store: [link].

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How to watch SpaceX launch its second batch of satellites in 24 hours

Digital Trends

SpaceX will be launching a batch of 53 Starlink satellites today, Saturday May 14, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral in Florida.

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How to write witty banter on dating apps, according to bestselling authors

Mashable VR

It’s the dream: Find a smoldering someone on a dating app, match with them, and quickly launch into a conversation filled with subtle compliments, definitive date night plans, and witty repartee. According to research conducted by Preply, — a language learning app and platform, – more than 70 percent of dating app users surveyed said it’s possible to engage in meaningful conversation, and even fall in love with someone, before ever meeting in person (having only spoken on

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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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Samurai Frogs & Shadowgate Returns – VR Games On Our Radar This Week

Upload VR

A first look at a new third-person action game and anorhwe platform for Shadowgate VR are just some of the new VR games on our radar this week! Every week we get a lot of updates on new VR games at Upload – so much so that we don’t have time to cover them all. This week we talked about news from Ultimechs , Twilight Zone VR , World of Mechs and more, but here are some other titles we didn’t get to take a look at.

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Montana Story’s Haley Lu Richardson discusses the gripping new drama

Digital Trends

Haley Lu Richardson talks to Digital Trends about what it was like making Montana Story and getting into her character's emotionally dark headspace.

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Incuvo Confirms Green Hell VR For PSVR In 2023

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Incuvo is bringing Green Hell VR to PSVR in 2023, following on from the Quest release last month and the upcoming PC VR release. Creepy Jar, the developers behind the original flatscreen release of Green Hell on PC and consoles, signed a contract in 2020 with VR developers Incuvo to bring the game to VR on PC VR and Quest platforms. A new extension of that contract, announced this week, will see Incuvo port, publish and distribute the title on PSVR in 2023, with development starting after they f

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Google says it’s serious about tablets again. Yeah, right

Digital Trends

Google's slapdash history with big-screened Android devices mean you really should temper your hopes for the Pixel tablet.

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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?