VRScout
JUNE 17, 2022
Meta Avatars Store rolls out next week on Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger with plans for a VR launch “soon.” Meta today announced plans to expand its lineup of virtual fashion items for its Meta Avatars with the launch of the Meta Avatars Store. Here you’ll be able to purchase stylish outfits from iconic fashion labels such as Balenciaga , Prada , and Thom Browne , with more options on the way.
The Ghost Howls
JUNE 17, 2022
At AWE I had the opportunity to finally go hands-on with a bunch of 3D displays that don’t require you to wear any kind of glasses. It was a lot of time that I wanted to try them (especially The Looking Glass), so I was happy of having had the opportunity to do it! And of course, could I do that without telling you about my experience? Of course not… Sony 3D Display.
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ARPost
JUNE 17, 2022
Our old friends at Darabase are at it again, this time bringing us back in time through another London-spanning set of location-based AR activations. Specifically, the experience is an eight-stop Bridgerton-inspired audio-visual tour of Mayfair. Understanding the Places and Players. There are a couple of moving parts to this one – particularly for our US readers.
AR Insider
JUNE 17, 2022
Disappointment in Apple's AR hardware snub at WWDC overshadowed subtle but notable AR elements at the event. These include the new RoomPlan room scanning API. We examine its potential impact. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
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.
XR Today - Virtual Reality
JUNE 17, 2022
The advertising landscape has always been a fast-moving, and competitive space. For years, companies in every industry have been competing to grab the attention of their target audience as effectively as possible, in a landscape where consumers are becoming less interested in “traditional” marketing campaigns. XR, or Extended Reality, with its ability to immerse users in a new environment, or enhance their existing landscape with new information, presents a powerful opportunity for promotion.
Virtual Reality Pulse brings together the best content for VR professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Mashable VR
JUNE 17, 2022
Despite the repeated assurances that TikTok's parent company, the China-based ByteDance, isn't checking out data collected about users in the U.S., it looks like the company did. According to recordings reviewed by BuzzFeed News , over a dozen separate statements from nine different TikTok employees showed that engineers in China had access to U.S. data from at least September 2021 through January 2022.
Slashgear
JUNE 17, 2022
Back at the start of the '80s, Cadillac vehicles were released with a new sort of tech that was meant to conserve energy and allow drivers to save on gas costs.
Mashable VR
JUNE 17, 2022
In the near future, your finger may no longer need to press up against an inkpad in order to provide your identity. A recent report from Wired takes a look at "contactless fingerprinting" technology, a growing space that is starting to see some concerning real-world use applications, namely law enforcement and surveillance. One such contactless fingerprinting technology company, Telos, explained to Wired how it works.
Slashgear
JUNE 17, 2022
The Perseverance rover came across an unexpected piece of debris on Mars. You could say that the Perseverence saw a window into its past.
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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.
GizModo VR
JUNE 17, 2022
Amazon, the company notorious for its awful labor practices , is grinding through its potential workforce too fast, according to an internal company research memo leaked to and first reported on by Vox. “If we continue business as usual, Amazon will deplete the available labor supply in the US network by 2024,” said… Read more.
Slashgear
JUNE 17, 2022
Musk has found himself in court yet again, and this time around, the person suing him is seeking more money than the Tesla CEO is worth.
GizModo VR
JUNE 17, 2022
Just when you were probably thinking you have too many different cards hogging up space in your wallet, feds were honestly considering putting one more in your monetary bandolier. Read more.
Slashgear
JUNE 17, 2022
Snapchat is testing a premium feature that'll cost users a monthly fee. Final details have not yet been revealed, but the drama seems to have already begun.
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.
XR Today - Augmented Reality tag
JUNE 17, 2022
Web3 and augmented reality (AR) entertainment technology firm Kaleidoco raised $7 million USD in seed funding to accelerate its growth with key hires, the firm announced on Wednesday. Numerous investors in the gaming, entertainment, and blockchain industry joined the funding round, including Animoca Brands, GameFi Ventures, Jane Street, Merit Circle, Nexo, SuperChain Capital, The Seelig Group, Gemini, and Adit Ventures, among others, it was revealed in a press release.
Slashgear
JUNE 17, 2022
As with a desktop computer or laptop, the iPhone stores your browsing history when you use the internet, but you can clear that log anytime you want.
Mashable VR
JUNE 17, 2022
SpaceX employees have denounced Elon Musk's behavior in an open letter sent within an internal company chat system. A day after the release of the document, SpaceX reportedly fired several employees who helped in its distribution. The letter, first reported and seen by The Verge , criticized the CEO's Twitter presence and the recent allegations of sexual harassment made against him, which Musk has denied.
Slashgear
JUNE 17, 2022
It's not a supernova, but what exactly is it? Researchers are studying the death of a hypergiant star to see what happens during the process.
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.
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
JUNE 17, 2022
Meta Platforms Inc has begun rolling out several changes for supervision tools across its Quest 2 product lineup of headsets, the company announced in a blog post on Tuesday. The firm has issued changes to options available on its Parent Dashboard, where adults supervising children can access the following: Approve app downloading or purchasing blocked, depending on IARC ratings.
Slashgear
JUNE 17, 2022
Now that the EU has plans to require all phones to use USB-C by 2024, several senators have urged action on similar legislation here in the United States.
GizModo VR
JUNE 17, 2022
The Contreras Fire, which has been raging through the Arizona mountains since last week, has reached Kitt Peak National Observatory, threatening the site’s telescopes. Read more.
Slashgear
JUNE 17, 2022
If you still have a flashlight app on your phone, it's time to make a change. Despite their stated functionality, some of these apps are pretty shady.
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?
GizModo VR
JUNE 17, 2022
Apple is in the spotlight again after a group of Senators published a letter on Thursday asking the US Commerce Department to establish a universal charging standard for smartphones. Read more.
Slashgear
JUNE 17, 2022
Apple just launched dual USB-C chargers that should be ready to work for your mobile devices for the foreseeable future with two ports in one block.
GizModo VR
JUNE 17, 2022
In anticipation of Boeing’s first crewed test flight of Starliner, NASA has chosen two astronauts to fly on board the troubled spacecraft, in a mission that could launch later this year. Read more.
Slashgear
JUNE 17, 2022
Cadillac is known for luxury and opulence -- and these concept cars could have done a lot to steer the brand toward a more viable future.
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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