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Virtual Reality: The Solution for the Present and Future of Events?—?Simlab IT

ARVR

Virtual reality (VR) is a technological trend in various areas of communication, including events. It is a tool that has been improving in… Continue reading on AR/VR Journey: Augmented & Virtual Reality Magazine ».

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SuperViz lets you host video conferencing and meetup on a browser

Hypergrid Business

SuperViz lets users collaborate, co-work, and meet in VR. (Image courtesy SuperViz.). SuperViz is a browser-based platform that supports 360-degree videos, and thus allows users to attend or host any virtual event, and attend conferences and meetups without any need to download any app on their device, and the user does not need to wear a virtual reality headset to use it.

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Goodbye Toshiba Laptops. It’s Been Good Knowing Ya

GizModo VR

Toshiba will officially no longer be making PCs. To be fair, in recent years it had taken a step back from making laptops, but this goes beyond that. It’s a complete exit. Read more.

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2021 Polestar 2 first drive review: More than a Swedish Tesla

Digital Trends

The Polestar 2 is the first electric car from Volvo's spinoff brand. The hatchback boasts dual-motor all-wheel drive and an Android-based infotainment system.

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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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To Avoid Backlash, Facebook Reportedly Relaxed Fact-Checking Standards on Conservative Pages

GizModo VR

In an attempt to correct the perception of a small but very vocal minority that claims Facebook’s silencing conservative voices on its platforms, the company’s reportedly swung too far in the opposite direction and essentially gave a free pass to conservative pages to spew their b t online. Read more.

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Mining Deep Sea Vents Could Put Precious Ecosystems At Risk

GizModo VR

The deep sea is one of the least understood places on Earth. Among its oddities are hydrothermal vents , cracks in the seafloor that pump out scaldingly hot water and form massive chimneys teeming with weird microbial life. Read more.

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Spilled water on your laptop? Here’s how to fix it

Digital Trends

Quick! Unplug your laptop and remove the battery. Next, here's how to fix a spill before it does more damage.

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Paramount's New President Is Trying to Figure Out What to Do About the Star Trek Movies

GizModo VR

While Star Trek ’s TV offerings are flourishing , the films are stuck in somewhat of a rut. After the plans for a fourth Abrams-helmed Trek fell apart, the studio hasn’t had a lot of clarity over what to do with the property, with several film ideas, including one famously pushed by Quentin Tarantino, being floated,… Read more.

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The best Samsung Galaxy A71 5G cases and covers

Digital Trends

From leather folio cases to soft TPU covers, take your pick from our range of Samsung Galaxy A71 5G cases.

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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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Watch This Classic Ghostbusters Special Effect Come to (After)Life

GizModo VR

I don’t often think of Ghostbusters as a pioneering special effects film. But it did include a lot of neat effects as it took its madcap scientists and made them paranormal protectors, and seeing those effects make their way onto the screen is pretty impressive. Read more.

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How to use Apple Watch’s fitness features

Digital Trends

Apple has built an elaborate fitness tracking system into the Apple Watch. We show you how to best use it.

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Mauritius Faces Environmental Crisis as Stranded Ship Leaks Oil

GizModo VR

Mauritius has declared a “state of environmental emergency” after a Japanese bulk carrier that wrecked on its shores in late July began leaking tons of oil into the Indian Ocean. The environmentalist group Greenpeace says the spill is likely to be one of the worst ecological crises the island nation has ever seen and… Read more.

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The best games to play with friends online

Digital Trends

On the couch or on the other side of the world, it doesn't matter. These games are best played with friends.

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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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Meet the Unlikely, Excitable Stars of Star Trek: Lower Decks

GizModo VR

Are you sold yet on Star Trek: Lower Decks ? This introduction to the show’s heroes (and the actors behind them) might help you make up your mind. Read more.

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The best free drawing software

Digital Trends

You don't have to spend money to create awesome drawings or edit photos. Check out these software options.

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I Just Cannot Get Over These Wintertime $25 Kirby Figurines, Up For Pre-Order Now

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Banpresto Kirby Fluffy Puffy Mine (Kirby) | $25 | Amazon Banpresto Kirby Fluffy Puffy Mine (Waddle Dee w/ Snowman) | $25 | Amazon Banpresto Kirby Fluffy Puffy Mine (Waddle Dee) | $25 | Amazon Read more.

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Google Pixel 4a vs. OnePlus Nord: Which is the bigger bargain?

Digital Trends

The Google Pixel 4a and OnePlus Nord are two of the best budget smartphones ever released, but which is best?

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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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Hulu's Animaniacs Reboot Is Coming to Wreak Havoc This November

GizModo VR

The Warner Lot is not ready. Read more.

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Persona 4 Golden for PC success pushes Sega to consider more ports

Digital Trends

It is already at work on promoting ports for previously released games.

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Grab the K.K. Slider PowerA Controller for Just $39 and Be Prepared In Case Of Joy-Con Drift

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PowerA Wireless Controller for Nintendo Switch (K.K. Slider) | $39 | Amazon Read more.

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Twitter reportedly in talks to acquire U.S. operations of TikTok

Digital Trends

It's unclear if it will be able to outbid Microsoft.

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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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Releases Recap: August 3 – 7

Oculus

This week, we released several titles and updates across the Oculus Platform. Here’s a rundown of the highlights.

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The 40 best movies on Hulu right now

Digital Trends

From dramas to blockbusters, Hulu offers some great films to its subscribers. Check out our list of top picks.

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Immersive experience: What is it, and how do you create it?

Stuck E. in Augmented Reality

What is an immersive experience and why does it matter? Those two questions have circulated my mind recently as I have gotten deeper into the AR space. An immersive experience is an illusory environment that completely surrounds you such that you feel that you are inside it and part of it. Check out my free course on Art, Tech, and Activism in Augmented Reality: [link] If you go to this link, you can take my Skillshare courses for free and have 2 free months of Skillshare: [link] Read the blog:

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Making a personal oasis: How I built my own outdoor theater

Digital Trends

From great sound to a compelling 4K display, here's how we built our own backyard theater.

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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?