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Report: Apple Health Possibly Coming To Oculus Quest

VRScout

With the popularity of VR fitness on the rise, rumors swirl about a possible collaboration between the two companies. According to a new report by Bloomberg , Facebook may be working with fellow tech giant Apple to bring the Apple Health platform to Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2 headsets. Based on code discovered by developer Steve Moser in the official Oculus iOS app, this new functionality would allow you to exchange data between Apple Health and Oculus Move, Facebook’s fitness-focused

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BMW Doubles Down on AR and VR Technology in Recent Projects

ARPost

Automobile manufacturers and retailers have been among the most enterprising adopters of VR technology. Usually, that technology has been geared towards enterprise. However, in recent outward-facing projects, BMW in particular has leaned heavily into VR. To make this happen, the luxury car company has partnered with some old ARPost favorites in AR and VR technology including Pico , Engage, and 8th Wall.

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Utility, Control and Fun are the Keys to Branded AR

AR Insider

This is Why the Future of Augmented Reality is Interactive. The right combination of utility and fun can unlock branded AR. by Alejandra Rojas. B rand storytelling works… when done right. It makes users feel identified, and drives them to choose a brand above its competitors. But nowadays, the problem is how to tell these stories to convert users.

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Varjo XR-3 Hands-on: Varjo’s Headsets Keep Getting Better, Even as They Get Cheaper

Road to VR

By now it can be said that Varjo is making the world’s most high-end VR headsets, and not just because they’re slapping on a hefty price-tag. With a core premise of ‘retina resolution’ that really delivers, Varjo’s headsets keep getting better even as they’re getting cheaper. Their visual performance offers an early glimpse of what mainstream VR headsets are unlikely to deliver for years to come.

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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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Reality Bytes: Pinterest, Facebook & Epic Games

AR Insider

W hat are the biggest insights and observations in AR and adjacent sectors this week? Welcome to Reality Bytes , featuring lightning-round commentary from AR Insider partner M7 Innovations. Founder Matt Maher lends his insights from the trenches of AR experience creation. We continue the narrative this week with Maher’s look at Pinterest monetization, Facebook’s passthrough API and Epic’s metaverse ambitions.

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A Gentle Introduction To WebXR

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As technology advances, it becomes important to unify different approaches to prevent fragmentation from stopping its growth. During the last few years, web developers have tried to integrate virtual reality experiences on websites, starting in 2016 with the first WebVR API, but leaving aside the important segment of augmented reality, which is why WebXR was born.

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nDreams Opening Second VR Studio Focused on Live-service Games

Road to VR

nDreams, the studio behind Phantom: Covert Ops (2020) and the upcoming PSVR exclusive Fracked, announced today it’s opening a second VR development studio called nDreams Studio Orbital, which will focus on creating games as a service for VR. nDreams Studio Orbital will be headed by Chris White, who previously worked as a senior product manager at FitXR, the team behind the eponymous subscription-based VR fitness app.

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Here Are the 5 Major Regions Literally on Fire Right Now

GizModo VR

Geologists have debated whether to call this era the anthropocene , a geological period where humans are the dominant force reshaping the planet rather than natural processes. Read more.

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Intel’s incredible athlete-tracking A.I. is the ‘holy grail’ of training tech

Digital Trends

3DAT, Intel's athlete-tracking A.I., was built to boost the viewer experience at the Olympics, and it has huge potential as a training tool for elite athletes.

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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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Step Inside the Wondrous World That's Inspiring Hayao Miyazaki's Final Film

GizModo VR

Genzabur? Yoshino’s How Do You Live? has become a classic in Japan since it was first published over 80 years ago, but until now it’s never seen an English translation. Though it’s a little outside the realm of io9's usual sci-fi and fantasy fare , we’re thrilled to be revealing the cover and sharing an excerpt today… Read more.

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Nothing Ear 1 Review: Everything you could want, for just $99

Digital Trends

The Nothing Ear 1’s are an exciting product, but are also way more than just a new pair of true wireless earbuds. Nothing is the new company from , but it’s is not specifically an audio company. It’s a tech company, and we should expect a wide variety of products spanning a host of different […].

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Hyenas Left a Massive Pile of Bones in a Saudi Arabian Lava Tube

GizModo VR

Scientists investigating a dried-up lava tube in northwestern Saudi Arabia were stunned to find a huge assemblage of bones belonging to horses, asses, and even humans. It was a feast to last a lifetime, and then many lifetimes after that, and the researchers who excavated the site believe they know the identity of the… Read more.

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Zuckerberg is turning trillion-dollar Facebook into a ‘metaverse’ company, he tells investors

TechCrunch VR

Following the quarterly release of Facebook’s earnings numbers where the company’s CFO takes time to walk analysts through the nitty gritty of the company’s financials, CEO Mark Zuckerberg took a moment to zoom out and wax on the company’s future goals, specifically calling out his ambitions to turn Facebook into “a metaverse company.” “I wanted to discuss this now so that you can see the future that we’re working towards and how our major initiati

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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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‘It’s a Miracle That We Are Still Alive’: Inside Sardinia’s Terrifying Firestorm

GizModo VR

What had been a rich Mediterranean landscape of maquis, ancient olive trees, and ruby vineyards is now a charred skeletal tangle clinging to hills above the pristine Sardinian sea. Read more.

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Intel Beast Canyon NUC Review: Desktop Tiger Lake Debuts in SFF Gaming Powerhouse

Anand Tech

Intel kick-started a form-factor revolution in the early 2010s with the introduction of the ultra-compact NUCs. The systems were meant to be an alternative to the tower desktops used in many applications where the size, shape, and the system capabilities were mostly unwarranted. The success of the NUCs enabled Intel to start reimagining the build of systems used in a wider range of settings.

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An Emerging Tickborne Disease Is Gaining Steam in New York

GizModo VR

An emerging disease spread by ticks is becoming a substantial public health threat in New York State, researchers warn in a new study out this month. The study found that human cases of anaplasmosis have dramatically increased in the state over the past decade, and ticks are found to be carrying the bacteria… Read more.

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Gorilla Tag: High Intensity Fitness, Fun & Esports

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Reject humanity. Embrace your inner ape. Become gorilla. The mottos of Another Axiom’s Gorilla Tag , an immersive VR game created by Kerestell “Lemming” Smith, remind us that sometimes people just want to “be a little monke.”. The game itself is relatively basic. Continue reading on VR Fitness Insider.

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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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Russian Module Unexpectedly Fires Thrusters After Docking to ISS

GizModo VR

Serious drama unfolded in low Earth orbit today when the newly arrived Nauka module, for reasons unknown, began to fire its thrusters after docking to the ISS. Mission controllers are now working to control what appears to be an ongoing situation. Read more.

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JEDEC Publishes LPDDR5X Standard at up to 8533 Mbps

Anand Tech

JEDEC and the JC-42.6 Subcommittee for Low Power Memories has announced the publication of the new JESD209-5B standard which now includes improvements to LPDDR5, as well as an extension for the standard in the form of new LPDDR5X.

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Doctor Who’s Jodie Whittaker and Chris Chibnall to Exit in 2022

GizModo VR

The BBC has announced that current Doctor Jodie Whittaker as well as showrunner Chris Chibnall , will depart Doctor Who in 2022. The duo will, after the upcoming season 13 , will say farewell with three special episodes to air throughout next year. Read more.

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Trio of new Moto Edge 20 phones get 108MP cameras, 6.7-inch OLED screens, and 5G

Digital Trends

Motorola has launched the Moto Edge 20 Lite, Moto Edge 20, and Moto Edge 20 Pro, all with 108MP cameras and 6.7-inch OLED screens. Here are all the details.

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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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'World's Most Powerful' Tidal Turbine Starts Cranking Out Energy

GizModo VR

When you hear the word “turbine,” in conversation, chances are good you’re picturing the same sort of giant windmill-esque apparatuses jutting out of the ground, turning wind into good, clean, fuel. But there’s a new kind of turbine on the block—tidal turbines, that jut out from the ocean and let the water’s currents… Read more.

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Hurry! This ridiculous Dell gaming laptop deal is flying off the shelves!

Digital Trends

Gamers on the hunt for a new gaming laptop shouldn't miss Dell's $429 discount for the Dell G3 15, which lowers its price to a more affordable $800 from $1,229.

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Google Is Booting 'Sugar Daddy' Apps From the Play Store

GizModo VR

You probably wouldn’t expect to find references to “sugar daddies” in Google’s policy updates, but this week that’s exactly what happened. Android Police was first to note that Google quietly updated its inappropriate content policies in its Play Store to specifically forbid any apps meant to encourage “compensated… Read more.

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Apple shows how to shoot ‘otherworldly’ night mode shots on the iPhone

Digital Trends

If you're an iPhone owner who's yet to get to grips with the camera's night mode, then check out these tips on how to get great shots in low light.

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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?