Wed.Aug 19, 2020

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How Epic Games’ Lawsuit Against Apple Could Impact The Future Of VR/AR

VRScout

Apple threatens to withhold support for ARKit and upcoming VR technology on Unreal Engine. Well, it certainly has been an interesting few days for the gaming community. For those who may be out of the loop, last week Epic Games filed a lawsuit against Apple after the company pulled their megapopular multiplayer game Fortnite from the iOS App Store. This removal was in direct response to the introduction of a new payment system that allowed Epic to sell in-game items without having to share 30% o

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How is AR Transforming Consumer Behavior?

AR Insider

“Vantage” is AR Insider’s editorial contributor program. It enlists spatial computing executives and innovators for first-hand strategic insights. Find out more or contact us to participate here. Authors’ opinions are their own. . Technology and Consumer Behavior are Trending Immersive. by Tony Parisi. This article is excerpted with the author’s permission from the Unity Report: Immersive Advertising: How Augmented and Virtual Reality Experiences are Changing Marke

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Build Your Own Modular Synthesizer In VR With ‘SynthVR’

VRScout

Start constructing your own complex music station today with the free open alpha. Anyone familiar with the ins-and-outs of music production will tell you there’s no easier way to go broke than to invest in modular synthesizers. Composed of multiple modules connected by patch cords, matrix patching systems, and various switches, these complex devices are capable of generating some truly incredible sounds, albeit for a price.

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Researchers Find a Way to Copy Keys Using the Sounds They Make Inside a Lock

GizModo VR

Keyed locks are relatively easy to pick if you’ve spent enough time mastering the skill. But researchers at the National University of Singapore have just made it even easier. If you can use a smartphone to record a sound, you can capture all the information you need to create a working duplicate of a key. Read more.

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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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How to make a Discord bot

Digital Trends

If your current army of Discord bots can't do your job, why not learn how to make your very own from scratch?

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How to connect your phone to an Xbox One

Digital Trends

You can easily access your profile and launch media content directly from your mobile device. We show you how.

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Zoom Is a Dirty Bandaid On Remote Learning's Gaping Wound

GizModo VR

Zoom is one of those programs that none of us are particularly fond of , but that we’re all kind of stuck with—especially if you’re one of the students or teachers that’s going to be stuck in remote-learning hell this coming semester. Now it looks like the platform’s about to become even more inescapable: earlier… Read more.

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The NZXT Kraken Z63 & X73 AIO Cooler Review: Shiny On Top, Solid Underneath

Anand Tech

Today we are taking a look at NZXT’s latest liquid coolers, the Kraken X-3 and Z-3 series. These are more of a refresh rather a total upgrade over last year’s X-2 series, but NZXT has made some notable tweaks. Between the two families there are five different coolers in three sizes, covering the usual 240/280/360mm configurations. Both the X and Z series utilize the same cooling hardware, but NZXT has positioned the Z series as a premium option with a novel aesthetic feature –

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Nichelle Nichols' Family Turns to GoFundMe in an Ongoing Legal Battle With Her Manager

GizModo VR

Star Trek star Nichelle Nichols is one of the most influential sci-fi actors of the 20th century, but the actress who played Uhura remains the focus of a legal battle over her finances, career, and well-being—one which continues to escalate, as more members of her family have stepped in to help. Read more.

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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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What’s new on Hulu in September and what’s leaving soon

Digital Trends

From a ton of new season premieres to critically acclaimed movies, there's plenty to enjoy on Hulu this month.

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BlackBerry Phones Aren't Dead Yet

GizModo VR

When TCL chose not to renew the license allowing it to make BlackBerry phones earlier this year, it seemed like a once-great smartphone brand might finally be put to rest. But now, a new company has pledged to take up the BlackBerry mantle with promises of releasing a new phone featuring a good ‘ol physical keyboard… Read more.

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What is WiSA? The wireless home theater technology fully explained

Digital Trends

Say goodbye to speaker wires and tricky installations with WiSA's 8-channel wireless home theater technology.

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Giancarlo Esposito on What It's Like to Play a Person of Color Among Star Wars' Fascist Villains

GizModo VR

When we first met the Empire in Star Wars ’ original trilogy, their fascist roots in the real world iconography of forces like the Nazis were immediately apparent : not just in their stark uniforms and the dehumanizing armor of the Stormtroopers, but in the whiteness of their officers. But when we see Star Wars ’… Read more.

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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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Dolby Atmos takes movies and music to the next level. Here’s how you can get it

Digital Trends

Dolby Atmos can add a whole new dimension to your movie and music experience, but only with the right gear.

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How Wonder Woman 1984 Will Use Our Past to Talk About the Present

GizModo VR

It’s faced a few delays , and, well, a global pandemic that could perhaps lay even an Amazon low. But at long last, Wonder Woman 1984 is ready to return Diana Prince to the DC Cinematic Universe spotlight. Her new adventure will not take her into the present but keep her in a somewhat recent past: one that will allow… Read more.

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How to factory reset a Google Home Mini

Digital Trends

This guide will show you how to reset Mini speakers, and where and how you can trade in your Google device.

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iMac 2020 Review: The Last of the Best Intel iMacs

GizModo VR

The new 27-inch iMac is a very good computer. That’s not surprising: Apple upgraded its newest machine to Intel’s 10th-gen CPUs, making it adept at handling processor-intensive creative tasks. It also has a truly beautiful screen, better than any I’ve ever used (more on that on a minute). Read more.

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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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The best horror games of all time

Digital Trends

If you're looking for thrills, take a look at our list of the best horror games, including retro classics.

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Seiko's Street Fighter-Inspired Watches Celebrate All the Right Moves

GizModo VR

Hadouken! Seiko and Capcom have teamed up to bring us an entire line-up of watches inspired by the beefy players in the Street Fighter saga. The watches, now available for pre-order in the U.S. , feature color schemes and clever nods to the original video game characters. Not content to just show you these timepieces… Read more.

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What is a pulse oximeter, and why should you care?

Digital Trends

The new wearable health sensor called the pulse oximeter is best for outdoor athletes and troubled sleepers.

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What's Coming to Hulu in September 2020

GizModo VR

When I was growing up, September meant something. Cooler fall weather ( nope ), going back to school ( nope ), and new TV shows premiering across all the networks (well, kinda). Even if everything about the ninth month of 2020 is terrible, at least we’ll have a few things to watch on Hulu, which is premiering an… Read more.

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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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#935: Oculus Quest Enthusiasm vs the Skepticism of Bootstrapping VR with Surveillance Capitalism

Voices of VR

The Oculus Quest launched on May 21, 2019. Nine days later I was at Augmented World Expo doing interviews and preparing a main stage talk.

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Netflix Is Testing a Shuffle Mode for Our Chaos Future

GizModo VR

With film and TV production struggling to limp along amid the covid-19 pandemic, people looking for new entertainment at home are having to do some deeper crate-digging. Now, Netflix is testing a feature that could help you out when things get really dire. Read more.

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11 great location-based games that aren’t Pokémon Go

Digital Trends

The genre has a surprising amount of depth and offers games that are more than cheap clones or cash grabs.

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Wildfires Explode Across California Amid Record Heat Wave

GizModo VR

If you haven’t already heard, California is on fire. Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency on Tuesday for the disaster unfurling. The state is in the middle of a dramatic heat wave , which is fueling more than 30 wildfires burning across the state. The situation appears to be going from bad to worse. Read more.

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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?