AR Insider

AUGUST 20, 2020

“Trendline” is AR Insider’s series that examines trends and events in spatial computing, and their strategic implications. For an indexed library of spatial computing insights, data, reports and multimedia, subscribe to ARtillery PRO. P roof points for AR’s role as a shopping tool continue to emerge. We’ve been hearing this rallying cry for AR commerce for a few years, but it takes on new meaning during Covid-era retail lockdowns.

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ARPost

AUGUST 20, 2020

ARPost often talks about applications of extended reality in fields like enterprise and education. However, most people who use extended reality use it for more… social pursuits – what’s called social AR. “ Social AR ” – augmented reality used through social applications on mobile devices – is an innovative and competitive market. The three main platforms offering social AR – Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram – report hundreds of millions of daily active users.

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VRScout

AUGUST 20, 2020

From copy and paste to copy and taste. This past May we covered a unique augmented reality app by developer Cyril Diagne that uses a selection of AR and machine learning technology to capture digital renditions of real-world objects and automatically isolate them from their surrounding environments. It’s a pretty neat app, one that showcases AR technology’s ability to effectively preserve the real-world in a digital format.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 20, 2020

First debuted at Sundance 2019, Emergence is a short VR experience from indie studio Universal Everything that, with its unique crowd simulation, raises some interesting questions about life, society and how we connect to it all. You can now download the experience on Steam for free. If you don’t take a few minutes to soak in Emergence , you might easily dismiss it as a quick, weird little piece about a glowing man that runs around an eerily barren wasteland, surrounded by shambolic hordes of pe

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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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VRScout

AUGUST 20, 2020

Paper Birds will premiere later this year at the 2020 International Venice Fim Festival. Emmy award-winning VR animation house Baobab Studios ( Asteroids! Crow: The Legend, Bonfire ) has partnered with 3DAR ( Gloomy Eyes, Nespresso VR ) and Oculus on a brand new VR animated short entitled Paper Birds which is scheduled to premiere later this year at the 2020 International Venice Film Festival.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 20, 2020

Wildfires are raging across California , but the state lacks critical firefighting resources to adequately address the severity of the crisis. In light of the coronavirus pandemic and a worse-than-usual wildfire season, wildland fighting agencies across the U.S. knew they’d be in for a challenging summer. However,… Read more.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 20, 2020

While Oculus doesn’t offer much publicly in the way of understanding how well individual apps are performing across its VR storefronts, it’s possible to glean some insight by looking at apps relative to each other. Here’s a snapshot of the top 20 Oculus Rift games and apps as of August 2020. Some quick qualifications before we get to the data dump: Paid and free apps are separated.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 20, 2020

As the Jedi master Qui-Gon Jinn once said, “There’s always a bigger fish.” Or in the case of the Triassic Period, there’s always a bigger aquatic reptile, as this incredible fossil demonstrates. Read more.

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Digital Trends

AUGUST 20, 2020

Need to send a text, but you don't have your phone handy? You can send one via your PC with these methods.

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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.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 20, 2020

Hundreds of millions of mosquitos will soon be released in Florida. On purpose. The mosquitoes are being released as a form of pest control, but they could wreak havoc on local ecosystems. And honestly, just the thought of it makes my ankles itch. Read more.

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Voices of VR

AUGUST 20, 2020

Anton Hand is an indie VR developer with RUST LTD, who is the project lead for Hotdogs, Horseshoes, & Hand Grenades. Hand made the decision.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 20, 2020

Here’s the most depressing map you’re likely to see this week, courtesy of Anthony Fauci, head of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The map, packaged in a recent paper co-written by Fauci, showcases the many other emerging diseases besides covid-19 that pose a major threat to our health. Read more.

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VR Fitness

AUGUST 20, 2020

Alcove is a new game and platform from AARP Innovation Labs that is launching today on Oculus Quest for free. Developed specifically to help those 50 and up to avoid social isolation and enjoy virtual reality, it gives families a chance to bond through VR. There are also some great workouts for both your body and mind included with unlimited potential for additional experiences to be added through the Alcove Playground.

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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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GizModo VR

AUGUST 20, 2020

Web browsers were once used simply for browsing the web. But now they can perform all kinds of tricks, including managing passwords. With new features like password suggestions and data breach warnings being added all the time, are these built-in password managers ready to take on the dedicated third-party tools?… Read more.

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VR Fitness

AUGUST 20, 2020

Enjoy the weekend sailing in VR and compete with other sailors from around the world in the MarineVerse Cup for a chance to win Steam credits from a prize pool worth $590 AUD. Sailing is particularly appealing to individuals who can no longer enjoy the sport in physical reality, but seek the benefits from sailing such as increased flexibility, strengthened core muscles, improved hand-eye coordination, and stress reduction.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 20, 2020

Using high-resolution, 3D X-ray scans, a team of researchers has digitally unwrapped and analyzed three mummified animals from ancient Egypt. Read more.

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Digital Trends

AUGUST 20, 2020

Smart lamps set the tone for anything from party lights to meditative calm. Here are our top picks for 2020.

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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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GizModo VR

AUGUST 20, 2020

Given the spike in Zoom calls driven by the global pandemic, several camera-makers have released apps to help you turn your camera into a webcam. Sony is the latest. Today it released new software that lets you hook up your Sony camera to a Windows 10 computer with just a USB cable. Read more.

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Oculus

AUGUST 20, 2020

Since launching on April 23, Supernatural has released more than 125 workouts with over 275 rhythm-mapped songs and counting, introduced meditations, and today, launched a.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 20, 2020

Major news organizations are joining Epic Games in the push for Apple to rethink its app store terms following Fortnite’s high-profile ban this month. Read more.

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Digital Trends

AUGUST 20, 2020

Did you know that Alexa keeps recordings for all your conversations? Here's how to listen to and delete them.

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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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GizModo VR

AUGUST 20, 2020

While the news cycle might make things feel like we’re caught in an ever-growing dumpster fire , for certain states across the country, those flames are anything but metaphorical. This week, 15 different states were hit with dozens of massive, roaring wildfires that scorched hundreds of thousands of acres of land while… Read more.

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Digital Trends

AUGUST 20, 2020

Only 33 percent of people living in tribal zip codes have affordable broadband.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 20, 2020

Ask fashion critics what’s the one summer item they’d love to see banned forever and more often than not they’ll tell you that cargo shorts need to disappear. But don’t fret, if you’re a middle aged dad worried about both pocket space and fashion faux pas, New Era has teamed up with the TOMBOGO label to create an… Read more.

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Digital Trends

AUGUST 20, 2020

Both services have enough content to keep you busy for years, but there are major differences between the two.

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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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