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XpertVR Offers Free Webinars on Using VR in Education

ARPost

Virtual reality has spread in almost all aspects of our lives. There are many businesses that use it for product design, architectural design, and big data visualization. There are also increasing applications of VR in education and training. In this context, a startup based in Ontario, Canada, XpertVR, has announced a series of free webinars on the topic of how to use VR in education.

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HitMotion: Reloaded has been launched on SideQuest!

The Ghost Howls

I’m very happy to announce that HitMotion: Reloaded, the XR fitness game that we of New Technology Walkers are developing, has finally been launched for Oculus Quest! It is now available on SideQuest at this link and will come soon on App Lab (as soon as it will be approved). HitMotion: Reloaded is an XR fitness game whose purpose is going around a ring and punch objects hard and fast , while at the same time dodging the attacks of enemies that run towards you.

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‘Transformers: Heavy Metal’ Merges Transformer Fandom & Storytelling With ‘Pokémon GO’ Play

VRScout

More than meets the eye: Niantic, Hasbro, and Tomy are transforming the next generation of AR play. Growing up in the 1980’s I would fiercely run to my neighbors’ house after school to watch Transformers. We would sing the theme song and at the end of each episode dash outside to replicate the Autobot vs Decepticon battle scenes. The battles resulted in sand-jammed Transformers and no matter what I always felt like I was one step into the future. .

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Hands-on: ‘I Expect You to Die 2’ Demo Brings Another Deadly Dose of Seated Adventure

Road to VR

I Expect You to Die 2: The Spy and The Liar is upcoming sequel to the breakout VR spy-themed adventure game. We went hands-on with the game’s new demo, which again puts you in hot seat for another round of Bond-flavored puzzling. In short: it’s definitely something to watch out for when it launches later this year. Note : There’s more than a few spoilers below to the 10-minute experience.

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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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Is Ubiquitous AR a Decade Away?

AR Insider

O ne of the key lessons that the AR (and VR) industry learned after its circa-2017 hype cycle is that’s it’s generally not a good idea to set overblown expectations. Many companies and investors got burned from believing that AR’s revolutionary impact was imminent. Consumers have also been turned off to some degree. That’s not because AR isn’t compelling, but because it’s been somewhat disappointing — at least relative to its hyped promises.

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AR Devices of 2021, The Now and The Future

ARVR

The excitement around Augmented Reality (AR) continues to be fueled by the tech industry leaders. From new product teasers to roadmaps and official launch dates. We have heard many exciting announcements revolving around AR last year, making more headlines in 2021. Today, as we have completed the first half of the year, we would like to take a look at the devices promised, what has already been launch and what is yet to come.

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‘Pistol Whip’ is Getting a Modifier System & ‘Smoke & Thunder’ Campaign This Summer

Road to VR

Pistol Whip (2020) , the action rhythm-shooter from Cloudhead Games, is getting a update this summer that will bring both a so-called ‘Styles System’, which aims to remix gameplay by letting you choose from a number of new modifiers, and the game’s next Western-themed campaign. The studio, which announced the news during UploadVR’s recent game showcase, says the Styles System will let you both choose from preset gameplay modes and customize them for new a different gamep

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The New Age of Learning Science with Virtual Reality: A Literature Review

ARVR

Virtual Reality: A New Age of Learning Science Virtual reality is not a new, hot-off-the-press concept. In fact, computational photography researcher, Steve Mann, invented “wearable computing” in 1980 (Interaction Design Foundation, 2019). The term “ virtual reality” was first used in 1987 by Jaron Lanier, who was researching goggles that could display digital creations (Lowood, 2018).

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Next-gen PlayStation VR in 2021? Don’t get your hopes up

Slashgear

Shortly after the PlayStation 5 launched, Sony confirmed that it’s working on a new PlayStation VR headset for the platform. Details on this next-gen PSVR have been fairly slim since that initial announcement; while Sony has detailed the new controllers that will ship with the device, we haven’t seen the new PSVR headset yet and Sony hasn’t talked dates.

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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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IBM’s A.I. Mayflower ship is crossing the Atlantic, and you can watch it live

Digital Trends

IBM's autonomous, A.I.-powered ship is currently on its way across the Atlantic Ocean -- and thanks to some amazing tech, you can watch the journey live.

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The Last Images From Doomed Space Probes

GizModo VR

To all the space probes we’ve loved before: sorry! You fell into Saturn, drifted into deep space, suffocated in Martian dust—all for the greater good of science. Today, we’re memorializing the space explorers that met dramatic endings far, far from Earth. Read more.

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Microsoft Windows 11 preview: 11 new features we are most excited for

Digital Trends

A near-final version of Windows 11 has leaked online, and we went hands-on with it. Here are 11 features that really have us excited.

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I Made Peace With Flying Less

GizModo VR

When you don’t know you’re doing something for the last time for a while, you don’t make it a point of searing it into memory. 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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Amazon takes down another popular tech accessory company, following Aukey, Mpow

Digital Trends

A month after removing two popular tech accessory brands because of their involvement in fake review schemes, Amazon has done the same to RAVPower.

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Forget 5G, Super-Fast 6G Is Already Here

GizModo VR

The march of technology waits for no one, so despite the fact that the blazing fast 5G speeds we’ve been promised are nowhere close to blanketing the entire country, Samsung’s already testing 6G in its labs. The test hardware delivers blistering speeds that promise to.well, we’ll figure that part out later. Read more.

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How a well-timed hashtag made Juneteenth an official holiday for millions

Digital Trends

The movement to make Juneteenth a federally recognized holiday in the U.S. is gaining steam -- and it's mostly thanks to a well-timed social media campaign.

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No, Brands Can't Target Ads At Your Dreams

GizModo VR

Last week, a coalition of sleep researchers from across the globe put out an open letter warning of a down right Black Mirror -esque scenario: corporations dive-bombing our dreams with targeted ads. 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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PandaMR: The Place Where the World eMeets

AffinityVr

What is PandaMR as a virtual event platform? PandaMR (Panoramic District Alternative – Mixed Reality) is a mixed reality platform for organizing, hosting, or participating in any scope and scale virtual events. Crammed with a variety of real-life event components, it came to life to conform businesses to a broader community and adjust them to [.].

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J.J. Abrams Is Producing a New UFO Documentary For Showtime

GizModo VR

J.J. Abrams has already made multiple movies about searching for people in the stars , so if there’s anyone in Hollywood who you can trust to find UFOs, it’s probably him. The director of two Star Trek and two Star War s movies is set to produce a new documentary called UFO which will premiere on Showtime August 8. Read more.

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Take a look inside Google’s first-ever retail store

Digital Trends

Google first-ever permanent brick-and-mortar store opens in Manhattan, New York City, on Thursday, June 17. Take a look inside.

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Websites of Australia's Banks, Airlines, and Post Office Are All Down

GizModo VR

Australia’s major banks, airlines, and post office are all experiencing website outages that started Thursday afternoon local time, 12:30 a.m. ET, according to multiple reports from news outlets down under. 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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10 browser extensions to help maximize your productivity

Digital Trends

There are thousands of extensions available for web browsers. We've picked out some of the best ones aimed at helping you maximize your productivity.

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Space Force Wages Its First War (on Cocaine)

GizModo VR

Whoever dumped some 66 pounds (30 kilograms) of cocaine that washed up on a beach near Cape Canaveral, Florida, unintentionally gave the Space Force its first taste of the War on Drugs. Read more.

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This controversial Windows 11 feature is already upsetting people

Digital Trends

The redesigned Start Menu has garnered outrage but, fortunately, it can be customized.

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Antidepressants in Our Water Make Crayfish Go Buck Wild

GizModo VR

If you’ve ever taken an SSRI that makes you want to go out and start living life again, you may be able to relate to crayfish. A study published Wednesday in Ecosphere inspects the effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, on crayfish, finding that the medication that helps people with depression… 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?