VRScout

AUGUST 4, 2020

The KAT WALK C finishes its Kickstarter campaign with a stunning $1.66M in funding. This past June we saw the reveal of the KAT WALK C , KAT VR’s first omnidirectional VR treadmill aimed specifically at the consumer market. Featuring a lighter, more compact design than its enterprise-focused counterparts, the KAT WALK and KAT VRMIS – ARENA , the KAT WALK C offers a more affordable entry point to the world of artificial locomotion.

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ARPost

AUGUST 4, 2020

A lot of people turn to meditation in this period to find inner peace, balance and the strength to deal with stress. Since offers always appear where there is demand, users can choose from a large variety of VR meditation apps. These apps allow you to meditate at your own convenience and in a place where you are comfortable and at ease. Why Should You Try VR Meditation Apps?

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AR Insider

AUGUST 4, 2020

This post is adapted from ARtillery Intelligence’s report, Lessons From AR Revenue Leaders, Part II: Niantic. It includes some of its data and takeaways. More can be previewed here and subscribe for the full report. P icking up where we left off in examining Niantic’s business strategy, one remaining question is its path forward. Much of its activity will radiate from its Real World Platform , including its own game development and that of third parties it jumpstarts through develope

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VRScout

AUGUST 4, 2020

Explore a 3D recreation of the new Verdansk Stadium in this simple webAR demo. Season 5 of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare & Warzone launches tomorrow on Xbox One, PS4, and PC, bringing with it new maps, additional game modes, and customizable music tracks for vehicles. This massive update will also see the unveiling of the brand new Verdansk Stadium.

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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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Road to VR

AUGUST 4, 2020

Half-Life: Alyx led to a huge leap in VR usage on Steam when it launched back in March. Four months later, there’s nearly as many VR headsets on Steam as there were right after the game’s launch. Each month Valve collects info from Steam users to determine some baseline statistics about what kind of hardware and software is used by the platform’s population, and to see how things are changing over time, including the use of VR headsets.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 4, 2020

Dreams (2020) , the VR-compatible game-maker tool suite, has unleashed a ton of creativity since it launched on PS4 earlier this year. You may be (very wisely) planning on skipping the trip to Disneyland this summer, but that doesn’t mean you can’t take a head-first dive into the classic Indiana Jones ride with the help of Dreams PSVR mode.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 4, 2020

Baby boomers are experiencing a sharper drop in cognitive function as they age, relative to previous generations. The findings not only suggest that boomers will be more likely to develop conditions like dementia than past cohorts, but future aging generations may be at a similar heightened risk. Read more.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 4, 2020

Oculus has now opened applications for this year’s Launch Pad program , which aims to give a select number of developers from diverse backgrounds some hands-on support with their VR projects. Launch Pad 2020 is set to invite up to 100 participants to what the company calls a “virtual boot camp” this September. Oculus says development support will be available as participants work to finalize their working prototype in the coming months.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 4, 2020

A genetic analysis of ice age cave lions shows this species to be distinct from modern lions, ending a long-standing mystery. What’s more, the new evidence suggests these fearsome creatures diverged into two distinct lineages. Read more.

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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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Anand Tech

AUGUST 4, 2020

At the low-end of AMD’s portfolio, the company uses Athlon Gold and Silver naming for parts that offer fewer cores and lower power consumption. These parts are still based on Zen or Zen+ microarchitecture, paired with a small amount of Vega graphics, indicating that this market is best served with something that is at a low-cost to manufacture but still of sufficient performance for the markets intended.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 4, 2020

On July 23, Garmin’s entire network went offline in what was later confirmed to be a cyberattack. Now, Sky News is reporting that the company paid millions in ransom via Arete IR, a ransomware negotiation firm, to get its services up and running again. Read more.

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Digital Trends

AUGUST 4, 2020

Create a tutorial, stream your favorite video games as you play, or share your comedy with a live audience.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 4, 2020

The Aurora Police Department in Colorado is blaming its license plate reader for misidentifying a “stolen” vehicle after video went viral showing a Black family with young children being menaced and traumatized by several cops. It’s just the latest example of police terror that likely wouldn’t have drawn much… Read more.

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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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Digital Trends

AUGUST 4, 2020

If you've accidentally left your phone at home, you can still send a text via email using any U.S. carrier.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 4, 2020

A ransomware variant called NetWalker is doing surprisingly well, even in this economy. The malware, which takes computers hostage and asks for a Bitcoin ransom, raked in $25 million in the last five months, a solid haul for what amounts to a solid ransomware-as-a-service platform. Read more.

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Digital Trends

AUGUST 4, 2020

Upgrading Windows 10 is usually a breeze, but sometimes you run into issues. Our guide will help you fix them.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 4, 2020

Welcome back to Gaming Shelf , io9's column all about board games and tabletop roleplaying games. Gen Con Online has come and gone, along with San Diego Comic-Con —but they weren’t the only sources of games announcements this time around. We’ve got a new card game about The Umbrella Academy , along with a tabletop… Read more.

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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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Digital Trends

AUGUST 4, 2020

You can do nearly anything in Animal Crossing. Anything except have curly hair.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 4, 2020

If the world does not curb the rate at which it spews out climate-warming greenhouse gases, the death toll from extreme heat could nearly meet the current death rate of all infectious diseases combined , according to a new study from Climate Impact Lab, published by the National Bureau of Economic Research on Monday. Read more.

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Digital Trends

AUGUST 4, 2020

They're streamlined, but updates aren't always perfect, especially when it comes to compatibility and patches.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 4, 2020

At the core of every book , video game , television series , or movie involving a zombie apocalypse is an idea about humanity’s drive to consume, or how easy it would be for civilizations to crumble in the midst of an unforeseen disaster. Like, for instance, the sudden spread of a deadly virus that swept its way across… Read more.

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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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Digital Trends

AUGUST 4, 2020

Who needs Netflix? These sites will let you watch a huge selection of movies for free -- no strings attached.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 4, 2020

Chinese state media has responded to Donald Trump’s decision that he’s the president of TikTok now, accusing him of stealing. Reuters quoted the state-backed paper China Daily, in which the editorial board wrote that China won’t tolerate Donald Trump’s “bullying” and outright “theft” of TikTok, and that China had… Read more.

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Digital Trends

AUGUST 4, 2020

Want to watch your favorite films and shows but don't have a data connection? Plan ahead for offline viewing.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 4, 2020

Ice sheets, and not rushing rivers, sculpted many Martian valleys, according to scientists. The new research suggests ancient Mars wasn’t as warm and wet as we thought, but an expert we spoke to remains unconvinced. Read more.

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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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