VRScout

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Search the cosmos and unlock mysteries that will open doors to even more mysteries. Have you ever looked up towards the stars and wondered what it’s like to be a planet floating around in the cosmos? What happens when no one is looking? What celestial creatures come out during the twilight hours? Stargaze is a magical VR experience that answers all of those questions, while at the same time, opening the door to new questions.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

A purportedly leaked Quest 2 box reveals new games coming to Oculus Quest like The Climb 2 and Jurassic World: Aftermath. It seems the floodgates have opened following the confirmed leak of Quest 2 earlier this week which gave away many of the headset’s core specifications including a Snapdragon XR2 chip and high resolution display. Now two photos purportedly of the Quest 2 box have surfaced online , apparently originating on Craigslist.

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

This post is adapted from ARtillery Intelligence’s report, AR Advertising Deep Dive, Part I: The Landscape. It includes some of its data and takeaways. More can be previewed here and subscribe for the full report. A R continues to evolve and take shape as an industry. Prominent sectors include industrial AR , social , gaming , and shopping.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

AR collaboration powered by VSight Remote App 5 Promising reasons to integrate augmented reality into your business today Nowadays, along with the emergence of innovative ideas, the scepticism that people have about these ideas is also growing. Nowadays Augmented Reality can be seen as an innovative idea that is showing many benefits to businesses operating in different fields around the world.

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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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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Facebook’s plan to combat climate misinformation running rampant on its site is here. It is a. “ climate science information center ” of facts, figures, and news stories about the climate crisis that obscures the systematic changes needed to address climate change while peddling tips that mirror Big Oil talking… Read more.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Why are the terms “Nazi Germany” and “Mengele” become trending topics on Twitter? The words dominated the social media platform on Monday after it was revealed that a whistleblower has alleged “ high numbers ” of immigrant women at a U.S. concentration camp in Georgia were sent to be given unnecessary hysterectomies.… Read more.

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Anand Tech

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

This year’s September Apple event has been relatively unusual, not only because of the pandemic and online-only nature of the show, but also because amongst the new hardware releases there’s been an evident lack of a new iPhone at this point in time. Apple however didn’t disappoint, and managed to showcase brand-new iPads and Apple Watches.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Just hours after the reveal of Apple’s new services bundles , the tech giant has already taken criticism for evidently favoring its own apps over those with which it directly competes in its App Store. Read more.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Disney has released the first, official trailer for season 2 of The Mandalorian, its Disney+ streaming series that introduced Baby Yoda to the world.

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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

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Fire, heat, storm surge, and wind have all made appearances on our record-setting disaster bingo card in the past month. Now, record rain and flooding is about to show up. Read more.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

After two years of work on design, construction, and A.I. training, the Mayflower Autonomous Ship will officially take to the water Wednesday.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

In a bit of a surprise at the end of today’s Apple event, Tim Cook announced that iOS 14, iPadOS 14, watchOS 7, and the latest tvOS would all drop tomorrow. Read more.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Having taken on 175,00 new employees earlier in the year, Amazon is now hiring an additional 100,000 to deal with record demand caused by the coronavirus.

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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

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

I’ve long complained about Apple’s Watch faces. These were an ugly mix of skeuomorphic (aka realistic) design melded with someone’s idea of what a fancy watch face might look like. Now, with WatchOS 7, they’re finally getting the hang of things. Read more.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Sony has run into supply chain troubles with the upcoming , reports Bloomberg. The Japanese electronics giant is said to have ramped down its production estimates by 4 million due to manufacturing issues with its upcoming gaming console’s custom-designed system-on-chip. Sony was earlier expected to produce about 15 million units of the PlayStation 5 for […].

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

While we continue to wait for info about the iPhone 12, which was nowhere to be seen at today’s Time Flies event, Apple is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the iPad with the release of the new 8th-gen iPad and iPad Air. Read more.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Ready to ditch your expensive cell carrier to take the plunge into prepaid options? MVNOs offer low-cost prepaid services. We have the best plans available.

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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

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

BP is saying the quiet part loud: In the 2020 Energy Outlook report the energy giant published this week, it said that the world may have reached peak oil. Read more.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The A14 chip in the new iPad Air is a screamer in terms of performance -- and it gives us some vital clues of what to expect in the first Apple Silicon Macs.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

With the tagline “Fight fire with fire, ” the dragon apocalypse blockbuster Reign of Fire crashed and burned at the box-office in the summer of 2002. Once it hit home entertainment, the metamorphosis from flop to beloved cult film was almost instantaneous. Over the next two decades of cable reruns, the movie rose from… Read more.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Apple will stop including a wall charger with the Apple Watch. If it does the same with the iPhone 12, we should applaud its pro-environment mindset.

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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

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Uzumaki. Tomie. The Enigma of Amigara Fault. Gyo. You may not recognize the names immediately, but no doubt you’ve seen the haunting works of Junji Ito plastered all over the internet. His incredible, detailed ability to capture the psychological trauma and graphic body horror in his work has made his manga iconic. So… Read more.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Time for your old smoke detector to get an upgrade? These smart smoke detectors offer app controls, smartphone alerts, better detection features, and more.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Getting to the moon is no joke. That is, unless you’re a trio of washed-up has-beens living in the desert trying to prove to NASA that you’re worthy of making the trip. Read more.

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Anand Tech

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Today Apple is hosting its 2020 fall launch event. This year due to circumstances, we'll be going virtual and remote, however we'll still be live blogging the show for those who prefer non-video formats. Apple's WWDC online event had been a great success and we expect a similar format for today's announcements. What will we be seeing today?

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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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