VRScout

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The Logitech G333 VR Gaming earphones and Logitech G Pro headset are certified Oculus ready. This week Facebook announced its highly-anticipated follow-up to the Oculus Quest, revealing a sleeker, more powerful standalone VR headset for the incredible price of just $299 for 64GB ($399 for 256GB). Whereas the original Oculus Quest featured little in the way of official accessories, Facebook is already hard at work building a healthy lineup of Oculus Quest 2 add-ons.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

For years, Oculus – now part of Facebook Reality Labs – used the Oculus Connect conference to let the world know what it was up to. This year the remote conference, now called Facebook Connect, revealed a number of developments on popular topics of speculation including Quest 2 and anticipated AR glasses. One of the first topics covered was the controversial rebranding including the name Facebook Reality Labs, initially announced in June of last year.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Facebook is continuing its push toward delivering AR glasses and it’s showing some of its development out in the open; Project Aria is a sensor-rich pair of glasses which the company will use to train its AR perception systems and asses public perception of the technology. Facebook is keenly aware of the backlash that faced Glass—Google’s early attempt at consumer smart glasses.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The retail industry has experienced numerous changes in recent decades and is one of the sectors of the economy that has benefited most from digitalization. The physical store is no longer the only sales channel , it has been joined by ecommerce and a whole series of hybrid modalities between physical and online stores. After examining why and how retail is a fast evolving vertical, we’ll take a look at the opportunities offered by Augmented Reality to upgrade how retail sales are managed.

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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

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

With the revelation of Quest 2, Facebook has quietly knocked down the entry price for its business-focused version of the headset. Facebook only just made its Oculus for Business program openly available back in May, which basically let anyone buy a business-focused 128GB version of the original Quest for $1,000. That’s double the price of the consumer version, but that comes along with specialized software, licenses, and support for enterprises.

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Charlie Fink

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

On Wednesday, September 15th, Loom.ai, launched LoomieLive Pro, a desktop app that brings cartoon avatars to Zoom, Meet, Teams and other video conferencing platforms.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Tom Goldtooth awoke on Feb. 21 expecting a pretty regular day ahead. And by all accounts, his day was normal. He was on the road by 11 a.m. to catch a flight. But unbeknownst to him, around the same time as he left, U.S. Customs and Border Protection was watching his home in Beltrami County, Minnesota, from 20,000… Read more.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Each year, Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated in the United States, beginning on September 15 and ending on October 15. Established in 1968, the celebration seeks to recognize the contributions and achievements of the Latin American community in this country.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Australia’s Qantas Airlines will fly a seven-hour “flight to nowhere” that takes off and lands in Sydney, a bizarre idea hinging on the belief that people who have been cooped up during the pandemic would want to just experience air travel, even if their destination is the same airport where they departed. And,… 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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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Remember the "bullet time" scene from the Matrix? Intel's cutting-edge movie studio allows filmmakers to capture that kind of shot, but from every angle.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

What happens when you have a copy of Crysis: Remastered and Nvidia’s new RTX 3080 graphics card in your possession? You see if the RTX 3080 can run it, naturally. One of my hopes for Crysis: Remastered was that it would be just as punishing on PCs today as it was when originally released in 2007. Now that the game has… Read more.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

We explain how to use iOS 14's Translate app, covering how to translate text and speech into a second language, save favorites, and check definitions.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The third run of Darth Vader at Marvel Comics has done a grand job building on its predecessor’s examinations of the titular Dark Lord. It’s looked at him both as the fascinating figure of power we’ve admired across Star Wars ’ long history, but also as the equally intriguing bridge between Star Wars ’ original and… 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

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Trying to purchase the new card from Nvidia has been a nightmare for many, but a solid community has formed in its wake, as more people get their hands on one.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Take a quick glance at the map above and you may think there are only two named storms and a tropical depression in the Atlantic. But look closer, my friends. Read more.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Modern consoles allow players to share their game libraries with friends digitally. Save some cash with this step-by-step guide on how to gameshare on a PS4.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

You’re finally ready to pull the trigger on that great cabin you saw on Airbnb and it’s time to create an account for the service. When you’re signing up for something new, it’s tempting to just sign in using whatever accounts you already have: Sign in with Apple, Google, or Facebook, (and in other cases Twitter).… 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

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

You need to back up your PC or mobile device, but you don't know how to choose an external drive that works best for your needs. We're here to help you decide.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Today DC Entertainment announced that its streaming service DC Universe was becoming the comics-only DC Universe Infinite , and while I had the urge to give myself a wedgie just for subscribing to such a truly stupidly named service, the thing that really sent me into a nerd rage was the realization that I would no… Read more.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Tired of that same old cup of coffee? Need more punch in your java? Kick-start your day the right way with one of our eight favorite espresso machines of 2020.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

When folks hear the words “Amazon” and “crimes” in the same sentence, it’s usually referencing the giant’s potentially criminal anticompetitive behavior or its shitty-enough-that-it-should-be-criminal warehouse working conditions , rather than Amazon sellers scamming their way onto the DOJ’s watch list. 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

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Standard alkaline batteries are on the costly side, sure, but so are shoddy rechargeable batteries. Check out our picks for the best rechargeable batteries.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia have discovered seven well-preserved footprints belonging to humans. Dated to around 120,000 years ago, these appear to be the oldest evidence of our species in the region. Read more.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Since Apple ditched Touch ID on the iPhone X, ordinary tasks are slightly different on newer models. Here's how to take a screenshot on an iPhone X or newer.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The never-ending battle over content moderation is only intensifying as we get closer to the 2020 elections and beyond. We’re trying out new formats to round up and summarize developments in this space—both in the interest of everyone’s sanity and to allow more time for the ramifications and context of the outcomes of … 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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