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How To Dominate ‘Star Wars: Squadrons’ Multiplayer

VRScout

Our beginner flight guide will have you owning the skies in no time. Star Wars: Squadrons is officially out in the wild and so far players are absolutely loving EA’s space combat game. With two different factions to fight for, three different game modes to explore, and four classes of ships to fly, there’s no shortage of depth to this vertigo-inducing arcade flying experience.

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Android 11 officially kills Daydream and the dream of smartphone VR

Slashgear

It was, like Thanos, inevitable but some might still get some feels with the revelation that Daydream VR is truly no more. At least not as far as Google is concerned. The writing on the wall has been there since last year so it was really only a matter of time before Android officially dropped support for Google’s remaining VR … Continue reading.

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Apple’s New Emoji Wants You to Know That You Don’t Have to Be Miserable When Wearing a Face Mask

GizModo VR

At this point in the coronavirus pandemic, we all know that face masks—which public health officials agree are one of our most powerful weapons against the virus—can unfortunately be controversial. Grown adults in the U.S. have literally thrown childish fits over having to wear them. In recent days, Apple has quietly… Read more.

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Microsoft Flight Simulator VR close beta is now open for sign-ups

Slashgear

For simulator fans, the latest iteration of the well-aged Flight Simulator could be the franchise’s biggest release yet and in more ways than one. The complete set of launch assets spans 10 dual-layer DVDs and that’s not yet including the updates that will be released in the months and years to come. It may also be the first of its … Continue reading.

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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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David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet Nails the Planetary Problems But Misses the Political Ones

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David Attenborough is 93. Over the course of his lifetime, the beloved natural historian and broadcaster has seen the planet go through unimaginable changes. Atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases have soared, as has the human population, while biodiversity has declined precipitously. He details these shifts… Read more.

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Report: The Witcher Season 3 Might Be Entering Production Sooner Than Expected

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The Witcher is currently in limbo between its first and second season , but its third season might already be confirmed and underway in some form or fashion, if a recent report is to be believed. Read more.

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How a designer’s stylish iPhone icons made him $100K in a week

Digital Trends

A designer who created a set of stunning icons for popular iPhone apps has made more than $100,000 within just a week of putting them on sale.

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As If Calling Its Wrestlers ‘Independent Contractors’ Wasn't Enough, WWE Is Now Going to Hijack Their Twitch Accounts

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Encouraging wrestlers to develop their own brand and then coming back to say, “Oh hey, sorry, you need to give us your Twitch account now,” just seems wrong. However, that’s exactly what WWE is doing to its wrestlers, who learned this week that the company would be taking over their Twitch accounts in four weeks,… Read more.

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What generation are the latest iPads? We break it down

Digital Trends

Trying to decide which Apple iPad to buy can be a bit intimidating, which is why we’ve collected the most important differences and updates in our iPad guide.

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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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Cineworld Is Considering Closing Its Theaters For the Rest of the Year

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So the whole going-to-see-movies-during-a-pandemic thing really isn’t working out, huh? Who could have seen that coming. Read more.

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OLED vs. LED: Which kind of TV display is better?

Digital Trends

TV technology is rife with acronyms, but two of the most common are OLED and LED. They sound and look alike, but we'll show you that they're vastly different.

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The Walking Dead Semi-Finale Threw Out the Old to Make Way for the New (Craziness)

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When we last saw The Walking Dead , our survivors were holed up in an assortment of buildings surrounded by the insane Beta, his remaining Whisperer minions, and approximately four kazillion zombies. How can Daryl, Carol , Judith, and the others survive such an overwhelming onslaught? I’ll give you a two-word hint:… Read more.

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We have the tech to make wildfires less severe. Deploying it is the hard part

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A revolutionary new fire-retardant gel could help choke fires out before they happen -- if only we could deploy it widely enough.

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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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Sunday's Best Deals: Samsung 82-Inch QLED 4K TV, Capresso H20 Plus Kettle, Tonor Condenser Mic, Blue Light Glasses, RGB PC Tower Cases, and More

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A Tonor condenser microphone and a Samsung 82-inch QLED 4K smart tv lead Saturday’s best deals. Read more.

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Hubble captures a spectacular time-lapse of a supernova explosion

Digital Trends

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a time-lapse of a supernova, showing the explosion and aftermath of a white dwarf detonating in a thermonuclear blast.

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Netflix's Next Holiday Movie is the Sweeping Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey Starring Forest Whittaker

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This seems just so wholesome. Read more.

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No Time to Die: Everything we know about James Bond 25

Digital Trends

Another pandemic-related delay to the release of the latest James Bond movie means it won't hit screens until April 2021.

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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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Say Goodbye to Eye Fatigue With Some Blue Light Glasses, Only $14

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TIJN Blue Light Glasses | $14 | Amazon Read more.

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After two launches scrubbed this week, Musk says SpaceX needs to improve

Digital Trends

Scrubbed launches may be a fact of life in the rocket industry, but Elon Musk is determined to minimize them following two aborted SpaceX launches this week.

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The Samsung 82-inch Q70T QLED 4K Smart TV is Now $700 Off Its Original Price

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Samsung 82" Q70T QLED 4K Smart TV | $2,298 | Amazon Read more.

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Best Prime Day Fire TV Deals 2020: What to expect

Digital Trends

Looking to upgrade your streaming experience? Check out these amazing Fire TV deals for Amazon Prime Day.

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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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Trezi’s Expanded Platform now bridges Architects with Product Manufacturers, Enables Students to be Future-ready

Trenzi VR

The year 2020 has impacted every single individual across industries and geographies. And it has been no different for the AEC industry which has been hit hard by the COVID19-triggered global economic slowdown. In such a situation, faced by near extinction, many organisations have struggled to survive. Trezi, however, chose to seize the opportunity and focused on strengthening its pioneering Immersive platform in a way that would help accelerate digital transformation for its clients.

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Early Prime Day Deal: Save $50 on the Ninja Foodi Deluxe

Digital Trends

This 8-quart stainless steel pressure cooker can also broil, dehydrate, slow cook, air fry, sear, sauté, steam, bake, and make yogurt.

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Trezi’s Expanded Platform now bridges Architects with Product Manufacturers, Enables Students to be Future-ready

Trenzi VR

The year 2020 has impacted every single individual across industries and geographies. And it has been… The post Trezi’s Expanded Platform now bridges Architects with Product Manufacturers, Enables Students to be Future-ready appeared first on Trezi.

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Bang and Olufsen Beosound Stage review: Beauty and the bass

Digital Trends

If you can afford it, you won't find a sexier soundbar. But for immersive movie sound, there are better picks.

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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?