Tue.Nov 10, 2020

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VR Technology Being Used In De-Escalation Training For Police

VRScout

Officers are given a chance to experience confrontations from the civilians perspective. Police officers operating out of the Strasburg Police Department in Strasburg, Virginia have begun receiving supplemental VR training centered specifically around crisis de-escalation. Put simply, this specialized immersive training provides officers with the skills and knowledge necessary to recognize and effectively defuse potentially dangerous encounters.

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Brickyard Broadcast: A Musical Event With World Premier in Virtual Reality

ARPost

Can choirs and orchestras still perform together during lockdown? Since they cannot be together in the same physical space, technology has the solution: a virtual reality musical experience bringing together musicians self-isolating at home. This is not a theoretical concept, but a reality which you can experience on November 12 by joining the Brickyard Broadcast virtual reality event.

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VR Horror ‘HINGE’ Gets New Gameplay Trailer Ahead of November Launch

Road to VR

Arcadia , a Moscow-based VR arcade, is releasing the first episode of its new psychological horror series later this month on SteamVR headsets. Called HINGE , the VR-native horror game takes place in a nightmarish building filled with ghoulish creatures and constantly changing rooms. A few months ago we saw the games impressive-looking announce trailer , however now the studio has released a new gameplay trailer that delves a bit deeper into the game’s mechanics, object interaction, and th

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Case Study: Purina’s AR Ad Sees High-Reach Results

AR Insider

A R continues to evolve and take shape as an industry. Prominent sectors include industrial AR , social , gaming , and shopping. But existing alongside all of them is AR advertising. This includes paid/sponsored AR lenses that let consumers visualize products on “spaces & faces.”. Advertising is one of the most lucrative AR subsectors, on pace to reach $1.41 billion this year and $8.02 billion by 2024.

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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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Introducing the new AR-media platform & plugins

ARVR

The AR-media Plugins have been our most popular product for many years, and for such a long time they provided an entry level tool for people to easily create AR projects , without ever leaving their 3D modeling software of choice. So many things have changed in the AR landscape since then, especially with mobile phones revolutionizing the way people access AR and VR content.

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Spotify's Latest Acquisition Is All About Your Data

GizModo VR

Another day, another Spotify acquisition. This time, it’s podcast advertising platform Megaphone, which the music streaming giant announced it was buying earlier today, in an attempt to beef up its advertising chops as it expands its roster of podcast programming. Read more.

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The most common Wi-Fi problems and how to fix them

Digital Trends

If your Wi-Fi is running slow or just drops out altogether in certain rooms, there are solutions you can try to fix the problem without buying a new router.

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The Clean Energy Transition Is Becoming a Tidal Wave

GizModo VR

This year, covid-19 lockdowns prompted a precipitous crash in fuel demand which tanked the the fossil fuel market. Oil companies have said it’s quite possibly never going to recover. But it’s a different story for renewable energy industry, which is thriving. Read more.

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The Apple Fall 2020 Mac Event Live Blog: 10am PST (18:00 UTC)

Anand Tech

Today Apple is expected to pull the trigger on new ‘Apple Silicon’ Macbooks. Years in the making, today we should be hearing about a lew of new devices from the Cupertino company which ditch x86 processors in favour of their own in-house designs. We don’t know exactly what Apple has in store for us, but an upsized chip variant of the A14, maybe an A14X, is going to be a likely bet.

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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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Scientists Have Discovered an Ancient Lakebed Beneath Greenland’s Ice

GizModo VR

Using radar and other ice-penetrating instruments, scientists have detected a “fossil lakebed” preserved beneath the Greenland ice sheet, in what is the first discovery of its kind. Read more.

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Windows 10 vs. MacOS vs. Chrome OS

Digital Trends

The three major desktop operating systems are Windows, MacOS, and Chrome OS. Which one is right for you? We cover the ups and downs of each so you can decide.

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Meet the M1, the First Apple-Designed Chip for Macs

GizModo VR

Apple announced at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June that it planned to transition Macs away from Intel to an Apple-designed chip based on ARM, but we had few details on what that chip would entail—until now. The M1 chip for Macs is here, and now we know exactly what Apple has in store for its desktop lineup. Read more.

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Mars will receive a new visitor in 100 days’ time

Digital Trends

NASA's Perseverance rover is well on its way to Mars and is expected to land on the red planet exactly 100 days from now. After then it has much work to do.

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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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Steve Bannon Caught Running a Network of Misinformation Pages on Facebook

GizModo VR

Steve Bannon has been outed for his involvement in running a network of misinformation pages on Facebook. Who could have possibly seen this coming. Read more.

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How to fix an unresponsive iPhone touchscreen

Digital Trends

A smartphone's touchscreen is arguably its most important feature, but it may not always work properly. Here's how to fix an unresponsive iPhone touchscreen.

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This Is Apple's New Fan-Free MacBook Air

GizModo VR

Back at WWDC 2020, Apple announced its big plan to transition all of its computer over to custom-designed ARM-based processors , and now Apple is finally ready to announce its first batch of systems using those chips starting with this: the new MacBook Air with M1. Read more.

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Apple Intros First Three ‘Apple Silicon’ Macs: Late 2020 MacBook Air, 13-Inch MacBook Pro, & Mac Mini

Anand Tech

As previously announced by Apple this summer, the company is embarking on a major transition within its Mac product lineup. After almost a decade and a half of relying on Intel’s x86 processors to serve at the heart of every Mac, the company is going to be shifting to relying on its own, in-house designed Arm processors to power their now un-PC computers.

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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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Microbes Can Mine Valuable Elements From Rocks in Space

GizModo VR

Recent experiments aboard the International Space Station have shown that some microbes can harvest valuable rare-earth elements from rocks, even when exposed to microgravity conditions. The unexpected finding shows how microbes could boost our ability to live and work in space. Read more.

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To build a lifelike robotic hand, we first have to build a better robotic brain

Digital Trends

A more brainlike artificial neural network is helping make robot hands smarter than ever. Check this one out in action.

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West Virginia Man Arrested for Making a 'Wall Hook' That Could Turn an AR-15 Into an Illegal Machine Gun

GizModo VR

A West Virginia man named Timothy Watson was arrested last week for allegedly selling a 3D-printed wall hook that, when disassembled, was actually a “drop-in auto sear,” a small piece of plastic that could turn the popular AR-15 rifle into an illegal machine gun. Read more.

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The best microfiber cloths for smartphones and electronics

Digital Trends

Your electronic screens are cauldrons of germs that you should clean as often as possible. Here are the best microfiber cloths and methods to keep them clean.

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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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We're Liveblogging Apple's Big ARM Event Right Here

GizModo VR

Do you feel the creeping sense of deja vu? You should! Today is Apple’s third event in as many months. If September saw the Apple Watch and iPad, and October was for iPhones, it’s likely that November is the time for Apple’s ARM-powered MacBooks. Read more.

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Everything Apple announced at its One More Thing event: Macs with A14 Silicon

Digital Trends

Apple bids adieu to Intel. The transition to Apple's ARM-based processor begins on MacBook laptops, allowing Apple silicon to drive the future of the Mac.

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Garmin Expands Reproductive Health Tracking to Pregnancy

GizModo VR

It took a stupid long time for wearables makers to add period tracking to their devices. Now, about 18 months after Garmin introduced period tracking to its devices, the company is now allowing users to track their pregnancy as well. Read more.

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Spotify vs. Pandora

Digital Trends

Spotify vs. Pandora -- which music streaming platform is best for you? From visual interface to music discovery features, we'll help you weigh these two giants.

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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?