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Analysis: Monthly-connected VR Headsets on Steam Pass 2 Million Milestone

Road to VR

2020 was a big year for VR on Steam with the release of new headsets, Valve’s flagship VR title Half-Life: Alyx , and the Coronavirus pandemic which drove large increases in gaming. These factors combined pushed monthly-connected VR headsets on Steam to pass the 2 million milestone for the first time. Monthly-connected VR Headsets on Steam. Each month Valve collects info from Steam users to determine some baseline statistics about what kind of hardware and software is used by the platfor

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Lenovo and ThinkReality Announce New Products, AR Glasses, at CES

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The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has long been an opportunity for the tech world to gather and see the launch of new products. This year, the in-person venue was limited due to the coronavirus pandemic, but many of the offerings were made available online where they will remain available until February 15. During and in advance of this year’s CES , Lenovo announced a new line of products.

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XR Talks: What is Aggregation Theory?

AR Insider

W hat is aggregation theory? And what does it have to do with spatial computing, such as AR and VR? That’s the topic of this week’s XR Talks (video below). Deviating from our common XR-centric talks, this is a concept that applies across business and tech spheres… including XR. Starting with the broader definition of aggregation theory, you may know the term.

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Wave Deprecates VR App to Focus on Broader Distribution of Its Virtual Performances

Road to VR

Wave, the virtual venue & virtual event production company formerly known as TheWaveVR, has moved away from virtual reality over the last two years in favor of distributing its virtual performances to a broader audience through non-immersive media channels. The company today announced that it has “de-prioritized” its VR app, which will officially shut down at the end of March.

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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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AR Snapshots: Anime Makeovers, Mandalorian Helmets, Twerking Muppets, & More on Snapchat

Next Reality AR

In the three years since Snapchat launched Lens Studio, developers and artists have created more than 1.5 million AR camera effects with the desktop tool. Beginning this week, AR Snap Shots will feature five augmented reality filters that showcase the innovative, trendy, or just plain cool AR experiences available on the Snapchat app. • Don't Miss: Next Reality's 30 People to Watch in Augmented Reality for 2020 This week, we'll revisit one of the more popular Lenses from Snapchat, put on a tribu

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How Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) can transform Education

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Since March 2019, schools have been facing a new frontier?—?remote learning. After packing up classrooms and settling into new teaching settings like living rooms and kitchen tables, teachers, students and parents are beginning to question whether this is the start of a drastic change in the education system. Although we are probably years away from a definitive answer to this question, it is clear that these challenging times have dramatically increased the interest in remote learning options.

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Leaked Parler Data Points to Users at Police Stations, U.S. Military Bases

GizModo VR

Location data gleaned from thousands of videos posted on the social network Parler and extracted in the days before Amazon restricted access to app this week, reveal its users included police officers around the U.S. and service members stationed on bases at home and abroad. Read more.

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Ways to Get Your Business into VR

ARVR

1. Have a Big Party Continue reading on AR/VR Journey: Augmented & Virtual Reality Magazine ».

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Facebook Bans Creation of New Events Near Federal and State Houses Leading Up to Inauguration

GizModo VR

To head off a potential encore of last week’s violent insurrection, Facebook is blocking users from creating new Facebook events in the vicinity of the White House, the U.S. Capitol building, and any state capitol buildings through President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20. It’s also restricting features for… Read more.

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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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Indie hit Oxenfree’s legacy continues with an upcoming TV series

Digital Trends

The founders of Night School Studios talk about the game on its fifth anniversary, and how plans for a movie have turned into plans for a potential TV series.

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Iranian Spying Campaign Sent Holiday Greetings Riddled with Malware

GizModo VR

What did you ask for over the holidays? Surely not an infestation of foreign spies in your phone or laptop, but that’s the present you would’ve received had you been foolish enough to click on some very dodgy texts and emails swirling around the internet late last year. Read more.

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Population: One Boot Camp Provides Opportunity for Training and Positive Community Interaction

VR Fitness

VR communities have a tradition of welcoming new players and offering training opportunities. Players in Population: One continue this tradition with the first official Population: One Boot Camp and Community Day on Saturday, January 23. Experienced players, many of whom participated in the Population: One beta, have been welcoming and training newcomers since the game was released on October 22, but publicized community events help reinforce the message of inclusion and accessibility for player

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NYPD Announces How It Plans to Spy On You This Year

GizModo VR

After being pushed to do so by new legislation, the New York City Police Department has publicized a full inventory of the myriad spying instruments it uses to surveil the public. Read more.

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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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This Week’s VR Game Roundup: Brain Beats, Piñata Bowling, and More

VR Fitness

During our second VR Game Roundup of 2021, we saw Holodia’s Holofit come to the Oculus Quest, Battle Arena VR arrive on the Oculus Store, and a game about eating sushi that tests your reflexes. This week is a bit slower than last, but there are still a few interesting titles. Continue reading on VR Fitness Insider.

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FAA Authorizes First Commercial Smart Drone Flights

GizModo VR

The Federal Aviation Administration greenlit American Robotics this week to become the first company to operate smart drones without needing on-site pilots or spotters, the company announced Friday. Read more.

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#972: Augmenting Virtual Reality with Aardvark

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Aardvark is an AR platform within the context of virtual reality applications. Here’s how Aardvark is described on it’s Steam page: Aardvark is a new.

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Amazon Warehouse Employees in Alabama Will Vote to Unionize

GizModo VR

Amazon workers might make a breakthrough at a company that’s done everything it can to trample organized labor. Nearly 6,000 employees at a Bessemer, Alabama, fulfillment center will soon be able to vote on whether to unionize; mail-in ballots are to be submitted by March 29, and the National Labor Relations Board… Read more.

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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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5 smart home tech trends we saw at CES 2021

Digital Trends

CES 2021 saw a number of emerging trends in the smart home industry, such as improved security and an increased focus on health-based technology.

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This Was WhatsApp's Plan All Along

GizModo VR

Even if you aren’t the type of person who peruses WhatsApp on a regular basis, chances are you’ve tried perusing its new privacy policy. Read more.

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This Week In XR: Virtual CES

Charlie Fink

Virtual CES wasn't anything like the real thing, but there is still plenty to talk about.

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Covid-19 Vaccine Stockpile Already Empty When States Were Promised New Shipments

GizModo VR

A plan meant to speed up the delivery of covid-19 vaccines to the American public is already facing trouble. On Friday, Oregon governor Kate Brown tweeted that the state won’t be getting additional vaccine shipments as expected next week, because the federal government had shipped out its remaining reserves earlier… Read more.

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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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Happy Run is a New Running Rhythm Game Available Now on SideQuest

VR Fitness

While most VR games and applications that have come out over the years are self-contained experiences, some are designed to be used in tandem with other workout equipment that one might own. Now, a new game has hit the market that might help you take advantage of that treadmill you have sitting in your home in a whole new way. Continue reading on VR Fitness Insider.

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The Best Gadgets of CES 2021, and the Weirdest Ones Too

GizModo VR

The weirdest CES ever staged is now over. But no one will be striking booths in Las Vegas or hustling out of $1,000 a night hotel rooms today with all the cool gadgets they’ve shown off all week. That’s because there wasn’t that much new tech shown off. Much of CES was a rehash of the preceding weeks—and even… Read more.

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Morgan Freeman talks about how entertainers are performing during the pandemic

Digital Trends

As an owner of the celebrated Ground Zero Blues Club, Morgan Freeman talks streaming the blues.

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Report: Google About to Face Its Third State Antitrust Suit, This Time Over Play Store

GizModo VR

Google is reportedly about to face its third antitrust lawsuit from state attorneys general–this time challenging its stranglehold on the Play Store, the default app portal for hundreds of millions of devices worldwide. Read more.

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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?