VRScout
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
How immersive technology is changing education for the better. VR and AR are far from new educational technologie s. However, the process of their adaptation is rather slow, since the clumsy bureaucratic machines of schools and universities are not able to adapt to changes quickly. Nevertheless, the prospects for using VR and AR in education are huge, and expert predictions are quite optimistic.
AR Insider
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
A R continues to prove itself as a shopping tool. It can help consumers visualize products on “faces and spaces,” to make better-informed decisions. This is amplified during a pandemic when it can bring back some of the product essence and dimension that’s lost in retail lockdowns. On the “sell side,” AR likewise resonates with brands and retailers.
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VRScout
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
Try the free demo available free via SideQuest. The Oculus Quest platform is in desperate need of some quality survival crafting games. Developed by FlodLab, OceanCraft aims to rectify this issue, providing Quest and Quest 2 owners with a highly addictive cooperative survival crafting adventure set in the middle of the Dead Sea. Here, you’ll use a variety of tools to collect valuable items floating adrift, allowing you to craft additional upgrades, and expand your life raft.
The Ghost Howls
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
I hope you had a wonderful S.Valentine’s Day! And since our love is for immersive realities, let’s celebrate it with this roundup of the most interesting XR news of the week! Top news of the week. (Image by Facebook). Facebook keeps working to become a leader in immersive technologies. This week we had a bunch of news, that seem quite unrelated, that show us how Facebook is working on its plan to become the dominant force in future technologies.
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.
AR Insider
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
W elcome back to Spatial Beats. This week we cover a handful of new funding rounds, new Snap AR milestones and Oculus Quest sales Inflections, among other items. Let’s dive in… Librestream Secures Strategic Investments From Honeywell And Evergy. This will allow these companies to work more closely together to deploy AR applications across industries in the process of digital transformation.
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Anand Tech
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
This week at ISSCC (International Solid State Circuits Conference), Microsoft presented a talk titled ‘Xbox Series X SoC: A Next Generation Gaming Console’, with hardware engineer Paul Paternoster presenting. The 30 minute presentation covered a lot about Microsoft’s latest console processor, most of which was a repeat about what we saw at Hot Chips in August last year, however there was a new element in this presentation talking about how the console design team balanced acous
GizModo VR
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
I’m writing this on a Tuesday, at 2:26 p.m. Minutes ago, it was 9 a.m., or so it feels; back then, I was enjoying the delusion, refreshed each morning, that I’d accomplish what I needed to do today. I still might—there are hours left in the workday—but I’m wiser than I was when I woke up five hours ago: it’ll be 7pm… Read more.
Digital Trends
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
SpaceX's first two attempts at safely landing its next-gen Starship rocket ended in fireballs, so what are the chances of it landing safely in its third test?
GizModo VR
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
Let’s face it. We’re all old. Even if that’s not technically true, there’s always something a person can say or do to make you feel that way. For us, one of those things is when we realize a movie we feel an affinity for is way older than we remember it being. The best course of action? Use the fact that your favorite… 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.
Digital Trends
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
In Bowser's Fury, Bowser interrupts your game seemingly at any time, making it harder to make progress. Here's how to get rid of Bowser in Mario's latest game.
GizModo VR
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
James Gunn touches on his involvement with Thor: Love and Thunder ’s use of the Guardians of the Galaxy. Kate Bishop sets her sights in new Hawkeye set pictures. Plus, what’s to come on Charmed and Batwoman , and new teases for the MODOK animated series. Spoilers away! Read more.
Digital Trends
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
Engineers involved in the Mars 2020 mission have been talking about the seven minutes of terror that await the Perseverance rover during Thursday's landing.
GizModo VR
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
There are printers and then there are printers. We’re all familiar with the small cube-shaped laser printers that spit out a few bake sale flyers or a school book report that are designed to sit on a shelf near your desk at home. Then there are behemoths like Canon’s ImageClass MF743Cdw , a printer that hovers squarely… Read more.
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.
Digital Trends
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
Nvidia's entry-level GeForce RTX 3060 GPU hasn't even officially gone on sale yet, but pent-up demand is resulting in surging pre-order pricing.
GizModo VR
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
WandaVision is a tense show, and it’s only getting tenser. As we barrel towards its conclusion, we’re watching Wanda Maximoff’s grip on the reality she’s created for herself and her synthezoid husband in Westview, New Jersey slip little by little. As mysteries spool out on top of mysteries and secrets unravel, there’s… Read more.
Digital Trends
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
There are plenty of deadly foes in Monster Hunter World: Iceborne that will keep you on your toes. In this guide, we'll walk you through defeating all of them.
GizModo VR
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
France is reportedly lobbying hard in favor of granting individual European Union member states more power to punish Big Tech when it starts acting a fool. Read more.
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.
Digital Trends
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
Dyson cordless vacuums are seeing large discounts at Best Buy, with some retailing as low as $300.
GizModo VR
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
If you’ve got an Apple Watch Series 5 or SE that doesn’t charge after entering Power Reserve mode, Apple will fix it for free. Read more.
Digital Trends
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
As part of Presidents Day sales, you can grab the fantastic Apple AirPods for just $110 at Amazon for a limited time only.
GizModo VR
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
Mental health and natural disasters may seem like something that doesn’t need too much scientific research: It seems obvious that going through a terrifying hurricane, especially if you’re young and impressionable, could really mess a person up. But it looks like we may need to prepare more than we thought for helping… Read more.
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?
Digital Trends
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
They may not be current-generation any more, but the Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus and Note 10 Plus are still seriously great phones. We find out which one is best.
GizModo VR
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
If you prefer to wheel your Bluetooth speakers around like tiny luggage, reader, do I ever have the device for you. Read more.
Digital Trends
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
To get the premium stuff, you'll have to step up to 8K -- and the higher price.
GizModo VR
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
Parler executives have been insisting that the social network would be up any day now. Well, today is apparently the day. Read more.
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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