AR Insider
MARCH 3, 2021
How Restaurants are Using Interactive AR in 2021. by Stephanie Miles. I f there’s any silver lining to the havoc that Covid-19 has inflicted on the local business community, it’s that many businesses are using this time to experiment with new digital marketing tools and solutions. Platforms dedicated to local commerce fulfillment and curbside pickup have flourished , as have mobile payments and order-ahead apps.
ARPost
MARCH 3, 2021
Austria plans to be the first European country with a city-wide 5G network in Vienna. To prove the capacities of this new technology, the country launched a 5G Use Case Challenge. The response came from the UK. Kids media company Azoomee / Da Vinci created a 5G AR experience that transforms Vienna city hall into an explosion of color and magic. Unleashing the Power of 5G for Immersive AR Experience for Kids.
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Road to VR
MARCH 3, 2021
Resolution Games today released a first look of gameplay for its upcoming tabletop-style dungeon crawler, Demeo. The studio says the multiplayer co-op game pits up to four players against the archetypal Dungeons & Dragons -style beasts and goblins, replete with multi-sized die to combine attacks with special ability cards gathered from treasure chests throughout the various levels.
ARPost
MARCH 3, 2021
Austria plans to be the first European country with a city-wide 5G network in Vienna. To prove the capacities of this new technology, the country launched a 5G Use Case Challenge. The response came from the UK. Kids media company Azoomee / Da Vinci created a 5G AR experience that transforms Vienna city hall into an explosion of color and magic. Unleashing the Power of 5G for Immersive AR Experience for Kids.
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.
Road to VR
MARCH 3, 2021
Wraith: The Oblivion – Afterlife , the first VR game in the storied ‘World of Darkness’ franchise, is set to launch next month on Quest and Rift, with versions for SteamVR headsets and PSVR coming later this year. We got a chance to go hands-on with a preview version on Quest 2, which takes you through the first 20 percent of the game.
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Road to VR
MARCH 3, 2021
After the Fall , a co-op zombie VR shooter from the studio behind Arizona Sunshine , is set for a Summer release date. The announcement comes alongside the release of a new cinematic trailer and screenshots. No stranger to VR zombie games, VR publisher & developer Vertigo Games has announced its next title, After the Fall is due for a release date this Summer on PSVR, PC VR, and “yet to be announced VR platforms,” (which likely means a Quest version is in development).
Slashgear
MARCH 3, 2021
A few months after making its Cardboard VR platform open source, Google has quietly ended sales for its Cardboard VR, the inexpensive cardboard-based phone viewers that could be used to experience virtual reality experiences using your own smartphone. The decision to end sales isn’t surprising given Google’s open-source change and the VR industry’s overall evolution.
Road to VR
MARCH 3, 2021
VR publisher & developer nDreams, most recently behind Oculus exclusive Phantom: Covert Ops (2020) , today announced its next VR title, Fracked. Due out this Summer exclusively on PSVR, Fracked looks to bring “run and cover” gunfights to VR with interesting locomotion. In Phantom: Covert Ops , nDreams managed to build an entire VR game around a kayak as the game’s mode of locomotion—and it worked pretty darn well.
ARVR
MARCH 3, 2021
One of the attributes that defines AR’s potential is its breadth of applicability. Though use cases like product visualization and social lenses are the early leaders today, we’ll see several others develop in the coming years. That includes both consumer and enterprise applications. Somewhere between those two endpoints is facilities management for commercial spaces.
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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.
GizModo VR
MARCH 3, 2021
Even if you’ve been using Google Chrome since it first rolled out back in 2008, the browser is capable of some tricks you may have not discovered yet. Google adds new features on a regular basis, while older features get lost and forgotten about if you’re not using them every day. Here are 12 things you might not… Read more.
ARVR
MARCH 3, 2021
The art of developing AR and VR experiences is a moving target. The underlying technology continues to evolve as do users’ interests and expectations. Companies across the spatial computing spectrum are meanwhile trying to feel out use cases and interactions that resonate. This moving target is the case for all kinds of immersive experiences but it’s most evident in gaming, given the category’s early popularity (especially in VR).
GizModo VR
MARCH 3, 2021
The past year has been not great for oil companies. Between financial losses from the pandemic and increasing pressure from investors and the public at large to do something about how their product is messing up the planet, fossil fuel producers are feeling the heat. Read more.
Digital Trends
MARCH 3, 2021
The AMBER alert system is important, but there's a way to toggle off this notification. We show you how on iOS and Android devices including Samsung phones.
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.
GizModo VR
MARCH 3, 2021
Just six months after the first e-readers featuring E Ink’s color electronic paper technology arrived, the next generation of devices is already here with upgraded color screens. The improvements E Ink has made are minor, but the new PocketBook InkPad Color has a larger screen that offers a much improved reading… Read more.
TechCrunch VR
MARCH 3, 2021
As consumer VR begins to have a moment following years of heavy investment from Facebook and other tech giants, corporate America is similarly beginning to find more utility in the technology, as well. Bank of America announced today that they’ll be working with Bay Area-based VR startup Strivr to bring more of their workplace training into virtual reality.
GizModo VR
MARCH 3, 2021
Over the past decade, bitcoin has put increasing stress on the largely coal-powered grid of China’s Inner Mongolia. Now, the province is clamping down. Late last week, province officials announced plans to ban all new bitcoin and other cryptocurrency mining ventures and quickly phase out existing activity in order to… Read more.
Digital Trends
MARCH 3, 2021
In its third high-altitude test flight, a prototype of SpaceX's next-generation Starship landed successfully for the first time. But minutes later, it exploded.
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.
GizModo VR
MARCH 3, 2021
Imagine the route you typically take to the grocery store. Now imagine the many identifiable landmarks that exist between your home and the store—like a specific garden, stop sign, or gas station. Read more.
Digital Trends
MARCH 3, 2021
Don't try to find cheap generators when the power is out. We found the best generator deals for a range of uses and we'll update this post regularly, so check back often. .
GizModo VR
MARCH 3, 2021
Arizona legislators just passed an anti-monopoly bill in a 31-29 vote, which could have big implications for Apple, Google, and, weirdly enough, Fortnite. Read more.
Digital Trends
MARCH 3, 2021
Alexa can be hilarious. Check out some funny things to ask Alexa when you want the voice assistant to show off her sense of humor or unveil a hidden Easter egg.
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?
GizModo VR
MARCH 3, 2021
The Little Mermaid remake continues to grow its cast. Hugh Grant will menace the Dungeons & Dragons movie. Sanrio’s Hello Kitty movie finds a director. Plus, what’s to come on Superman & Lois and The Flash , and new Godzilla vs. Kong pictures. Spoilers get! Read more.
Digital Trends
MARCH 3, 2021
Newegg is a hotspot for tech deals. We've rounded up the best sales on GPUs, gaming laptops, keyboards, wireless mice, and other great Newegg deals.
GizModo VR
MARCH 3, 2021
It could soon become a lot easier to take an electric car on some pretty cool road trips. A group of powerful utilities said Tuesday that they’re teaming up to make chargers for electric cars more accessible on highways. Read more.
Digital Trends
MARCH 3, 2021
The U.K. will soon double the amount you can spend using contactless payment systems such as Apple Pay and Google Pay, making the service even more useful.
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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