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VR Rhythm Game Immerses You In A Violent Crime Drama

VRScout

Slice, stab, and shoot your way through the streets of 1930s NYC in this ultra-violent take on the VR rhythm game genre. Moscow-based developer Joy Way ( STRIDE, Time Hacker ) today revealed the first trailer for its upcoming VR rhythm game AGAINST. Inspired by crime noir dramas, this fast-paced VR fighting game will have you battling black-clad Mafioso forces through the crime-ridden streets of 1930’s New York City to the beat of an intense electronic soundtrack.

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Neuralink Reveals Monkey Playing ‘Pong’ Using Only Its Brain

Road to VR

Neuralink, the brain-machine interface (BMI) company created by Elon Musk, released a video showing off a live trial of its brain implant in a monkey. Using the primate’s own recorded brain data, Neuralink demonstrated that the monkey was not only able to manipulate a desktop cursor, but also play a game of Pong (1972) at speed. Back in late 2020, Neuralink showed off a wireless version of its ‘N1 Link’ implant working in pigs which streamed 1,024 channels of neural data in o

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Monkey Plays ‘Pong’ With Its Brain Using Elon Musk’s Neuralink

VRScout

Watch Pager the macaque dominate an arcade classic using Musk’s brain-machine interface. In a video released yesterday by Neuralink, a neurotechnology company founded by Elon Musk specializing in brain-machine interfaces, we caught small glimpse of the companies revolutionary BMI technology in action as a macau names Pager controlled the paddle in a game of Pong using only its brain.

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‘AGAINST’ is a VR Rhythm Game Aiming to Fuse the Best Parts of the Genre with Its Own Gritty Flair

Road to VR

AGAINST is an upcoming VR rhythm game from developer Joy Way that looks to be channeling the best parts of popular games in the genre with its own gritty flair and unique mechanics like wall-running, jumping, and weapon switching. Between Beat Saber , Pistol Whip , and FitXR— some of the most popular VR titles out there—you’ve got slashing, shooting, and punching.

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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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Behind Facebook’s AR Strategy, Part II

AR Insider

A mong tech giants investing in their own versions of an AR future, Facebook arguably has the highest stakes. We’ve estimated that its annual XR R&D spend — not including its $2 billion Oculus acquisition — approaches $10 billion. It’s playing a long game and is firmly committed. That includes both AR and VR, the latter being more tangible today, given Oculus’ in-market status.

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Raypak Pool Heater Installation VR Training Experience and Mobile Tour

ARVR

Using VR to demonstrate product features and mirror real-life step-by-step installation through immersive learning. Continue reading on AR/VR Journey: Augmented & Virtual Reality Magazine ».

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Peter Thiel-Backed Psychedelics Firm Buys Majority of Brain-Control Interface Firm

GizModo VR

ATAI Life Sciences, a biosciences company backed by venture capitalist and freedom-loving billionaire Peter Thiel that specializes in experimental treatment of mental disorders with psychedelic drugs , has bought out a majority stake in a company working to meld the mind with machines. Read more.

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This could be our first look at the Google Pixel Watch

Digital Trends

The Google Pixel Watch has been rumored for years now, but we could be inching closer to a release, at least if newly leaked images are anything to go by.

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First-Ever Observations From Under Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Are Bad News

GizModo VR

Glaciers all over Antarctica are in trouble as ice there rapidly melts. There’s no Antarctic glacier whose fate is more consequential for our future than the Thwaites Glacier, and new research shows that things aren’t looking good for it. 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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The best laptops for video editing in 2021

Digital Trends

Our picks for the best laptops for video editing include high-end options for max performance, gaming laptops for editing on the side, and low-cost options.

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We're Archiving Yahoo Answers So You'll Always Know How Babby Is Formed

GizModo VR

When the internet was mourning the impending shutdown of Yahoo Answers, announced earlier this week, there was a sentiment that you saw over and over again: that shutting the site down was akin to the library of Alexandria burning down. Read more.

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HP’s Chromebook convertible gets major upgrade with 11th-gen Intel processors

Digital Trends

HP's premium convertible Chromebook x360 14c just got a big upgrade under the hood, thanks to Intel's 11th Gen processors. Configurations start at $649.

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California Could Require Uber and Lyft to Go Electric by 2030

GizModo VR

If you live in California, chances are you could be taking many more Uber and Lyft trips in electric vehicles in the coming years. The state’s clean air agency is poised to mandate that nearly all vehicles used by drivers working for ridesharing companies be electric by 2030. 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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Intel Xe DG2 gaming GPU leak reveals serious Nvidia RTX 3080 competitor

Digital Trends

Nvidia's flagship GeForce RTX 3080 may soon have a major rival, as early leaks reveal that Intel's Xe-HPG discrete gaming graphics come with serious power.

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CW's Powerpuff Finds an Old Narrator and a New Sarah Bellum

GizModo VR

There’s even more casting news for the CW live-action reboot Powerpuff. Two more actors will join the series, which follows Blossom (Chloe Bennett, of Agents of SHIELD fame), Bubbles (Dove Cameron), and Buttercup (Yana Perrault) as jaded millennials who are trying to regain parts of their childhood they lost due to… Read more.

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The Google Pixel 5a has been canceled, according to leak

Digital Trends

According to a new leak, the Google Pixel 5a has been canceled. The Pixel 4a was considered one of the best phones in its price range.

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Scientists Dive Into Axolotl Genome, Looking for Secrets to Regeneration

GizModo VR

Its adorableness aside, the Mexican axolotl is a salamander of particular interest to scientists. On the molecular level, the animal seems to have a cheat code for life: It can regenerate its limbs and vital organs, an ability researchers are desperate to better understand for medical applications. 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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Yes, there is now a washing machine for your AirPods

Digital Trends

If you own Apple's iconic white earbuds you might want to look at the Cardlax Earbuds Washer, a $40 washing machine for AirPods and other true wireless earbuds.

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Discovery of 3,400-Year-Old Ancient Egyptian City Stuns Archaeologists

GizModo VR

An expedition working near Luxor has stumbled upon the remains of a lost ancient Egyptian city, in what is being hailed as the most significant archaeological discovery in the region since the 1920s. Read more.

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The best iPad Pro 9.7-inch cases and covers

Digital Trends

The best Apple iPad Pro 9.7 cases add protection, style, and functionality to your tablet. Choose from several styles with varying levels of protection.

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Man Who Swears He's 'Not a Dumbass' Arrested for Attempting to Murder the Internet

GizModo VR

A Texas man who, according to court documents, recently stated that he is definitely “not a dumbass,” is now potentially facing decades in prison for plotting an alleged terrorist attack to “blow up” the internet. 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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PC ports explained: Get to know the back of your computer

Digital Trends

Whether you're using a desktop or laptop, here's everything you need to know about the ports on your PC, including USB, HDMI, Thunderbolt, and more.

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Cybercriminals Bought Facebook Ads for a Fake Clubhouse App That Was Riddled With Malware

GizModo VR

Cybercriminals have been pushing Facebook users to download a Clubhouse app “for PC,” something that doesn’t exist. The app is actually a trojan designed to inject malware into your computer. The popular new invite-only chat app is only available on iPhone but worldwide interest in the platform has risen and users are… Read more.

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TV drama: Samsung denies rumors that it’s buying OLED panels from LG

Digital Trends

Is Samsung going to buy more than four million OLED TV panels from LG Display? That's the rumor circulating in Korea, despite attempts by Samsung to deny them.

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'Explosive Eruption' Rocks St. Vincent as Soufriere Volcano Spews Ash Across the Caribbean

GizModo VR

On Friday, the small Caribbean island of St. Vincent became the epicenter of the seismic world when La Soufriere volcano sent a cloud of ash flying 20,000 feet (6,096 meters) into the sky and streaming across the Atlantic. 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?