VRScout
APRIL 29, 2021
The 80’s most popular home computer arrives on Quest headsets. Back in 1982, one of the coolest devices you could own was the Commodore 64. The C64, as it’s referred to by many enthusiasts, had a screaming MOS 6510/8500 1MHz processor with a paltry 64 KByte of memory. At the time, however, this was one of the most advanced pieces of consumer electronic hardware you could buy for under $600. .
Road to VR
APRIL 29, 2021
You can now register for HTC’s upcoming VIVECON event. The free, online event will be held May 11th & 12th, and the company is promising to reveal “game-changing VR headsets,” (yes that’s plural headset s ), alongside presentations from “industry experts, strategic partners, and special guests.” HTC has been teasing an upcoming VR headset over the last month , and has now confirmed it will be revealed during next month’s Vivecon event.
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VRScout
APRIL 29, 2021
Netflix jumps on the virtual streamer bandwagon with N-ko, its new sheep-human anime ambassador. Netflix this week launched its own virtual streamer, aka Vtuber, in an effort to promote its growing catalog of original anime series. Referred to as N-ko Mei Kurono, this “sheep-human lifeform” will serve as the companies official “anime ambassador,” working to help spread the word about Netflix Anime content while, simultaneously, interacting with the rapidly-expanding Vtube
ARPost
APRIL 29, 2021
AR remote collaboration solutions are those that superimpose virtual elements over a user’s view of the world around them, while allowing them to communicate with coworkers, experts, or even devices. These solutions employ either a dedicated AR headset or a compatible mobile device like a smartphone or tablet. A Note on Some Names Not Listed. Before we get started, a few light disclaimers.
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
APRIL 29, 2021
Reportedly according to an internal Q&A, all Facebook employees are eligible for a refund from the company if they purchase a Quest 2 headset. The effort comes as the Facebook continues to justify deep investments in AR and VR with the belief that they are the next major computing platform. Back in 2019, just ahead of the release of the original Oculus Quest, Facebook announced it would give the headset for free to all developers attending the conference.
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ARVR
APRIL 29, 2021
How to Test Augmented/Virtual Reality (AR/VR) Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality (AR/VR) is no longer rocket science. It is very much here and now, a viable part of the consumer market, available for millions of users. More and more companies are now seeing the uses for AR/VR products?—?It provides enormous potential ranging from chasing digital creatures to designing complex machines or providing engineering solutions.
AR Insider
APRIL 29, 2021
L ike many analyst firms, one of the ongoing practices of AR Insider’s research arm ARtillery Intelligence is market sizing. A few times per year, it goes into isolation and buries itself deep in financial modeling. The latest such exercise zeroes in on headworn AR revenues. This takes the insights and observations accumulated throughout the year and synthesizes them into hard numbers for spatial computing ( see methodology and inclusions/exclusions).
ARVR
APRIL 29, 2021
Augmented Reality as the Future of Vehicle Manuals Overview and Problem Camping vans have exploded in popularity over recent years. These converted fleet vehicles can be seen all across the internet with interiors that rival some homes. Since these vehicles are not used for everyday driving they can be optimized for camping nirvana. Their large size also allows for added systems such as heating, cooling, plumbing, and even solar connected batteries.
VR Game Critic
APRIL 29, 2021
Have you ever dreamed of managing your own restaurant, a trendy food truck or even a fancy bar? Fear not! Our selection of restaurant sims will give you a first taste of kitchen management action. Cook food, prepare drinks and deal with the stress behind and in front of the counter – no matter if your customer is a samurai or zombie! Will you find your dream vocation… or kitchen nightmare?
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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
APRIL 29, 2021
Late last year , Alan Dean Foster—the novelist who wrote the first Star Wars novels , the ghost-written novelization of A New Hope and its direct sequel, Splinter of the Mind’s Eye— went public with his struggles to negotiate a royalty contract for his work since Disney took ownership of Lucasfilm. Although Foster’s… Read more.
Digital Trends
APRIL 29, 2021
In an unusual twist of history, the Apple II computer ended up powering exhibitions at none other than the Lenin Museum in the USSR. Here’s how it happened.
GizModo VR
APRIL 29, 2021
On the shores of a Scottish loch lie geologic deposits dating back a billion years, and within the rocks is evidence of the earliest known non-marine multicellular organism, according to a study published in Current Biology. It’s a fascinating new detail in the story of how animals may have evolved from the soup of… Read more.
Digital Trends
APRIL 29, 2021
Stratolaunch's huge Roc aircraft took to the skies for the second time this week, successfully completing a test flight that lasted more than three hours.
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
APRIL 29, 2021
The curse of working on a Marvel Studios project is you can’t talk about it for a long time. There’s joy to be had in the preparation, execution, and finally the completion, of course, but in the meantime, they’re so secretive it’s usually years from when you start on something to when you can finally talk about it.… Read more.
Anand Tech
APRIL 29, 2021
NVIDIA this morning has released a new driver set for their GeForce cards, version 466.27. And though it’s primarily for next week’s release of Metro Exodus PC Enhanced Edition and a couple of other games, this latest driver drop from NVIDIA also includes an update to their anti-Ethereum throttle, which they first implemented in their GeForce RTX 3060 cards.
GizModo VR
APRIL 29, 2021
As more and more social media platforms start cooking up their own Clubhouse clones, Instagram is adding new features to its existing livestreaming service to get in on the voice chat craze. On Thursday, Instagram announced it’s rolling out the option to turn off your audio or video while using Instagram Live. Read more.
Voices of VR
APRIL 29, 2021
The 29 immersive experiences that are a part of the Tribeca Immersive 2021 line-up were announced on Tuesday, April 29. There will be 11 Virtual.
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
APRIL 29, 2021
Another day, another mostly anonymously sourced story about unidentified assailants supposedly assaulting U.S. government employees around the globe. This time, according to CNN , federal agencies are looking into something closer to home: symptoms suffered by a White House employee in Virginia and National Security… Read more.
Digital Trends
APRIL 29, 2021
China has successfully deployed the main section of a brand new space station in Earth orbit, with the first three astronauts set to arrive in June 2021.
GizModo VR
APRIL 29, 2021
It shouldn’t be a surprise. Robert Kirkman ’s animated adaptation of his own 2003 comic has been even more popular and well-reviewed than its source material, thanks to its airing on Amazon Prime. Clearly, Amazon isn’t unaware of this fact, since it’s just renewed Invincible for not one but two more seasons. Read more.
Digital Trends
APRIL 29, 2021
The Nebula Mat is a doormat that sprays your shoes with a cleaning solution before you walk inside -- and then dries off the excess for you.
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
APRIL 29, 2021
Netflix rolled out its new “Play Something” feature this week, a shuffle play option for when you have thousands of TV shows and movies at your fingertips and no idea what to watch. Read more.
Digital Trends
APRIL 29, 2021
Having trouble hunting down raptors in Fortnite? This guide will show you everything you need to know to complete the most recent season 6, week 7 challenge.
GizModo VR
APRIL 29, 2021
A Jean-Michel Basquiat has possibly averted annihilation by NFT. Earlier this week, a seller who only identified themselves as “DAYstrom” attempted to auction an NFT of Basquiat’s 1986 drawing Free Comb with Pagoda , granting the winner the option to destroy the work so that only the NFT would survive. Whether the… Read more.
Digital Trends
APRIL 29, 2021
In Monster Hunter Rise, the higher your HR rank, the bigger monsters you can fight. Here's how to raise your HR and defeat the three new Elder Dragons.
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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