Wed.May 05, 2021

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‘Overwatch’-Like PvP Game ‘Larcenauts’ Heading To VR

VRScout

The class-based multiplayer shooter features a variety of game modes and characters, including a giant sentient mushroom. Impulse Gear, the developer behind the sci-fi action/adventure VR game Farpoint , today revealed its latest project, Larcenauts , an Overwatch -like multiplayer shooter that will have two teams of six going head-to-head in a variety of fast-paced game modes using an arsenal of futuristic weaponry and powerful abilities.

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VRARA Holds Annual Education Forum

ARPost

The VRAR Association held their regular Education Forum online on April 29. The virtual event, which included networking rounds, panel discussions, and expert presentations, was attended by hundreds of educators and solution providers. According to event organizers Kris Kolo and Carlos Ochoa, the event is “the largest VR/AR event in education.” The event was attended by representatives from over 70 universities in the United States, Europe, and Asia, and was attended by representatives from doze

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Space Force Using Holodeck-like VR For Medical Training

VRScout

SimX secures a $2.5M contract with the Air Force and Space Force. The VR company SimX has announced a new partnership with the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Space Force —yes, the U.S. Space Force—to develop VR training programs for special operations forces that will focus primarily on enhancing current medical training systems for both divisions.

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‘Farpoint’ Studio Announces Hero Shooter ‘Larcenauts’ for Quest & PC VR, Trailer Here

Road to VR

Impulse Gear , the studio behind PSVR co-op shooter Farpoint (2017), announced a new multiplayer VR team shooter called Larcenauts. It’s slated to launch on Quest, Rift and SteamVR headsets this summer. In the 6v6 team shooter, you can choose from eight characters featuring what the studio calls in an Oculus blogpost “a wide set of skills and weapons.” Impulse Gear says game modes include a territories-based capture mode, capture the flag, and classic team deathmatch.

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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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The next step for digital fashion? AR glasses!

ARVR

Collective Collectible #01 | sndrv.nl/nft There is a lot of interest interest in digital fashion these days. The domain has taken some crucial steps and another big leap forward is about to happen soon. Rendering techniques have improved radically compared to the AR fashion from years ago and with the Non Fungible Tokens there’s now a valid payment system.

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Can Augmented Reality Augment Your Business?

ARVR

Most people are at least passingly familiar with Augmented Reality, and have engaged with its gamification aspect via consumer-driven experiences such as Pokémon Go?—?but that’s only the tip of the iceberg. Understanding AR? —?as well as its benefits?—?is key to unlocking exactly how you can best incorporate it into your business and revolutionize your industry.

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New Bill Would Ban Bitcoin Mining Across New York State for Three Years

GizModo VR

A new bill that hit the New York state senate on Monday is aiming to put a multi-year pause on crypto mining operations across the state until authorities can fully suss out what that mining is doing to the climate and local environment. Bill 6486 is being spearheaded by state Sen. Kevin Parker, who had previously… Read more.

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GlobalFoundries Upgrades for Silicon Photonics in Quantum Computers

Anand Tech

One of the targets of the modern foundry business is to have a wide array of manufacturing process technologies. This enables it to cater to as many customers as possible. That includes logic, embedded memory, radio frequency, analog, high voltage, long life cycle, and now silicon photonics. As part of a partnership between GlobalFoundries and PsiQuantum announced today, new proprietary manufacturing tools have been installed into GlobalFoundries' most advanced facility in Malta, New York.

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Scientists Find That Cats Love to Sit Inside Squares—Even Fake Ones

GizModo VR

Cats, like people, can be fooled by optical illusions, nifty new research out this week suggests. The study, based on experiments conducted by pet owners at home, found that cats tend to sit inside 2D shapes that only look like squares about as often as they’ll sit inside a real square. The findings might give us a… 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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AMD Radeon RX 7000 series: Everything we know about the RDNA 3 GPU

Digital Trends

AMD's next-generation Radeon RX 7000 series graphics cards are expected to usher in a new 5nm-based RDNA 3 architecture to drive insane performance.

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Turns Out Jeff Goldblum's an 'Absolute Badass' at Playing Dungeons & Dragons

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Last week, the real-play Dungeons & Dragons podcast Dark Dice announced that legendary actor Jeff Goldblum had amazingly, inexplicably, wonderfully signed on to play the Elven sorcerer Balmur for the series’ second season. It sounds like this roll of the die was a critical success. Read more.

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Your Dell laptop might have a security vulnerability. Here’s how to fix it.

Digital Trends

A security research firm discovered a security vulnerability that could give hackers kernel-mode access to your laptop, and Dell is taking action with a fix.

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If the Paris Agreement Fails, Sea Levels Could Rise 33 Feet

GizModo VR

If we keep on the path we’re on, Antarctica might be really, truly toast. A new study shows that the continent might hit a tipping point within this century if we don’t keep warming in check, and we might be in for dozens of feat of sea level rise as a result. 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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How to change Siri’s voice

Digital Trends

Siri is Apple's assistant who's always ready to help you find info or perform tasks. Here's how to change Siri's voice, from one accent or gender to another.

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Google Is Bringing a Google TV-Like Experience to Android Tablets

GizModo VR

Google is revamping its Android tablet interface with what it calls Entertainment Space , which offers quick access to movies, shows, games, and books in the Play Store. Entertainment Space will be available for Walmart’s Onn tablets later this month, with launches slated for existing and new tablets from Lenovo,… Read more.

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All Legendary Pokémon locations in Pokémon Snap

Digital Trends

Some of the best pictures can't be taken until you've finished the game. Here's where you can snap a pic of all 10 of the Legendary Pokémon in New Pokémon Snap.

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We Need 6 Times More Minerals to Meet Our Clean Energy Goals

GizModo VR

If the world is going to decarbonize, we’re gonna need a bigger supply of minerals, a new report says. 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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The best gaming monitors under $300

Digital Trends

With our list of the best gaming monitors under $300, you can get a high refresh rate, low response time display without emptying your wallet.

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Twitter Will Beg You to Send Nicer Tweets

GizModo VR

Twitter is (again) asking you to think a bit before you tweet. On Wednesday, the company announced that it is slowly rolling out prompts for English-speaking iOS and Android users that encourage them to “pause and reconsider” a particularly hateful tweet before they hit send. Read more.

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Introducing ‘Larcenauts,’ a Fast-Paced Multiplayer Shooter from Impulse Gear

Oculus

From the creators of Farpoint, Impulse Gear, comes a new fast-paced multiplayer shooter: Larcenauts. Take the role of one of eight Specialists and form a.

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Hannah John-Kamen Is Red Sonja and Yes, Perfect Casting Is Possible

GizModo VR

While the notion of a Red Sonja reboot hasn’t always been the most exciting thing, this one big piece of news changes all that. Hannah John-Kamen, who kicked all kinds of ass in Killjoys and Ant-Man and the Wasp , has been cast as the fearsome warrior. 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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Blue Origin names the date for its first-ever space tourism flight

Digital Trends

Blue Origin has finally announced the date for the first crewed flight of its New Shepard rocket, and one seat is available for its first-ever space tourist.

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12 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do With Your Amazon Kindle

GizModo VR

Your Kindle e-reader isn’t the kind of gadget you upgrade all that often, and you might have one that’s been serving you well for years. But that doesn’t necessarily mean you know everything that Amazon’s e-reader can do. Here are some of the lesser-known features and settings you can play around with on your Kindle,… Read more.

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These stylish smart sunglasses shade your eyes with adjustable tinted lenses

Digital Trends

The Dusk Smart Sunglasses allow you to adjust the tint of the lenses and provide audio through an open-ear system--just in time for summer.

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Star Wars: The Bad Batch's Producers Break Down That Big Premiere Cameo

GizModo VR

Lucasfilm Animation’s Star Wars: The Bad Batch is here, and Clone Force 99's big new adventure on Disney+ opened with a bang. But as the new series began in the final moments of the Star Wars prequel’s darkest hour, the show made some touching connections to the stories that came before it—an important connection Bad … 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?