VRScout
MAY 19, 2021
The EU Pollinators Initiative invites you to celebrate World Bee Day at Pollinator Park. Without pollination, planet Earth and humanity itself would be in serious trouble. We rely on this natural process for vegetables, fruits, cotton (for clothing), hay (grown to feed livestock), and so much more. Much of our lives depend on busy bees and other insects buzzing about and pollinating plants around the world.
The Ghost Howls
MAY 19, 2021
I had the pleasure to virtually sit down with Regine MaryAnne Gilbert and talk about inclusivity and accessibility in XR. This has been our brief talk, from which I hope you will be able to find some interesting cues to work on a more inclusive and accessible XR ecosystem. Hello Regine, can you please introduce yourself to my readers? Regine Gilbert (Image by Regine Gilbert).
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VRScout
MAY 19, 2021
The proposed system would bring physical environment awareness to VR by creating virtual representations of real-world objects. According to a patent filed to the United States Patent & Trademark Office, Microsoft has been working on a computer system that automatically converts physical objects into digital models viewable in VR. The patent, entitled “Transitioning into a VR environment and warning HMD users of real-world physical obstacles,” details a system capable of generati
ARPost
MAY 19, 2021
Have you ever wished you could step inside a comic book and become part of the action? Soon, you will be able to do it. Jailbirds: Bwa Kayiman is an innovative VR narrative experience that tells the story both from an objective and subjective point of view. It is a touching story about human freedom, based on the visual universe created by a renowned Belgian author of black poetry comics, Philippe Foerster.
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
MAY 19, 2021
Megadodo Simulation Games, the Singapore-based startup behind the upcoming PC VR headset DecaGear , announced that its hip-based VR locomotion device DecaMove has generated over $350,000 in sales over the course of its month-long preorder campaign. The small puck-like device was designed to improve navigating in VR by tying the direction of locomotion to your hips, shifting it away from the typical methods of hand and head-relative movement.
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AR Insider
MAY 19, 2021
Augmenting Trust in eCommerce. by Justin Scott. H umans’ strongest innovation is our ability to collaborate towards common goals. For us to be able to collaborate, we have to be able to trust. Since the first inception of the value exchange to modern business, trust has been at the center of every transaction. Whether we look back to barter economies, or today’s limitless options at our fingertips, buyers must develop trust in the seller when making purchases.
ARVR
MAY 19, 2021
The x40 haptic vest provides an increased immersion in many games. But is it worth the money? Let’s take a look. When the package with the vest was delivered by DHL, I felt like a child on Christmas. With shining eyes, I lightly jiggled the package to hear what was inside. With a big grin, I slowly opened it and held the box of my dreams in my hands.
GizModo VR
MAY 19, 2021
An experiment in which 36 people were fitted with a robotic third thumb has demonstrated the brain’s uncanny ability to adapt and leverage an entirely new body part, and in ways the researchers are still trying to understand. Read more.
ARVR
MAY 19, 2021
Image from openvinotoolkit.org What is Face detection? Face detection is a computer vision technology, it’s basically an algorithm that focuses on the detections of frontal human faces, in most cases, it shows the location and sizes of all the faces in a frame Ex?—?Most of the new DSLR cameras uses face detection for autofocus. How does it work? There are a lot of ways to detect human faces, one of the most accurate is to use Haar-Like features algorithm (I will explain this later).
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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.
Anand Tech
MAY 19, 2021
Today we’re seeing an Ampere roadmap update: Beyond 128-core Altra Max perf reiterations, and announcing a Microsoft cloud win, the company discloses they’re switching from Neoverse to a new in-house full custom CPU microarchitecture starting in 2022.
Digital Trends
MAY 19, 2021
The yearly release calendar grinds on, and the new version of Android, Android 12, is on the way. Here's how you can sample the Android 12 public beta.
GizModo VR
MAY 19, 2021
Certain video games allow you to spend a few dollars to get add-ons that give you an advantage—and sometimes, it can go a little overboard. Disney is bringing that idea into its theme parks with the new Spider-Man ride opening in June— Web Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure Read more.
AffinityVr
MAY 19, 2021
The world is changing fast, and Joris Daniel is changing with it. In the past year, the composer and VR buff plunged into the future of music by learning to design 360-degree visual and audio experiences. For “Give It All” – his first release under his own name – he is simultaneously releasing a VR [.]. The post VR buff plunged into the future of Music appeared first on Virtual Reality Augmented Reality Technology Latest News.
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
MAY 19, 2021
Research is beginning to make clear that certain groups of people won’t enjoy the same level of highly effective protection provided by covid-19 vaccines as everyone else. Studies are finding that people who are immunocompromised are less likely to develop immunity against the coronavirus after vaccination. Read more.
Digital Trends
MAY 19, 2021
Microsoft is officially putting an end to Internet Explorer. The company announced that IE will no longer be supported on most versions of Windows 10.
GizModo VR
MAY 19, 2021
After a week of proceedings, the criminal trial for attorney Steven Donziger—who won a multibillion-dollar case against Chevron over pollution in the Amazon rainforest—wrapped up on Monday. In his estimation, the trial was a “charade.” And yet he was relatively pleased with the outcome. Read more.
Digital Trends
MAY 19, 2021
Want to buy an Apple MacBook Pro 13? There are some big choices to make, but our buying guide is here to show you exactly what you need and what you do not.
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
MAY 19, 2021
Devices like the reMarkable tablet have been around for about five years now, so Kobo’s Elipsa, a new E Ink-based digital notebook, is a little late to the scene. But the device is bringing a feature that all e-note tablets have been missing so far: a robust, native e-book store, making it great for both taking notes… Read more.
Digital Trends
MAY 19, 2021
Appliance reviews by experts who know what you are looking for. Check back often as we review new fridges, washing machines, dryers, dishwashers, vacuums and other appliances that enter the market.
GizModo VR
MAY 19, 2021
After years of neglect and incremental updates, yesterday Google dropped its most meaningful wearables announcement since it rebranded from Android Wear to Wear OS in 2018. Going forward, Wear OS will take the best parts of Samsung’s Tizen OS and Google-owned Fitbit to create a new unified platform for wearables. It’s… Read more.
Digital Trends
MAY 19, 2021
Virtual reality isn’t as niche as it once was. Fortunately, Digital Trends’ VR headset and accessory reviews will allow you to compare peripherals based on rating, resolution, platform, and 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?
GizModo VR
MAY 19, 2021
Meet “Bizarro.” It’s a new banking trojan currently sweeping through Europe and large parts of South America, attempting to pilfer consumer financial information and mobile crypto wallets as it goes. Read more.
Digital Trends
MAY 19, 2021
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GizModo VR
MAY 19, 2021
Superman’s animated adventures have a special place in many people’s hearts, and even though the modern Man of Steel’s been having quite the live-action moment on the big and small screens , Warner Bros.’ next plan for its most iconic hero is decidedly two-dimensional. Not to be outdone by the Batman: Caped Crusader … Read more.
Digital Trends
MAY 19, 2021
Sure, smart lights can be turned on/off with an app, but what else? In this piece, we explore seven lesser-known functions of most major smart light systems.
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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