Sat.Jul 03, 2021

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VR Remote Control Cars Are A Hit In ‘VRChat’

VRScout

Race other VRChat players using hyper-realistic VR RC cars featuring real-world physics. Digital artist and animator Chris Bradley has loved driving remote control cars since she was a kid. Years later, she developed a new love for hanging out with friends in VRChat , which has inadvertently lead to one of the biggest new trends on the social VR platform.

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Virtual Becomes Reality review: a tour of Stanford VR Lab

The Ghost Howls

Some days ago, the pioneer Virtual Human Interaction Lab in Stanford headed by the legend Jeremy Bailenson has published on Steam an experience called “Virtual Becomes Reality: A Stanford VR Experience”, that emulates the tour usually offered in-person in the physical location of Stanford. And I tried it for you. The Stanford VR Tour. The tour used to run in-person for the first 24 people to show up at the lab at 4 pm each Friday, and let people explore and discover what is virtual r

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These Nine Android Apps May Have Stolen Your Facebook Login Information

GizModo VR

Google has kicked nine Android apps with more than 5.8 million combined downloads off its Play Store after researchers discovered they contained malicious code used to steal users’ Facebook login credentials, according to the Russian anti-virus software firm Dr. Web. Read more.

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MIT Media Lab’s new knitted keyboard showcases the power of smart textiles

Digital Trends

Despite the fact that it's made entirely out of soft, pliable fabrics, MIT's knitted keyboard is even more expressive and capable than a normal keyboard.

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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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Bird to Offer Accessible Vehicles for People With Disabilities in New York City Pilot

GizModo VR

Bird, the scooter and bike sharing company, is launching a pilot focused on offering accessible mobility vehicles for people with disabilities to rent in New York City this summer. Read more.

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Riot Games Releases Sessions: Vi Album That Anyone Can Use Without Fear of Copyright Complaints

GizModo VR

It’s no secret for creators that using pre-recorded music in their content can be a hassle —it can even get your content lawfully taken down from whatever platform it’s on. Riot Games, developer of the popular League of Legends , is aware of this as well, and came up with a solution: a copyright-free album of relaxing,… Read more.

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Everything we know about Pokémon Unite

Digital Trends

Pokémon Unite, the series' first shot at a MOBA title, is set to drop in July. Here's everything we know about the upcoming team-based Pokémon battle arena.

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Porsche Recalls Roughly 43,000 Taycan Electric Cars Over Bug That Causes Sudden Power Loss

GizModo VR

Luxury sports automaker Porsche is recalling roughly 43,000 of its Taycan electric cars worldwide over a bug that causes a sudden loss of power, the company said Friday. To fix the issue, you’ll have to take your car to a repair center since an over-the-air software update apparently isn’t possible in this case. Read more.

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Mars helicopter Ingenuity is getting ready to try its fastest flight yet

Digital Trends

The plucky little Mars helicopter Ingenuity is preparing to venture out far away from its rover companion on its most challenging flight to date.

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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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Black Widow Has Kevin Feige Hyped for the Future of the MCU

GizModo VR

Producer and President of Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige and director Cate Shortland , are hyped for Black Widow, which occurs between Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War. To get the full scope of the film, read Germain Lussier’s review. Read more.

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Everything you wanted to know about VPNs (but didn’t want to ask)

Digital Trends

Virtual private networks are a great way to protect your privacy online, but how do they work? Here is our guide to the essentials.

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Lovecraft Country Not Renewed for a Second Season at HBO Max

GizModo VR

HBO said in a statement to Deadline that the network isn’t moving forward with the second season of Lovecraft Country. Read more.

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How to remove your login password from Windows 10

Digital Trends

Windows 10 lets you skip your login password. It leaves you less secure, but if you insist on doing it anyway, here's how to remove a password from Windows 10.

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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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Go Back in Time and Use the Old macOS Dashboard Widgets With This Cool Website

GizModo VR

Although Apple killed its beloved widget Dashboard in 2019 , a savvy developer has created a way for us to travel back in time and experience that old Apple nostalgia. Read more.

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How to check your PC’s specifications on Windows 10

Digital Trends

Whether you want to build a new PC or you just want a quick reminder of what's inside your current desktop, knowing how to check PC specs is definitely useful.

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Star Wars Visions' First Teaser Puts a Japanese Lens on the Galaxy Far, Far Away

GizModo VR

Star Wars is so vast and all-encompassing as a franchise , that the galaxy far, far away can play host to so many different styles and genres of storytelling. But while western animation is certainly no stranger to Star Wars , now creatives from Japan are taking the lead on a new series that wants to bring fresh eyes to… Read more.

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Perseverance rover is driving itself around Mars using auto-navigation system

Digital Trends

As the Perseverance rover explores Mars, engineers at NASA are trying out a new capability which lets the rover navigate itself around the rocky terrain.

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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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You Can't Just Slap a Starlink Dish Onto Your Car, California Motorist Finds Out

GizModo VR

Somebody got the bright idea to slap a Starlink satellite dish on the hood of their car, and now they’re paying the price. Read more.

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Doom Eternal’s next-gen upgrade has Id thinking about the future

Digital Trends

Doom Eternal's Marty Stratton and Billy Khan sat down with Digital Trends to talk about the art of the next gen-upgrade.

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Is The Forever Purge the Last Film in the Franchise?

GizModo VR

On July 2, Universal Pictures dropped the fifth Purge film: The Forever Purge. Read more.

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The best armor in Monster Hunter: Rise

Digital Trends

Having the best armor in Monster Hunter: Rise can be the difference between passing or failing a quest. Here is the best armor to use in Monster Hunter: Rise.

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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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The Last of Us Television Series Starts Production!

GizModo VR

Production on The Last of Us HBO Max series is finally kicking off! Read more.

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HDR on monitors in 2021, explained

Digital Trends

HDR: next to high refresh rates, the latest trend in the monitor world. But many elements go into it, so we've boiled it down to the most important basics.

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Releases Recap: June 28 – July 2

Oculus

This week, we released a bunch of titles and updates across the Oculus Platform. Here’s a rundown of the highlights.

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Tiny insect-inspired robot has speed of a cockroach and agility of a cheetah

Digital Trends

Scientists from the University of Berkeley have taken inspiration from insects to design a fast, agile, tiny robot with sticky footpads.

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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?