VRScout
AUGUST 24, 2021
The massively popular social media platform looks to support AR developers with ‘TikTok Effect Studio.’ TikTok appears to be following in the footsteps of rival social media platforms Snapchat and Instagram with the open beta launch of TikTok Effect Studio, an AR development toolkit that allows developers to create AR effects for the short-form video platform.
ARPost
AUGUST 24, 2021
Reactive Reality has rolled out a new augmented reality shopping app called PICTOFiT. The tool integrates with e-commerce stores and allows consumers to create hyper-accurate avatars of themselves. Shoppers can customize their avatars to fit their body shape and measurements, enabling them to try on clothes virtually before purchasing them. Augmented reality takes online shopping to a whole new level.
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Road to VR
AUGUST 24, 2021
Jason Jones is the co-founder of Bungie, the legendary gaming studio behind franchises like Halo and Destiny. In a pre-show interview ahead of today’s Destiny 2 Showcase, Jones professed a sincere belief that AR and VR (XR) technology is going to radically disrupt smartphones and TV hardware. As a co-founder of Bungie in 1991, Jason Jones has been with the company for 30 years, and has played a significant role in the development of every game under the studio’s banner.
AR Insider
AUGUST 24, 2021
T. hough we spend ample time examining consumer-based AR endpoints, greater near-term impact is seen today in the enterprise. This takes many forms including camera commerce and collaboration. But the greattest area of enterprise AR impact today is in industrial settings. This includes AR visualization to support assembly and maintenance. The idea is that AR’s line-of-sight orientation can guide front-line workers.
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
AUGUST 24, 2021
As promised, Facebook today introduced its new 128GB version of the Oculus Quest 2 headset for $300, entirely replacing the 64GB base model launched in October last year. At the time of this writing, the 128GB variant is currently the only version on offer, with the 256GB version ($400) still listed as out of stock. You’ll find the 128GB model offered direct from Oculus , as well as from official partners including Amazon , Best Buy , Target , and Adorama in the US.
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GizModo VR
AUGUST 24, 2021
You know how capybaras always seem to have a slightly skeptical look on their faces? Turns out what they’re skeptical of might be rich people’s b t. Now, in Argentina, they’re fighting back. Groups of the charismatic rodents have been causing a ruckus in the fancy-pants gated community of Nordelta, crapping in… Read more.
ARVR
AUGUST 24, 2021
Though we spend ample time examining consumer-based AR endpoints, greater near-term impact is seen today in the enterprise. This takes many forms including camera commerce and collaboration. But the greatest area of enterprise AR imact to day is in industrial settings. This includes AR visualization to support assembly and maintenance. The idea is that AR’s line-of-sight orientation can guide front-line workers.
GizModo VR
AUGUST 24, 2021
The image above is beautiful, but looks can be deceptive. It shows there’s way too much ice is melting in Greenland, and we should all be concerned. Read more.
Anand Tech
AUGUST 24, 2021
Welcome to Hot Chips! This is the annual conference all about the latest, greatest, and upcoming big silicon that gets us all excited. Stay tuned during Monday and Tuesday for our regular AnandTech Live Blogs.
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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
AUGUST 24, 2021
Walmart on Tuesday announced the rollout of a new delivery service called “GoLocal,” which will see the retailer offer its fleet of delivery drivers for smaller businesses looking to get orders out to their customers. GoLocal will be built on Walmart’s quickly growling fleet of delivery drones , driverless vehicles, … Read more.
Anand Tech
AUGUST 24, 2021
Welcome to Hot Chips! This is the annual conference all about the latest, greatest, and upcoming big silicon that gets us all excited. Stay tuned during Monday and Tuesday for our regular AnandTech Live Blogs.
GizModo VR
AUGUST 24, 2021
Over the past few years, Google has been transitioning its Nest smart home brand away from a stand-alone company and bringing it into the Google fold. Now you can mix and match smart displays and other gadgets that connect to the Google Assistant as you see fit. This is convenient, to be sure, but it also has some… Read more.
Slashgear
AUGUST 24, 2021
This week Facebook and Oculus released the Oculus Quest 2 with 128GB internal storage. This device is essentially the same as the version released at the tail end of 2020, save the storage it has for data AND the included up-to-date face pad. This latest version of the Oculus Quest 2 has the same starting price as the original, with … Continue reading.
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
AUGUST 24, 2021
Since man first struck a rock with a slightly smaller rock, technology has ostensibly served to improve our lives. Fast forward a few million years, and our dweeby $4,000 fridges with “superior organizational storage” will update us on the status of the robot vacuum (on or off). Wait, do I need a toilet to analyze my… Read more.
Digital Trends
AUGUST 24, 2021
This 14-inch HP Chromebook with touchscreen, which is perfect for students as they prepare for the new school year, is available from Best Buy for just $199.
GizModo VR
AUGUST 24, 2021
At long last, Peloton’s smaller and cheaper treadmill has an official launch date. The treadmill was supposed to arrive in late May, but the company decided to postpone the Tread’s launch following a voluntary recall. Starting Aug. 30, customers in the U.S., Canada, and the UK can fork over $2,495 for the newest… Read more.
Anand Tech
AUGUST 24, 2021
Welcome to Hot Chips! This is the annual conference all about the latest, greatest, and upcoming big silicon that gets us all excited. Stay tuned during Monday and Tuesday for our regular AnandTech Live Blogs.
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
AUGUST 24, 2021
Hawaii Gov. David Ige is asking tourists to stay home and delay any vacation plans in the region until at least November as the state’s covid-19 case numbers soar. Hawaii is averaging about 650 new cases a day, a troubling uptick from a month ago when the state was averaging just 138 cases per day. Read more.
Digital Trends
AUGUST 24, 2021
Investigator Karl Jobst has been looking into the recent high-price retro game sales and found that everything may not be as it seems.
GizModo VR
AUGUST 24, 2021
New research finds that abortions prescribed over the phone or online can be safe and effective. The study found that a large majority of women who received medication abortions in California last year via telehealth service required no follow-up medical care, and no major adverse events were reported. The findings… Read more.
Digital Trends
AUGUST 24, 2021
The ideal headphones should have noise cancellation, great comfort, and fantastic audio quality. The Sony WH-1000XM3 ticks all those boxes and is on sale right now.
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
AUGUST 24, 2021
Let’s be clear: Jorge R. Gutiérrez’s Maya and the Three is set in a mythical land inspired by Mexican and Mesoamerican culture. The Book of Life director has drawn from Incan, Aztec, and Mayan mythology, as well as a smattering of Caribbean culture, to create an epic fantasy TV series for Netflix, and you can see it… Read more.
Digital Trends
AUGUST 24, 2021
The Dell Vostro 5510, a laptop that will be able to keep up with your work-from-home tasks, is currently available at $671 off, lowering its price to $799.
GizModo VR
AUGUST 24, 2021
Marlon Wayans is teaming up with Cry Wolf ’s Jeff Wadlow for a new Netflix horror project. Death Dealer strikes in even more footage from Marvel’s Shang-Chi. Motherland: Fort Salem will return for a third and final season. Plus, what’s coming on The Walking Dead , and when to expect the final episodes of Attack on Titan … Read more.
Digital Trends
AUGUST 24, 2021
Sure, you could learn something from a probing documentary, but isn't it more fun to pretend? Check out our list of the best mockumentary movies of all time!
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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