VRScout
DECEMBER 6, 2021
A new firmware update introduces six predefined hand gestures and opens up quality-of-life opportunities. The HTC VIVE Focus 3 is an impressive VR headset with its dual 2.88” LCD panels, Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 processor, magnetic gasket, and easy-to-access swappable battery. . One of the VIVE Focus 3’s most exciting features is the AI-powered hand-tracking.
AR Insider
DECEMBER 6, 2021
Visualizing products with AR brings new utility to online shopping. But it isn't a silver bullet, and some things still need to be seen and felt. What products are most primed for AR? We examine the evidence in this week's data dive. The post What Products Work Best for AR Shopping? appeared first on AR Insider.
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VRScout
DECEMBER 6, 2021
Scan your next Amazon package to unlock a unique WebAR experience featuring the 2022 Volkswagen Taos. Volkswagen has teamed up with Amazon for a super cool 8th Wall-powered AR experience that will arrive on select Amazon boxes during the holiday season as part of VW’s “Joy is a State of Drive” campaign. The AR experience, which was designed specifically for mobile devices, will give you driving around in one of VW’s all-new 2022 Tao SUVs throughout different 3D maps and collecting fun soun
ARPost
DECEMBER 6, 2021
Social media has become a part of our everyday lives and influences many decisions we make, including what to buy. The younger generations are especially influenced by the brands’ presence on social media platforms, especially Instagram. For this reason, luxury retailer Saks partnered with Yahoo Creative Studios to create AR selfie filters for Instagram.
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.
AR Insider
DECEMBER 6, 2021
Welcome back to Spatial Beats, AR Insider's weekly series that features observations and insights of author and futurist Charlie Fink. This week, we look at ongoing metaverse developments and the digital land boom. The post Spatial Beats: Meta, Dreamscape and the Virtual Land Boom appeared first on AR Insider.
Virtual Reality Pulse brings together the best content for VR professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
ARVR
DECEMBER 6, 2021
Active Video Games burn more calories than outdoor play, count as moderate physical activity, and are now more fun than ever Image source: [link] Video games are largely in part to blame for many people's lack of interest in physical activity. Instead of playing outside, many adults(and even more so kids) would rather stay inside and play video games.
GizModo VR
DECEMBER 6, 2021
Life360, a popular tracking app that bills itself as “the world’s leading family safety service,” is purportedly selling location data on the 31 million families and kids that use it to data brokers. The chilling revelation may make users of the Tile Bluetooth tracker, which is being bought by Life360 , think twice… Read more.
ARVR
DECEMBER 6, 2021
This year’s Tech Conference will be the begging of something magical! We have very exciting news! It’s that time of year, where we start to actively plan our next Tech Conference and we’re planning on hosting it in the Metaverse! Metaverse will allow us to connect online in a more embodied experience. You will be able to virtually walk around, meet people, talk to the speakers and even have a happy hour!
GizModo VR
DECEMBER 6, 2021
Among the ongoing cavalcade of lawmakers and laypeople concerned about whether social media algorithms might be rotting their user’s brains, TikTok’s faced a fair amount of scrutiny, and for good reason. Despite the app’s ballooning usage across the globe—with ballooning revenue figures to match—there’s still a hell… Read more.
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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.
Digital Trends
DECEMBER 6, 2021
Fortnite may not be on the Google Play Store, but it's still available through Epic. Here's how to sideload the official app and jump back in.
GizModo VR
DECEMBER 6, 2021
One of the top executives of a gargantuan texting contractor has been accused of running a secret surveillance business, the likes of which sold access to the company’s partner networks so that governments could spy on various users. Read more.
Digital Trends
DECEMBER 6, 2021
Despite the persisting graphics card shortage and extremely high GPU prices, graphics card shipments increased by 25% compared to 2020.
GizModo VR
DECEMBER 6, 2021
The world dumps some 17.6 billion pounds (8 billion kilograms) of plastic into the ocean every year —and now, you can check out how all that trash moves around. NASA released an animation showing shifting plastic concentrations in the world’s oceans over an 18-month period, the first research of its kind to map… Read more.
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.
Digital Trends
DECEMBER 6, 2021
NASA has unveiled its latest successful astronaut candidates, some of whom could take part in the space agency's Artemis moon missions.
GizModo VR
DECEMBER 6, 2021
Researchers in the UK are beginning an important clinical trial of a relatively new type of weight loss, or bariatric, surgery. The minimally invasive procedure is designed to reduce the production of the so-called “hunger hormone” called ghrelin, but with less cost and upkeep than existing bariatric treatments.… Read more.
VR Fitness
DECEMBER 6, 2021
In one of the trailer parks where I lived as a child, there was an acre-sized wooded area that was a fantastic place to build forts and play war games. It was basically a small loblolly pine forest with trees over 100 feet tall and pinecones that scattered the ground year round. Continue reading on VR Fitness Insider.
GizModo VR
DECEMBER 6, 2021
If you’d asked a panel of experts 10 years ago what smartphones would look like in a decade, you’d have gotten all kinds of wild responses. Recall that in 2001 the biggest thing in cell phone technology was the Nokia 8250, the chief selling point of which was its colorful display. Instead of black-and-white, this… Read more.
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.
Digital Trends
DECEMBER 6, 2021
Two space tourists from Japan are about to head to the International Space Station for an 11-day stay, and you can watch the mission live.
GizModo VR
DECEMBER 6, 2021
An intriguing object that appears cube-shaped has attracted the attention of scientists working on China’s Chang’e 4 mission on the far side of the Moon. Read more.
Digital Trends
DECEMBER 6, 2021
Here's how to use Voice Memos and record audio on iPhone. This guide explains how to record via Voice Memos, and also how to edit, share, and delete recordings.
GizModo VR
DECEMBER 6, 2021
In just a few days, the sixth and final season of Amazon’s beloved sci-fi series The Expanse will premiere. This new season is only going to be six episodes, so you know it’s going to hit the ground running—and you gotta be prepared, beltalowda! Here’s a crash course for fans on where things stand. Read 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?
Digital Trends
DECEMBER 6, 2021
Tired of Siri coming to life at inconvenient moments? Need a break from Apple's intelligent assistant? Here's how to turn off Siri on your iPhone and iPad.
GizModo VR
DECEMBER 6, 2021
While we sometimes mistakenly think of old Hollywood as being a relatively chaste place (compared to the modern film industry), where the Hays Code forced studios to self-censor sexuality and anything that bucked American social norms, that’s not at all the case. Read more.
Digital Trends
DECEMBER 6, 2021
Toyota has selected a location for its first U.S. battery plant. Costing around $1.3 billion, the facility is expected to be up and running in 2025.
GizModo VR
DECEMBER 6, 2021
As a longtime Android user, I’ve spent the better part of a decade on the sidelines of an entire product category, awaiting a wearable that could rival the Apple Watch. From startups to traditional watchmakers, many companies have promised a worthy alternative, only to release smartwatches with crippling compromises.… Read more.
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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