Fri.Feb 25, 2022

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HTC Vive Announces Viveverse, A Cross-Platform Metaverse

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Viveverse is a metaverse inside a metaverse inside a… HTC Vive this week revealed Viveverse, an open-source VR metaverse composed of various interactive worlds, apps, and games. Accessible via a smartphone, PC, tablet, and the company’s new Vive Flow VR glasses, the cross-platform allows users to travel between various platforms like Vive Sync and Engage , a popular enterprise metaverse platform.

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ROSE Creates Museum-Like AR Experience for Black History Month

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Every year, Black History Month has a theme – a sort of spotlight area of culture and civics. This year, the theme is Black Health and Wellness and ROSE has created a mobile-based AR experience that takes users into a virtual museum of Black contributions to medicine over the course of 300 years of American history, from 1721 to 2021. “This exhibition reminds us that we cannot fully appreciate the advancements of the present or hope for the future if we do not honor what it took to get her

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XR Talks: The Man From the Future Projects 2022

AR Insider

As we roll into 2022, it's a good time for coming-year projections. Beyond our own recent predictions, one of our favorite market watchers is the “man from the future” Tom Emrich. We examine his 22 for 2022 in this week's XR Talks. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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HTC’s Vision of the Metaverse is Heavy on Buzzwords, Light on Substance

Road to VR

HTC released a video showing off its vision of the metaverse, a reflection of what the company thinks virtual spaces will look like in the near future. And… it’s not a great look. Some ideas are inevitable. Slim and light XR glasses capable of fluidly serving up novel and meaningful interactions are basically the holy grail in tech right now, with Apple, Meta, Google, Qualcomm, and many more laying down the groundwork to one day make them a reality.

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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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NASA's NACHOS Instrument Could Predict Volcanic Eruptions

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NASA has a new CubeSat called Nanosat Atmospheric Chemistry Hyperspectral Observation System (NACHOS) that could help predict the eruptions of volcanoes.

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Hubble Images Two Galaxies In Spectacular Head-On Collision

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NASA revealed a new image from Hubble showing two galaxies colliding, or in an intergalactic tug of war, however you want to look this fantastic display.

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Ukraine Military Calls on Citizens With Hobby Drones to Help Kyiv

GizModo VR

Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense has called on all citizens of Kyiv who own hobby drones to bring them in and help monitor the city as Russia invades, according to a new Facebook post by the military. Even if people don’t know how to fly their own drones very well they’re still being encouraged to bring them in so that… Read more.

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These 18 Tiny Dots Are A Huge Deal To NASA's Webb Space Telescope

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NASA reveals why these 18 dots are absolutely vital to the success in scientific missions with the James Webb Space Telescope now and through the future.

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Ukrainians turned to encrypted messaging app Signal as Russians invaded

Mashable VR

Facing uncertainty, Ukrainians looked for digital security in the form of the end-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal. That's according to Matthew Prince, the cofounder and CEO of Cloudflare, whose internet infrastructure company gives him unique insight into what goes on behind the internet's scenes. In a Thursday tweet, Prince wrote that he observed Signal usage in Ukraine shooting up starting just after midnight on Feb. 24.

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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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iOS 15 Features You Probably Didn't Know Existed

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If you've loaded iOS 15 to your iPhone and want to make absolutely sure you're putting all of this system's features to good use - take a peek at this list.

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Bitcoin Is Dirtier Than Ever

GizModo VR

Bitcoin proponents have long argued that miners moving to the U.S. can help lower the network’s carbon emissions. But a new paper out Friday finds that global shifts in the location of bitcoin miners driven by a crackdown in China last year have actually made bitcoin even dirtier. Thanks in part to fossil-fueled… Read more.

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What Is NIRSpec? The James Webb Telescope Instrument Explained

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The James Webb Telescope's most interesting instrument NIRSpec explained with the assistance of a pair of short-and-sweet videos from NASA.

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Meta sets up special team to deal with rampant misinformation around Ukraine

Mashable VR

Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp's umbrella company Meta says it has taken a number of measures to fight misinformation and to protect its platforms against cyberattacks amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "The situation in Ukraine is devastating. Our teams at Meta have implemented a number of measures to keep our platforms and our users in the region as safe as we can," wrote Meta's VP of global affairs Nick Clegg in a Twitter post Thursday.

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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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Volvo Unveils 2022 S60 Black Edition In Limited Numbers

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Volvo revealed an enticing new edition of the S60 in a limited-edition S60 Black Edition for 2022, in two iterations: Crystal White and Onyx Black.

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What You Need to Know About Google's VPN

GizModo VR

Virtual Private Networks or VPNs can protect the privacy of your browsing, cloaking your online activities and making it much harder for websites, internet providers, advertisers, and a hacker sitting behind you in a coffee shop to see what you’re doing. Generally speaking, VPNs are a Good Thing, and Google offers one… Read more.

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Morgan Super 3 Is A Modern Reboot Of The Iconic 3-Wheeler

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Morgan Super 3 was revealed as a reboot of the original 3-wheel vehicle, now appearing with features that make it look like the epitome of automotive fun.

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Florida Desperately Feeding Lettuce to Manatees to Stop Mass Starvation

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A feeding program for manatees is intensifying in Florida as conservation groups seek to save the marine mammals in the face of a devastating loss in local seagrass, the animals’ favorite food. 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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2022 Hyundai Tucson Review: Compact SUV Goes All-In On Features And Style

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Hyundai's best-selling Tucson has evolved dramatically from the design of its predecessors and hasn't forgotten why drivers choose a vehicle in this segment.

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Bat-Updates From The Batman and Batgirl's Own Batman

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Neve Campbell discusses her potential Scream future. Scoob will return for a Halloween special on HBO Max. Tales of the Walking Dead adds even more big names to its anthology cast. Plus, what’s coming on Legacies and Ghosts. Spoilers get! Read more.

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Apple Face ID Repairs Could Be Getting Cheaper Very Soon

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A leaked document suggests that Apple will soon allow fixes to the iPhone's Face ID module without a full phone replacement (and some associated costs).

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Vatican Calls for a 'Cultural Revolution' to Fight Climate Change

GizModo VR

The Vatican is once again trying to make climate action a key issue for Catholics, as it launches a program called the Laudato Si’ Action Platform , named after the Pope’s 2015 letter that framed protecting the environmental as a spiritual mandate. The new website calls on Catholics to eat less meat, take public… 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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The Iconic History Of The Lamborghini Miura

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Perhaps no car has had as dramatic an impact as the Lamborghini Miura, which introduced supercars to the world and cemented the legacy of a new brand.

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Apple's Plan to Swap the iPhone's Face ID Module Is Good News For Everyone

GizModo VR

Wouldn’t it be nice to walk into a Genius Bar and back out again on the same day with your problem solved? Apple is apparently working toward that reality for its iPhone users. Read more.

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Elden Ring Controller Not Working On PC? Here's The Fix That Worked For Us

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Elden Ring seems to have an issue working with certain game controllers when played on desktop PC - here's one fix that's working for some gamers.

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The Batman's Full Score Is Online to Dig Into Your Soul

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The Batman swoops into theaters exactly one week from today, but if you can’t wait that long, you can hear what it sounds like right now. Oscar-winning composer Michael Giacchino ( Lost, The Incredibles, Rogue One, Spider-Man: No Way Home.the guy has quite the resume) wrote the music for The Batman and the full score… 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?