Fri.Mar 11, 2022

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AR Could Be The Future Of Bowling

VRScout

Immersive technology lights up the lanes at Stars and Strikes. We’ve seen our fair of high-tech bowling experiences over the past couple of years, but nothing quite like SPARK Augmented Reality Bowling. Available now at select Stars and Strikes venues, this one-of-a-kind immersive sports experience features AR-enhanced bowling lanes that react in real-time to your bowling.

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CX and the Metaverse: The Changing Face of Customer Service in a Virtual World

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The coming of the metaverse has prompted many companies to embrace the virtual world. Many global enterprises , such as Disney, Meta, and Nike, have embraced this new, virtual world. Aside from investing in the metaverse and purchasing virtual real estate properties , these companies have started to expand operations in these digital dimensions. Brands are slowly moving to the metaverse, enabling them to connect with more digital-savvy consumers in new ways.

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Meta Acknowledges Missing Apps & Account Issues on Quest, Says “majority” Have Been Fixed

Road to VR

Meta has acknowledged a Quest account issue that cropped up this week which led to some users being logged out of their headsets and others missing their library of apps entirely. A “majority” of affected accounts have been fixed, according to Meta, but the company says it’s still working on the remainder. If your Quest has been acting weird this week, you’re not alone.

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PG&E Will Tap The Ford F-150 Lightning's Most Compelling Feature

Slashgear

A new pilot between Ford and power supplier will feature the Ford F-150 Lightning's most compelling feature made most useful in emergency situations.

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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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‘Pokémon GO’ Developer Niantic Acquires WebAR Company 8th Wall

Road to VR

Niantic, the company behind Pokémon GO , the Lightship AR SDK, and more, announced this week that it has acquired 8th Wall, creators of AR development tools designed to run through web browsers with wide reach across devices. In what the company calls its “largest acquisition to date,” Niantic this week announced that is has acquired 8th Wall , a company known for its toolset that allows developers to build web-based AR content.

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Honor's New Mid-Range Phone Is A Potent Rival For Realme And Xiaomi

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Honor reveals a new smartphone that'll go to battle with Realme and Xiaomi for ultimate 2022 midrange Android smartphone in a limited number of countries.

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Dive into women's history with these 5 free online resources

Mashable VR

March is here and so is Women's History Month in the United States. That means it's time to put on your thinking caps and dive into the deeply rich history of women, both past and present. The National Women's History Alliance chooses the month's theme each year, and 2022's focus is " Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope." According to the organization's website, the choice of theme is "a tribute to the ceaseless work of caregivers and frontline workers during this ongoing pandemic and also a

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Russia Is About To Become A Rare Pokemon GO Dark Zone

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Niantic announced that they'd make Russia go dark in the game Pokemon GO (and Pikmin, for what it's worth). This is an extremely rare move for Niantic.

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Bitcoin ATMs Declared Illegal in UK by Financial Regulator

GizModo VR

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency ATMs that allow people to buy and sell crypto are illegal in the UK, according to a letter made public on Friday by Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority. That means anyone currently operating a Bitcoin ATM is doing so illegally and will have to stop, according to the government … Read more.

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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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The Surprising Country With Greater Internet Accessibility Than The United States

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A new study shows which countries around the world have the best internet, rating speed, connectivity, and cost per month for internet services.

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All the Latest News From Disney, Universal, and Other Theme Parks

GizModo VR

Welcome to a new space where we explore the latest in realms you can visit that make the worlds of entertainment real through theme parks , pop-ups, cinematic destinations , immersive installations , themed food, and inspired libations. Read more.

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Driverless Cars Can Finally Ditch The Steering Wheel

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New government rulings suggest car manufacturers will be able to create driverless vehicles without steering wheels that are road legal in the near future.

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This Year's Flu Vaccine Was Basically Worthless

GizModo VR

This winter’s flu vaccine was a particularly bad match for the most common influenza strain in circulation, a new analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found. Thankfully, the flu season was much milder than usual for the second year in a row, as ongoing covid-19 precautions likely blunted the… Read more.

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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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The 15 Best Porsches Of All Time

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The Porsche name has graced many cars destined for both the road and track throughout the years. Here are the 15 Porsches to hit the pavement.

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Giant Tortoises on Galápagos Island Aren’t What They Appear to Be

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Giant tortoises currently living on San Cristóbal of the Galápagos Archipelago may need a new scientific name, as researchers had mistakenly conflated them with an extinct tortoise species. Read more.

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New Mac Pro, iMac, Mac Mini Reveal Unlikely Before 2023

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The latest predictions from analysts and insiders suggests that we won't see Apple's Mac Pro, iMac Pro, or Mac mini get a refresh until at least 2023.

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'The Andy Warhol Diaries' review: Capturing a complicated queer icon

Mashable VR

You don't need to know about pop art to know the work of Andy Warhol. The Pittsburgh-born artist, who rose to fame with his silkscreen paintings Campbell's Soup Cans , was so influential that his unique and multifaceted brand has gone on to influence countless painters, filmmakers, musicians, and social media stars. 35 years after his death, his fingerprints can be found smudged across our contemporary landscape.

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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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iPhone SE 3 And iPad Air Preorders Start Today: Here's What You Need To Know

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Apple's new iPhone SE (3rd generation) and latest iPad Air were made available on pre-order today, March 11, 2022, after an initial reveal earlier this week.

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Over 18 Million People Have Died From the Pandemic, Large Study Estimates

GizModo VR

The true global death toll from covid-19 may be three times higher than official numbers show, according to a report out Friday. The peer-reviewed study estimates that over 18 million people have died due to the pandemic, based on excess death data. Read more.

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Here Are The Xbox Game Studios Titles That Work On Steam Deck

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Valve reveals a new list of games that work with Steam Deck, some that'll work great, and make clear a few titles that won't work well at all.

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Sure, Why Not: Regulator Says Self-Driving Cars Don't Need Brake Pedals or Steering Wheels to Be Safe

GizModo VR

Autonomous vehicles don’t need steering wheels, brake pedals, drivers’ seats, or other manual driving controls meant for us meat machines any longer. 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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Dead Space Remake Hit With A Delay

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The latest iteration of Dead Space for PC, PlayStation 5, and the Xbox Series X has been delayed by EA Games beyond the end of the year 2022.

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Bag the best travel deals with a lifetime subscription to the Dollar Flight Club

Mashable VR

TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to the Dollar Flight Club is on sale for £37.26, saving you 92% on list price. Our time on this planet is limited. If you want to travel, you should travel. Of course, your bank account might say otherwise, but that’s where Dollar Flight Club can help out. This handy app and email subscription can alert you to the cheapest travel deals from your favourite airports — and right now, a lifetime subscription is majorly discounted.

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Biden's Crypto Executive Order: Here's What You Need To Know

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US President Joe Biden delivered an executive order this week dealing with cryptocurrency, blockchain, and everything in-between. Here are the basics.

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Deadpool 3 Is Happening, With a Little Help From Free Guy's Shawn Levy

GizModo VR

Fresh off the release of the pair’s latest film, The Adam Project , Ryan Reynolds has tapped Shawn Levy to direct the film everyone has been waiting for: Deadpool 3. 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?