VRScout

MARCH 28, 2022

The program will cover everything from VR and AR to immersive journalism. Starting this Fall, Arizona State University expands its offerings through a distinctive partnership between its Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and its Sidney Poitier New American Film School / Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts to create a new graduate degree program centered on new narratives driven through emerging technology and virtual production.

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AR Insider

MARCH 28, 2022

There's a common rallying cry among AR proponents that the technology will transform the way people shop. But is that bearing out. We examine consumer sentiments on AR's role in shopping for this week's data dive. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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VRScout

MARCH 28, 2022

MRI scans, while safe, can prove especially traumatizing for younger patients. Children’s Health of Orange County (CHOCK), a children’s hospital located in Orange County, California, has transformed its lovable mascot ‘Choco’ into an AR (augmented reality) experience that walks children through the steps of a standard MRI scan. The idea is that by familiarizing younger patients with the process, they’ll feel more comfortable during the actual procedure.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2022

Happy Spring, ladies, and gentlemen of VR! I hope this season will bring you joy, happiness, and love! On this sunny day, let me tell you the most interesting AR/VR news from the past week…. Top news of the week. (Image by GDC). GDC 2022 featured many VR companies, but few announcements. You know well that I’ve been at SXSW , but, shame on me, I haven’t stayed a few days more to attend the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.

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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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Slashgear

MARCH 28, 2022

Android fans are anticipating a Pixel 6a launch at the upcoming Google I/O 2022 event, but word has it there will be one hotly-anticipated item left out.

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Slashgear

MARCH 28, 2022

Russia's war on Ukraine has put the brakes on one of Europe's planned Mars missions. As a result, the ExoMars rover is heading for storage instead of space.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 28, 2022

Ariana DeBose made history at the 94th Academy Awards when she won Best Supporting Actress in West Side Story. DeBose is the first openly queer woman to win an acting Oscar, as well as the first Afro-Latina. She comes primarily from a dance background and established her career on stage. She is the second actor to win an Oscar for playing Anita in West Side Story , the first being Rita Moreno for the 1961 film adaptation of the Broadway musical.

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Slashgear

MARCH 28, 2022

A battle royale of rovers could help uncover new designs for mining ice and other resources on the moon, and that's the basis for a challenge from the ESA.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 28, 2022

The 94th Academy Awards are now upon us, along with the promise of cringey moments, memorable (for better or for worse) speeches, entertaining surprises, upsets and more. While the ongoing pandemic continues to cut into box office performance, there's been a flood of movies as COVID-delayed productions got back to work, and our favs are out to celebrate those at tonight's Oscars.

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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.

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Slashgear

MARCH 28, 2022

White holes have been theorized for nearly as long as their black hole counterparts. Now that we have proof that black holes exist, are white holes next?

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Mashable VR

MARCH 28, 2022

The best noise-canceling headphones make traveling so much more pleasant. When you're flying, you'll inevitably be confronted by a multitude of unpleasant sounds, from crying babies to the roaring engine of the plane. Airplane noise can be tricky to block out which is why we've looked at the best noise-canceling headphones for travel rather than just for general use.

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Slashgear

MARCH 28, 2022

Last year, Samsung announced an industry-first 200MP mobile image sensor. Months later, it looks like the first phone packing this camera is finally inbound.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 28, 2022

FinFisher is no more. Long accused of helping authoritarian governments to spy on political dissidents and activists, the creepy surveillance company has abruptly shut down amidst an ongoing investigation into its business dealings. Read more.

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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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Slashgear

MARCH 28, 2022

Social media has often been associated with the general decline in life satisfaction and happiness, something a new study from Oxford explored among youth.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 28, 2022

During the pre-taped acceptance speech for Best Animated Short at the 94th Academy Awards , "The Windshield Wiper" director Alberto Mielgo said, "animation for adults is a fact. It's happening. Let's call it cinema." Unfortunately, the Oscars telecast did not feel the same way. Early in her monologue, host Amy Schumer (who shared hosting duties with Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes) mentioned that she hadn't seen many of the nominees.

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Slashgear

MARCH 28, 2022

Apple is reportedly cutting down the production target of its all-new iPhone SE 3 by as much as 20% in the next quarter. What does that mean for the tiny phone?

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GizModo VR

MARCH 28, 2022

Moon Knight , the latest Marvel Studios show coming to Disney+ , is unlike any Marvel show we’ve ever seen. Mostly that’s because it doesn’t require an encyclopedic knowledge of the events of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to enjoy it. The show is filled with new characters, mythologies, and plenty of inspiration from… Read more.

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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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Slashgear

MARCH 28, 2022

Apple offers an inexpensive Apple Music tier, but it revolves entirely around Siri. Here's why you should avoid it despite the low price tag.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 28, 2022

Well, that certainly took long enough. After weeks of back and forth between Walt Disney Company employees and the company’s executives —a tense exchange that included a walkout last week—Disney just released a full statement condemning Florida’s terrible “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which was signed into law today by Florida… Read more.

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Slashgear

MARCH 28, 2022

Following "Lost Ark" and "New World," Amazon Games' head Michael Frazzini has announced he's stepping down from his role after nearly two decades at Amazon.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 28, 2022

The European Space Agency is scrambling to figure out the ExoMars rover’s next-possible launch window after the agency suspended cooperation with the Russian space agency, Roscosmos, over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Read more.

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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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Mashable VR

MARCH 28, 2022

As we learned from the BBC's excellent show Vigil , being trapped on a submarine is not much fun. But what about if you were trapped on one while the Earth above you was being destroyed by a strange natural catastrophe? That's the idea at the centre of Netflix's upcoming series Yakamoz S-245 , written by Into the Night writer Jason George, and set in the same universe in which that story – which sees a plane full of passengers trying to outrun a burning sun – takes place.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 28, 2022

A 19-year-old Tennessee man was arrested over the weekend for allegedly attempting to surreptitiously track his partner using an Apple Watch hooked around the wheel of her car. Read more.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 28, 2022

Will Smith has taken to Instagram to apologize to Chris Rock, a day after slapping the comedian on stage during the Oscars. "Violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive," Smith wrote in a black and white text post on his Instagram. "My behavior at last night’s Academy Awards was unacceptable and inexcusable. Jokes at my expense are a part of the job, but a joke about Jada’s medical condition was too much for me to bear and I reacted emotionally.".

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GizModo VR

MARCH 28, 2022

Scientists with the Environmental Protection Agency have called the handling of pet deaths linked to a popular flea and tick collar a “travesty” and have bemoaned how the agency is trying to “cover [its] ass for doing nothing” about tens of thousands of customer complaints, according to emails released last week. The… Read more.

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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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