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An Elden Ring VR Mod Is Coming To Crush Your Soul

VRScout

Now we can devour the Gods together… in VR. Developer FromSoftware has created a bit of a reputation for crafting brutally difficult video games, Bloodborne, Sekiro, and of course its iconic Dark Souls series. The company’s latest game, Elden Ring , is no exception, offering players the chance to explore a sprawling fantasy world that’s as beautiful as it is ruthless.

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“Thinking Ahead About XR” Report by Bipartisan Policy Center and XR Association

ARPost

This publication, and most tech publications, spend a lot of time talking about the benefits of XR – and for good reason. However, as these benefits scale with adoption and advancement, so do potential risks. A recent report by the XR Association (XRA) and the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) explores some of these risks as well as potential early-stage interventions.

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Canon Announces MREAL X1 Enterprise Headset with Larger FOV

Road to VR

Canon announced its next enterprise XR headset, MREAL X1. The device, which offers passthrough AR, appears to be a modestly upgraded version of the company’s 2021 model, MREAL S1, as it boasts a field of view (FOV) that’s “2.5 times larger.” The headset, which is detailed in an English language video (seen below), is said to make use of Canon’s proprietary display panels and optical technology, something the company says has allowed it to expand the FOV from MREAL S

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ARtillery Briefs, Episode 56: Metaverse Basics

AR Insider

Though the term metaverse has become co-opted, conflated, and clouded through overuse in corporate marketing, it does represent some legitimate principles worth examining. We break down its ingredients in the latest ARtillery Briefs episode. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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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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‘F1 22’ is Getting VR Support on PC, Releasing in July

Road to VR

Electronic Arts and Codemasters just unveiled F1 22 , and although it wasn’t front and center in the announce trailer, the Formula One racing game is getting VR support on PC. F1 22 is slated to launch on July 1st across P4, P5, Xbox, and PC via the EA App, Origin, Steam, and Epic Store. In F1 22 , you get a chance to race new cars of the Formula 1 2022 season, and can play as 20 drivers across 10 teams.

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Large Hadron Collider Comes Back Online To Unlock More Big Bang Secrets

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The Large Hadron Collider at CERN begins preparations for Run 3, the largest and most intense test yet of the record-breaking seeker of the God Particle.

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TikTok, Twitter, and Facebook Are Letting Climate Denial Run Rampant: Report

GizModo VR

Fossil fuel companies have known about climate change since 1966 , and for almost as long, they’ve been buying TV, radio and newspaper ads trying to make sure you don’t. Decades later, lies about climate change haven’t disappeared; they’ve just gone digital. Read more.

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Here's How To See Where The ISS Is Right Now

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Three tools have the ability to show us the current location of the International Space Station as it orbits Earth in its final decade in service to science.

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TSMC Roadmap Update: N3E in 2024, N2 in 2026, Major Changes Incoming

Anand Tech

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has solid plans for the next few years, but the foundry's manufacturing technology design cycles are getting longer. As a result, to address all of its clients' needs, the company will have to keep offering half-nodes, enhanced, and specialized versions of its fabrication processes. TSMC's success in the last 20 years or so was largely conditioned by the company's ability to offer a new manufacturing technology with PPA (power, performance,

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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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What UV Radiation From The 'Goldilocks' Stars Could Really Mean

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In humanity's search for habitable planets other than our own, new insight into how UV radiation affects planets seems to rule out masses of candidates.

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A Surveillance Firm Reportedly Tracked NSA and CIA Spies as a Product Demo

GizModo VR

There exists an underworld data broker market devoted to auctioning off your information to the highest bidder. It’s an industry populated by professional creeps who buy and sell mobile data collected via invasive if legal means, often from nosy apps. A new report shows that one such company demonstrated just how… Read more.

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The Interesting Seismic Activity We Started To Detect On Mars

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Earth isn't the only planet to experience violent quakes. What's impressive about those on Mars it that they've happened without plate tectonics.

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AI could turn your phone into a mobile health lab

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Google Health has introduced research projects that promise to turn smartphones into disease-screening tools.

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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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Why The Original Concorde Supersonic Jet Failed

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The Concorde was a technological marvel that allowed people to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in less than four hours -- how did such a speedy sensation fail?

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Ukraine's Postal Service Gets DDOS'd After Printing Stamps of Sunken Russian Battleship

GizModo VR

Just a few days after Ukraine’s national post office issued some cheeky stamps honoring the defiant Ukranian border guard who flipped off a Russian warship, Ukraine’s National Post Office, Ukrposhta, reported a massive cyberattack, meaning that—at least for now—you probably won’t be able to buy those stamps online. Read more.

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How To Clear Cache In Microsoft Edge

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Clearing your cache in the Microsoft Edge browser is incredibly simple. There are even two ways in which to do so, and we'll walk you through both.

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Why social-emotional learning for kids is under attack

Mashable VR

Not too long ago, social-emotional learning (SEL) brought people on the left and right together in pursuit of teaching children skills for thriving in the classroom and beyond. Now it may sound familiar because it's become a flashpoint in the battle over children's education. Social-emotional learning, or SEL, is a process designed to support young students' well-being and academic performance in five key areas: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsi

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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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See Stunning Footage Of A Solar Eclipse On Mars

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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover caught incredible footage of Phobos, one of the red planet's moons, occluding the sun.

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Sony's WH-1000XM5 Headphones Just Leaked, And They Look Fantastic

GizModo VR

Sony’s WH-1000XM5 headphones are perhaps the most anticipated noise-canceling headphones of 2022, and a new leak claims to have revealed their new design and key specs. Read more.

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The OnePlus 10 Doesn't Seem Too Far Behind Its Pro Sibling

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A new OnePlus 10 appears to be headed to market with a design that's similar to that of the "Pro" version of the device, with specs that also fit the bill.

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The Webb Telescope Is Almost Fully Aligned

GizModo VR

The Webb Space Telescope is in its final (seventh) stage of alignment, bringing the superlative spacecraft tantalizingly close to commencing its scientific operations. 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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Sony's Upcoming WH-1000XM5 Headphones Look Fantastic In Leaked Renders

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The next generation of active noise-canceling wireless headphones from Sony appeared in leaked imagery with details aplenty, likely well ahead of release.

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Obi-Wan Kenobi's Composer Has a New Take on Classic Star Wars Themes

GizModo VR

As the release date for Obi-Wan Kenobi –the stand-alone Disney+ show starring Ewan McGregor—gets closer and closer, more details about the production are being revealed. One of those is the identity of the composer for the series , Natalie Holt. Read more.

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This CDC Quiz Will Tell You How Long To Quarantine From COVID-19

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Following two years of confusion and changing requirements surrounding Covid-19 quarantine protocol, the CDC has introduced a streamlined method.

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Astrobotic Shows off Shiny Lunar Lander Ahead of Scheduled Launch Later This Year

GizModo VR

Earlier this week, private space technology company Astrobotic unveiled its new robotic lunar lander. Called Peregrine, the 6-foot-tall probe is scheduled to land on the Moon later this year. 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?