VRScout
JULY 16, 2022
Has technology gone too far, or not far enough? Wouldn’t it be nice if you were able to connect with others in the real world while immersed in your favorite VR games and apps? VFX artist and XR developer Jake Berg thinks so, which is why the digital creator built a pair of mechanical eyes for his Meta Quest 2, and the results are… unsettling, to say the least.
Slashgear
JULY 16, 2022
Asteroids have come very close to Earth in the past, and more will in the future. In case one gets too close, here's how we could be ready for it.
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Mashable VR
JULY 16, 2022
The secure messaging app Signal has been around for years but, in 2021, it saw a huge spike in users after a heightened awareness of the need for privacy. Now, the app is used by over 40 million people. Known for its end-to-end encryption and independent structure as a non-profit organization run by a foundation — not a big tech company — Signal has previously been the communication method of choice for activists , people in the hacker community , and others concerned about privacy.
Slashgear
JULY 16, 2022
There are three theories that explain how Venus came to spin the opposite direction of a majority of the planets.
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.
Mashable VR
JULY 16, 2022
Amazon admitted its Ring security cameras have sent recordings to police without the knowledge or consent of the people who own the cameras. Responding to an inquiry from Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Amazon said in a letter dated July 1 that it has handed over private recordings to police 11 times in 2022. The company said it was complying with an "emergency request.
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Mashable VR
JULY 16, 2022
Depending on which mobile browser you use, it might not be immediately obvious how to do a reverse image search from your mobile device. The most simple solution we've come up with is to download and use Google's free Chrome browser for iOS or Android. This particular browser has a quick and easy built-in method for carrying out reverse image searches.
Slashgear
JULY 16, 2022
There were four billion robocalls a month in 2020, but the FCC is working to cut down on those numbers.
Upload VR
JULY 16, 2022
Far Cry VR offers a compelling location-based multiplayer VR experience for the experienced and new to VR alike. Read on for our full hands-on. Announced in 2020 and rolled out to Zero Latency locations last year , I only recently got the chance to try out Far Cry VR: Dive Into Insanity, a 30-minute location-based multiplayer experience developed by nDreams in partnership with Ubisoft and Zero Latency.
Slashgear
JULY 16, 2022
In addition to updating the console, you'll also need to update your PS5's DualSense controller firmware on occassion using one of multiple methods.
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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.
GizModo VR
JULY 16, 2022
Back in 2020, Netflix announced their plans to bring Yu Yu Hakusho to live action. Yoshihiro Tagashio’s 1990 manga became one of the foundations of shonen manga as we know it today alongside One Piece and Dragon Ball, and though its 1994 anime was a bit hit in Japan, it would get overshadowed by Dragon Ball Z once it… Read more.
Slashgear
JULY 16, 2022
There are some clever tricks and tips to help you hone your drone cinematography skills to get the best shots.
Mashable VR
JULY 16, 2022
Alright, fellow Stranger Things fans, it's time to face up to the facts. I love Eddie Munson, you love Eddie Munson, we all love Eddie Munson. But Eddie Munson is dead, and he's not coming back. Hawkins's resident Dungeons and Dragons -loving metalhead (played to perfection by Joseph Quinn) stole our hearts throughout the fourth season of Stranger Things.
Slashgear
JULY 16, 2022
For a billionaire like Tiger Woods, owning a superyacht comes with the territory. Here are some features of the golf legend's $20 million yacht.
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
JULY 16, 2022
The James Webb Space Telescope made headlines with its ability to look deep into the universe, but it will also be used to look at some targets closer to home.
GizModo VR
JULY 16, 2022
By now, it’s basically an open secret that Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is bringing in Namor the Sub-Mariner (as played by Tenoch Huerta) in a key supporting role, if not the film’s actual antagonist. This being Marvel, they’ve building up to this by giving the character a more primary role in comics ahead of the… Read more.
Mashable VR
JULY 16, 2022
New images from the James Webb Space Telescope prove the humongous observatory in deep space isn't just capable of seeing cosmic objects extremely far from home. NASA released Webb's first pictures taken in the solar system on Thursday, including Jupiter and zipping asteroids. Engineers snapped these shots during earlier tests of the observatory's instruments.
GizModo VR
JULY 16, 2022
With how much Hollywood loves casting hot, young actors to inhabit the roles previously held by veterans, it seems inevitable that we will get ourselves a new Indiana Jones. After all, Harrison Ford turned 80 earlier this week, and the upcoming Indiana Jones 5 is very likely going to be the last time he dons that hat… 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.
Mashable VR
JULY 16, 2022
Scientists found a mysterious radio signal in space that bursts out in a heartbeat-like pattern and before you ask, no, it's not aliens. At least that's what they're telling us. Using the CHIME (Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment) radio telescope, astronomers noticed a strange FRB, or radio burst, from a far-off galaxy billions of light-years from Earth.
GizModo VR
JULY 16, 2022
Leading up to the release of Ms. Marvel on Disney+, the big point of discussion surrounding the show was the way it revamped Kamala Khan’s (Iman Vellani) powerset. Rather than being an Inhuman with the ability to polymorph and grow or expand her body, Kamala came into possession of a family heirloom that allowed her… Read more.
Mashable VR
JULY 16, 2022
In the first image NASA released from the Webb telescope, some galaxies look like strings of stretched taffy. That's because the universe itself has altered our view of the deep cosmos. Astronomers recently pointed the colossal James Webb Space Telescope at a cluster of galaxies dubbed SMACS 0723. Crucially, galaxies are enormously massive objects as they contain hundreds of billions of stars, millions of black holes , and perhaps trillions of planets.
GizModo VR
JULY 16, 2022
You don’t need to be a user interface designer to spot a bad-looking site. Hell, anyone who spent any time on the internet in the days pre-Facebook might remember bland, white webpages, tiny font, and links upon links upon links like a black hole slowly sucking you into the great whirlpool expanse of incomprehensible… 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?
Mashable VR
JULY 16, 2022
Let's say you're not the person in your social group who can point out the astrophysical errors in the opening shot of the movie Contact. But let's also say you are someone who can easily spot the Big Dipper on a moonless night. In that case, you’re in the sweet spot to be wondering to yourself, " Hey um, what was the deal with that comet people were talking about the other day?
Digital Trends
JULY 16, 2022
An uncrewed SpaceX Dragon cargo ship has arrived at the International Space Station, carrying a variety of scientific experiments and supplies for the crew.
Mashable VR
JULY 16, 2022
Amidst internal conflict regarding the status of cryptocurrency in the country, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a new bill Friday, "prohibiting the use of digital assets, such as cryptocurrency and NFTs, to pay for goods and services." The new law, Protocol reports , also requires crypto exchanges and providers to refuse transactions in which digital payment can be interpreted as a replacement for monetary exchanges.
Digital Trends
JULY 16, 2022
The accumulation of junk which is damaging to the environment isn't only a problem here on Earth: it's also a problem in space.
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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