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Batman AR Board Game Punches Its Way To Kickstarter

VRScout

Dispensing justice in AR. Batman: The Arkham Asylum Files is a next-gen board game from Infinite Rabbit Holes that uses augmented reality (AR) technology to immerse players in a mixed reality experience based on the classic DC superhero. Using a smartphone device, players scan physical artifacts to unlock a variety of AR content as they play. “Dive into the world of Batman and Harley Quinn as you investigate The Arkham Asylum’s most infamous patients with newly reinstated therapist D

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Steam On Tesla Gaming Demo May Happen In The Near Future

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We've been hearing about it for quite some time, and now it looks like it's happening. Musk says a demo of Steam running on a Tesla could be mere weeks away.

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Steam VR Fest Offers Demos And Discounts Until July 25th

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Valve’s Steam VR Fest offers game demos and discounts across existing and upcoming VR releases through July 25th. The event officially runs from July 18th through July 25th and it will be an exclusively VR affair highlighting what the immersive medium has to offer. We’ll update this post with some of the most notable deals and demos as soon as we have a chance to peruse the final content in Steam VR Fest.

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The Reason You Shouldn't Charge Your iPhone To 100%

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Many users remain confused about battery health and best charging practices. Apple has a good reason for suggesting limiting how often your iPhone hits 100%.

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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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Hubble captures a glittering, glorious globular cluster

Digital Trends

The Hubble image this week shows a globular cluster called Terzan 2, with a blanket of sparkling stars visible by the thousand over the blackness of the sky.

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11 Times Selfies Turned Tragic

GizModo VR

Summer’s officially here, which means—for a good chunk of you— you’re taking some well-deserved time off to do a bit of traveling. If you’re doing that, then let’s be honest, you’re going to take a few shots of yourself while you’re away, and you wanna get your selfie game on lock. Read more.

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How To Remotely Access Your Mac From An iPhone

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Sometimes, you want to remotely access your computer, with an iPhone and MacBook, there's a fairly simple way to do that.

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Between Realities VR Podcast: Season 5 Episode 21 Ft. Paradise Decay

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In this week’s episode of Between Realities, Alex and Skeeva host VR YouTuber Paradise Decay. In his first ever live appearance, Paradise Decay talks about his journey in content creation and VR. Other topics include impressions of Kayak VR: Mirage and Twilight Zone VR. — Between Realities Links — Merch Store: [link]. Patreon – [link].

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Here's How To Run Windows 11 On Your MacBook

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MacBooks are great, but sometimes you may need to run Windows software. For those occasions, you can install Windows 11 directly on a MacBook.

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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 20 most addictive reality TV shows streaming on Netflix in 2022

Mashable VR

Do want to watch people fall in love? Maybe you need to see folks fall off of stuff? Or maybe you wish to witness adorable toddlers run errands and forget about your problems? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you're in the right place! Finding quality reality TV can prove difficult for cable cutters, since much of it still airs live.

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Why You Should Never Let Your Android Battery Hit Zero

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Charging your Android to 100% and letting it get to zer before charging it can impact the life of your battery.

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The Steam Deck is a true successor to PlayStation Vita

Digital Trends

Sony is unlikely to make another dedicated gaming handheld machine after the PlayStation Vita. But it doesn't have to as Valve's Steam Deck is its successor.

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Westworld Finally Remembered How to Blow Your Mind

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If you thought Westworld peaked in season one. you’re probably right. But if you’ve been waiting for Westworld to give you a great twist again, or perhaps despaired that the show would never thrill you like it used to, or that it had completely lost its way during the mediocre third season , tonight’s episode proved… 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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Is San Diego Comic-Con still the pinnacle of pop culture?

Digital Trends

After a two-year absence, San Diego Comic-Con is back and stronger than ever, reminding everyone why it is still the apex of pop culture.

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The Dark Knight Rises Ended Superhero Cinema's Era of Isolation

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Several of the retrospectives we’ve done this month have been focused on Marvel or other Disney IP. It’s just the nature of the beast, but Marvel’s Distinguished Competition—aka DC—has a pretty big landmark of its own to celebrate in the year of 2022. That’s right, it’s time to talk about our old pal, Batman. Read more.

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How to clean your iPhone speakers

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No matter how fastidious you think you are with your smartphone cleanliness routine, over time your iPhone's speakers will slowly get filled up with dust, dirt, and other disgusting debris. This can result in your iPhone's speakers sounding distorted and muffled, whether for media playback or during phone calls. We're taking a look at the "do's" and "don'ts" of how to get your iPhone speakers factory fresh again.

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Oni Press' Future Uncertain as Layoffs and Unpaid Labor Allegations Mount

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For fans of comics and graphic novels, the Eisner-award publisher Oni Press is best known for works such as Jonna & the Unpossible Monsters , Scott Pilgrim, and plenty more. But just days ahead of this year’s San Diego Comic-Con , Oni has announced its plans to not attend the convention. And following that sudden news,… 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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A once-lost WWE wrestling match just resurfaced on Instagram

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You really can find anything on the internet. Once thought to be long-lost, a 1986 WWE wrestling match featuring superstar wrestler Bret Hart has resurfaced in full on the internet. Yes, this was back when the pro wrestling giant was called WWF, and Hulkamania was taking over the world. On Saturday, Instagram user @abuyousef2007 uploaded the wrestling match, clocking in at 10 minutes and 10 seconds, on the social media platform.

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Lance Reddick in Resident Evil May Get Me to Watch Resident Evil

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The new Resident Evil series on Netflix dropped earlier this week. The conceit of the show, based on Capcom’s long-running survival horror franchise, is the franchise’s long running baddies, the Umbrella Corporation, have established a utopia haven called New Raccoon City in the year 2022. But in 2036, where the… Read more.

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These secret Finder settings will vastly improve your Mac

Digital Trends

The Finder is the core way of interacting with your Mac, but there are a ton of different settings you can tweak to make the MacOS experience even better.

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Gen V is the Name of The Boys' College Spinoff

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With how popular The Boys has become over its three-season run, it’s no surprise that Amazon wants to do even more of it. The first taste of this was Diabolical , an animated anthology featuring a star studded cast and bloody action on par with the core series. And now, after talking about the series for quite some time 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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Is one of Twitter’s enduring mysteries at its endgame?

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A decade ago, not long after the decline of Ashton Kutcher's supremacy on Twitter, in the days when the @horse_ebooks account was making the concept of “ Weird Twitter ” mainstream, an enigmatic character quietly surfaced. Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab). But there’s much more to this guy than coffee, and if his most recent activities are any indication, his tragic, ten-year story arc may finally be approaching its climax — or perhaps a new beginning.

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How to watch SpaceX Starlink launch with booster on 13th mission

Digital Trends

In a few hours, SpaceX will launch a further batch of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit using one of its Falcon 9 rockets. Here's how to watch.

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How to follow your favorite sports teams in Apple News with iOS 16

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Sports fans rejoice! It just got a whole lot easier to follow your favorite sports teams on Apple News. With iOS 16 , the Apple News app on your iPhone now has a dedicated sports section, aptly called "My Sports." Previous versions of iOS already had sports content in Apple News – you could search stories and follow channels and topics related to your favorite sports and teams.

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I can’t buy this awesome modern gramophone, so of course I want it even more

Digital Trends

Chinese gramophone maker, Fennessy has knocked it out of the park with its stunning, modern Donut -- a $2,000 record player that you can't get in the U.S.

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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?