Sat.Jul 18, 2020

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‘No Man’s Sky: Desolation’ Update Is Basically ‘Dead Space’ In VR

VRScout

Explore the wreckage of procedurally-generated freighters in this free sci-fi horror update. This week Hello Games released yet another free update to its 2016 space exploration game, No Man’s Sky , this time introducing massive haunted freighters complete with procedurally-generated interiors, deadly alien infestations, and valuable treasures to raid.

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Future-Proofing Your VR Investment?—?Motive.io

ARVR

Future-Proofing Your VR Investment?—?Motive.io Stability, longevity, and return on investment (ROI) are things we look for in our personal and professional lives. In learning and development, we are always looking for the most practical, effective, and affordable development solutions. This is especially true when contemplating an investment in cutting-edge learning solutions such as VR.

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Volunteers make activism accessible by captioning protest videos

Digital Trends

ProtestAccess is working to make Black Lives Matter-related content accessible to the Deaf, visually impaired.

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Twitter Says Attackers Downloaded Account Information, Which Includes Direct Messages, From Some in Hack

GizModo VR

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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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We need right-to-repair laws now more than ever

Digital Trends

The economic slump is leading many to repair — not replace — aging electronics.

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How to connect your computer to a TV

Digital Trends

Sometimes videos and images need a bigger screen. Why not use your monster 4K TV sitting in the living room?

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Pico Neo 2 Eye review: the new best enterprise standalone headset

The Ghost Howls

The time has come for me to review the Pico Neo 2 Eye , the Chinese competitor of the Oculus Quest (that has been kindly sent to me from Pico)! Discover with me everything about it and especially how does it compare with the Oculus Quest and the HTC Vive Focus Plus. Pico Neo 2 Eye Video Review. If you are a tl;dr guy (or girl), probably you would rather watch a video of me speaking about the Pico Neo 2 Eye instead of reading thousands of words.

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The best Mac security tips: 7 mistakes you’re making, and how to fix them

Digital Trends

Macs aren't invulnerable; these essential tips will strengthen your privacy on MacOS and keep data safe.

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Releases Recap: July 13 – 17

Oculus

This week, we released several titles and updates across the Oculus Platform. Here’s a rundown of the highlights.

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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 best Intel processors for 2020

Digital Trends

Intel's Comet Lake-S family ushers in a whole new level of performance at prices that are hard to ignore.

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Top 10 iPhone AR Apps on the App Store

TechPrior

AR or Augmented Reality is a platform where the real world things are combined or replaced by virtual objects in order to have an amazing experience. AR applications are the new trend in the iOS app store. From games and educational apps to choosing furniture for your home, AR applications are available and are far more interesting and helpful. With the implementation of sensors, chipsets, and other technological improvements, iPhone users are able to enjoy a great AR experience in their mobile

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Future Apple Pencil may be equipped with sensor to sample real-world colors

Digital Trends

A patent for the tech, filed in November, was published earlier this week.

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Trump Campaign Launches Online Ads Urging Supporters to Sign a 'Petition' to Ban TikTok

GizModo VR

As we all know, President Donald Trump isn’t one to forget the people or things he believes have “wronged” him. It therefore comes as no surprise that Trump’s campaign has launched an online ad campaign urging his supporters to sign a “petition” to ban TikTok weeks after apparently getting trolled by teens on 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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Google needs to get back to basics with Android. Why? Take a look at iOS 14

Digital Trends

In its 14th update, Apple may have gained the upper hand in the Android-iOS war.

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The best gaming monitors for 2020

Digital Trends

These are the best gaming monitors around, with frame syncing, high resolutions, HDR, and fast refresh rates.

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The best podcasts of 2020

Digital Trends

Whether you keep up with the latest news, sports, or music, our podcast roundup has something worth hearing.

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NASA wants your help identifying the birthplaces of planets

Digital Trends

Become a Disk Detective and help discover how planets evolve.

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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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10 video game deals you can’t afford to miss this weekend

Digital Trends

There has never been a better time to dive into some classic gaming titles, especially with these huge deals.

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Lenovo ThinkPad buying guide

Digital Trends

Which Lenovo series is right for you? Let's break it down so you can be sure you're buying the best Thinkpad.

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Some accounts had private messages stolen in Twitter hack

Digital Trends

Eight accounts had their data stolen using the Your Twitter Data tool.

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NASA progressing on next-generation rocket, but will it make 2021 launch?

Digital Trends

The Artemis I adapter has been shipped from Alabama to Florida.

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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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The HP Chromebook 14 is down to just $199 at Best Buy

Digital Trends

Best Buy is offering $50 off the HP Chromebook 14 laptop, with a 14-inch display, for $199, down from $249.

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Is your home packed with smart speakers? Here’s how to make them work together

Digital Trends

Make sure the right speaker responds at the right time.

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This 50-inch TCL 4K TV is on sale for $270 at Amazon right now

Digital Trends

Looking for a more affordable 4K TV? TCL is an excellent option because of the 4K picture and built-in Roku.

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Vizio V Series 5.1 Soundbar review: Putting the ‘V’ in value

Digital Trends

Vizio's new budget soundbar system, with 5.1 audio and support for DTS Virtual:X audio, is quite the bargain.

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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?