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The Virtual Athletics League Kicks-Off Its VR Summer Games

VRScout

VR athletes compete in a variety of physically challenging games for the chance to win real-world cash. After the success of the VR Winter Games earlier this year—during which over 10,000 VR athletes battled it out in various games such as Blade and Sorcery , Creed: Rise to Glory , Hyper Dash , In Da Hoop! , and many others—the Virtual Athletics League (VAL) is now launching the VR Summer Games, which promises even more competitive VR action for gamers to enjoy.

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Samsung Teases 512 GB DDR5-7200 Modules

Anand Tech

This week as part of the annual Hot Chips semiconductor conference, Samsung’s memory division has presented a poster/slides on a project it is currently working on with impressive end-point results. The company details a 512 GB module of DDR5 memory, running at DDR5-7200, designed for server and enterprise use. This is a step up from the 256 GB modules at the top end of the market today, but to get there, Samsung has been introducing some new features and functionality.

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The Walking Dead Season 11 Premiere Lurches Unsteadily to the Show's Finale

GizModo VR

AMC has touted tonight’s premiere of The Walking Dead as “The Beginning of the End.” Technically, that’s true…but that’s about it. It’s not a bad episode of TWD , just a very middle-of-the-road one. After 10 seasons of wildly veering over that metaphorical, zombie-filled highway , that’s fine with me. Read more.

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OneWeb launches more internet satellites to take on SpaceX’s Starlink

Digital Trends

OneWeb has deployed more internet satellites as it edges toward the launch of a service similar to SpaceX's Starlink, which beams broadband from space.

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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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Facebook Releases Shelved Transparency Report on Its Most Popular Posts

GizModo VR

After facing widespread criticism, Facebook has unveiled a transparency report that it initially shelved about the most popular posts on its public News Feed in the U.S. during the first quarter of 2021. The report offers a glimpse into how far misinformation about the covid-19 vaccine has spread online. Read more.

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The State Department Has Reportedly Been Hacked

GizModo VR

The U.S. State Department was purportedly the victim of a serious cyber attack in recent weeks, according to a Fox News report published on Saturday. The extent of breach and when it was discovered are currently unknown. Read more.

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Hubble captures a beautiful galaxy located in a cosmic crucible

Digital Trends

A beautiful image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope shows galaxy NGC 1385, located in a constellation with a fiery name: Fornax, which means furnace.

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Tropical Storm Henri Makes Landfall, Drenching New England

GizModo VR

Heavy rains, storm surges, and dangerous winds from Tropical Storm Henri have left more than 120,000 people without power across the Northeast. After touching down in Rhode Island early Sunday afternoon, the storm is weakening quickly as it moves northwest, but the National Hurricane Center warns that heavy rains and… Read more.

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How to watch SpaceX launch its 23rd resupply mission to the ISS next week

Digital Trends

Next week, SpaceX is scheduled to send another cargo delivery to the International Space Station, and we've got the details on how you can watch along at home.

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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 Metaverse Movement | These 4 Tech Giants Are Taking The Lead

AffinityVr

As the technological advancements in AR, VR and XR reach market viability, tech giants worldwide are vying to win the largest piece of the pie of the future metaverse market. Just as the Internet revolution before, the first company to create a viable business model around the technology will be able to corner the market [.]. The post The Metaverse Movement | These 4 Tech Giants Are Taking The Lead appeared first on Virtual Reality Augmented Reality Technology Latest News.

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There’s a reason this Apple II manual auctioned for nearly $800K

Digital Trends

An Apple II computer manual recently fetched almost $800,000 at auction. Of course, there was something rather special about this decades-old document.

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Black Canary Solo Film Finally Coming to the DC Cinematic Universe

GizModo VR

Dinah Lance steps into the spotlight as a Black Canary movie is on its way! Read more.

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Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut: How to unlock Iki Island

Digital Trends

Iki Island has fans clamoring to play Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut. How do you access the expansion? Here's how to unlock Iki Island in the new expansion.

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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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Kevin Feige in No Rush to Make a Another Avengers Movie

GizModo VR

Marvel Entertainment President Kevin Feige told Collider he is in no rush to make Avengers 5. Read more.

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GM expands recall to all Chevy Bolt EVs due to fire risk

Digital Trends

General Motors has expanded an earlier recall of its Chevy Bolt electric vehicle over a battery issue that could cause a fire.

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Green Lantern Corps Actor Finn Wittrock Thinks New Series Will be Epic

GizModo VR

Green Lantern is getting another chance at life, but this time on the small screen. Read more.

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Is a lawn mower robot worth it?

Digital Trends

A robotic lawn mower will trim your property to perfection in as little as a few hours, but with price points hovering around $1,000 or more, are they worth it?

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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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The Dungeons and Dragons Film Has Wrapped Production

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The Dungeons & Dragons movie has wrapped production! Read more.

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Perseverance rover to make second attempt at grabbing a Mars sample

Digital Trends

NASA's Perseverance rover may not have succeeded in its first attempt to collect a sample from the surface of Mars, but soon it will try again.

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AjnaLens-Augmented Reality Glasses to help businesses prosper in & beyond COVID

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AjnaLens launches AjnaX - India's First enterprise-grade AR Glasses and advanced XR software AjnaSuite. Looking at the current business scenarios, this combination is a one-stop solution to help enterprises leverage technology to prosper. From Holographic Collaboration to AR-based Training and Operations, the powerful combination of AjnaX & AjnaSuite is all set to revolutionize the way we do business.

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Diablo 2: Resurrected beta is a ghost that haunts my memories

Digital Trends

Diablo 2: Resurrected opened up beta access to more players. After spending time with the game, it made me yearn for something I don't think even existed.

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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 Metaverse Movement | These 4 Tech Giants Are Taking The Lead

AffinityVr

As the technological advancements in AR, VR and XR reach market viability, tech giants worldwide are vying to win the largest piece of the pie of the future metaverse market. Just as the Internet revolution before, the first company to create a viable business model around the technology will be able to corner the market [.]. The post The Metaverse Movement | These 4 Tech Giants Are Taking The Lead appeared first on Virtual Reality Augmented Reality Technology Latest News.

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NASA’s Perseverance rover spots Mars’ teeny tiny moon, Deimos

Digital Trends

NASA's Perseverance rover recently captured an image of Mars' tiny moon, Deimos, hovering overhead in the Martian sky.

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Trump's Border Wall Torn Apart by Arizona Monsoon Rains

GizModo VR

It turns out ignoring bedrock environmental laws may not have been the best choice for a multibillion-dollar construction project. Photos show former President Donald Trump’s border wall in deep disrepair after summer monsoon rains literally blew floodgates off their hinges. Read more.

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Dell is practically giving away this gaming laptop today

Digital Trends

With a discount from Dell and a code for more savings, you can buy the Dell G15 gaming laptop with the 10th-generation Intel Core i5 processor for just $774.

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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?