VRScout
JANUARY 17, 2022
Anyone who purchases a qualifying VR headset will also get two free months of Viveport Infinity. HTC Vive has a lot going on in 2022. Over the past several months the company revealed its new Vive Wrist Trackers , a partnership with Lumen Technologies to deliver private 5G experiences to their Focus 3 headset, and a partnership with XRHealth to bring VR healthcare to the Vive Flow. .
AR Insider
JANUARY 17, 2022
Welcome back to Spatial Beats, AR Insider's weekly series that features observations and insights of author and futurist Charlie Fink. This week, we look at the second coming of second life, Magic Leap, and the latest XR funding. The post appeared first on AR Insider.
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Road to VR
JANUARY 17, 2022
Apple’s upcoming VR headset was purportedly slated to arrive sometime this year. Now according to a recent Bloomberg report, those launch plans may be delayed by a few months, potentially pushing release to 2023. According to the report, Apple’s VR headset was originally set to get its big reveal at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) this June, and would be subsequently released sometime later in 2022.
AR Insider
JANUARY 17, 2022
The metaverse is as exciting as it is ill-defined. The term is so overused that it’s lost all meaning. But beyond the tech world, how do regular folks feel about it? We examine the latest consumer survey data in this week's data dive. The post appeared first on AR Insider.
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.
Road to VR
JANUARY 17, 2022
While Oculus doesn’t offer much publicly in the way of understanding how well individual apps are performing across its VR storefronts, it’s possible to glean some insight by looking at apps relative to each other. Here’s a snapshot of the top 20 Oculus Quest games and apps as of January 2022. Some quick qualifications before we get to the data: Paid and free apps are separated.
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Road to VR
JANUARY 17, 2022
Acclaimed VR flight sim VTOL VR got a major update this month adding co-op and PVP multiplayer modes alongside a paid DLC featuring a co-pilotable helicopter for the first time. VTOL VR is an indie combat flight sim that’s been lauded for its VR-native design ever since it first debuted in early access back in 2017. Following its 1.0 launch in mid-2020, the game has continued to see regular updates, most recently culminating in the addition of new multiplayer modes and for the first tim
GizModo VR
JANUARY 17, 2022
Showtime has released the first look at Star Trek ’s Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet’s take on the iconic Walter Tevis novel is here, giving us a glimpse at Chiwetel Ejiofor’s arrival on Earth —and his alien struggle to find a way to fit into a changing human society. Read more.
Digital Trends
JANUARY 17, 2022
There could be multiple instances that could lead to you to changing your name on Gmail. We have developed a short guide for those of you who wish to do so.
GizModo VR
JANUARY 17, 2022
John David Wolverton, the author behind the Runelords fantasy saga, Ravenspell , and more—as well as the author of one of the most famous Star Wars expanded universe stories around—has passed away at the age of 64. Read more.
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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.
Digital Trends
JANUARY 17, 2022
The EcoFlow Delta Pro and accessories create the perfect ecosystem for home backup power during outages and emergencies.
GizModo VR
JANUARY 17, 2022
The best thing about being an Android user is that you can swap out the look of your interface by merely downloading an app. But the worst thing about Android is that when you’re looking for one thing in the Play Store, you’ll encounter way too many other things are not quite what you’re looking for. Read more.
Digital Trends
JANUARY 17, 2022
Unisk, a Dutch startup, has developed a way to print your own custom covers for Ikea's Sonos-powered Symfonisk Picture Frame speakers. Here's how they look.
GizModo VR
JANUARY 17, 2022
Modular gadgets sound useful on paper but rarely break through to mainstream audiences. We’ve seen countless attempts come and go, leaving behind only fleeting blips of excitement from enthusiasts who are time and again burned when the promise of a customizable device never materializes. Every few years a new example… Read more.
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
JANUARY 17, 2022
FedEx wants to fit an anti-missile system to some of its planes despite the rare nature of such attacks on civilian aircraft.
GizModo VR
JANUARY 17, 2022
Although Disney and Marvel Studios briefly gave us a glimpse of Oscar Isaac in action as one of Marvel Comics’ most iconic street-level vigilantes around a few months ago, now we have a full, proper glimpse at what happens when Marc Spector becomes the Moon Knight —the answer is a snazzy white suit and a whole lot of… Read more.
Digital Trends
JANUARY 17, 2022
Emirates' 2021 ad featuring a stuntwoman perched atop the world’s tallest building proved such a hit that the airline has decided to take it up a notch.
GizModo VR
JANUARY 17, 2022
John Cena goes behind the scenes in a new Peacemaker featurette. Get a glimpse of what’s to come on the Nancy Drew finale. Plus, what’s next on Batwoman , Superman & Lois , Naomi , and more. Spoilers get! 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.
Digital Trends
JANUARY 17, 2022
Instagram has a not-so-secret drug market tearing apart teens. It needs to fix it.
GizModo VR
JANUARY 17, 2022
When it comes to product upgrades, it might sound like lukewarm praise to say, “It’s pretty much the same as the last version—but the last version was good!” But that’s exactly what’s true of the new Roku Streaming Stick 4K and its pricier sibling, the Roku Streaming Stick 4K+. While neither has quite enough in the… Read more.
Digital Trends
JANUARY 17, 2022
Not much is known about Intel Raptor Lake processors yet, but a new leak suggests that the CPUs may have a much bigger cache than Alder Lake.
GizModo VR
JANUARY 17, 2022
The Expanse is over. Long live The Expanse ! With season six now in the books and the show wrapped for good, we’re looking back at the final season. Obviously, it’s still one of the greatest sci-fi shows of all time (it made io9's list of best TV of 2021 !), but we had a few nitpicks this final go-round. keeping in… 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?
Digital Trends
JANUARY 17, 2022
The CEOs of a number of U.S. airlines said they fear flight chaos on Wednesday when AT&T and Verizon switch on their potentially disruptive C-Band 5G networks.
GizModo VR
JANUARY 17, 2022
Humans are no strangers to changing the world around them, often to the detriment of plants and animals around them. Read more.
Digital Trends
JANUARY 17, 2022
Ultrawide monitors are excellent for game genres where immersion and full fields of view are important: These are some of the best if you need that extra space.
GizModo VR
JANUARY 17, 2022
When it comes to Amazon and money, never say never. Two days before the e-commerce giant was set to ban Visa credit cards in its UK store, it has changed its tune. Visa credit cards are still welcome on the platform, for now. Read more.
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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