VRScout

JUNE 1, 2022

The company offers a taste of Project Cambria with a new tech demo available free on the Meta Quest 2. It was back in October of 2021 that Meta (formerly Facebook) first revealed its Presence Platform , a collection of tools that allow VR developers to craft immersive mixed reality environments, interactions, and voice experiences. According to the company, this platform will lay the groundwork for their rapidly-growing metaverse.

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ARPost

JUNE 1, 2022

Varjo’s headsets have long been the most technologically capable in terms of display. They might be about to become the most technologically capable in terms of data collection through a partnership with OpenBCI. An Intro to OpenBCI’s Work in XR. You probably already know about Varjo , but OpenBCI might not be on your radar yet if you’re strictly in the XR world.

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VRScout

JUNE 1, 2022

Gotta collect ’em all! WWDC 2022 is just around the corner, much to the excitement of Apple fanatics everywhere. This year’s event is shaping up to be a big one with the company expected to make several exciting reveals. This includes a potential new Macbook Air as well as a slew of major software updates for its ever-growing lineup of iOS devices, from the iPhone to the Apple Watch.

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AR Insider

JUNE 1, 2022

VR has ample promise but its drawbacks are the challenges that face VR developers. Issues like comfort, cost, and confinement are moving targets in this still-nascent field. We break down the 7 biggest challenges. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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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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Road to VR

JUNE 1, 2022

Pimax today announced the Pimax Crystal, a new headset that’s broadly similar to the company’s upcoming Pimax “12K” QLED headset, but with a few features pared back and a reduced price. Though the price is lower at $1,900, it still puts the headset well into the ‘ultra-enthusiast’ category, positioning it as a direct competitor to Varjo’s Aero headset.

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Road to VR

JUNE 1, 2022

You can’t just blast away at enemies and zoom around in Ziggy’s Cosmic Adventures , an upcoming Quest 2 and SteamVR title from indie studio Stardust Collective. While that’s a pretty important chunk of the game, a new video shows off just how demanding the job of space bounty hunter can be. As a pilot of your own ship, you not only have to maneuver it around manually, but you also have to keep an eye on the ship’s systems—shields, weapons, life support, thrusters, stabili

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 1, 2022

This Monday, leaks in a Twitter post by IT Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo revealed a potential 2023 release window for the upcoming PlayStation virtual reality (PSVR) 2 headset. The analyst said the headsets would enter mass production later this year. Supply chain checks from the PSVR 2 component manufacturer, Genius, reveal that PlayStation is ordering 1.5 million units for the second half of 2022. (1/5).

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Slashgear

JUNE 1, 2022

Samsung is facing a patent-related legal fiasco that covers an Android feature capable of predicting how long the battery will last before a device turns off.

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Upload VR

JUNE 1, 2022

YouTuber SadlyItsBradley (Brad Lynch) shared apparent internal schematics for Meta’s upcoming Project Cambria headset. Project Cambria is the public codename for Meta’s upcoming high end standalone headset, announced at Connect 2021 in October. It will be sold alongside Quest 2 with a price tag “significantly” higher than $800 , aimed at remote workers and mixed reality early adopters.

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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.

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Slashgear

JUNE 1, 2022

The 2023 GLC 300 gets off-road talent to match its rugged good looks, with a slick new feature that helps drivers see exactly what's going on below the SUV.

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JUNE 1, 2022

You’ll soon be able to play Demeo with one other friend instead of three. Over the weekend, Resolution Games revealed that a Doubles mode is now in the works for the turn-based tabletop VR game. This mode will allow two players to control two characters each on otherwise normal dungeon runs, essentially filling up the roles of a normal four-player campaign with half the number of players.

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Slashgear

JUNE 1, 2022

Mercedes-AMG ONE was revealed with an array of features and Formula 1-inspired power. This vehicle might look like a racer, but it's been capped for the road.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 1, 2022

The plastic crisis can seem depressingly all-encompassing and impossible to escape: We’re producing more plastic than ever before, doing serious harm to the environment , the climate , and our own health , while our recycling system remains shamefully broken. So it may be comforting to pick up an iced coffee in a cup… Read more.

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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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Slashgear

JUNE 1, 2022

Nothing in the universe lasts forever, including black holes. Here's how life ends for the mysterious and captivating space phenomena.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 1, 2022

A group of technology experts is trying to warn the government of the dangers of the crypto industry. In a letter to U.S. policy makers, 26 computer scientists and engineers called on lawmakers to block efforts to create a ‘regulatory safe haven’ for cryptocurrency. They want leaders in Washington to instead focus on… Read more.

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Slashgear

JUNE 1, 2022

Instagram is rolling out location-based Amber Alerts to users' news feeds - here's what you'll see and how you can help the search for missing children.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 1, 2022

It took less than an hour for one researcher studying Meta’s titular metaverse to be “ virtually raped ” after putting on the VR headset for the first time. After days of witnessing and experiencing rampant conspiracy theories, sexual harassment, racism, and homophobia, writers of a recent report said the tech giant is… Read more.

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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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Slashgear

JUNE 1, 2022

Google has announced plans to shuffle around its products yet again, this time focusing on Duo and Meet. The two products will soon be merged into one.mostly.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 1, 2022

Canadian regulators on Wednesday found that Tim Hortons—a popular fast-food chain owned by the same multinational company as Burger King—changed its mobile app in 2019 to track and collect sensitive location data on its customers. Read more.

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Slashgear

JUNE 1, 2022

OLED screen burn-in results from pixels becoming permanently set to one display image. Here's what you can do about it, and how to prevent it.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 1, 2022

The CEO of the notorious spyware vendor NSO Group apparently has a new plan to rebound from the company’s ongoing legal and fiscal tailspin: start re-selling its noxious spyware to the very governments that got it into trouble in the first place. Read more.

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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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Slashgear

JUNE 1, 2022

Many Rivian drivers use their electric pickup trucks to access the outdoors. The brand looked back to the 1920s to create a special feature for them.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 1, 2022

I get annoyed by all the jokes people make about Google killing things willy-nilly. I think that’s because I’m so deep into the ecosystem that these kinds of changes usually directly affect me. Google’s latest assassination target is Duo, which is now being combined with Meet into one video-calling app. As much as it… Read more.

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Slashgear

JUNE 1, 2022

Samsung's next generation of foldable smartphones promises to further legitimize a concept that many Apple users still consider to be a joke.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 1, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court put a controversial new Texas law on hold in a 5-4 decision late Tuesday. The law would allow social media users to sue companies like Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook if those users felt they were being “censored” online. Read more.

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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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