VRScout

JUNE 6, 2022

Synch your Quest headset to Apple Health for an enhanced VR fitness experience. It was back in 2020 that Meta (formerly Facebook) first introduced the Move app for Meta Quest headsets. Compatible with a wide range of VR games and apps, including Thrill of the Fight and FitXR , the system-level fitness tracker offers a variety of unique capabilities, including estimated calorie tracking as well as customizable fitness goals.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 6, 2022

Hello all from L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, the small town of the Barcelona airport. In the long and troublesome travel back to Italy from AWE, I’ve lost the last flight and so I’m currently here writing my newsletter from the lobby of the hotel where I spent the night :|. Eh, the adventurous life of the XR blogger… As you may imagine, I’m quite tired, so this newsletter will feature less commentary of mine.

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VRScout

JUNE 6, 2022

Rumor has it the company may also be working on VR FaceTime. According to The New York Times , Apple is enlisting the help of the Hollywood elite to help bolster its catalog of immersive content for its long-rumored VR/AR headset. This will supposedly include mysterious video content from celebrated director Jon Favreau ( The Lion King, Ironman, The Mandalorian ).

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ARPost

JUNE 6, 2022

The third day of AWE, which took place on Friday, June 3, had a more subdued tone. There was still excitement on the AWE expo floor, and a burst of celebration when the last of the Auggies were announced, but many of the sessions focused more on topics like healthcare , helping people with disabilities , and promoting ethical design and implementation.

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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 6, 2022

Today during Apple’s WWDC 2022 keynote, the company announced that iOS 16 will allow users of modern iPhones to scan the shape of their ear to create more accurate spatial audio. Likely implemented as an HRTF, creating custom HRTFs for consumers was once impractical due to the need for sophisticated equipment, but advances in computer vision are making the technology much more accessible.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 6, 2022

At the Augmented World Expo (AWE 2022) last week, extended reality (XR) human-machine interface (HCI) technology developers TG0 showcased its button-free virtual reality (VR) controllers designed for immersive gaming and Metaverse experiences. The UK-based startup designed the revolutionary device to change the way individuals interact with objects and people in virtual environments.

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AR Insider

JUNE 6, 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 Apple's WWDC, Meta's latest moves and AWE conference takeaways. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Slashgear

JUNE 6, 2022

If have an old Android device you don't use anymore, you might be looking for a way to upcycle. Here's a simple way to turn that device into a security cam.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 6, 2022

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is stepping up its guidance concerning monkeypox. While the risk of monkeypox is still thought to be low for the general public, the agency is now warning people to take more precautions while traveling. These precautions include avoiding contact with visibly sick people… 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.

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Slashgear

JUNE 6, 2022

One of the original DeLoreans, known as the "wreckage car", from "Back to the Future" has been restored by a father-son duo in Massachusetts.

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Anand Tech

JUNE 6, 2022

Though primarily a software-focused event, Apple’s WWDC keynotes are often stage for an interesting hardware announcement or two as well, and this year Apple did not disappoint. At the company’s biggest Mac-related keynote of the year, Apple unveiled the M2, their second-generation Apple Silicon SoC for the Mac (and iPad) platform. Touting modest performance gains over the original M1 SoC of around 18% for multithreaded CPU workloads and 35% in peak GPU workloads, the M2 is AppleR

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Slashgear

JUNE 6, 2022

Elon Musk and his legal team are making some waves about the Tesla CEO's potential Twitter takeover - even threatening to walk away from the deal.

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Upload VR

JUNE 6, 2022

Apple is working on headset versions of its core apps as well as the ability to view a Mac’s display, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports. Last year Gurman , The Information , and supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo released reports claiming Apple is working on a premium headset for VR and AR with high resolution color passthrough. Kuo claims claimed this headset will weigh less than Meta’s Quest 2, feature dual 4K OLED microdisplays, and use a new chip with “similar computing power as t

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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 6, 2022

Back in 2016 when lines were being drawn for their divorce, Amber Heard demanded Johnny Depp give her one car in particular. What made it so special?

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GizModo VR

JUNE 6, 2022

The Platinum Jubilee, a celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s 70-year rule, was celebrated in the United Kingdom this past weekend, with a parade on Sunday featuring the same solid-gold carriage she took in 1953 for her coronation. But the Queen wasn’t in the coach this time, instead opting to have a film from 1953 sit… Read more.

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Slashgear

JUNE 6, 2022

Lynk & Co revealed imagery of a concept car they call "Next Day," complete with electric power, an otherworldly steering wheel, and multiple butterfly doors.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 6, 2022

Apple is hours away from revealing a bunch of iOS news at the company's WWDC 2022 keynote later today, and the Apple Store has drawn a curtain on its homepage. As has become tradition ahead of major Apple news dump events, the company's online store has a mysteriously empty homepage ahead of Monday's Worldwide Developer Conference while updates are being made.

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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 6, 2022

Not a car, nor a bike, but the Polaris Slingshot could be more entertaining than both. Just get ready to answer lots of questions about this wild three-wheeler.

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Bernard Marr

JUNE 6, 2022

Welcome to the age of blended workforces, where intelligent machines and humans combine to accelerate business success. In short, now that we have increasingly capable robots and artificial intelligence (AI) systems – capable of taking on tasks that were previously the sole domain of humans – it’s easier than ever for organizations to leverage intelligent machines.

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Slashgear

JUNE 6, 2022

The Polestar 2 is getting CarPlay support, though the fact that the automaker announced it on the same day as Apple's next-gen preview makes it confusing.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 6, 2022

As the weather gets nicer, parents everywhere are looking for ways to keep their children entertained and engaged outside of the house. This is especially true for kids who are not able to go off to summer camp or those who are either too young or unable to take on a job this summer. So what can you do to have fun? Well, you can play games, of course!

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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 6, 2022

As part of its WWDC 2022 keynote, Apple took the wraps off the next major version of watchOS, giving Apple Watch users a look at the features coming next.

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Charlie Fink

JUNE 6, 2022

The hallmarks of emerging technology are lots of conferences and confusion over language.

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Slashgear

JUNE 6, 2022

Apple introduced a sleek new MacBook Air with a set of features that might very well change the way you use your computer -- and your iPad, at the same time.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 6, 2022

An Australian Court announced Monday that Google will need to pay $515,000 for refusing to remove two YouTube videos about John Barilaro, the former New South Wales state deputy premier. Despite those damages being a small drop in the bucket for Google and its owner Alphabet, it may be a canary in a coal mine for how… 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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