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Watch: Final Episode Of Space Explorers: The ISS Experience

VRScout

Join the crew of Space X for a final time as they prepare to leave ISS and return to Earth. Photos from the James Webb Space Telescope have begun showing up on social media feeds everywhere, and people are blown away at just how infinite outer space truly is. Available now on Quest VR headsets, the latest and final installment of Felix & Paul Studios’ VR series Space Explorers: The ISS Experience – Episode 4 “Expand builds off of that same excitement, offering us an unparalleled look a

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Valo Motion AR Gaming System Sold Its 1000th Unit

ARPost

Valo Motion, a Finnish AR gaming system provider, celebrated a business landmark. The augmented reality game company has just announced that it sold its 1000th gaming unit. This achievement highlights what Valo Motion brings to the global amusement industry. The remarkable feat proved that Valo Motion creates products that actually perform, and the accomplishment goes beyond what the numbers represent.

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Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell VR Game Is Officially Canceled

VRScout

Still no word on the status of the highly-anticipated Assassin’s Creed VR game. It was back in 2019 that rumors began circulating about a Splinter Cell VR game potentially in development at Ubisoft’s Red Storm studio with support from Reflections. In 2020, the company confirmed reports that they were in fact working on a VR adaptation of the legendary stealth-action game.

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New Footage Shows ‘Red Matter 2’ Pushing the Limits of Quest 2 Graphics

Road to VR

In its announcement of Red Matter 2 earlier this year, developer Vertical Robot made the ambitious claim that it would deliver the “best graphics on mobile VR to date.” And now a new video shows the studio backing up its claim with some evidence. While the Quest 2 library certainly has some great looking games, most have targeted a low-poly art style to match the headset’s limited processing power.

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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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Does AR Marketing Really Work?

AR Insider

The levels of interactivity that AR offers have been shown to outperform traditional digital marketing formats on several key metrics. Why is this, and how can brands benefit? We examine the evidence. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Reality Bytes: Instagram, Netflix & Gamestop

AR Insider

This week on Reality Bytes, Netflix looks to Microsoft to run its new ads program; Gamestop launches an ill-timed NFT platform, and Instagram lets merchants sell their wares through DMs. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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“Schwab Firebird” AR Experience for the Charles Schwab Challenge

ARVR

The original case study published on GrooveJones.com… Continue reading on AR/VR Journey: Augmented & Virtual Reality Magazine ».

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As Comic-Con Begins, Hotel Workers Went On Strike. And Won

GizModo VR

Just as the Hilton Bayfront was set to open its doors to San Diego Comic Con attendees, special guests, and press, the workers at the hotel set up a picket line in front of the hotel. The strike only lasted a few hours, proving once again that collective action, worker solidarity, and excellent timing will often force… Read more.

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Minecraft Just Took A Strong Stance On NFTs

Slashgear

NFTs and cryptocurrency have made their way into the gaming industry, and that has naturally drawn the attention of some "Minecraft" creators.

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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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Tesla Gets Its Own, Exclusive Crossing Lane at the Texas-Mexico Border

GizModo VR

Apparently Tesla’s very busy. So busy, the electric vehicle maker can’t be bothered with things like international border crossings. It looks like Tesla now has its very own lane at the U.S.-Mexico border. The company-exclusive thoroughfare was first reported on by Bloomberg News, and confirmed by a representative… Read more.

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Telsa Just Made A Head-Turning Decision About Bitcoin

Slashgear

Tesla just made a move with Bitcoin that won't likely warm our current crypto winter whatsoever. But don't worry -- they haven't dumped their doge.

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TSMC and ASML: Demand for Chips Remains Strong, But Getting Fab Tools Is Hard

Anand Tech

TSMC's revenue this year is going to set an all-time record for the company, thanks to high demand for chips as well as increased prices that its customers are willing to pay for its services. While the company admits that demand for chips aimed at consumer devices is slowing, demand for 5G, AI, HPC, and automotive chips remains steady. In fact, TSMC's main problem at present is getting more fab equipment, as ASML and other tool firms and reporting that demand for semiconductor productio

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Fantasy Epic The Wheel of Time Will Return for a Third Season

GizModo VR

Based on Robert Jordan’s sprawling, epic fantasy novel series , Prime Video’s The Wheel of Time is stuffed with characters, settings, and dramatic plot threads. And now it’ll get even more space to explore: the series, already renewed for a second season , will return for a third. 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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The NFL is finally launching its own streaming service with live games. Here's how it works.

Mashable VR

One of the biggest sports brands in America is finally getting in on the streaming service game. In an editorial for Sports Illustrated this week, NFL chief media and business officer Brian Rolapp confirmed something that will be like manna from the heavens for sports fans without cable : NFL+, a streaming service that includes access to live streams of NFL games every week.

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Mutants are Coming to the MCU, But Where Does Krakoa Fit In?

GizModo VR

The X-Men and the rest of mutantkind coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been heavily discussed ever since the ink dried on the Disney/Fox buyout back in 2019. During Comic-Con of that same year, Kevin Feige declared that yes, they and the Fantastic Four would be brought into the fold with Spider-Man, the… Read more.

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9 Practical Ways To Enhance Your Emotional Intelligence

Bernard Marr

Emotional intelligence is also known as emotional quotient (EQ), recognizing the contrast between emotional intelligence and cognitive intelligence (IQ). Leading psychologist Daniel Goleman, author of the book Emotional Intelligence, is just one of the many experts who believe EQ is more important than IQ as a predictor of success, arguing that IQ is simply too narrow to represent the wide spectrum of human abilities.

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The FTC is Desperate to Regulate These Multi-Billion Dollar Tech Buyouts and Mergers

GizModo VR

If big business mergers were a game of Pac-Man, where every pellet was a small company and each power pellet was a juicy merger, then tech companies would be playing a perfect game. In this admittedly overstretched metaphor, some U.S. regulators are desperately trying to pull the arcade cabinet’s chord, but it’s not… Read more.

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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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Ubisoft Cancels Development Of Splinter Cell VR

Upload VR

Ubisoft has cancelled Splinter Cell VR after several years of development. Ubisoft has canceled development of Splinter Cell VR and Ghost Recon Frontline (and two other unannounced games). — Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo) July 21, 2022. Ubisoft announced the news during the company’s latest earnings call earlier today, as first reported by Axios’ Stephen Totilo.

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A Hacker Is Trying to Sell Data on 69 Million Neopets Users

GizModo VR

Everybody remembers Neopets, right? The company that lets you create and take care of digital animals has been a mainstay of teen fun since it launched in 1999. Well, I hate to break it to you, but a hacker recently spat on your childhood nostalgia by breaking into the company’s database and stealing data on millions… Read more.

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Clayface and Man-Bat should get the ‘Joker’ movie treatment

Digital Trends

DC had a surprise hit on its hands with Joker, and that sort of isolated storytelling could benefit Batman's more fantastical rogues like Man-Bat and Clayface.

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Mars Express Orbiter Sees a Massive Canyon System

GizModo VR

The Mars Express Orbiter recently imaged a canyon system on the Red Planet that is nearly 10 times longer, 20 times wider, and five times deeper than Earth’s Grand Canyon. Read more.

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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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Tesla now has its very own lane at the U.S.-Mexico border for some reason

Mashable VR

Fresh off the news that Tesla dumped 75 percent of its Bitcoin holdings on hodlers during the crypto crash comes this nugget from Bloomberg : Elon Musk's electric car company has apparently struck a deal with the "pro-business" state of Nuevo León, Mexico, which has provided Tesla and its suppliers with its own exclusive-use driving lane. What in the world?

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The New Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Trailer Breaks Down the Door

GizModo VR

After a very slight title announcement video in April, we haven’t heard much about the new, and long-awaited, Dungeons & Dragons movie. Sure we’re had casting announcements out the wazoo but the plot has been pretty much under wraps. And now? Straight from San Diego Comic-Con , we’ve gotten a trailer. Read more.

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Marvel's San Diego Comic-Con lineup of Mondo exclusives is here for your hype

Mashable VR

It's a big year for San Diego Comic-Con, a big year for Marvel, and a big year for Mondo. On the 'Con front, 2022 marks the fan convention's first full-blown return since COVID shut the world down in March 2020 (there was a heavily curtailed show in 2021). For Marvel, it's a year of re-introductions , new heroes , and, as Ms. Marvel on Disney+ and the Doctor Strange sequel both demonstrated, stylistic evolutions.

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Hawaii's Lava Caves Are Teeming With Bacterial 'Dark Matter'

GizModo VR

Hawaii’s volcanic environments contain a rich array of mysterious microbes, new research this week has found. Scientists say that the islands’ lava caves and other structures created by volcanic activity have unique, diverse, and still uncharacterized communities of bacteria living inside them. The findings indicate… Read more.

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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?