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Top 5 VR Sports Games On The Meta Quest 2

VRScout

Be sure to stay hydrated! One of the best parts of VR technology is its ability to get you up and off the couch. In addition to first-person shooter games and fitness apps, Meta’s Quest 2 VR headset features a growing catalog of sports games that take full advantage of the Touch motion controllers to immerse users in a variety of unique competitive environments.

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VR/AR Association Holds Second Summit Dedicated to the Metaverse

ARPost

Last week, The VR/AR Association wrapped up its second two-day summit (held on March 9-10), dedicated specifically to the metaverse. Both of these events, as well as other events throughout the year, are part of the complete Immerse Global Summit Series, which replaced the VR/AR Association Global Summit last year. See Also: VR/AR Association Holds Virtual Summit Dedicated to the Metaverse.

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Resident Evil 4 VR Wins VR Game Of The Year At SXSW 2022

VRScout

This year’s nominees included hit games such as Demeo, Lone Echo II, and After the Fall just to name a few. This past weekend, South by Southwest held its annual SXSW Gaming Awards Ceremony online, shining a spotlight on the best video game releases of the year across 12 separate categories, including “VR Game of the Year.” Credit: South by Southwest.

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How Much Do Consumers Spend on Mobile AR?

AR Insider

How much is spent on apps and in-app purchases that involve mobile AR? And how much is being spent on physical goods that are informed or influenced through AR visualization and try-ons? We break it down. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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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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What Are The New Trends To Watch For in Mobile Application Development in 2022?

ARVR

The mobile app development landscape is constantly evolving with the dynamic trends and changing consumer behavior. Tech advancements, customer demands, software updates, and more highly influence the application development trends. To cope with these ever-changing trends, companies offering mobile app designing services are required to remain updated.

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Former Nintendo Boss Tosses Serious Shade At Facebook's Metaverse

Slashgear

Meta has been championing the metaverse, but not everyone is convinced the company can pull off the effort - including former Nintendo boss Reggie Fils-Aime.

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50 Years Later, Silent Running Is More Relevant Than Ever

GizModo VR

There’s a line in Silent Runnin g, a film released 50 years ago this month, that hit me extremely hard when I heard it: “If people were interested, something would have been done a long time ago.” The line is said in response to the news that Earth has decided to abandon all of its efforts to save its own plant life.… Read more.

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Leaked Samsung Galaxy A53 Video Confirms Our Worst Fears

Slashgear

A closer look at the next midrange smartphone hero from Samsung, the Galaxy A53, complete with a box that's not much bigger than the phone itself.

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Meta Won't Let Ukrainians Call for Putin's Assassination Any More

GizModo VR

If you’re Ukrainian, Meta will no longer allow you to use its platform to call for the death of Russian President Vladimir Putin. You can still wish for Russian soldiers, other politicians, and military leaders to meet grisly ends, though. Read more.

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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 Toilet Tech That Will Change The Future, According To Bill Gates

Slashgear

In the year 2012, the Gates Foundation awarded a grant to Cranfield University for a toilet that's ecologically friendly and requires no water to operate.

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Mild Covid-19 Linked to Increased Inflammation in Cells Months Later, Study Finds

GizModo VR

In new research out Monday, scientists say they’ve found evidence that our immune system appears more prone to inflammation and other metabolic changes in the aftermath of even a mild case of covid-19. More research will be needed to understand how these changes could be linked to post-covid symptoms, however. Read more.

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Spotify Just Killed Key Car Support – And Users Are Furious

Slashgear

Spotify is sunsetting software support for a range of vehicles leaving some users less than appreciative of the situation. Could this be a Car Thing push?

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Go Inside The Art of The Batman With This Stunning Concept Art

GizModo VR

The Batman ’s noir aesthetic gave us a moody, grimy world for Robert Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne, as well as his many friends and enemies, to play around in. But if you’re looking for more on how Gotham was brought to life in Matt Reeves’ new DC movie , a new artbook has you covered—and io9 has an exclusive look inside. 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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What Made The Honda NSX Such A Unique Sports Car

Slashgear

Taking a look back at the illustrious first-gen Honda NSX that debuted in 1990, the path that led to its creation, and where Honda plans on going next.

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Apple's Latest Releases Bring Universal Control and Unlocking Your iPhone With a Mask On

GizModo VR

Universal Control has finally arrived. Apple’s long-awaited feature debuts today with the release of macOS Monterey 12.3, which brings a handful of other welcome additions. Read more.

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Blue Origin Is Taking Pete Davidson To Space

Slashgear

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin has announced the private crew for its next suborbital flight, and it includes one surprising passenger: Pete Davidson.

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Report: Obi-Wan Kenobi Almost Brought Back Darth Maul

GizModo VR

It’s probably for the best that Darth Maul isn’t the big bad in the upcoming Disney+ Obi-Wan Kenobi series , avoiding a retread of the character’s terrific bow on Star Wars Rebels. But director Deborah Chow and original writer Hossein Amini pitched a much darker take in which the character would return, but it was… 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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Russia Completely Bans Instagram Amid Invasion Of Ukraine

Slashgear

Days after announcing plans to do so, Russia has banned access to Instagram, cutting off millions of users. The move follows a similar ban on Facebook.

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Picard's Gallery of Star Trek Skulls Is a Cavalcade of Creepy Alien Biology Insights

GizModo VR

Last week’s episode of Picard thrust its heroes into a dark reality where Jean-Luc was not an ideal hero of the utopian Federation, but a butchering general of an evil Confederacy. It asked many questions of the man, but it also asked us this: every wondered what was going on inside a Klingon’s head. quite literally? Read more.

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Kawasaki's Rideable Robo-Goat Is The Future We Want

Slashgear

Kawasaki Robotics has unveiled its latest project, Bex, a four-legged robot inspired by mountain goats. Unlike Spot, this machine can give humans rides.

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Halo's First Reviews Feel Surprised to Be So Positive

GizModo VR

The game that has sold over 82 million copies worldwide is now a Paramount+ series , meaning that legions of Halo fans (and potential legions of non-gamers who happen to dig sci-fi shows) are eagerly awaiting the first episode to drop. While episode one won’t stream until March 24, the review embargo has just… 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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The 10 Worst Smartphones Of All Time

Slashgear

From terrible interfaces to awful build quality, bad decisions can make a smartphone feel kinda dumb. Here are tenof the worst smartphones ever made.

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The Batman's Gotham Takes Inspiration From a City That No Longer Exists

GizModo VR

I first noticed it in the opening scenes. Over a moody, dramatic voiceover, Robert Pattinson , as Bruce Wayne, explains that the Batman ’s power comes from fear. Criminals stare down darkened alleys, shadowed doorways, and disused train stations. This is when I rolled my eyes a little. Whatever city Gotham is trying to… Read more.

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Hogwarts Legacy State Of Play Promises First Look At Gameplay

Slashgear

An event that is several years in the making is summoned in the next PlayStation "State of Play," featuring the Harry Potter universe's own Hogwarts Legacy.

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Updates on the Future of Dune and More

GizModo VR

Rob Zombie’s Munsters remake has cast a horror icon. Karl Urban teases even more to come from The Boys. Plus, the CW details what’s coming on Superman & Lois , Legacies , Charmed , The Flash , and more. And get a new look at what’s coming on Outlander. To me, my spoilers! 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?